Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	103	Down -43 places-43	£510	-6.42%	16 0.66%	25
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -14 places-14	£510	+2.00%	119 4.94%	240
Amazon Web Services DevOps	118	New entry-	£485	-	1 0.042%	4
Services Manager	94	Down -12 places-12	£525	+5.00%	25 1.04%	31
Amazon Web Services Engineer	105	Down -16 places-16	£510	+13.33%	14 0.58%	20
Amazon Web Services Architect	111	Down -29 places-29	£448	-25.41%	8 0.33%	4
Amazon Web Services Specialist	118	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%	1
IT Services Manager	117	Down -30 places-30	£600	+20.00%	2 0.083%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	114	Down -27 places-27	£600	+14.28%	5 0.21%	31
Field Services Engineer	115	Down -26 places-26	-	-	4 0.17%	19
SQL Server Reporting Services	113	Down -26 places-26	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	9
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	112	Down -28 places-28	-	-	7 0.29%	12
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	£485	-	1 0.042%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	Down -18 places-18	£488	+39.28%	12 0.50%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	114	New entry-	£448	-	5 0.21%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%	2
Technical Services Manager	118	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	11
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	113	New entry-	£563	-	6 0.25%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	114	Down -46 places-46	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%	2
IT Services Delivery Manager	118	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	5
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	118	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%
Infrastructure Services Manager	118	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microservices	64	Up 9 places+9	£525	+5.00%	56 2.33%	73