Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	70	Down -7 places-7	£525	+31.25%	4 0.50%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Down -3 places-3	£513	+7.89%	110 13.80%	28
Amazon Web Services DevOps	70	Down -2 places-2	£431	-12.75%	4 0.50%
Services Manager	71	Down -6 places-6	£325	-1.81%	3 0.38%
Amazon Web Services Engineer	62	Down -2 places-2	£425	-15.00%	12 1.51%	2
Amazon Web Services Architect	69	Down -1 place-1	£650	+15.55%	5 0.63%	1
SAP Data Services	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Amazon Web Services Developer	70	Down -1 place-1	£431	-4.16%	4 0.50%
IT Services Manager	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	70	Down -11 places-11	£513	+2.50%	4 0.50%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	73	Down -8 places-8	£438	-5.40%	1 0.13%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	71	Down -3 places-3	£550	+37.50%	3 0.38%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	70	Down -2 places-2	£431	-12.75%	4 0.50%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	69	No change0	£425	-	5 0.63%
Azure Cognitive Services	68	Down -2 places-2	£663	-14.51%	6 0.75%
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	72	New entry-	£350	-	2 0.25%
Infrastructure Services Manager	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Financial Services Project Manager	73	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.13%
Microservices	37	Up 11 places+11	£426	-14.66%	37 4.64%	5