Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	130	Down -24 places-24	£425	-	14 0.40%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Up 3 places+3	£550	-4.34%	332 9.47%	285
Amazon Web Services DevOps	140	Down -25 places-25	£400	-37.25%	4 0.11%	1
Services Manager	70	Up 12 places+12	£525	+5.00%	78 2.22%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	126	Down -16 places-16	£488	-22.00%	18 0.51%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	126	Down -17 places-17	£600	-7.69%	18 0.51%	8
Amazon Web Services Developer	140	Down -27 places-27	£550	+41.02%	4 0.11%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
IT Services Manager	131	Down -16 places-16	£675	+104.54%	13 0.37%	1
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	134	Down -32 places-32	£575	-8.00%	10 0.29%	47
SQL Server Reporting Services	141	Down -30 places-30	£550	+37.50%	3 0.086%	1
SQL Server Integration Services	139	Down -27 places-27	£425	-2.29%	5 0.14%	6
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	143	Down -27 places-27	£400	-40.74%	1 0.029%	4
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	130	Down -14 places-14	£438	-23.91%	14 0.40%	2
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	140	Down -24 places-24	£400	-36.00%	4 0.11%	1
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	141	New entry-	£573	-	3 0.086%
Field Services Engineer	129	Down -32 places-32	£123	-5.76%	15 0.43%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	142	Down -29 places-29	£433	-10.12%	2 0.057%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	140	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.11%	2
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	-	-	2 0.057%
Active Directory Federation Services	132	Down -19 places-19	£650	+6.12%	12 0.34%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	143	Down -40 places-40	-	-	1 0.029%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	143	Down -28 places-28	£425	-10.52%	1 0.029%	1
Field Services Technician	141	Down -41 places-41	-	-	3 0.086%	2
Technical Services Manager	142	New entry-	£635	-	2 0.057%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	128	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.46%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	137	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.20%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	141	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.086%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	143	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.029%
Infrastructure Services Manager	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
Microservices	73	Up 20 places+20	£555	+5.71%	75 2.14%	63