Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SAP Certification	556	-115	£700	+19.65%	31 0.080%	11
A+ Certification	539	-126	£139	-26.13%	48 0.12%	323
AWS Certification	349	-80	£525	-12.50%	247 0.64%	276
PMI Certification	250	-8	£525	-	398 1.03%	145
Azure Certification	280	+6	£574	+4.31%	349 0.90%	478
IBM Certification	583	-109	£581	+29.11%	4 0.010%	3
ITIL Certification	430	-94	£545	+15.34%	158 0.41%	50
Server+ Certification	581	-	£610	-	6 0.016%	6
Dell Certification	586	-137	-	-	1 0.003%
Cisco Certification	233	-81	£500	-9.09%	436 1.13%	258
TOGAF Certification	461	-49	£700	+7.69%	126 0.33%	32
CREST Certification	543	-78	£520	-13.33%	44 0.11%	32
BICSI Certification	580	-103	-	-	7 0.018%	2
MySQL Certification	586	-	-	-	1 0.003%
Oracle Certification	530	-92	£500	-16.66%	57 0.15%	17
Citrix Certification	573	-98	£525	+5.00%	14 0.036%	3
Novell Certification	586	-	£375	-	1 0.003%
PRINCE2 Certification	558	-111	£534	+15.40%	29 0.075%	15
Tableau Certification	582	-111	£475	-20.83%	5 0.013%	2
Network+ Certification	537	-77	£440	-6.87%	50 0.13%	216
Project+ Certification	585	-	-	-	2 0.005%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	547	-107	£445	-11.00%	40 0.10%	16
Microsoft Certification	296	-65	£500	-	322 0.83%	254
ISTQB Advanced Certification	572	-102	£461	-7.80%	15 0.039%	3
ITIL Foundation Certificate	548	-106	£500	+14.61%	39 0.10%	20
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)	577	-99	£538	-	10 0.026%	6
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)	508	-65	£534	+1.47%	79 0.20%	15
Higher National Certificate (HNC)	563	-107	£525	+159.25%	24 0.062%	126
Gamification	576	-100	£450	+23.62%	11 0.028%	4
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)	584	-	£610	-	3 0.008%	3