Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	132	Down -30 places-30	£425	-7.10%	16 0.45%	7
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Up 3 places+3	£550	-	366 10.35%	169
Amazon Web Services DevOps	143	Down -34 places-34	£425	-33.33%	5 0.14%	3
Services Manager	82	Up 6 places+6	£525	+12.90%	69 1.95%	25
Amazon Web Services Engineer	128	Down -25 places-25	£463	-26.00%	20 0.57%	14
Amazon Web Services Architect	130	Down -28 places-28	£600	-	18 0.51%	4
Services Director	147	Down -37 places-37	£650	-31.57%	1 0.028%
Amazon Web Services Developer	145	Down -38 places-38	£500	+28.20%	3 0.085%	2
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%
IT Services Manager	136	Down -27 places-27	£675	+104.54%	12 0.34%	7
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	133	Down -36 places-36	£623	-2.35%	15 0.42%	23
SQL Server Integration Services	141	Down -34 places-34	£425	-2.29%	7 0.20%	2
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	134	Down -24 places-24	£438	-23.91%	14 0.40%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	145	Down -37 places-37	£550	+57.14%	3 0.085%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	147	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.028%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	143	Down -33 places-33	£425	-32.00%	5 0.14%	3
Field Services Engineer	133	Down -36 places-36	£123	-3.92%	15 0.42%	5
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	145	New entry-	£573	-	3 0.085%	2
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	146	Down -39 places-39	£583	+21.03%	2 0.057%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	144	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.11%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	146	New entry-	-	-	2 0.057%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	147	Down -37 places-37	£425	+41.66%	1 0.028%
Active Directory Federation Services	141	Down -32 places-32	£575	-	7 0.20%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	143	Down -45 places-45	£560	-2.69%	5 0.14%
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	132	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.45%
Technical Services Manager	146	New entry-	£635	-	2 0.057%
Infrastructure Services Manager	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	141	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.20%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	145	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.085%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	147	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.028%
Microservices	70	Up 12 places+12	£525	-4.54%	85 2.40%	34