Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	61	Down -37 places-37	£500	+33.33%	5 0.66%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Down -6 places-6	£560	+10.56%	67 8.86%	25
Amazon Web Services DevOps	65	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	65	Down -40 places-40	£165	-60.24%	1 0.13%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	64	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
SAP Data Services	64	Down -36 places-36	£364	+13.39%	2 0.26%
IT Services Manager	65	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	65	Down -38 places-38	£525	-8.69%	1 0.13%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	63	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.40%
SQL Server Reporting Services	65	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	4
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	64	Down -38 places-38	£563	+12.50%	2 0.26%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	65	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	63	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.40%
IT Services Delivery Manager	65	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	64	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.26%
Microservices	35	Down -20 places-20	£568	+35.44%	32 4.23%	5