Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	65	Down -5 places-5	£525	+31.25%	4 0.53%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	7	Down -2 places-2	£515	+8.42%	102 13.42%	36
Amazon Web Services DevOps	66	Down -1 place-1	£450	-10.00%	3 0.39%	1
Services Manager	65	Down -6 places-6	£464	+3.05%	4 0.53%
Amazon Web Services Engineer	60	Down -4 places-4	£425	-19.04%	9 1.18%	1
Amazon Web Services Architect	64	Up 1 place+1	£650	+15.55%	5 0.66%
Amazon Web Services Developer	66	Down -3 places-3	£438	-14.63%	3 0.39%	1
IT Services Manager	68	Down -3 places-3	-	-	1 0.13%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	68	Down -13 places-13	£475	-5.00%	1 0.13%	1
SQL Server Integration Services	68	Down -6 places-6	£438	-5.40%	1 0.13%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	66	Down -1 place-1	£550	+37.50%	3 0.39%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	64	Up 2 places+2	£425	-	5 0.66%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	66	Down -1 place-1	£450	-10.00%	3 0.39%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	68	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	61	Up 3 places+3	£663	-14.51%	8 1.05%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	67	New entry-	£350	-	2 0.26%
Financial Services Project Manager	68	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.13%
Infrastructure Services Manager	68	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Microservices	35	Up 12 places+12	£438	-12.50%	34 4.47%	8