Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	124	Down -19 places-19	£554	-	17 0.50%	12
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	11	Up 3 places+3	£550	-	297 8.77%	249
Amazon Web Services DevOps	136	New entry-	£400	-	5 0.15%
Services Manager	66	Up 12 places+12	£573	+14.50%	79 2.33%	22
Amazon Web Services Engineer	127	Down -15 places-15	£475	-19.14%	14 0.41%	7
Amazon Web Services Architect	123	Down -18 places-18	£600	-4.00%	18 0.53%	3
Amazon Web Services Developer	137	Down -25 places-25	£550	+41.02%	4 0.12%
IT Services Manager	128	Down -16 places-16	£675	+104.54%	13 0.38%	6
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	131	Down -30 places-30	£575	-8.00%	10 0.30%	35
SQL Server Integration Services	137	Down -26 places-26	£425	-2.29%	4 0.12%	7
SQL Server Reporting Services	138	Down -29 places-29	£550	-8.33%	3 0.089%	2
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	140	Down -27 places-27	£400	-40.74%	1 0.030%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	127	Down -15 places-15	£438	-23.91%	14 0.41%	6
Field Services Engineer	126	Down -34 places-34	£123	-2.97%	15 0.44%	7
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	136	New entry-	£400	-	5 0.15%
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	139	Down -29 places-29	£433	-10.12%	2 0.059%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	139	New entry-	-	-	2 0.059%	1
Active Directory Federation Services	127	Down -17 places-17	£650	+6.12%	14 0.41%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	137	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.12%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	140	Down -40 places-40	-	-	1 0.030%
SQL Server Analysis Services	140	Down -27 places-27	£425	-34.61%	1 0.030%	1
Field Services Technician	138	Down -43 places-43	-	-	3 0.089%	3
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	125	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.47%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	134	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.21%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	138	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.089%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	140	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.030%
Infrastructure Services Manager	140	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%
Microservices	74	Up 20 places+20	£560	+1.81%	69 2.04%	58