Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	104	Down -34 places-34	£460	-16.36%	14 0.61%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -12 places-12	£525	-	123 5.39%	72
Amazon Web Services DevOps	114	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	95	Down -7 places-7	£495	+4.98%	23 1.01%	16
Amazon Web Services Engineer	103	Down -9 places-9	£510	+13.33%	15 0.66%	2
Amazon Web Services Architect	111	Down -24 places-24	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	115	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%	1
SAP Data Services	113	Down -20 places-20	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	117	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.044%
IT Services Manager	117	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.044%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	108	Down -16 places-16	£575	+9.52%	10 0.44%	27
SQL Server Integration Services	113	Down -19 places-19	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	111	Down -18 places-18	£211	-47.36%	7 0.31%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	114	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	117	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.044%	9
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	110	Down -16 places-16	£495	+41.42%	8 0.35%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	114	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	111	Down -41 places-41	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	117	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.044%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	114	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Infrastructure Services Manager	117	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Network Services Manager	113	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Microservices	61	Up 13 places+13	£550	+22.22%	58 2.54%	14