Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	98	Down -25 places-25	£460	-12.38%	13 0.59%	16
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	26	Down -9 places-9	£513	-2.38%	111 5.01%	61
Amazon Web Services DevOps	107	Down -21 places-21	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Services Manager	95	Down -14 places-14	£495	-1.00%	16 0.72%	7
Amazon Web Services Engineer	96	Down -10 places-10	£510	+16.57%	15 0.68%
Amazon Web Services Architect	104	Down -25 places-25	£550	-8.33%	7 0.32%
Services Director	108	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.14%	1
SAP Data Services	106	Down -21 places-21	£604	-0.08%	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	110	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	103	Down -18 places-18	£550	+4.76%	8 0.36%	24
SQL Server Reporting Services	105	New entry-	£211	-	6 0.27%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	106	Down -20 places-20	£211	-56.81%	5 0.23%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	108	Down -27 places-27	£363	-32.55%	3 0.14%	1
Field Services Engineer	110	Down -24 places-24	-	-	1 0.045%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	107	Down -21 places-21	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	105	Down -19 places-19	£495	+41.42%	6 0.27%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	104	Down -42 places-42	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	107	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	107	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Network Services Manager	106	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.23%
Microservices	60	Up 13 places+13	£575	+27.77%	52 2.35%	14