Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	100	Down -31 places-31	£460	-16.36%	14 0.63%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -11 places-11	£513	-2.38%	116 5.20%	58
Amazon Web Services DevOps	110	Down -23 places-23	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Services Manager	95	Down -13 places-13	£495	-1.00%	19 0.85%	6
Amazon Web Services Engineer	99	Down -12 places-12	£510	+16.57%	15 0.67%	5
Amazon Web Services Architect	107	Down -27 places-27	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	111	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%
SAP Data Services	109	Down -23 places-23	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	113	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	113	Down -29 places-29	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	106	Down -20 places-20	£550	+4.76%	8 0.36%	19
SQL Server Reporting Services	108	Down -22 places-22	£211	-47.36%	6 0.27%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	109	Down -22 places-22	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	110	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	111	Down -30 places-30	£363	-34.09%	3 0.13%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	Down -23 places-23	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Field Services Engineer	113	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.045%	8
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	106	Down -19 places-19	£495	+41.42%	8 0.36%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	107	Down -44 places-44	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	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%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	113	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%	1
Network Services Manager	109	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Infrastructure Services Manager	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	60	Up 15 places+15	£550	+22.22%	54 2.42%	12