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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	72	Down -39 places-39	£500	+33.33%	4 0.51%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	18	Down -3 places-3	£525	+20.68%	72 9.14%	11
Amazon Web Services DevOps	75	Down -38 places-38	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	61	Down -28 places-28	£414	+2.09%	15 1.90%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	74	Down -37 places-37	-	-	2 0.25%	1
SAP Data Services	70	Down -33 places-33	£280	+17.68%	6 0.76%
IT Services Manager	73	New entry-	£369	-	3 0.38%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	72	Down -35 places-35	£568	-1.30%	4 0.51%	2
Field Services Engineer	75	New entry-	£133	-	1 0.13%	1
SQL Server Integration Services	75	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.13%
SQL Server Reporting Services	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	75	Down -39 places-39	£600	+33.33%	1 0.13%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	75	Down -38 places-38	-	-	1 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	73	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.38%
IT Services Delivery Manager	75	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	75	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.13%
Microservices	49	Down -25 places-25	£560	+49.33%	27 3.43%	5