Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	97	Down -31 places-31	£460	-15.98%	14 0.62%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	27	Down -12 places-12	£513	-2.38%	117 5.19%	83
Amazon Web Services DevOps	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	91	Down -8 places-8	£495	-1.00%	20 0.89%	14
Amazon Web Services Engineer	96	New entry-	£510	-	15 0.67%	4
Amazon Web Services Architect	104	Down -23 places-23	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	108	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%	1
SAP Data Services	106	Down -19 places-19	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	110	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.044%
IT Services Manager	110	Down -25 places-25	-	-	1 0.044%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	101	Down -14 places-14	£575	+9.52%	10 0.44%	31
SQL Server Integration Services	106	Down -18 places-18	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	104	Down -17 places-17	£211	-47.36%	7 0.31%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	110	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.044%	13
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	103	Down -15 places-15	£495	+41.42%	8 0.35%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	107	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	104	Down -40 places-40	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	110	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.044%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Network Services Manager	106	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Infrastructure Services Manager	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Microservices	59	Up 16 places+16	£550	+22.22%	53 2.35%	13