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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
Veeam Software	33	New entry-	£600	-	5 1.79%
Git	33	New entry-	£550	-	5 1.79%	8
Software Engineer	32	New entry-	£699	-	6 2.15%	17
Software Testing	31	Down -10 places-10	£641	+35.00%	7 2.51%	2
Software Engineering	8	Up 14 places+14	£649	+44.16%	39 13.98%	28
Software Manager	28	New entry-	-	-	10 3.58%	3
Software Developer	32	New entry-	£538	-	6 2.15%	3
Enterprise Software	36	New entry-	£375	-	2 0.72%	1
Software Team Leader	37	New entry-	-	-	1 0.36%
Code Quality (Software Quality)	36	New entry-	£550	-	2 0.72%	6
Java Software Developer	37	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.36%
Agile Software Development	9	Down -1 place-1	£600	+24.35%	33 11.83%	25
Software as a Service (SaaS)	32	New entry-	£475	-	6 2.15%	5
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	37	Down -15 places-15	£698	-	1 0.36%	3
Senior Software Developer	37	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.36%	1
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	37	Down -15 places-15	£575	+21.05%	1 0.36%
Software Engineering Manager	24	New entry-	-	-	14 5.02%	2
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	36	New entry-	£375	-	2 0.72%
Atlassian Software Systems	37	New entry-	£698	-	1 0.36%
SC Cleared Software Engineer	36	New entry-	£698	-	2 0.72%
Embedded Software Development	37	New entry-	£698	-	1 0.36%
Software Quality Assurance	37	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.36%
Senior Java Software Developer	37	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.36%
Software Engineering Graduate	34	New entry-	-	-	4 1.43%
Ab Initio Software Corporation	36	New entry-	£525	-	2 0.72%