Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SAP Certification	553	-120	£700	+19.65%	31 0.079%	11
A+ Certification	533	-128	£129	-31.46%	51 0.13%	323
Azure Certification	273	+9	£568	+3.18%	351 0.90%	478
AWS Certification	346	-76	£525	-8.69%	246 0.63%	276
PMI Certification	243	-5	£525	-	407 1.04%	145
IBM Certification	580	-114	£581	+29.11%	4 0.010%	3
ITIL Certification	429	-97	£550	+16.40%	156 0.40%	50
Server+ Certification	578	-	£610	-	6 0.015%	6
Dell Certification	583	-142	-	-	1 0.003%
Cisco Certification	228	-74	£500	-9.09%	441 1.13%	258
TOGAF Certification	459	-55	£700	+7.69%	125 0.32%	32
CREST Certification	542	-85	£520	-13.33%	42 0.11%	32
BICSI Certification	574	-105	-	-	10 0.026%	2
MySQL Certification	583	-	-	-	1 0.003%
Oracle Certification	527	-97	£500	-16.66%	57 0.15%	17
Citrix Certification	570	-103	£525	+5.00%	14 0.036%	3
Novell Certification	583	-	£375	-	1 0.003%
PRINCE2 Certification	556	-118	£500	+8.10%	28 0.072%	15
Tableau Certification	579	-116	£475	-20.83%	5 0.013%	2
Network+ Certification	530	-78	£440	-6.87%	54 0.14%	216
Project+ Certification	582	-	-	-	2 0.005%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	544	-112	£445	-11.00%	40 0.10%	16
Microsoft Certification	287	-61	£508	+1.50%	328 0.84%	254
ISTQB Advanced Certification	570	-108	£461	-7.80%	14 0.036%	3
ITIL Foundation Certificate	546	-113	£500	+14.61%	38 0.097%	20
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)	574	-104	£538	-	10 0.026%	6
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)	506	-72	£538	+2.38%	78 0.20%	15
Higher National Certificate (HNC)	559	-111	£525	+159.25%	25 0.064%	126
Gamification	573	-105	£450	+23.62%	11 0.028%	4
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)	581	-	£610	-	3 0.008%	3