Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	110	Down -43 places-43	£460	-15.59%	8 0.36%	21
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -12 places-12	£510	+1.49%	115 5.11%	155
Amazon Web Services DevOps	115	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%	1
Services Manager	93	Down -4 places-4	£525	+5.00%	25 1.11%	8
Amazon Web Services Engineer	102	Down -7 places-7	£510	+13.33%	16 0.71%	10
Amazon Web Services Architect	111	Down -23 places-23	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%	2
SAP Data Services	113	Down -20 places-20	£604	-	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	117	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.044%
IT Services Manager	116	Down -23 places-23	£600	+20.00%	2 0.089%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	110	Down -17 places-17	£600	+14.28%	8 0.36%	33
Field Services Engineer	115	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.13%	14
SQL Server Integration Services	117	Down -27 places-27	-	-	1 0.044%	7
SQL Server Reporting Services	111	Down -18 places-18	£576	+44.00%	7 0.31%	6
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	113	Down -23 places-23	-	-	5 0.22%	16
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	108	Down -13 places-13	£475	+35.71%	10 0.44%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	113	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	116	New entry-	-	-	2 0.089%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	117	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	113	Down -40 places-40	£450	-18.18%	5 0.22%
IT Services Delivery Manager	117	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.044%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	113	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	117	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.044%
Infrastructure Services Manager	117	New entry-	-	-	1 0.044%
Microservices	70	Up 8 places+8	£525	+5.00%	48 2.13%	46