Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	75	-11	£737	+34.04%	24 1.42%	9
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	30	-9	£528	-1.74%	85 5.04%	259
Amazon Web Services DevOps	98	-12	£600	+37.14%	1 0.059%
Services Manager	89	-10	£495	-	10 0.59%	16
Amazon Web Services Engineer	97	-14	£525	-4.54%	2 0.12%	6
Amazon Web Services Architect	96	-12	£550	+7.84%	3 0.18%
SAP Data Services	98	-	£575	-	1 0.059%
IT Services Manager	98	-18	£350	-	1 0.059%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	93	-9	£531	-7.60%	6 0.36%	41
SQL Server Integration Services	94	-9	£475	-1.80%	5 0.30%	3
Field Services Engineer	98	-13	-	-	1 0.059%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	98	-12	-	-	1 0.059%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	96	-10	£495	+23.75%	3 0.18%	3
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	94	-8	£363	-	5 0.30%	2
Services Support Manager	96	-	£350	-	3 0.18%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	98	-	-	-	1 0.059%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	98	-	£600	-	1 0.059%
Network Services Manager	94	-	£495	-	5 0.30%	4
Field Services Hardware Engineer	98	-	-	-	1 0.059%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	96	-	£475	-	3 0.18%
Technical Services Analyst	96	-15	-	-	3 0.18%
Microservices	68	-8	£625	+61.29%	31 1.84%	82