Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	154	Down -59 places-59	£475	+11.76%	34 0.74%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Down -2 places-2	£475	-	442 9.67%	200
Amazon Web Services DevOps	178	Down -56 places-56	£451	+0.22%	10 0.22%
Services Manager	160	Down -43 places-43	£495	+10.00%	28 0.61%	18
Amazon Web Services Engineer	156	Down -40 places-40	£469	-3.79%	32 0.70%	10
Amazon Web Services Architect	179	Down -58 places-58	£725	+46.90%	9 0.20%	3
Services Director	186	New entry-	£1,375	-	2 0.044%
SAP Data Services	179	Down -53 places-53	£750	+50.00%	9 0.20%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	186	Down -66 places-66	£488	+2.63%	2 0.044%	4
IT Services Manager	180	Down -57 places-57	£600	+24.35%	8 0.18%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	164	Down -47 places-47	£436	-5.62%	24 0.53%	49
SQL Server Integration Services	170	Down -54 places-54	£475	-7.31%	18 0.39%	6
SQL Server Reporting Services	180	Down -62 places-62	£580	+46.83%	8 0.18%	10
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	185	Down -61 places-61	£450	-15.88%	3 0.066%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	183	Down -61 places-61	£451	+0.22%	5 0.11%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	172	New entry-	£464	-	16 0.35%
Field Services Engineer	187	Down -70 places-70	£123	-2.97%	1 0.022%	7
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	182	Down -65 places-65	£425	-19.04%	6 0.13%	4
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	186	Down -62 places-62	£488	+2.63%	2 0.044%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	187	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.022%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	180	Down -53 places-53	£450	-15.88%	8 0.18%
IT Services Delivery Manager	187	Down -62 places-62	-	-	1 0.022%
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	182	Down -55 places-55	£456	+7.23%	6 0.13%	3
Technical Services Manager	187	New entry-	£555	-	1 0.022%	4
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	187	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.022%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	187	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.022%
Financial Services Project Manager	184	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.088%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	185	New entry-	£671	-	3 0.066%	1
Infrastructure Services Project Manager	186	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.044%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	185	New entry-	-	-	3 0.066%
Financial Services Business Analyst	187	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.022%	2
Microservices	76	Down -28 places-28	£477	+0.42%	132 2.89%	49