Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	64	Down -31 places-31	£500	+33.33%	5 0.64%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	16	Down -5 places-5	£543	+27.64%	76 9.72%	14
Amazon Web Services DevOps	68	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	56	Down -23 places-23	£414	+2.09%	13 1.66%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	67	Down -30 places-30	-	-	2 0.26%
SAP Data Services	63	Down -26 places-26	£280	-12.92%	6 0.77%
IT Services Manager	67	New entry-	£369	-	2 0.26%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	65	Down -29 places-29	£560	-2.60%	4 0.51%
SQL Server Reporting Services	67	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	68	Down -33 places-33	£600	+20.00%	1 0.13%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	68	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.13%
Field Services Engineer	68	New entry-	£133	-	1 0.13%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	66	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.38%
IT Services Delivery Manager	68	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	67	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.26%
Microservices	38	Down -15 places-15	£560	+33.65%	32 4.09%	6