Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	111	Down -40 places-40	£525	-3.66%	17 0.70%	12
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	42	Down -27 places-27	£510	+2.00%	92 3.81%	211
Services Manager	99	Down -6 places-6	£523	+4.50%	29 1.20%	23
Amazon Web Services Engineer	120	Down -20 places-20	£510	+13.33%	8 0.33%	24
Amazon Web Services Architect	121	Down -29 places-29	£345	-42.50%	7 0.29%	6
Amazon Web Services Specialist	127	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.041%
IT Services Manager	126	Down -28 places-28	£600	+20.00%	2 0.083%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	125	Down -28 places-28	£600	+23.07%	3 0.12%	9
Field Services Engineer	124	Down -24 places-24	-	-	4 0.17%	6
SQL Server Reporting Services	122	Down -24 places-24	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	5
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	121	Down -26 places-26	-	-	7 0.29%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	113	New entry-	£500	-	15 0.62%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	124	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	125	Down -25 places-25	£345	-42.50%	3 0.12%	3
Technical Services Manager	127	New entry-	-	-	1 0.041%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	123	New entry-	-	-	5 0.21%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	123	Down -44 places-44	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	127	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.041%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	127	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.041%	1
Infrastructure Services Manager	127	New entry-	-	-	1 0.041%
Microservices	74	Up 8 places+8	£525	+5.00%	55 2.28%	73