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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
Git	18	New entry-	£323	-	1 1.23%	5
Software Engineer	10	New entry-	£525	-	9 11.11%	2
Software Testing	18	Down -3 places-3	£323	-	1 1.23%
Software Engineering	7	New entry-	£525	-	12 14.81%	4
Software Delivery	18	New entry-	£459	-	1 1.23%
.NET Software Engineer	17	New entry-	£525	-	2 2.47%
Software Developer	17	New entry-	£525	-	2 2.47%
.NET Software Developer	17	New entry-	£525	-	2 2.47%
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	18	New entry-	£600	-	1 1.23%
Agile Software Development	3	Up 9 places+9	£550	-14.56%	19 23.46%	10
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	6	New entry-	-	-	13 16.05%	4
Senior Software Engineer	12	New entry-	-	-	7 8.64%	1
Embedded Software Engineer	17	New entry-	-	-	2 2.47%	2
Pivotal Software RabbitMQ	18	New entry-	£323	-	1 1.23%
Senior Embedded Software Engineer	17	New entry-	-	-	2 2.47%	1
Android Software Development	18	New entry-	£600	-	1 1.23%
Embedded Software Development	17	New entry-	-	-	2 2.47%	2
Developer/Software Engineer	17	New entry-	£525	-	2 2.47%