Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	59	Down -32 places-32	£500	+33.33%	5 0.67%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Down -6 places-6	£560	+1.81%	67 8.93%	29
Amazon Web Services DevOps	63	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Services Manager	63	Down -37 places-37	£165	-60.24%	1 0.13%	3
Amazon Web Services Engineer	62	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%
SAP Data Services	62	Down -33 places-33	£364	+13.39%	2 0.27%
IT Services Manager	63	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	63	Down -35 places-35	£525	-8.69%	1 0.13%	4
SQL Server Integration Services	61	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.40%
SQL Server Reporting Services	63	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	3
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	62	Down -35 places-35	£563	+12.50%	2 0.27%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	63	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	61	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.40%
IT Services Delivery Manager	63	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.13%	1
Azure Cognitive Services	62	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.27%
Microservices	33	Down -18 places-18	£568	+22.57%	32 4.27%	4