Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	57	Down -24 places-24	£500	+33.33%	5 0.74%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	16	Down -6 places-6	£560	-2.60%	57 8.38%	27
Amazon Web Services DevOps	61	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
Services Manager	61	Down -35 places-35	£165	-61.17%	1 0.15%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	60	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%
SAP Data Services	61	Down -27 places-27	£415	+29.28%	1 0.15%	1
IT Services Manager	61	Down -31 places-31	£165	-63.33%	1 0.15%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	60	Down -28 places-28	£463	-19.56%	2 0.29%	6
SQL Server Integration Services	59	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.44%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	61	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	59	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.44%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	60	Down -27 places-27	£563	+2.27%	2 0.29%
IT Services Delivery Manager	61	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.15%
Azure Cognitive Services	60	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.29%
Microservices	31	Down -16 places-16	£575	-	31 4.56%	11