Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	62	Down -32 places-32	£500	+33.33%	4 0.52%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	16	Down -4 places-4	£525	+23.52%	73 9.46%	19
Amazon Web Services DevOps	65	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	51	Down -21 places-21	£414	+2.09%	15 1.94%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	64	Down -30 places-30	-	-	2 0.26%
SAP Data Services	60	Down -26 places-26	£280	-12.92%	6 0.78%
IT Services Manager	63	New entry-	£369	-	3 0.39%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	61	Down -27 places-27	£560	-2.60%	5 0.65%
SQL Server Integration Services	65	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.13%
Field Services Engineer	65	New entry-	£133	-	1 0.13%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	64	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	65	Down -33 places-33	£600	+20.00%	1 0.13%	1
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	65	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	63	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.39%
IT Services Delivery Manager	65	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	65	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.13%
Microservices	38	Down -17 places-17	£560	+49.33%	28 3.63%	6