Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SAP Certification	536	-98	£600	+8.10%	37 0.10%	8
A+ Certification	523	-101	£200	+25.00%	50 0.14%	330
AWS Certification	313	-18	£525	-8.69%	281 0.79%	325
PMI Certification	257	+8	£520	-5.45%	364 1.03%	80
IBM Certification	569	-92	£581	+30.56%	4 0.011%	1
Azure Certification	278	+14	£550	-	334 0.94%	407
ITIL Certification	421	-82	£550	+29.41%	152 0.43%	48
Server+ Certification	558	-77	£238	-	15 0.042%	3
Dell Certification	572	-111	-	-	1 0.003%
Cisco Certification	256	-94	£500	-6.67%	366 1.03%	219
TOGAF Certification	445	-41	£700	+9.80%	128 0.36%	39
CREST Certification	528	-62	£525	-22.22%	45 0.13%	17
MySQL Certification	572	-	-	-	1 0.003%	1
Oracle Certification	511	-61	£500	-16.66%	62 0.18%	20
Citrix Certification	560	-82	£505	+1.00%	13 0.037%	6
Novell Certification	572	-	£375	-	1 0.003%
PRINCE2 Certification	546	-97	£568	+22.70%	27 0.076%	18
Tableau Certification	572	-98	£575	-8.00%	1 0.003%	3
Network+ Certification	521	-63	£400	-20.00%	52 0.15%	153
Project+ Certification	571	-	-	-	2 0.006%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	533	-88	£445	+11.02%	40 0.11%	15
Microsoft Certification	269	-37	£500	-	345 0.98%	322
ISTQB Advanced Certification	555	-79	£455	-9.00%	18 0.051%	6
ITIL Foundation Certificate	536	-96	£424	-10.90%	37 0.10%	21
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)	564	-83	£538	-	9 0.025%	2
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)	496	-43	£523	-10.45%	77 0.22%	12
Higher National Certificate (HNC)	553	-104	£181	-63.85%	20 0.057%	131
Gamification	562	-83	£450	+23.62%	11 0.031%	6
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)	572	-	£610	-	1 0.003%	4