Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	60	Down -37 places-37	£500	+33.33%	5 0.66%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Down -7 places-7	£560	+10.56%	67 8.90%	20
Amazon Web Services DevOps	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	64	Down -40 places-40	£165	-60.24%	1 0.13%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	63	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%
SAP Data Services	63	Down -36 places-36	£364	+13.39%	2 0.27%
IT Services Manager	64	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	64	Down -38 places-38	£525	-8.69%	1 0.13%	2
SQL Server Integration Services	62	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.40%
SQL Server Reporting Services	63	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%	2
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	63	Down -38 places-38	£563	+12.50%	2 0.27%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	62	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.40%
IT Services Delivery Manager	64	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	63	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.27%
Microservices	34	Down -20 places-20	£568	+35.44%	32 4.25%	3