Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	99	Down -34 places-34	£460	-15.98%	13 0.60%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	27	Down -11 places-11	£510	+1.74%	107 4.90%	71
Amazon Web Services DevOps	108	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	90	Down -3 places-3	£525	+5.00%	22 1.01%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	96	Down -5 places-5	£510	+13.33%	16 0.73%	1
Amazon Web Services Architect	106	Down -22 places-22	£550	-8.33%	6 0.27%
SAP Data Services	107	Down -18 places-18	£604	-	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	111	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	110	Down -20 places-20	£600	+20.00%	2 0.092%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	103	Down -14 places-14	£600	+14.28%	9 0.41%	27
Field Services Engineer	110	Down -19 places-19	-	-	2 0.092%	8
SQL Server Integration Services	111	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.046%	7
SQL Server Reporting Services	107	Down -18 places-18	£543	+35.75%	5 0.23%	9
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	108	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	107	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.23%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	103	Down -12 places-12	-	-	9 0.41%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
SQL Server Analysis Services	111	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%	2
IT Services Delivery Manager	111	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	105	Down -36 places-36	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	108	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	111	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	111	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	69	Up 2 places+2	£525	+16.66%	43 1.97%	15