Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	69	Down -36 places-36	£500	+33.33%	5 0.64%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	16	Down -6 places-6	£525	+23.52%	75 9.65%	19
Amazon Web Services DevOps	73	Down -36 places-36	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	60	Down -27 places-27	£414	+2.09%	14 1.80%	2
Amazon Web Services Engineer	72	Down -35 places-35	-	-	2 0.26%
SAP Data Services	68	Down -31 places-31	£280	-12.92%	6 0.77%
IT Services Manager	72	New entry-	£369	-	2 0.26%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	69	Down -33 places-33	£560	-2.60%	5 0.64%	2
SQL Server Reporting Services	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	73	Down -38 places-38	£600	+20.00%	1 0.13%
Field Services Engineer	73	New entry-	£133	-	1 0.13%	3
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	73	Down -36 places-36	-	-	1 0.13%
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	44	Down -21 places-21	£560	+33.65%	30 3.86%	5