Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	97	Down -28 places-28	£470	-14.15%	14 0.64%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -11 places-11	£510	+1.49%	112 5.11%	68
Amazon Web Services DevOps	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	91	Down -4 places-4	£450	-4.55%	20 0.91%	15
Amazon Web Services Engineer	97	Down -6 places-6	£510	+13.33%	14 0.64%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	106	Down -22 places-22	£550	-8.33%	5 0.23%
Services Director	108	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	2
SAP Data Services	106	Down -16 places-16	£604	-0.08%	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	110	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	110	Down -20 places-20	-	-	1 0.046%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	103	Down -14 places-14	£600	+14.28%	8 0.36%	21
SQL Server Integration Services	106	Down -15 places-15	£211	-56.81%	5 0.23%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	104	Down -14 places-14	£211	-47.36%	7 0.32%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	110	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.046%	7
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	103	Down -12 places-12	-	-	8 0.36%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	107	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	104	Down -37 places-37	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	110	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Infrastructure Services Manager	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	61	Up 10 places+10	£530	+17.77%	51 2.33%	14