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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Security Cleared1Up 3 places+3£525-10,830 21.80%1,854
Social Skills2Down -1 place-1£500-10,377 20.89%6,036
Finance3Down -1 place-1£550-8,991 18.10%4,189
SC Cleared4Up 5 places+5£525-8,290 16.69%1,243
Azure5Up 1 place+1£525+0.76%7,693 15.49%2,879
Agile6Down -3 places-3£510-2.85%7,555 15.21%2,525
AWS7Up 1 place+1£535+1.90%6,015 12.11%1,941
Microsoft8Up 2 places+2£495+4.21%5,729 11.53%3,351
CI/CD9Up 10 places+10£520+1.46%5,482 11.04%1,577
Architect10Up 6 places+6£616-1.44%5,439 10.95%945
Python11No change0£523-2.69%5,397 10.86%2,561
DevOps12Up 3 places+3£525-5,304 10.68%1,352
Stakeholder Management13Up 4 places+4£535+1.90%5,269 10.61%2,078
Problem-Solving14Down -9 places-9£493-1.40%5,233 10.53%3,301
Developer15Down -8 places-8£500-2.43%4,983 10.03%1,286
Analyst16Down -3 places-3£450-4,967 10.00%1,563
Senior17Up 4 places+4£550+2.80%4,838 9.74%2,583
SQL18Down -6 places-6£500-4,750 9.56%1,977
Public Sector19Up 1 place+1£500-4,612 9.28%1,213
Migration20Down -2 places-2£520-0.95%4,523 9.10%875
Lead21Up 9 places+9£570-0.86%4,060 8.17%1,380
Analytical Skills22Down -8 places-8£500-2.43%4,031 8.11%2,230
AI23Up 38 places+38£550-3,944 7.94%3,375
Continuous Improvement24Up 17 places+17£500+0.05%3,750 7.55%2,455
Analytics25Up 4 places+4£520-0.95%3,548 7.14%1,968
Stakeholder Engagement26Up 29 places+29£525-3,414 6.87%1,135
Windows27Down -5 places-5£425-2,916 5.87%1,010
Consultant28No change0£540-1.81%2,866 5.77%1,287
Java29Down -4 places-4£521-0.85%2,832 5.70%693
Banking30Down -7 places-7£534-7.13%2,708 5.45%579
Roadmaps31Up 9 places+9£562-2.34%2,706 5.45%1,453
Decision-Making32Up 15 places+15£513-2,656 5.35%2,391
Data Modelling33Up 25 places+25£523-0.47%2,620 5.27%654
Oracle34Down -2 places-2£525-2,566 5.17%503
Software Engineering35Up 10 places+10£550-4.34%2,561 5.16%1,805
Terraform36No change0£525-1.86%2,531 5.09%677
Kubernetes37Down -4 places-4£525-2.77%2,495 5.02%696
Validation38Up 37 places+37£495-5.75%2,490 5.01%1,009
SAP39Down -12 places-12£553-3.82%2,448 4.93%576
Degree40Down -16 places-16£500-2,419 4.87%2,646
JIRA41Down -6 places-6£488-2.50%2,345 4.72%571
Power Platform42Up 1 place+1£496+2.58%2,344 4.72%1,016
Business Intelligence43Down -4 places-4£500-2,328 4.69%1,083
Infrastructure as Code44Up 30 places+30£525-4.54%2,264 4.56%659
Cybersecurity45Up 9 places+9£550+1.85%2,209 4.45%1,760
Test Automation46Up 3 places+3£475-3.45%2,112 4.25%676
Project Management47Down -21 places-21£510+2.00%2,062 4.15%1,131
Business Analyst48Down -10 places-10£500-2,045 4.12%368
GCP49Up 8 places+8£550-4.34%2,016 4.06%698
DV Cleared50Up 36 places+36£600+3.89%1,942 3.91%388
The figures above represent demand-side skills and capabilities across the digital and IT contractor job market.
The statistics are not representative of specific organisations.