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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Automated Testing	29	Up 7 places+7	£425	+30.76%	8 2.29%	12
Integration Testing	33	Up 8 places+8	£250	-21.87%	4 1.15%	1
Automation Engineer	36	Up 6 places+6	-	-	1 0.29%	5
System Integration Testing	36	Up 6 places+6	-	-	1 0.29%
Regression Testing	34	Up 8 places+8	£700	+143.47%	3 0.86%	1
Robotic Automation	36	New entry-	£280	-	1 0.29%
Deployment Automation	35	Up 8 places+8	-	-	2 0.57%
User Acceptance Testing	29	Up 10 places+10	£513	+60.15%	8 2.29%	4
Software Testing	35	Up 2 places+2	-	-	2 0.57%	15
Infrastructure Automation	32	Up 11 places+11	£725	+38.09%	5 1.43%
End-to-End Testing	36	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.29%	4
System Testing	35	Up 8 places+8	-	-	2 0.57%	2
Scenario Testing	35	Up 8 places+8	£375	-	2 0.57%	1
Non-Functional Testing	35	Up 7 places+7	-	-	2 0.57%
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	35	New entry-	-	-	2 0.57%
Senior Automation Engineer	36	New entry-	-	-	1 0.29%	1
Electronic Design Automation	36	New entry-	-	-	1 0.29%	4