Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	146	Down -49 places-49	£425	-15.00%	11 0.30%	17
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	8	Up 4 places+4	£550	-	385 10.36%	598
Amazon Web Services DevOps	150	Down -45 places-45	£450	-28.00%	7 0.19%	6
Services Manager	110	Down -31 places-31	£525	+11.70%	47 1.26%	37
Amazon Web Services Engineer	135	Down -38 places-38	£450	-25.00%	22 0.59%	38
Amazon Web Services Architect	140	Down -39 places-39	£775	+24.00%	17 0.46%	8
Services Director	156	Down -49 places-49	£650	-31.57%	1 0.027%	4
Amazon Web Services Developer	154	Down -50 places-50	£380	-2.56%	3 0.081%	2
Amazon Web Services Consultant	156	Down -49 places-49	-	-	1 0.027%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	156	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
IT Services Manager	147	Down -44 places-44	£675	+10.20%	10 0.27%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	134	Down -40 places-40	£800	+28.00%	23 0.62%	137
Field Services Engineer	143	Down -48 places-48	£123	-3.92%	14 0.38%	13
SQL Server Integration Services	149	Down -46 places-46	£675	+74.19%	8 0.22%	8
SQL Server Reporting Services	156	Down -52 places-52	£550	+49.15%	1 0.027%	4
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	151	Down -47 places-47	£419	+24.07%	6 0.16%	10
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	150	Down -44 places-44	£450	-19.10%	7 0.19%	6
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	155	Down -48 places-48	£583	+16.50%	2 0.054%	6
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	156	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.027%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	151	Down -44 places-44	£618	+45.29%	6 0.16%	6
Technical Services Manager	154	New entry-	£635	-	3 0.081%	5
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	155	New entry-	-	-	2 0.054%	4
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	149	Down -55 places-55	£536	+10.51%	8 0.22%	5
Active Directory Federation Services	150	Down -51 places-51	£705	+28.18%	7 0.19%	4
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	155	Down -48 places-48	£500	-1.96%	2 0.054%	1
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	156	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.027%	2
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	145	New entry-	£850	-	12 0.32%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	150	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.19%
Infrastructure Services Manager	156	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	156	Down -53 places-53	£350	-7.59%	1 0.027%
Microservices	88	Down -20 places-20	£475	-13.63%	70 1.88%	120