Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	102	Down -33 places-33	£460	-15.98%	13 0.59%	7
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	27	Down -10 places-10	£510	+2.00%	108 4.92%	75
Amazon Web Services DevOps	111	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Services Manager	92	Down -1 place-1	£525	+5.00%	23 1.05%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	99	Down -4 places-4	£510	+13.33%	16 0.73%	6
Amazon Web Services Architect	109	Down -21 places-21	£550	-8.33%	6 0.27%	1
SAP Data Services	110	Down -17 places-17	£604	-	5 0.23%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	114	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.046%
IT Services Manager	113	Down -19 places-19	£600	+20.00%	2 0.091%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	106	Down -13 places-13	£600	+14.28%	9 0.41%	30
Field Services Engineer	113	Down -18 places-18	-	-	2 0.091%	15
SQL Server Integration Services	114	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.046%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	109	Down -16 places-16	£576	+44.00%	6 0.27%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	£485	-	4 0.18%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	110	New entry-	£550	-	5 0.23%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	106	Down -11 places-11	-	-	9 0.41%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	108	Down -35 places-35	£450	-18.18%	7 0.32%
IT Services Delivery Manager	114	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.046%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	111	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%	1
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	114	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.046%
Infrastructure Services Manager	114	New entry-	-	-	1 0.046%
Microservices	71	Up 5 places+5	£525	+16.66%	44 2.01%	16