Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	96	Down -26 places-26	£470	-14.15%	14 0.64%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	27	Down -11 places-11	£510	+2.00%	107 4.92%	109
Amazon Web Services DevOps	106	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	88	Up 2 places+2	£488	+3.39%	22 1.01%	13
Amazon Web Services Engineer	96	Down -2 places-2	£510	+13.33%	14 0.64%	6
Amazon Web Services Architect	104	Down -17 places-17	£550	-8.33%	6 0.28%	1
Services Director	107	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	2
SAP Data Services	105	Down -13 places-13	£604	-	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	109	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	108	Down -15 places-15	£600	+20.00%	2 0.092%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	101	Down -9 places-9	£600	+14.28%	9 0.41%	26
SQL Server Integration Services	108	Down -15 places-15	£520	+6.66%	2 0.092%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	106	Down -14 places-14	£510	+27.50%	4 0.18%	7
Field Services Engineer	108	Down -14 places-14	-	-	2 0.092%	12
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	106	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	105	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.23%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	101	Down -7 places-7	-	-	9 0.41%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	109	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	109	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	103	Down -33 places-33	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	106	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	109	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	109	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	62	Up 10 places+10	£525	+16.66%	49 2.25%	17