Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	65	Down -33 places-33	£500	+33.33%	5 0.65%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	16	Down -4 places-4	£560	+31.76%	76 9.87%	14
Amazon Web Services DevOps	69	Down -33 places-33	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	58	Down -30 places-30	£404	-0.35%	12 1.56%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	68	Down -32 places-32	-	-	2 0.26%
SAP Data Services	65	Down -29 places-29	£313	-2.49%	5 0.65%
IT Services Manager	69	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	66	Down -31 places-31	£560	-2.60%	4 0.52%
SQL Server Integration Services	69	New entry-	£413	-	1 0.13%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	68	Down -34 places-34	£563	+12.50%	2 0.26%
SQL Server Reporting Services	68	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	69	Down -33 places-33	-	-	1 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	67	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.39%
IT Services Delivery Manager	69	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%
Azure Cognitive Services	68	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.26%
Microservices	37	Down -15 places-15	£560	+33.65%	33 4.29%	8