Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	127	Down -26 places-26	£556	-4.09%	15 0.47%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	15	Down -2 places-2	£550	-8.33%	248 7.72%	191
Amazon Web Services DevOps	139	Down -29 places-29	£425	-37.03%	3 0.093%	1
Services Manager	70	Up 5 places+5	£575	+15.00%	75 2.34%	9
Amazon Web Services Engineer	132	Down -23 places-23	£535	-14.40%	10 0.31%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	128	Down -22 places-22	£600	+26.31%	14 0.44%	5
Amazon Web Services Developer	139	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.093%
IT Services Manager	128	Down -22 places-22	£675	+3.84%	14 0.44%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	132	Down -35 places-35	£538	-13.13%	10 0.31%	29
SQL Server Integration Services	140	Down -34 places-34	£425	-12.82%	2 0.062%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	139	Down -40 places-40	£550	+10.00%	3 0.093%	2
Field Services Engineer	130	Down -40 places-40	£123	-2.00%	12 0.37%	9
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	139	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.093%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	140	Down -33 places-33	£433	-10.12%	2 0.062%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	141	Down -31 places-31	£400	-40.74%	1 0.031%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	129	Down -21 places-21	£444	-9.02%	13 0.40%	7
Active Directory Federation Services	121	Down -14 places-14	£600	-2.04%	21 0.65%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	140	New entry-	£519	-	2 0.062%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	138	Down -41 places-41	£700	+21.73%	4 0.12%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	140	New entry-	-	-	2 0.062%
SQL Server Analysis Services	141	Down -32 places-32	£425	-24.44%	1 0.031%	1
Field Services Technician	139	Down -46 places-46	-	-	3 0.093%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	130	New entry-	£600	-	12 0.37%	4
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	139	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.093%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	141	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.031%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	139	New entry-	£850	-	3 0.093%	3
Microservices	77	Up 12 places+12	£550	-5.17%	68 2.12%	47