Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	106	Down -41 places-41	£510	-6.42%	16 0.67%	18
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	33	Down -17 places-17	£510	+1.74%	110 4.58%	189
Amazon Web Services DevOps	121	New entry-	£485	-	1 0.042%	5
Services Manager	97	Down -10 places-10	£525	+5.00%	25 1.04%	31
Amazon Web Services Engineer	109	Down -15 places-15	£510	+13.33%	13 0.54%	18
Amazon Web Services Architect	114	Down -27 places-27	£345	-42.50%	8 0.33%	3
Amazon Web Services Specialist	121	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%	1
IT Services Manager	120	Down -28 places-28	£600	+20.00%	2 0.083%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	118	Down -26 places-26	£600	+14.28%	4 0.17%	9
Field Services Engineer	118	Down -24 places-24	-	-	4 0.17%	19
SQL Server Reporting Services	116	Down -24 places-24	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	4
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	115	Down -26 places-26	-	-	7 0.29%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	121	New entry-	£485	-	1 0.042%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	109	Down -15 places-15	£500	+42.85%	13 0.54%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	118	New entry-	£345	-	4 0.17%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Technical Services Manager	121	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	8
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	116	New entry-	£550	-	6 0.25%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	116	Down -43 places-43	£450	-18.18%	6 0.25%
IT Services Delivery Manager	121	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	5
Infrastructure Services Manager	121	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	121	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%
Microservices	67	Up 10 places+10	£525	+5.00%	56 2.33%	52