Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	103	Down -38 places-38	£525	-3.66%	17 0.71%	20
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	33	Down -17 places-17	£510	+1.74%	108 4.48%	240
Amazon Web Services DevOps	119	New entry-	£485	-	1 0.042%	6
Services Manager	95	Down -8 places-8	£525	+5.00%	25 1.04%	30
Amazon Web Services Engineer	109	Down -15 places-15	£498	+10.55%	11 0.46%	16
Amazon Web Services Architect	113	Down -26 places-26	£345	-42.50%	7 0.29%	3
Amazon Web Services Specialist	119	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.042%
IT Services Manager	118	Down -26 places-26	£600	+20.00%	2 0.083%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	117	Down -25 places-25	£600	+14.28%	3 0.12%	27
Field Services Engineer	116	Down -22 places-22	-	-	4 0.17%	21
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	113	Down -24 places-24	-	-	7 0.29%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services	114	Down -22 places-22	£576	+44.00%	6 0.25%	7
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	119	New entry-	£485	-	1 0.042%	6
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	107	Down -13 places-13	£500	+42.85%	13 0.54%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	116	New entry-	-	-	4 0.17%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	117	New entry-	£345	-	3 0.12%	2
Technical Services Manager	119	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%	7
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	115	New entry-	-	-	5 0.21%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	115	Down -42 places-42	£450	-18.18%	5 0.21%
IT Services Delivery Manager	119	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.042%	5
Infrastructure Services Manager	119	New entry-	-	-	1 0.042%
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)	119	New entry-	£725	-	1 0.042%
Microservices	65	Up 12 places+12	£525	+5.00%	57 2.37%	66