Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	97	Down -25 places-25	£470	-14.15%	14 0.64%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -10 places-10	£510	+1.74%	111 5.09%	72
Amazon Web Services DevOps	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	89	Up 3 places+3	£488	+3.39%	22 1.01%	19
Amazon Web Services Engineer	97	Down -1 place-1	£510	+13.33%	14 0.64%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	106	Down -17 places-17	£550	-8.33%	5 0.23%	1
Services Director	108	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	1
SAP Data Services	106	Down -11 places-11	£604	-0.08%	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	110	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	109	Down -14 places-14	£600	+20.00%	2 0.092%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	103	Down -9 places-9	£600	+14.28%	8 0.37%	22
SQL Server Integration Services	108	Down -12 places-12	£520	+6.66%	3 0.14%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	106	Down -11 places-11	£510	+27.50%	5 0.23%	9
Field Services Engineer	109	Down -13 places-13	-	-	2 0.092%	3
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	102	Down -6 places-6	-	-	9 0.41%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	109	New entry-	-	-	2 0.092%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	110	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	104	Down -32 places-32	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	110	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	63	Up 11 places+11	£525	+16.66%	49 2.25%	18