Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	106	Down -45 places-45	£510	-6.42%	14 0.60%	26
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	30	Down -12 places-12	£510	+1.74%	117 4.98%	254
Amazon Web Services DevOps	118	New entry-	£485	-	2 0.085%	2
Services Manager	95	Down -11 places-11	£525	+5.00%	25 1.06%	25
Amazon Web Services Engineer	105	Down -15 places-15	£510	+13.33%	15 0.64%	23
Amazon Web Services Architect	112	Down -29 places-29	£550	-8.33%	8 0.34%	7
SAP Data Services	118	Down -30 places-30	£578	-4.38%	2 0.085%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	119	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.043%	1
IT Services Manager	118	Down -30 places-30	£600	+20.00%	2 0.085%	7
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	115	Down -27 places-27	£600	+14.28%	5 0.21%	40
Field Services Engineer	116	Down -26 places-26	-	-	4 0.17%	11
SQL Server Reporting Services	114	Down -26 places-26	£576	+44.00%	6 0.26%	6
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	113	Down -28 places-28	-	-	7 0.30%	13
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	118	New entry-	£485	-	2 0.085%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	111	Down -21 places-21	£475	+35.71%	9 0.38%	5
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	115	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.21%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	117	New entry-	-	-	3 0.13%	3
Technical Services Manager	119	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%	13
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	113	New entry-	£550	-	7 0.30%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	115	Down -46 places-46	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%
IT Services Delivery Manager	119	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.043%	6
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	119	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.043%
Infrastructure Services Manager	119	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%
Microservices	67	Up 6 places+6	£525	+5.00%	53 2.26%	89