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	35	Up 7 places+7	£563	-	1 0.29%	1
Git	31	Up 7 places+7	£565	+13.00%	5 1.44%	22
TOWER Software	35	New entry-	-	-	1 0.29%
Software Engineer	23	Up 18 places+18	£425	+30.76%	13 3.75%	57
Software Testing	34	Up 3 places+3	-	-	2 0.58%	15
Software Engineering	15	Up 21 places+21	£400	-30.43%	21 6.05%	77
Software Delivery	34	New entry-	-	-	2 0.58%
Software Developer	27	Up 15 places+15	£500	+4.43%	9 2.59%	5
Enterprise Software	34	Up 6 places+6	£656	+9.37%	2 0.58%	3
Code Quality (Software Quality)	31	New entry-	£475	-	5 1.44%	4
C++ Software Engineer	29	New entry-	£425	-	7 2.02%	4
Software Test Engineer	34	New entry-	-	-	2 0.58%
Agile Software Development	16	Up 1 place+1	£450	-18.18%	20 5.76%	31
Software as a Service (SaaS)	29	Up 13 places+13	£509	+13.11%	7 2.02%	14
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	33	Up 8 places+8	-	-	3 0.86%	15
Senior Software Developer	27	Up 16 places+16	£500	+2.56%	9 2.59%	2
Python Software Engineer	35	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.29%	4
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	34	New entry-	-	-	2 0.58%
Check Point Software Technologies	34	New entry-	£530	-	2 0.58%
Atlassian Software Systems	32	Up 11 places+11	-	-	4 1.15%	1
Embedded Software Development	33	Up 9 places+9	-	-	3 0.86%	4