Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	101	Down -38 places-38	£460	-15.98%	14 0.62%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -12 places-12	£519	-1.19%	119 5.24%	83
Amazon Web Services DevOps	111	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	94	Down -14 places-14	£495	-1.00%	21 0.93%	14
Amazon Web Services Engineer	100	New entry-	£510	-	15 0.66%	4
Amazon Web Services Architect	108	Down -30 places-30	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	112	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%	1
SAP Data Services	110	Down -26 places-26	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	114	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.044%
IT Services Manager	114	Down -32 places-32	-	-	1 0.044%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	105	Down -21 places-21	£575	+9.52%	10 0.44%	31
SQL Server Reporting Services	108	Down -24 places-24	£211	-47.36%	7 0.31%	3
SQL Server Integration Services	110	Down -25 places-25	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	3
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 -29 places-29	-	-	1 0.044%	13
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	Down -22 places-22	£495	+41.42%	8 0.35%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	111	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	108	Down -47 places-47	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	114	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.044%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Infrastructure Services Manager	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Network Services Manager	110	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Microservices	61	Up 11 places+11	£550	+22.22%	54 2.38%	13