Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	101	Down -32 places-32	£460	-15.98%	14 0.62%	15
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -13 places-13	£525	-	119 5.29%	202
Amazon Web Services DevOps	111	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%	6
Services Manager	93	Down -4 places-4	£495	+4.98%	22 0.98%	13
Amazon Web Services Engineer	100	Down -7 places-7	£510	+13.33%	15 0.67%	8
Amazon Web Services Architect	109	Down -23 places-23	£550	-8.33%	6 0.27%
Services Director	112	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%	1
SAP Data Services	110	Down -18 places-18	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%	2
Amazon Web Services Specialist	114	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	114	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	106	Down -15 places-15	£600	+14.28%	9 0.40%	34
SQL Server Integration Services	110	Down -17 places-17	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services	108	Down -16 places-16	£211	-47.36%	7 0.31%	11
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	111	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%	6
Field Services Engineer	114	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.045%	11
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	109	Down -16 places-16	£495	+41.42%	6 0.27%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	111	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	108	Down -39 places-39	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	114	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Infrastructure Services Manager	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Network Services Manager	112	New entry-	£495	-	3 0.13%
Microservices	59	Up 14 places+14	£550	+22.22%	57 2.54%	59