Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	58	Down -29 places-29	£500	+33.33%	5 0.70%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	16	Down -9 places-9	£560	-2.60%	59 8.29%	29
Amazon Web Services DevOps	62	New entry-	-	-	1 0.14%
Services Manager	62	Down -35 places-35	£165	-60.24%	1 0.14%	4
Amazon Web Services Engineer	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.28%
SAP Data Services	61	Down -31 places-31	£364	+13.39%	2 0.28%	1
IT Services Manager	62	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.14%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	62	Down -34 places-34	£525	-8.69%	1 0.14%	5
SQL Server Integration Services	60	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.42%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	62	New entry-	-	-	1 0.14%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	60	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.42%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	61	Down -32 places-32	£563	+2.27%	2 0.28%
IT Services Delivery Manager	62	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.14%
Azure Cognitive Services	61	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.28%
Microservices	32	Down -22 places-22	£575	-	33 4.63%	5