Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	98	Down -32 places-32	£460	-15.98%	13 0.60%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -11 places-11	£510	+1.49%	107 4.93%	99
Amazon Web Services DevOps	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	89	Down -2 places-2	£525	+5.00%	22 1.01%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	95	Down -4 places-4	£510	+13.33%	16 0.74%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	105	Down -21 places-21	£550	-8.33%	6 0.28%	1
SAP Data Services	106	Down -17 places-17	£604	-	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	110	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	109	Down -19 places-19	£600	+20.00%	2 0.092%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	102	Down -13 places-13	£600	+14.28%	9 0.41%	25
Field Services Engineer	109	Down -18 places-18	-	-	2 0.092%	15
SQL Server Integration Services	110	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.046%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	106	Down -17 places-17	£543	+35.75%	5 0.23%	7
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	106	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.23%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	102	Down -11 places-11	-	-	9 0.41%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%	2
IT Services Delivery Manager	110	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	104	Down -36 places-36	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	110	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	68	Up 3 places+3	£525	+16.66%	43 1.98%	17