Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	99	Down -35 places-35	£460	-15.98%	14 0.62%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -11 places-11	£513	-2.38%	115 5.13%	67
Amazon Web Services DevOps	109	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	93	Down -12 places-12	£495	-1.00%	20 0.89%	9
Amazon Web Services Engineer	98	New entry-	£510	-	15 0.67%
Amazon Web Services Architect	106	Down -27 places-27	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	110	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%	1
SAP Data Services	108	Down -23 places-23	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	112	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	112	Down -29 places-29	-	-	1 0.045%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	105	Down -20 places-20	£550	+4.76%	8 0.36%	26
SQL Server Reporting Services	107	Down -22 places-22	£211	-47.36%	6 0.27%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	108	Down -22 places-22	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	109	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	112	Down -33 places-33	£363	-34.09%	1 0.045%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	109	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	112	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.045%	12
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	105	Down -19 places-19	£495	+41.42%	8 0.36%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	109	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	106	Down -44 places-44	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	2
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	109	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	112	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%	1
Network Services Manager	108	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Infrastructure Services Manager	112	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	60	Up 13 places+13	£550	+22.22%	53 2.36%	12