Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	147	Down -56 places-56	£475	+11.76%	34 0.76%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	13	Up 1 place+1	£475	-	444 9.98%	150
Amazon Web Services DevOps	171	Down -48 places-48	£451	+0.22%	10 0.22%
Services Manager	150	Down -35 places-35	£495	+10.00%	31 0.70%	14
Amazon Web Services Engineer	149	Down -32 places-32	£469	-6.20%	32 0.72%	5
Amazon Web Services Architect	171	Down -52 places-52	£725	+46.90%	10 0.22%	5
Services Director	174	New entry-	£1,375	-	7 0.16%	1
SAP Data Services	173	Down -49 places-49	£750	+50.00%	8 0.18%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	176	Down -58 places-58	£397	-16.52%	5 0.11%	3
Amazon Web Services Consultant	180	New entry-	£393	-	1 0.023%
IT Services Manager	173	Down -52 places-52	£600	+24.35%	8 0.18%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	160	Down -44 places-44	£425	-8.60%	21 0.47%	32
SQL Server Integration Services	164	Down -48 places-48	£500	-2.43%	17 0.38%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services	174	Down -58 places-58	£495	+26.92%	7 0.16%	11
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	178	Down -56 places-56	£450	-15.88%	3 0.067%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	176	Down -53 places-53	£451	+0.22%	5 0.11%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	165	New entry-	£464	-	16 0.36%	1
Field Services Engineer	180	Down -63 places-63	£123	-2.00%	1 0.023%	8
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	175	Down -60 places-60	£425	-19.04%	6 0.13%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	179	Down -56 places-56	£488	-2.50%	2 0.045%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	180	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.023%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	173	Down -48 places-48	£450	-15.88%	8 0.18%	1
IT Services Delivery Manager	180	Down -57 places-57	-	-	1 0.023%
Technical Services Manager	180	New entry-	£555	-	1 0.023%	3
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	175	Down -50 places-50	£456	+7.23%	6 0.13%	1
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	180	New entry-	£477	-	1 0.023%
Financial Services Project Manager	177	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.090%
Infrastructure Services Project Manager	179	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.045%
Financial Services Business Analyst	180	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.023%	1
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	180	New entry-	£671	-	1 0.023%	1
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	178	New entry-	-	-	3 0.067%
Microservices	71	Down -26 places-26	£466	-1.91%	133 2.99%	27