Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	125	Down -21 places-21	£554	-	17 0.50%	10
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	11	Up 2 places+2	£550	-2.65%	309 9.02%	178
Amazon Web Services DevOps	137	Down -23 places-23	£400	-36.00%	5 0.15%	1
Services Manager	68	Up 12 places+12	£550	+10.00%	76 2.22%	13
Amazon Web Services Engineer	127	Down -17 places-17	£475	-24.00%	15 0.44%	4
Amazon Web Services Architect	124	Down -17 places-17	£600	-7.69%	18 0.53%
Amazon Web Services Developer	138	Down -25 places-25	£550	+41.02%	4 0.12%
IT Services Manager	129	Down -16 places-16	£675	+104.54%	13 0.38%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	132	Down -33 places-33	£575	-8.00%	10 0.29%	27
SQL Server Integration Services	138	Down -27 places-27	£425	-18.26%	4 0.12%	6
SQL Server Reporting Services	139	Down -29 places-29	£550	-	3 0.088%	1
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	141	Down -27 places-27	£400	-40.74%	1 0.029%
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	128	Down -15 places-15	£438	-23.91%	14 0.41%	4
Field Services Engineer	127	Down -33 places-33	£123	-3.92%	15 0.44%	5
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	137	Down -23 places-23	£400	-36.00%	5 0.15%	1
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	140	Down -29 places-29	£433	-10.12%	2 0.058%
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	138	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.12%
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	140	New entry-	-	-	2 0.058%
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	141	Down -41 places-41	-	-	1 0.029%
Active Directory Federation Services	130	Down -19 places-19	£650	+6.12%	12 0.35%
SQL Server Analysis Services	141	Down -27 places-27	£425	-34.61%	1 0.029%	1
Field Services Technician	139	Down -42 places-42	-	-	3 0.088%	2
Technical Services Manager	141	New entry-	£635	-	1 0.029%	1
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	126	New entry-	£600	-	16 0.47%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	135	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.20%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	139	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.088%
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)	141	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.029%
Infrastructure Services Manager	141	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
Microservices	72	Up 20 places+20	£560	+4.18%	71 2.07%	47