Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	102	Down -28 places-28	£470	-14.15%	14 0.64%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -12 places-12	£510	+1.74%	108 4.92%	98
Amazon Web Services DevOps	112	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	93	Up 1 place+1	£488	-2.50%	23 1.05%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	102	Down -3 places-3	£510	+13.33%	14 0.64%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	110	Down -18 places-18	£550	-8.33%	6 0.27%	1
Services Director	113	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	2
SAP Data Services	111	Down -14 places-14	£604	-	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	115	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	114	Down -16 places-16	£600	+20.00%	2 0.091%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	107	Down -10 places-10	£600	+14.28%	9 0.41%	25
SQL Server Integration Services	115	Down -18 places-18	-	-	1 0.046%	2
Field Services Engineer	114	Down -15 places-15	-	-	2 0.091%	10
SQL Server Reporting Services	112	Down -15 places-15	£510	+27.50%	4 0.18%	8
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	112	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	111	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.23%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	Down -8 places-8	-	-	9 0.41%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	115	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	115	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	109	Down -33 places-33	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	112	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	115	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	115	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	72	Up 6 places+6	£525	+16.66%	44 2.00%	18