Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SAP Certification	548	-111	£700	+19.65%	31 0.080%	11
A+ Certification	527	-118	£129	-31.46%	52 0.13%	323
Azure Certification	278	+5	£573	+4.09%	351 0.90%	478
AWS Certification	346	-79	£525	-12.50%	248 0.64%	276
PMI Certification	249	-9	£525	-	402 1.03%	145
IBM Certification	575	-105	£581	+29.11%	4 0.010%	3
ITIL Certification	424	-92	£550	+16.40%	156 0.40%	50
Server+ Certification	573	-	£610	-	6 0.015%	6
Dell Certification	578	-133	-	-	1 0.003%
Cisco Certification	231	-81	£500	-9.09%	441 1.13%	258
TOGAF Certification	454	-46	£700	+7.69%	125 0.32%	32
CREST Certification	535	-74	£520	-13.33%	44 0.11%	32
BICSI Certification	570	-97	-	-	9 0.023%	2
MySQL Certification	578	-	-	-	1 0.003%
Oracle Certification	522	-88	£500	-16.66%	57 0.15%	17
Citrix Certification	565	-94	£525	+5.00%	14 0.036%	3
Novell Certification	578	-	£375	-	1 0.003%
PRINCE2 Certification	551	-108	£500	+8.10%	28 0.072%	15
Tableau Certification	574	-107	£475	-20.83%	5 0.013%	2
Network+ Certification	525	-69	£440	-6.87%	54 0.14%	216
Project+ Certification	577	-	-	-	2 0.005%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	539	-103	£445	-11.00%	40 0.10%	16
Microsoft Certification	296	-67	£504	+0.75%	324 0.83%	254
ISTQB Advanced Certification	564	-98	£461	-7.80%	15 0.039%	3
ITIL Foundation Certificate	542	-104	£500	+14.61%	37 0.095%	20
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)	569	-95	£538	-	10 0.026%	6
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)	499	-60	£538	+2.18%	80 0.21%	15
Higher National Certificate (HNC)	554	-102	£525	+159.25%	25 0.064%	126
Gamification	568	-96	£450	+23.62%	11 0.028%	4
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)	576	-	£610	-	3 0.008%	3