Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	69	Down -6 places-6	£650	+8.33%	3 0.39%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Down -2 places-2	£475	-2.56%	107 13.84%	35
Amazon Web Services DevOps	68	Down -2 places-2	£431	-11.64%	4 0.52%	1
Services Manager	67	Down -2 places-2	£413	+24.62%	5 0.65%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	60	Down -2 places-2	£425	-12.82%	12 1.55%	3
Amazon Web Services Architect	65	Up 4 places+4	£650	+30.00%	7 0.91%
SAP Data Services	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Amazon Web Services Developer	67	Up 2 places+2	£425	-5.55%	5 0.65%
IT Services Manager	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	68	Down -8 places-8	£513	+2.50%	4 0.52%	5
SQL Server Integration Services	70	Down -5 places-5	£463	-	2 0.26%
SQL Server Reporting Services	71	Down -2 places-2	£488	-2.50%	1 0.13%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	68	Up 1 place+1	£550	-	4 0.52%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	68	Down -2 places-2	£431	-11.64%	4 0.52%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	67	Up 2 places+2	£425	-	5 0.65%	2
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	69	New entry-	£409	-	3 0.39%
Azure Cognitive Services	68	Down -2 places-2	£663	-14.51%	4 0.52%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	70	New entry-	£350	-	2 0.26%
Infrastructure Services Manager	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Microservices	35	Up 7 places+7	£426	-9.54%	37 4.79%	8