Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	102	Down -31 places-31	£460	-15.98%	13 0.59%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -12 places-12	£525	+4.21%	114 5.16%	65
Amazon Web Services DevOps	111	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	95	Down -7 places-7	£450	-4.55%	20 0.91%	17
Amazon Web Services Engineer	101	Down -9 places-9	£510	+13.33%	14 0.63%	2
Amazon Web Services Architect	109	Down -24 places-24	£550	-8.33%	6 0.27%
Services Director	112	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	1
SAP Data Services	110	Down -19 places-19	£604	-0.08%	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	114	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	114	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.045%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	106	Down -16 places-16	£600	+14.28%	9 0.41%	23
SQL Server Integration Services	110	Down -18 places-18	£211	-56.81%	5 0.23%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	108	Down -17 places-17	£211	-47.36%	7 0.32%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	111	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	114	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.045%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	Down -15 places-15	-	-	8 0.36%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	111	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	108	Down -40 places-40	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	114	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Infrastructure Services Manager	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	61	Up 9 places+9	£550	+22.22%	55 2.49%	11