Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	134	Down -24 places-24	£425	-	14 0.39%	11
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Up 3 places+3	£550	-	348 9.78%	257
Amazon Web Services DevOps	144	Down -25 places-25	£400	-37.25%	4 0.11%	3
Services Manager	76	Up 20 places+20	£525	+8.80%	75 2.11%	11
Amazon Web Services Engineer	130	Down -17 places-17	£488	-22.00%	18 0.51%	18
Amazon Web Services Architect	130	Down -16 places-16	£600	-4.00%	18 0.51%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	144	Down -27 places-27	£550	+41.02%	4 0.11%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%
IT Services Manager	135	Down -16 places-16	£675	+104.54%	13 0.37%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	138	Down -32 places-32	£575	-8.00%	10 0.28%	43
SQL Server Integration Services	141	Down -25 places-25	£425	-2.29%	7 0.20%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	145	Down -28 places-28	£550	+57.14%	3 0.084%	3
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	134	Down -14 places-14	£438	-23.91%	14 0.39%	4
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	147	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.028%
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	144	Down -24 places-24	£400	-36.00%	4 0.11%	3
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	145	New entry-	£573	-	3 0.084%	2
Field Services Engineer	133	Down -27 places-27	£123	-7.54%	15 0.42%	3
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	146	Down -29 places-29	£583	+21.03%	2 0.056%	1
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	144	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.11%	1
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	146	New entry-	-	-	2 0.056%	1
SQL Server Analysis Services	147	Down -28 places-28	£425	-10.52%	1 0.028%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	136	Down -18 places-18	£650	+6.12%	12 0.34%	2
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	143	Down -36 places-36	£560	-2.69%	5 0.14%	1
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	132	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.45%
Technical Services Manager	146	New entry-	£635	-	2 0.056%
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 0.084%
Infrastructure Services Manager	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.028%	1
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	147	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.028%
Microservices	70	Up 26 places+26	£525	-	83 2.33%	58