Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	152	Down -56 places-56	£475	+11.76%	34 0.76%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	14	No change0	£475	-	445 9.89%	144
Amazon Web Services DevOps	176	Down -50 places-50	£451	+0.22%	10 0.22%
Services Manager	156	Down -37 places-37	£495	+10.00%	30 0.67%	13
Amazon Web Services Engineer	154	Down -34 places-34	£469	-6.20%	32 0.71%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	176	Down -53 places-53	£725	+46.90%	10 0.22%	7
Services Director	182	New entry-	£1,375	-	4 0.089%
SAP Data Services	177	Down -49 places-49	£750	+50.00%	9 0.20%	1
Amazon Web Services Developer	182	Down -60 places-60	£400	-15.78%	4 0.089%	5
Amazon Web Services Consultant	185	New entry-	£393	-	1 0.022%
IT Services Manager	178	Down -53 places-53	£600	+24.35%	8 0.18%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	163	Down -44 places-44	£425	-8.00%	23 0.51%	31
SQL Server Integration Services	168	Down -47 places-47	£475	-7.31%	18 0.40%	7
SQL Server Reporting Services	179	Down -59 places-59	£495	+25.31%	7 0.16%	11
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	183	Down -57 places-57	£450	-15.88%	3 0.067%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	181	Down -55 places-55	£451	+0.22%	5 0.11%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	170	New entry-	£464	-	16 0.36%
Field Services Engineer	185	Down -65 places-65	£123	-2.00%	1 0.022%	4
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	180	Down -61 places-61	£425	-19.04%	6 0.13%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	184	Down -58 places-58	£488	+2.63%	2 0.045%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	185	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.022%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	178	Down -49 places-49	£450	-15.88%	8 0.18%
IT Services Delivery Manager	185	Down -58 places-58	-	-	1 0.022%
Technical Services Manager	185	New entry-	£555	-	1 0.022%	3
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	180	Down -51 places-51	£456	+7.23%	6 0.13%	4
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	185	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.022%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	185	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.022%
Financial Services Project Manager	182	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.089%
Infrastructure Services Project Manager	184	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.045%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	185	New entry-	£671	-	1 0.022%	1
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	183	New entry-	-	-	3 0.067%
Financial Services Business Analyst	185	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.022%	2
Microservices	76	Down -27 places-27	£475	-	132 2.93%	36