Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	103	Down -41 places-41	£510	-6.42%	16 0.67%	24
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -9 places-9	£510	+1.74%	120 5.06%	228
Amazon Web Services DevOps	117	New entry-	£485	-	2 0.084%	1
Services Manager	94	Down -10 places-10	£525	+5.00%	25 1.05%	26
Amazon Web Services Engineer	103	Down -12 places-12	£510	+13.33%	16 0.67%	21
Amazon Web Services Architect	110	Down -26 places-26	£550	-8.33%	9 0.38%	6
Amazon Web Services Specialist	118	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%	1
IT Services Manager	117	Down -28 places-28	£600	+20.00%	2 0.084%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	114	Down -25 places-25	£600	+14.28%	5 0.21%	38
Field Services Engineer	115	Down -24 places-24	-	-	4 0.17%	13
SQL Server Reporting Services	113	Down -24 places-24	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	5
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	112	Down -26 places-26	-	-	7 0.30%	13
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	117	New entry-	£485	-	2 0.084%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	108	Down -17 places-17	£488	+39.28%	11 0.46%	5
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	113	New entry-	£550	-	6 0.25%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%	2
Technical Services Manager	118	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	12
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	112	New entry-	£550	-	7 0.30%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	114	Down -44 places-44	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%
IT Services Delivery Manager	118	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	5
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	118	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%
Infrastructure Services Manager	118	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microservices	64	Up 10 places+10	£525	+5.00%	55 2.32%	83