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
Veeam Software	26	Down -4 places-4	£563	-	1 0.47%
Git	22	Down -2 places-2	£565	+15.89%	5 2.35%	13
TOWER Software	26	New entry-	-	-	1 0.47%
Software Engineer	14	Up 9 places+9	£425	-	13 6.10%	40
Software Testing	25	Down -2 places-2	-	-	2 0.94%	9
Software Engineering	11	Up 9 places+9	£425	-26.08%	16 7.51%	56
Software Delivery	25	New entry-	-	-	2 0.94%
Software Developer	18	Up 5 places+5	£500	+2.56%	9 4.23%	5
Enterprise Software	26	Down -5 places-5	£950	+58.33%	1 0.47%	3
Code Quality (Software Quality)	22	New entry-	£475	-	5 2.35%	4
C++ Software Engineer	20	New entry-	£425	-	7 3.29%	3
Software Test Engineer	25	New entry-	-	-	2 0.94%
Agile Software Development	13	Down -5 places-5	£538	-12.24%	14 6.57%	16
Software as a Service (SaaS)	21	Up 2 places+2	£509	-	6 2.82%	11
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	24	Down -1 place-1	-	-	3 1.41%	9
Senior Software Developer	18	Up 5 places+5	£500	+2.56%	9 4.23%	2
Python Software Engineer	26	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.47%	4
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	25	New entry-	-	-	2 0.94%
Check Point Software Technologies	25	New entry-	£530	-	2 0.94%
Atlassian Software Systems	23	No change0	-	-	4 1.88%	1
Embedded Software Development	24	New entry-	-	-	3 1.41%	3