Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	146	Down -39 places-39	£425	-15.00%	11 0.29%	13
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Up 6 places+6	£550	-	364 9.75%	483
Amazon Web Services DevOps	150	Down -35 places-35	£450	-28.00%	7 0.19%	8
Services Manager	107	Down -21 places-21	£525	+10.52%	50 1.34%	29
Amazon Web Services Engineer	134	Down -27 places-27	£450	-25.00%	23 0.62%	40
Amazon Web Services Architect	142	Down -31 places-31	£825	+32.00%	15 0.40%	4
Services Director	156	Down -39 places-39	£650	-31.57%	1 0.027%	1
Amazon Web Services Developer	153	Down -39 places-39	£365	-6.41%	4 0.11%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	156	Down -40 places-40	-	-	1 0.027%	1
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	156	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
IT Services Manager	148	Down -38 places-38	£675	+10.20%	9 0.24%	2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	133	Down -30 places-30	£800	+28.00%	24 0.64%	79
Field Services Engineer	146	Down -40 places-40	£123	-3.92%	11 0.29%	17
SQL Server Integration Services	149	Down -36 places-36	£675	+74.19%	8 0.21%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	150	Down -34 places-34	£450	-19.10%	7 0.19%	7
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	154	Down -40 places-40	£450	+33.33%	3 0.080%	8
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	155	New entry-	£583	-	2 0.054%	12
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	156	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.027%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	148	Down -31 places-31	£650	+52.94%	9 0.24%	4
Technical Services Manager	154	New entry-	£635	-	3 0.080%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	148	Down -43 places-43	£560	+1.72%	9 0.24%
Active Directory Federation Services	149	Down -41 places-41	£705	+28.18%	8 0.21%	4
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	155	Down -38 places-38	£500	-1.96%	2 0.054%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	156	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.027%	1
Services Support Manager	156	Down -42 places-42	-	-	1 0.027%	2
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	147	New entry-	£850	-	10 0.27%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	150	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.19%
Infrastructure Services Manager	156	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
Microservices	89	Down -17 places-17	£475	-16.07%	69 1.85%	85