Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	153	Down -48 places-48	£475	+11.76%	34 0.73%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Down -2 places-2	£475	-	442 9.55%	178
Amazon Web Services DevOps	177	Down -47 places-47	£451	+0.22%	10 0.22%
Services Manager	163	Down -37 places-37	£495	+2.59%	24 0.52%	23
Amazon Web Services Engineer	155	Down -34 places-34	£469	-6.20%	32 0.69%	4
Amazon Web Services Architect	178	Down -47 places-47	£725	+46.90%	9 0.19%	3
SAP Data Services	178	Down -42 places-42	£750	+50.00%	9 0.19%
Amazon Web Services Developer	185	Down -55 places-55	£488	+2.63%	2 0.043%	3
IT Services Manager	181	Down -49 places-49	£600	+16.50%	6 0.13%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	160	Down -36 places-36	£447	-3.24%	27 0.58%	36
SQL Server Integration Services	169	Down -44 places-44	£475	-12.64%	18 0.39%	9
SQL Server Reporting Services	179	Down -52 places-52	£580	+45.00%	8 0.17%	8
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	184	Down -50 places-50	£450	-15.88%	3 0.065%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	182	Down -52 places-52	£451	+0.22%	5 0.11%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	171	Down -34 places-34	£464	-22.66%	16 0.35%	2
Field Services Engineer	186	Down -59 places-59	£123	-2.97%	1 0.022%	10
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	180	Down -53 places-53	£425	-19.04%	7 0.15%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	185	Down -52 places-52	£488	+2.63%	2 0.043%	1
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	186	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.022%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	179	Down -42 places-42	£450	-15.88%	8 0.17%
IT Services Delivery Manager	186	Down -51 places-51	-	-	1 0.022%
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	181	Down -44 places-44	£456	+7.23%	6 0.13%	2
Technical Services Manager	186	New entry-	£555	-	1 0.022%	1
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	186	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.022%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	186	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.022%
Financial Services Project Manager	183	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.086%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	184	New entry-	£671	-	3 0.065%	1
Infrastructure Services Project Manager	185	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.043%
Financial Services Business Analyst	186	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.022%	2
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	184	New entry-	-	-	3 0.065%
Microservices	72	Down -23 places-23	£500	+5.26%	138 2.98%	49