Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	144	Down -37 places-37	£425	-15.00%	11 0.29%	11
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	8	Up 7 places+7	£550	-	383 10.22%	506
Amazon Web Services DevOps	148	Down -33 places-33	£450	-28.00%	7 0.19%	5
Services Manager	107	Down -18 places-18	£525	+11.70%	48 1.28%	28
Amazon Web Services Engineer	131	Down -24 places-24	£450	-25.00%	24 0.64%	35
Amazon Web Services Architect	140	Down -29 places-29	£825	+32.00%	15 0.40%	6
Services Director	154	Down -37 places-37	£650	-31.57%	1 0.027%	1
Amazon Web Services Developer	151	Down -37 places-37	£365	-6.41%	4 0.11%
Amazon Web Services Consultant	154	Down -38 places-38	-	-	1 0.027%
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)	154	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
IT Services Manager	145	Down -33 places-33	£675	+10.20%	10 0.27%	3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	131	Down -27 places-27	£800	+28.00%	24 0.64%	117
Field Services Engineer	143	Down -38 places-38	£123	-3.92%	12 0.32%	9
SQL Server Integration Services	147	Down -34 places-34	£675	+74.19%	8 0.21%	4
SQL Server Reporting Services	154	Down -40 places-40	£550	+49.15%	1 0.027%	1
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)	152	Down -38 places-38	£450	+33.33%	3 0.080%	7
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	148	Down -32 places-32	£450	-19.10%	7 0.19%	5
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE)	153	Down -36 places-36	£583	+16.50%	2 0.053%	6
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	154	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.027%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	147	Down -30 places-30	£650	+52.94%	8 0.21%	6
Technical Services Manager	152	New entry-	£635	-	3 0.080%	4
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services	153	New entry-	-	-	2 0.053%	3
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)	146	Down -40 places-40	£560	+8.11%	9 0.24%	2
Active Directory Federation Services	147	Down -38 places-38	£705	+28.18%	8 0.21%	2
Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services	153	Down -36 places-36	£500	-1.96%	2 0.053%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	154	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.027%	2
Infrastructure Architect - Amazon Web Services	145	New entry-	£850	-	10 0.27%
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services	148	New entry-	£850	-	7 0.19%
Infrastructure Services Manager	154	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%
Microservices	87	Down -10 places-10	£475	-13.63%	70 1.87%	94