Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	56	Down -23 places-23	£500	+33.33%	5 0.74%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Down -5 places-5	£560	-2.60%	57 8.44%	25
Amazon Web Services DevOps	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
Services Manager	60	Down -34 places-34	£165	-61.17%	1 0.15%
Amazon Web Services Engineer	59	New entry-	-	-	2 0.30%
SAP Data Services	60	Down -26 places-26	£415	+29.28%	1 0.15%	1
IT Services Manager	60	Down -30 places-30	£165	-63.33%	1 0.15%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	59	Down -27 places-27	£463	-19.56%	2 0.30%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	58	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.44%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	58	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.44%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	59	Down -26 places-26	£563	+2.27%	2 0.30%
Azure Cognitive Services	59	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.30%
IT Services Delivery Manager	60	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.15%
Microservices	30	Down -15 places-15	£575	-	31 4.59%	9