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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	26	Up 4 places+4	£650	+52.94%	12 4.18%	18
Integration Testing	37	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.35%	3
Penetration Testing	33	Down -4 places-4	£700	+75.00%	5 1.74%	1
Task Automation	37	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.35%	2
Automation Anywhere	33	New entry-	-	-	5 1.74%
Build Automation	37	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%	2
Automation Developer	34	New entry-	-	-	4 1.39%
System Integration Testing	37	Down -7 places-7	-	-	1 0.35%	3
Functional Testing	37	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.35%	1
Hyperautomation	36	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.70%
User Acceptance Testing	35	Down -7 places-7	£538	+26.47%	3 1.05%	9
Software Testing	37	Down -9 places-9	£550	+13.98%	1 0.35%	6
Infrastructure Automation	33	New entry-	£712	-	5 1.74%	3
System Testing	36	Down -7 places-7	-	-	2 0.70%	3
Performance Testing	37	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%
Non-Functional Testing	37	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.35%
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	35	New entry-	-	-	3 1.05%	3
Static Application Security Testing	37	New entry-	£78	-	1 0.35%	1
Dynamic Application Security Testing	37	New entry-	£78	-	1 0.35%	1
Component Testing	37	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%
Robotic Process Automation Developer	36	Down -7 places-7	-	-	2 0.70%