Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	106	Down -41 places-41	£525	-3.66%	17 0.71%	17
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	37	Down -21 places-21	£510	+2.00%	95 3.96%	226
Services Manager	96	Down -9 places-9	£523	+4.50%	27 1.13%	25
Amazon Web Services Engineer	115	Down -21 places-21	£510	+13.33%	8 0.33%	18
Amazon Web Services Architect	116	Down -29 places-29	£345	-42.50%	7 0.29%	5
Amazon Web Services Specialist	122	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%
IT Services Manager	121	Down -29 places-29	£600	+20.00%	2 0.083%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	120	Down -29 places-29	£600	+17.07%	3 0.13%	9
Field Services Engineer	119	Down -25 places-25	-	-	4 0.17%	19
SQL Server Reporting Services	117	Down -25 places-25	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	5
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	116	Down -27 places-27	-	-	7 0.29%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	110	New entry-	£500	-	13 0.54%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	119	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	120	New entry-	£345	-	3 0.13%	3
Technical Services Manager	122	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	3
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	-	-	5 0.21%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	118	Down -45 places-45	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%
IT Services Delivery Manager	122	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	4
Infrastructure Services Manager	122	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	122	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%	1
Microservices	68	Up 8 places+8	£525	+5.00%	55 2.29%	76