Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	109	Down -44 places-44	£460	-15.59%	8 0.35%	20
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -13 places-13	£510	+1.49%	115 5.10%	175
Amazon Web Services DevOps	114	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%	1
Services Manager	92	Down -5 places-5	£525	+5.00%	25 1.11%	7
Amazon Web Services Engineer	101	Down -8 places-8	£510	+13.33%	16 0.71%	10
Amazon Web Services Architect	110	Down -24 places-24	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%	1
SAP Data Services	112	Down -21 places-21	£604	-	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	116	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.044%
IT Services Manager	115	Down -24 places-24	£600	+20.00%	2 0.089%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	109	Down -18 places-18	£600	+14.28%	8 0.35%	35
Field Services Engineer	114	Down -21 places-21	-	-	3 0.13%	12
SQL Server Integration Services	116	Down -28 places-28	-	-	1 0.044%	6
SQL Server Reporting Services	110	Down -19 places-19	£576	+44.00%	7 0.31%	4
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	111	Down -23 places-23	-	-	6 0.27%	18
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	Down -14 places-14	£475	+35.71%	10 0.44%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	112	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	-	-	2 0.089%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%	2
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	112	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	112	Down -42 places-42	£450	-18.18%	5 0.22%
IT Services Delivery Manager	116	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.044%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	116	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.044%
Infrastructure Services Manager	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Microservices	69	Up 7 places+7	£525	+5.00%	48 2.13%	60