Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	132	Down -30 places-30	£425	-	14 0.39%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	10	Up 2 places+2	£550	-3.50%	336 9.41%	180
Amazon Web Services DevOps	142	Down -31 places-31	£400	-37.25%	4 0.11%	1
Services Manager	69	Up 19 places+19	£513	+6.21%	80 2.24%	4
Amazon Web Services Engineer	128	Down -23 places-23	£488	-22.00%	18 0.50%	11
Amazon Web Services Architect	128	Down -22 places-22	£600	-4.00%	18 0.50%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	142	Down -33 places-33	£550	+41.02%	4 0.11%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	145	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%
IT Services Manager	133	Down -22 places-22	£675	+104.54%	13 0.36%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	136	Down -38 places-38	£575	-8.00%	10 0.28%	34
SQL Server Integration Services	140	Down -32 places-32	£425	-2.29%	6 0.17%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	143	Down -36 places-36	£550	+37.50%	3 0.084%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	145	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.028%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	132	Down -20 places-20	£438	-23.91%	14 0.39%	3
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	Down -30 places-30	£400	-36.00%	4 0.11%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	143	New entry-	£573	-	3 0.084%	2
Field Services Engineer	131	Down -36 places-36	£123	-7.54%	15 0.42%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	144	Down -35 places-35	£583	+21.03%	2 0.056%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.11%	1
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	144	New entry-	-	-	2 0.056%
Active Directory Federation Services	134	Down -25 places-25	£650	+6.12%	12 0.34%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	144	Down -45 places-45	-	-	2 0.056%	1
Field Services Technician	143	Down -45 places-45	-	-	3 0.084%	2
SQL Server Analysis Services	145	Down -34 places-34	£425	-10.52%	1 0.028%	1
Technical Services Manager	144	New entry-	£635	-	2 0.056%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	130	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.45%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	139	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.20%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	143	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.084%
Infrastructure Services Manager	145	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%	1
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	145	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.028%
Microservices	71	Up 21 places+21	£538	+4.87%	78 2.18%	35