Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	74	-11	£737	+34.04%	24 1.44%	17
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	30	-11	£525	-4.54%	84 5.03%	387
Amazon Web Services DevOps	97	-12	£600	+37.14%	1 0.060%
Services Manager	88	-10	£495	-	10 0.60%	13
Amazon Web Services Engineer	96	-14	£525	-4.54%	2 0.12%	6
Amazon Web Services Architect	95	-12	£550	+7.84%	3 0.18%
SAP Data Services	97	-	£575	-	1 0.060%
IT Services Manager	97	-18	£350	-	1 0.060%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	92	-9	£531	-7.60%	6 0.36%	52
SQL Server Integration Services	93	-9	£475	-1.80%	5 0.30%	3
Field Services Engineer	97	-13	-	-	1 0.060%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	97	-12	-	-	1 0.060%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	95	-10	£495	+23.75%	3 0.18%	9
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	93	-8	£363	-	5 0.30%	2
Services Support Manager	95	-	£350	-	3 0.18%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	97	-	-	-	1 0.060%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	97	-	£600	-	1 0.060%
Network Services Manager	93	-	£495	-	5 0.30%	3
Field Services Hardware Engineer	97	-	-	-	1 0.060%
SQL Server Integration Services Specialist (SSIS Specialist)	95	-	£475	-	3 0.18%
Technical Services Analyst	95	-15	-	-	3 0.18%
Microservices	68	-9	£625	+61.29%	30 1.80%	142