Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	103	Down 38 places-38	£525	-3.66%	17 0.71%	12
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	42	Down 26 places-26	£511	+2.25%	86 3.61%	219
Services Manager	91	Down 4 places-4	£523	+4.50%	29 1.22%	27
Amazon Web Services Engineer	113	Down 19 places-19	£455	+1.11%	7 0.29%	26
Amazon Web Services Architect	113	Down 27 places-27	£345	-42.50%	7 0.29%	9
Amazon Web Services Specialist	119	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%
IT Services Manager	116	Down 24 places-24	£523	+4.50%	4 0.17%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	117	Down 26 places-26	£600	+23.07%	3 0.13%	12
Field Services Engineer	116	Down 22 places-22	-	-	4 0.17%	34
SQL Server Reporting Services	114	Down 22 places-22	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	5
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	113	Down 24 places-24	-	-	7 0.29%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	105	New entry-	£500	-	15 0.63%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	116	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	117	Down 23 places-23	£345	-42.50%	3 0.13%	3
Technical Services Manager	119	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	117	Down 44 places-44	£450	-18.18%	3 0.13%	8
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	-	-	5 0.21%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	119	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	2
Services Support Manager	118	Down 26 places-26	£523	+49.28%	2 0.084%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	119	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%	1
Infrastructure Services Manager	119	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microservices	68	Up 3 places+3	£525	+4.47%	53 2.23%	67