Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	129	Down -23 places-23	£556	-4.09%	15 0.47%	15
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	18	Down -6 places-6	£550	-8.33%	240 7.50%	194
Amazon Web Services DevOps	142	Down -27 places-27	£400	-40.74%	2 0.063%	1
Services Manager	71	Up 9 places+9	£575	+15.00%	74 2.31%	8
Amazon Web Services Engineer	135	Down -21 places-21	£536	-14.20%	9 0.28%	10
Amazon Web Services Architect	130	Down -19 places-19	£600	+26.31%	14 0.44%	7
Amazon Web Services Developer	141	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.094%
IT Services Manager	130	Down -19 places-19	£675	+3.84%	14 0.44%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	134	Down -34 places-34	£538	-12.24%	10 0.31%	31
SQL Server Integration Services	142	Down -31 places-31	£425	-12.82%	2 0.063%	3
Field Services Engineer	132	Down -37 places-37	£123	-2.00%	12 0.37%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	141	Down -37 places-37	£550	+10.00%	3 0.094%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	£400	-	2 0.063%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	142	Down -30 places-30	£433	-10.12%	2 0.063%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	143	Down -28 places-28	£400	-40.74%	1 0.031%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	131	Down -18 places-18	£444	-9.02%	13 0.41%	8
Active Directory Federation Services	114	Down -2 places-2	£594	-3.06%	30 0.94%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	140	Down -38 places-38	£700	+21.73%	4 0.12%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	£519	-	2 0.063%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	-	-	2 0.063%
SQL Server Analysis Services	143	Down -29 places-29	£425	-24.44%	1 0.031%	1
Field Services Technician	141	Down -43 places-43	-	-	3 0.094%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	132	New entry-	£600	-	12 0.37%	6
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	141	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.094%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	143	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.031%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	141	New entry-	£850	-	3 0.094%	3
Microservices	78	Up 16 places+16	£550	-5.17%	67 2.09%	42