Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	100	Down -27 places-27	£460	-15.98%	14 0.62%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -10 places-10	£525	+4.21%	119 5.31%	54
Amazon Web Services DevOps	110	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	92	Down -2 places-2	£495	+4.98%	22 0.98%	18
Amazon Web Services Engineer	99	Down -5 places-5	£510	+13.33%	15 0.67%
Amazon Web Services Architect	108	Down -21 places-21	£550	-8.33%	6 0.27%
Services Director	111	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%	1
SAP Data Services	109	Down -16 places-16	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	113	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	113	Down -20 places-20	-	-	1 0.045%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	105	Down -13 places-13	£600	+14.28%	9 0.40%	21
SQL Server Integration Services	109	Down -15 places-15	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	107	Down -14 places-14	£211	-47.36%	7 0.31%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	110	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	113	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.045%	9
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	Down -13 places-13	-	-	7 0.31%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	110	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	107	Down -37 places-37	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	113	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	110	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Infrastructure Services Manager	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Network Services Manager	112	New entry-	£495	-	2 0.089%
Microservices	58	Up 14 places+14	£550	+22.22%	59 2.63%	3