Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	133	Down -29 places-29	£575	-0.86%	14 0.42%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	12	Up 1 place+1	£550	-2.65%	284 8.53%	175
Amazon Web Services DevOps	143	New entry-	£425	-	4 0.12%	1
Services Manager	71	Up 6 places+6	£575	+15.00%	76 2.28%	15
Amazon Web Services Engineer	133	Down -23 places-23	£500	-14.89%	14 0.42%	2
Amazon Web Services Architect	130	Down -24 places-24	£600	-4.00%	17 0.51%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	143	New entry-	£550	-	4 0.12%
IT Services Manager	133	Down -23 places-23	£675	+37.75%	14 0.42%	8
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	138	Down -39 places-39	£644	+4.04%	9 0.27%	34
SQL Server Integration Services	143	Down -34 places-34	£425	-10.52%	4 0.12%	6
Field Services Engineer	132	Down -41 places-41	£123	-2.00%	15 0.45%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services	144	Down -40 places-40	£550	-4.34%	3 0.090%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	143	New entry-	£425	-	4 0.12%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	146	Down -34 places-34	£400	-40.74%	1 0.030%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	145	Down -36 places-36	£433	-10.12%	2 0.060%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	133	Down -22 places-22	£438	-23.91%	14 0.42%	7
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	145	New entry-	-	-	2 0.060%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	146	Down -46 places-46	-	-	1 0.030%
Active Directory Federation Services	130	Down -21 places-21	£600	-2.04%	17 0.51%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	143	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.12%
SQL Server Analysis Services	146	Down -35 places-35	£425	-24.44%	1 0.030%	1
Field Services Technician	144	Down -50 places-50	-	-	3 0.090%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	132	New entry-	£600	-	15 0.45%	2
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	141	New entry-	£850	-	6 0.18%	2
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	144	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.090%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	146	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.030%
Infrastructure Services Manager	146	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%
Microservices	77	Up 19 places+19	£560	+1.81%	70 2.10%	48