Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SAP Certification	529	-82	£600	+8.10%	37 0.10%	8
A+ Certification	519	-87	£200	+25.00%	47 0.13%	332
AWS Certification	304	+1	£525	-8.69%	281 0.80%	321
PMI Certification	257	+13	£525	-4.54%	363 1.03%	78
IBM Certification	562	-77	£581	+30.56%	4 0.011%	1
Azure Certification	276	+25	£550	-	332 0.94%	404
ITIL Certification	413	-65	£550	+29.41%	153 0.43%	48
Server+ Certification	554	-65	£238	-	12 0.034%	3
Dell Certification	565	-96	-	-	1 0.003%
Cisco Certification	258	-92	£500	-6.97%	361 1.02%	221
TOGAF Certification	438	-26	£700	+9.80%	128 0.36%	39
CREST Certification	521	-47	£525	-22.22%	45 0.13%	17
MySQL Certification	565	-	-	-	1 0.003%	1
Oracle Certification	504	-45	£500	-16.66%	62 0.18%	20
Citrix Certification	553	-67	£505	+1.00%	13 0.037%	6
Novell Certification	565	-	£375	-	1 0.003%
PRINCE2 Certification	539	-82	£568	+22.70%	27 0.077%	17
Tableau Certification	565	-82	£575	-11.53%	1 0.003%	3
Network+ Certification	519	-53	£273	-45.50%	47 0.13%	154
Project+ Certification	564	-	-	-	2 0.006%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	526	-72	£445	+10.79%	40 0.11%	17
Microsoft Certification	270	-31	£500	-	342 0.97%	324
ISTQB Advanced Certification	548	-64	£455	-9.00%	18 0.051%	6
ITIL Foundation Certificate	528	-79	£424	-15.87%	38 0.11%	20
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)	557	-68	£538	-	9 0.026%	2
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)	488	-23	£523	-14.34%	78 0.22%	15
Higher National Certificate (HNC)	546	-89	£181	-63.85%	20 0.057%	129
Gamification	555	-68	£450	+23.62%	11 0.031%	6
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)	565	-	£610	-	1 0.003%	4