Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	125	Down -23 places-23	£554	-	16 0.47%	9
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	11	Up 2 places+2	£550	-3.50%	300 8.89%	155
Amazon Web Services DevOps	136	New entry-	£400	-	5 0.15%
Services Manager	66	Up 9 places+9	£575	+15.00%	79 2.34%	15
Amazon Web Services Engineer	126	Down -17 places-17	£500	-14.89%	15 0.44%	4
Amazon Web Services Architect	123	Down -21 places-21	£600	-4.00%	18 0.53%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	137	Down -28 places-28	£550	+41.02%	4 0.12%
IT Services Manager	127	Down -18 places-18	£675	+104.54%	14 0.42%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	131	Down -34 places-34	£575	-7.07%	10 0.30%	19
SQL Server Integration Services	137	Down -28 places-28	£425	+21.42%	4 0.12%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services	138	Down -34 places-34	£550	-15.38%	3 0.089%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	140	Down -30 places-30	£400	-40.74%	1 0.030%
Field Services Engineer	126	Down -38 places-38	£123	-2.00%	15 0.44%	8
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	127	Down -18 places-18	£438	-23.91%	14 0.42%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	136	New entry-	£400	-	5 0.15%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	139	Down -32 places-32	£433	-10.12%	2 0.059%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	139	New entry-	-	-	2 0.059%
Active Directory Federation Services	127	Down -20 places-20	£650	+6.12%	14 0.42%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	137	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.12%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	140	Down -43 places-43	-	-	1 0.030%
Field Services Technician	138	Down -46 places-46	-	-	3 0.089%	3
SQL Server Analysis Services	140	Down -30 places-30	£425	-34.61%	1 0.030%	1
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	125	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.47%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	134	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.21%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	138	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.089%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	140	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.030%
Infrastructure Services Manager	140	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%
Microservices	75	Up 17 places+17	£560	+1.81%	68 2.02%	39