Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	107	Down -36 places-36	£525	-3.66%	17 0.71%	13
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	39	Down -23 places-23	£510	+2.00%	94 3.91%	205
Services Manager	97	Down -4 places-4	£523	+4.50%	27 1.12%	26
Amazon Web Services Engineer	116	Down -16 places-16	£510	+13.33%	8 0.33%	19
Amazon Web Services Architect	117	Down -24 places-24	£345	-42.50%	7 0.29%	6
Amazon Web Services Specialist	123	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%
IT Services Manager	122	Down -24 places-24	£600	+20.00%	2 0.083%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	121	Down -24 places-24	£600	+23.07%	3 0.12%	9
Field Services Engineer	120	Down -20 places-20	-	-	4 0.17%	29
SQL Server Reporting Services	118	Down -20 places-20	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	6
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	117	Down -22 places-22	-	-	7 0.29%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	109	New entry-	£500	-	15 0.62%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	120	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	121	New entry-	£345	-	3 0.12%	3
Technical Services Manager	123	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	3
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	119	New entry-	-	-	5 0.21%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	119	Down -40 places-40	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%
IT Services Delivery Manager	123	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	3
Infrastructure Services Manager	123	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	123	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%	1
Microservices	70	Up 12 places+12	£525	+5.00%	55 2.29%	74