Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	149	Down -45 places-45	£425	-11.22%	10 0.27%	16
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	8	Up 6 places+6	£550	-	390 10.53%	472
Amazon Web Services DevOps	152	Down -41 places-41	£450	-28.00%	7 0.19%	5
Services Manager	109	Down -23 places-23	£513	+9.04%	50 1.35%	23
Amazon Web Services Engineer	138	Down -35 places-35	£450	-25.00%	21 0.57%	30
Amazon Web Services Architect	142	Down -35 places-35	£775	+24.00%	17 0.46%	8
Services Director	158	Down -45 places-45	£650	-31.57%	1 0.027%	6
Amazon Web Services Developer	156	Down -46 places-46	£380	-2.56%	3 0.081%	1
Amazon Web Services Consultant	158	Down -45 places-45	-	-	1 0.027%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	158	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
IT Services Manager	148	Down -38 places-38	£675	+10.20%	11 0.30%	4
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	135	Down -34 places-34	£800	+28.00%	24 0.65%	113
Field Services Engineer	144	Down -43 places-43	£123	-3.92%	15 0.41%	15
SQL Server Integration Services	151	Down -42 places-42	£675	+74.19%	8 0.22%	3
SQL Server Reporting Services	158	Down -48 places-48	£550	+49.15%	1 0.027%	4
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	147	Down -37 places-37	£438	+29.62%	12 0.32%	7
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	152	Down -40 places-40	£450	-19.10%	7 0.19%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	157	Down -44 places-44	£583	+16.50%	2 0.054%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	158	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.027%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	155	Down -42 places-42	£579	+36.17%	4 0.11%	5
Technical Services Manager	156	New entry-	£635	-	3 0.081%	3
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	157	New entry-	-	-	2 0.054%	3
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	156	Down -43 places-43	£500	-1.96%	3 0.081%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	151	Down -49 places-49	£536	+34.00%	8 0.22%	2
Active Directory Federation Services	152	Down -45 places-45	£705	+21.29%	7 0.19%	4
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	158	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.027%	1
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	147	New entry-	£850	-	12 0.32%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	152	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.19%
Infrastructure Services Manager	158	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	158	Down -48 places-48	£350	-8.49%	1 0.027%
Microservices	87	Down -9 places-9	£490	-10.90%	73 1.97%	93