Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SAP Certification	548	-109	£700	+33.33%	31 0.084%	9
A+ Certification	536	-120	£173	+7.81%	43 0.12%	281
AWS Certification	328	-36	£525	-4.54%	268 0.73%	368
PMI Certification	250	+5	£525	-4.54%	387 1.05%	137
IBM Certification	575	-98	£581	+45.25%	4 0.011%	2
Azure Certification	279	+10	£575	+4.54%	338 0.92%	526
ITIL Certification	431	-93	£545	+21.11%	148 0.40%	47
Server+ Certification	573	-	£575	-	6 0.016%	4
Dell Certification	578	-125	-	-	1 0.003%
Cisco Certification	245	-93	£500	-9.09%	398 1.08%	206
TOGAF Certification	453	-36	£695	+6.92%	126 0.34%	34
CREST Certification	532	-66	£525	-19.23%	47 0.13%	76
MySQL Certification	578	-	-	-	1 0.003%
Oracle Certification	520	-77	£500	-16.66%	59 0.16%	22
Citrix Certification	565	-89	£525	+5.00%	14 0.038%	3
Novell Certification	578	-	£375	-	1 0.003%
PRINCE2 Certification	552	-103	£568	+22.70%	27 0.073%	14
Tableau Certification	575	-104	£475	-20.83%	4 0.011%	3
Network+ Certification	535	-76	£440	+0.85%	44 0.12%	186
Project+ Certification	577	-	-	-	2 0.005%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	539	-96	£445	-11.00%	40 0.11%	14
Microsoft Certification	285	-59	£513	+2.50%	329 0.89%	310
ISTQB Advanced Certification	562	-89	£455	-9.00%	17 0.046%	3
ITIL Foundation Certificate	545	-104	£425	-2.57%	34 0.092%	22
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)	570	-91	£538	-	9 0.024%	4
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)	506	-58	£525	-4.02%	73 0.20%	14
Higher National Certificate (HNC)	559	-110	£298	-27.65%	20 0.054%	132
Gamification	568	-91	£450	+23.62%	11 0.030%	3
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)	578	-	£610	-	1 0.003%	5