Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	114	Down -54 places-54	£470	-13.76%	7 0.30%	17
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -13 places-13	£510	+1.49%	117 5.04%	169
Amazon Web Services DevOps	118	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%	1
Services Manager	96	Down -14 places-14	£525	+5.00%	25 1.08%	15
Amazon Web Services Engineer	104	Down -16 places-16	£510	+13.33%	17 0.73%	12
Amazon Web Services Architect	114	Down -33 places-33	£550	-8.33%	7 0.30%	8
SAP Data Services	116	Down -30 places-30	£604	-	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	120	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.043%
IT Services Manager	119	Down -33 places-33	£600	+20.00%	2 0.086%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	114	Down -28 places-28	£600	+14.28%	7 0.30%	30
Field Services Engineer	117	Down -29 places-29	-	-	4 0.17%	12
SQL Server Integration Services	120	Down -37 places-37	-	-	1 0.043%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	114	Down -28 places-28	£576	+44.00%	7 0.30%	2
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	114	Down -31 places-31	-	-	7 0.30%	15
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	116	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	111	Down -23 places-23	£475	+35.71%	10 0.43%	8
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	-	-	3 0.13%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	120	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	116	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	116	Down -51 places-51	£450	-18.18%	5 0.22%
IT Services Delivery Manager	120	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.043%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	120	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.043%
Infrastructure Services Manager	120	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%
Microservices	71	No change0	£525	+5.00%	50 2.15%	52