Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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	£550	-5.17%	16 0.50%	14
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	18	Down -6 places-6	£550	-8.33%	239 7.52%	163
Amazon Web Services DevOps	143	Down -29 places-29	£400	-40.74%	2 0.063%	1
Services Manager	73	Up 7 places+7	£575	+15.00%	74 2.33%	6
Amazon Web Services Engineer	136	Down -23 places-23	£536	-14.20%	9 0.28%	8
Amazon Web Services Architect	132	Down -22 places-22	£600	+26.31%	13 0.41%	6
Amazon Web Services Developer	142	New entry-	£550	-	3 0.094%
IT Services Manager	131	Down -21 places-21	£675	+3.84%	14 0.44%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	136	Down -38 places-38	£519	-15.30%	9 0.28%	23
SQL Server Integration Services	143	Down -33 places-33	£425	-12.82%	2 0.063%	5
Field Services Engineer	133	Down -39 places-39	£123	-2.00%	12 0.38%	5
SQL Server Reporting Services	142	Down -39 places-39	£550	+10.00%	3 0.094%	4
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	143	New entry-	£400	-	2 0.063%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	143	Down -32 places-32	£433	-10.12%	2 0.063%
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	144	Down -30 places-30	£400	-40.74%	1 0.032%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	114	Down -3 places-3	£588	-4.08%	31 0.98%	3
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	132	Down -20 places-20	£444	-9.02%	13 0.41%	5
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	143	New entry-	£519	-	2 0.063%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	141	Down -40 places-40	£700	+21.73%	4 0.13%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	143	New entry-	-	-	2 0.063%
SQL Server Analysis Services	144	Down -31 places-31	£425	-24.44%	1 0.032%	2
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	133	New entry-	£600	-	12 0.38%	5
Field Services Technician	142	Down -45 places-45	-	-	3 0.094%	1
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	142	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.094%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	144	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.032%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	142	New entry-	£850	-	3 0.094%	2
Microservices	81	Up 12 places+12	£550	-5.17%	66 2.08%	39