Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	119	-17	£556	-4.09%	15 0.51%	11
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	20	-7	£537	-10.50%	214 7.32%	218
Amazon Web Services DevOps	132	-20	£400	-36.00%	2 0.068%
Services Manager	71	+12	£570	+14.00%	68 2.33%	7
Amazon Web Services Engineer	126	-16	£535	-6.95%	8 0.27%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	127	-17	£600	+29.72%	7 0.24%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	131	-	£550	-	3 0.10%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	133	-	£450	-	1 0.034%
Amazon Web Services Specialist	133	-	£390	-	1 0.034%
IT Services Manager	126	-15	£550	-15.38%	8 0.27%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	122	-24	£475	-22.44%	12 0.41%	46
SQL Server Integration Services	132	-24	£425	-15.00%	2 0.068%	7
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	132	-19	£400	-30.43%	2 0.068%
Field Services Engineer	128	-34	£123	-2.00%	6 0.21%	11
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	132	-21	£406	-12.16%	2 0.068%
Active Directory Federation Services	98	+13	£575	-6.12%	36 1.23%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	131	-30	£563	+12.50%	3 0.10%	6
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	122	-12	£438	-10.30%	12 0.41%	6
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	132	-	£519	-	2 0.068%
SQL Server Analysis Services	133	-21	£425	-24.44%	1 0.034%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	127	-29	£550	-4.34%	7 0.24%
EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)	131	-	£512	-	3 0.10%
Field Services Technician	131	-30	-	-	3 0.10%	3
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	127	-	£600	-	7 0.24%	2
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	130	-	£375	-	4 0.14%
Microservices	73	+14	£556	-4.91%	65 2.22%	37