Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	70	Down -38 places-38	£500	+33.33%	4 0.53%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	20	Down -4 places-4	£543	+20.82%	64 8.41%	10
Services Manager	58	Down -26 places-26	£414	+2.09%	16 2.10%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	73	Down -37 places-37	-	-	1 0.13%
SAP Data Services	68	Down -32 places-32	£280	+17.68%	6 0.79%
IT Services Manager	71	New entry-	£369	-	3 0.39%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	70	Down -34 places-34	£568	-1.30%	4 0.53%
Field Services Engineer	73	New entry-	£133	-	1 0.13%	3
SQL Server Integration Services	73	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.13%
SQL Server Reporting Services	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	72	Down -37 places-37	£596	+32.38%	2 0.26%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	71	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.39%
IT Services Delivery Manager	73	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	73	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.13%
Microservices	53	Down -30 places-30	£543	+44.66%	21 2.76%	2