Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	101	Down -33 places-33	£460	-12.38%	13 0.58%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	29	Down -12 places-12	£513	-2.38%	112 5.01%	84
Amazon Web Services DevOps	110	Down -29 places-29	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Services Manager	98	Down -22 places-22	£495	-1.00%	16 0.72%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	99	Down -18 places-18	£510	+16.57%	15 0.67%	1
Amazon Web Services Architect	107	Down -33 places-33	£550	-8.33%	7 0.31%
Services Director	111	New entry-	£1,100	-	3 0.13%	3
SAP Data Services	109	Down -29 places-29	£604	-0.08%	5 0.22%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	113	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.045%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	105	Down -25 places-25	£550	+4.76%	9 0.40%	26
SQL Server Integration Services	109	Down -28 places-28	£211	-56.81%	5 0.22%	1
SQL Server Reporting Services	108	New entry-	£211	-	6 0.27%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	110	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	111	Down -35 places-35	£363	-32.55%	3 0.13%	2
Field Services Engineer	112	New entry-	-	-	2 0.089%	7
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	110	Down -29 places-29	£485	+10.85%	4 0.18%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	108	Down -27 places-27	£495	+41.42%	6 0.27%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	107	Down -50 places-50	£450	-18.18%	7 0.31%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	110	New entry-	£211	-	4 0.18%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	110	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.18%
Network Services Manager	109	New entry-	£495	-	5 0.22%
Field Services Hardware Engineer	113	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%
Microservices	64	Up 5 places+5	£600	+33.33%	51 2.28%	18