Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	155	Down -55 places-55	£475	+13.09%	23 0.56%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Up 7 places+7	£475	-5.00%	394 9.58%	178
Amazon Web Services DevOps	174	New entry-	£659	-	4 0.097%
Services Manager	145	Down -39 places-39	£495	+10.00%	33 0.80%	19
Amazon Web Services Engineer	151	Down -40 places-40	£680	+32.03%	27 0.66%	10
Amazon Web Services Architect	168	Down -56 places-56	£431	-4.16%	10 0.24%	6
Services Director	171	New entry-	£1,375	-	7 0.17%
SAP Data Services	173	Down -57 places-57	£850	-	5 0.12%
Terminal Services	175	New entry-	£553	-	3 0.073%
Amazon Web Services Developer	172	Down -58 places-58	£400	-27.27%	6 0.15%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	177	New entry-	£393	-	1 0.024%
IT Services Manager	171	Down -58 places-58	£575	+27.77%	7 0.17%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	154	Down -47 places-47	£500	-	24 0.58%	26
SQL Server Integration Services	159	Down -52 places-52	£449	-16.55%	19 0.46%	8
SQL Server Reporting Services	164	Down -55 places-55	£418	+5.69%	14 0.34%	6
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	176	New entry-	£659	-	2 0.049%
Field Services Engineer	177	Down -69 places-69	-	-	1 0.024%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	170	Down -60 places-60	£425	-22.72%	8 0.19%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	166	Down -51 places-51	£402	-25.55%	12 0.29%	8
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	176	Down -65 places-65	£450	-35.71%	2 0.049%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	177	Down -62 places-62	£475	-5.00%	1 0.024%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	169	Down -53 places-53	£375	-29.90%	9 0.22%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	177	Down -61 places-61	£892	+78.40%	1 0.024%
Technical Services Manager	177	New entry-	£555	-	1 0.024%	3
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	173	New entry-	£393	-	5 0.12%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	176	New entry-	-	-	2 0.049%
IT Services Delivery Manager	177	Down -61 places-61	-	-	1 0.024%	3
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	177	New entry-	£671	-	1 0.024%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	177	New entry-	£892	-	1 0.024%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	175	Down -59 places-59	-	-	3 0.073%
Financial Services Project Manager	175	New entry-	£575	-	3 0.073%
Microservices	61	Up 2 places+2	£453	-2.16%	145 3.53%	33