Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	91	Down -24 places-24	£470	-14.15%	14 0.64%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	24	Down -10 places-10	£510	+1.49%	111 5.07%	62
Amazon Web Services DevOps	101	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	83	Up 2 places+2	£488	+3.39%	22 1.01%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	91	Down -2 places-2	£510	+13.33%	14 0.64%	1
Amazon Web Services Architect	100	Down -18 places-18	£550	-8.33%	5 0.23%
Services Director	102	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	1
SAP Data Services	100	Down -12 places-12	£604	-0.08%	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	104	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	103	Down -15 places-15	£600	+20.00%	2 0.091%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	97	Down -10 places-10	£600	+14.28%	8 0.37%	20
SQL Server Integration Services	102	Down -13 places-13	£520	+6.66%	3 0.14%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	100	Down -12 places-12	£510	+27.50%	5 0.23%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	101	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	101	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	104	Down -15 places-15	-	-	1 0.046%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	96	Down -7 places-7	-	-	9 0.41%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	103	New entry-	-	-	2 0.091%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	104	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	98	Down -33 places-33	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	101	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	104	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	104	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	57	Up 11 places+11	£525	+16.66%	49 2.24%	16