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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	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.50%	4
TOWER Software	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.50%
Software Engineer	8	New entry-	£74	-	29 14.57%	8
Software Testing	18	Up 9 places+9	£74	-	15 7.54%	4
Software Engineering	6	New entry-	£285	-	33 16.58%	9
Software Delivery	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.50%
.NET Software Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	2 1.01%
Enterprise Software	26	New entry-	£600	-	7 3.52%
C# Software Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	2 1.01%
Code Quality (Software Quality)	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.50%
Ada Software Engineer	28	New entry-	-	-	5 2.51%	3
Vector Software VectorCAST	31	New entry-	-	-	2 1.01%	2
Software Test Engineer	29	New entry-	-	-	4 2.01%	1
Agile Software Development	5	Up 11 places+11	£588	-2.08%	34 17.09%	12
Software as a Service (SaaS)	26	New entry-	£425	-	7 3.52%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	26	New entry-	£72	-	7 3.52%	5
Principal Software Engineer	18	New entry-	£74	-	15 7.54%	4
Pivotal Software RabbitMQ	31	New entry-	£500	-	2 1.01%
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	28	New entry-	£72	-	5 2.51%	2
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	27	Down -13 places-13	£54	-	6 3.02%
SC Cleared Software Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	2 1.01%