Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	135	Down -32 places-32	£425	-	14 0.39%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Up 2 places+2	£550	-	342 9.61%	168
Amazon Web Services DevOps	145	Down -33 places-33	£400	-37.25%	4 0.11%	2
Services Manager	76	Up 14 places+14	£500	+3.62%	76 2.13%	8
Amazon Web Services Engineer	131	Down -25 places-25	£488	-22.00%	18 0.51%	10
Amazon Web Services Architect	131	Down -24 places-24	£600	-4.00%	18 0.51%	2
Amazon Web Services Developer	145	Down -35 places-35	£550	+41.02%	4 0.11%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	148	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%
IT Services Manager	136	Down -24 places-24	£675	+104.54%	13 0.37%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	139	Down -40 places-40	£575	-8.00%	10 0.28%	24
SQL Server Integration Services	142	Down -33 places-33	£425	-2.29%	7 0.20%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	146	Down -36 places-36	£550	+57.14%	3 0.084%	3
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	135	Down -22 places-22	£438	-23.91%	14 0.39%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	148	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.028%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	145	Down -32 places-32	£400	-36.00%	4 0.11%	2
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	146	New entry-	£573	-	3 0.084%	1
Field Services Engineer	134	Down -35 places-35	£123	-7.54%	15 0.42%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	147	Down -37 places-37	£583	+21.03%	2 0.056%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	145	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.11%	1
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	147	New entry-	-	-	2 0.056%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	137	Down -26 places-26	£650	+6.12%	12 0.34%	1
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	144	Down -44 places-44	£560	-2.69%	5 0.14%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	148	Down -36 places-36	£425	-10.52%	1 0.028%	2
Technical Services Manager	147	New entry-	£635	-	2 0.056%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	133	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.45%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.20%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	146	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.084%
Infrastructure Services Manager	148	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%	2
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	148	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.028%
Microservices	73	Up 17 places+17	£538	+3.61%	79 2.22%	37