Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	99	Down -28 places-28	£470	-14.15%	14 0.64%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -13 places-13	£510	+1.49%	112 5.09%	68
Amazon Web Services DevOps	109	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	91	Down -2 places-2	£488	+3.39%	22 1.00%	14
Amazon Web Services Engineer	99	Down -6 places-6	£510	+13.33%	14 0.64%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	108	Down -22 places-22	£550	-8.33%	5 0.23%
Services Director	110	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	1
SAP Data Services	108	Down -16 places-16	£604	-0.08%	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	112	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	111	Down -19 places-19	£600	+20.00%	2 0.091%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	105	Down -14 places-14	£600	+14.28%	8 0.36%	20
SQL Server Integration Services	108	Down -15 places-15	£211	-56.81%	5 0.23%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	106	Down -14 places-14	£211	-47.36%	7 0.32%	3
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	109	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	109	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	112	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.046%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	105	Down -12 places-12	-	-	8 0.36%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	109	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	112	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	106	Down -37 places-37	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	109	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	112	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	112	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	62	Up 10 places+10	£530	+17.77%	51 2.32%	17