Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

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	21	Down -2 places-2	£460	-	9 4.35%	10
End-to-End Testing	24	Down -3 places-3	£385	-	6 2.90%	1
Unit Testing	29	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.48%
User Acceptance Testing	22	Down -1 place-1	£515	-	8 3.86%	2
Software Testing	16	New entry-	£409	-	14 6.76%	8
System Integration Testing	29	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.48%
System Testing	29	Down -15 places-15	-	-	1 0.48%
Scenario Testing	26	New entry-	£368	-	4 1.93%
Regression Testing	29	Down -8 places-8	-	-	1 0.48%	1
Performance Testing	27	New entry-	-	-	3 1.45%	4
Manual Testing	29	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.48%	2
Functional Testing	28	Down -7 places-7	£550	-	2 0.97%	1
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	29	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.48%	2
Usability Testing	29	New entry-	£585	-	1 0.48%	1
Testing Coordinator	21	New entry-	-	-	9 4.35%
HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), formerly QuickTest Professional (QTP)	29	New entry-	£515	-	1 0.48%
Smoke Testing	29	New entry-	£350	-	1 0.48%