Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	107	Down -41 places-41	£460	-15.59%	8 0.36%	17
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	28	Down -11 places-11	£510	+1.74%	112 5.02%	170
Amazon Web Services DevOps	112	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%	1
Services Manager	90	Down -3 places-3	£525	+5.00%	25 1.12%	7
Amazon Web Services Engineer	100	Down -7 places-7	£510	+13.33%	15 0.67%	12
Amazon Web Services Architect	108	Down -22 places-22	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%	2
SAP Data Services	110	Down -19 places-19	£604	-	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	114	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
IT Services Manager	113	Down -22 places-22	£600	+20.00%	2 0.090%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	107	Down -16 places-16	£600	+14.28%	8 0.36%	35
Field Services Engineer	112	Down -19 places-19	-	-	3 0.13%	14
SQL Server Integration Services	114	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.045%	6
SQL Server Reporting Services	108	Down -17 places-17	£576	+44.00%	7 0.31%	3
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	112	New entry-	£485	-	3 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	105	Down -12 places-12	£475	+35.71%	10 0.45%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	110	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	109	Down -38 places-38	£450	-18.18%	6 0.27%
IT Services Delivery Manager	114	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.045%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	110	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.22%	2
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	114	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.045%
Infrastructure Services Manager	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	69	Up 7 places+7	£525	+5.00%	46 2.06%	54