Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	129	Down -24 places-24	£556	-4.09%	15 0.47%	20
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	17	Down -6 places-6	£550	-8.33%	242 7.57%	185
Amazon Web Services DevOps	141	Down -27 places-27	£425	-37.03%	3 0.094%	1
Services Manager	71	Up 8 places+8	£575	+15.00%	75 2.35%	10
Amazon Web Services Engineer	134	Down -21 places-21	£535	-14.40%	10 0.31%	8
Amazon Web Services Architect	130	Down -20 places-20	£600	+26.31%	14 0.44%	7
Amazon Web Services Developer	141	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.094%
IT Services Manager	130	Down -20 places-20	£675	+3.84%	14 0.44%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	134	Down -35 places-35	£538	-12.24%	10 0.31%	31
SQL Server Integration Services	142	Down -32 places-32	£425	-12.82%	2 0.063%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	141	Down -38 places-38	£550	+10.00%	3 0.094%	2
Field Services Engineer	132	Down -38 places-38	£123	-2.00%	12 0.38%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	141	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.094%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	142	Down -31 places-31	£433	-10.12%	2 0.063%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	143	Down -29 places-29	£400	-40.74%	1 0.031%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	131	Down -19 places-19	£444	-9.02%	13 0.41%	7
Active Directory Federation Services	122	Down -11 places-11	£594	-3.06%	22 0.69%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	£519	-	2 0.063%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	140	Down -39 places-39	£700	+21.73%	4 0.13%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	-	-	2 0.063%
SQL Server Analysis Services	143	Down -30 places-30	£425	-24.44%	1 0.031%	1
Field Services Technician	141	Down -44 places-44	-	-	3 0.094%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	132	New entry-	£600	-	12 0.38%	6
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	141	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.094%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	143	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.031%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	141	New entry-	£850	-	3 0.094%	3
Microservices	77	Up 16 places+16	£550	-5.17%	67 2.10%	40