Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	102	Down -32 places-32	£460	-16.36%	12 0.54%	7
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -10 places-10	£513	-2.38%	117 5.27%	79
Amazon Web Services DevOps	110	Down -24 places-24	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Services Manager	97	Down -16 places-16	£495	-1.00%	17 0.77%	8
Amazon Web Services Engineer	99	Down -13 places-13	£510	+16.57%	15 0.68%	5
Amazon Web Services Architect	107	Down -28 places-28	£550	-8.33%	7 0.32%
Services Director	111	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	2
SAP Data Services	109	Down -24 places-24	£604	-0.08%	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	113	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	113	Down -30 places-30	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	106	Down -21 places-21	£550	+4.76%	8 0.36%	28
SQL Server Reporting Services	108	Down -23 places-23	£211	-47.36%	6 0.27%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	109	Down -23 places-23	£211	-56.81%	5 0.23%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	110	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	111	Down -31 places-31	£363	-34.09%	3 0.14%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	Down -24 places-24	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	113	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.045%	7
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	106	Down -20 places-20	£495	+41.42%	8 0.36%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	107	Down -45 places-45	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	110	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	110	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Network Services Manager	109	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.23%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	113	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%	1
Infrastructure Services Manager	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	61	Up 13 places+13	£550	+22.22%	54 2.43%	18