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
Veeam Software	63	Down -34 places-34	£495	-5.71%	5 0.67%
Git	44	Down -19 places-19	£538	+79.16%	24 3.20%	8
Software Engineer	65	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.40%	8
Software Testing	64	Down -41 places-41	£383	+17.69%	4 0.53%	4
Software Engineering	52	Down -24 places-24	£610	+16.19%	16 2.13%	10
Software Delivery	67	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.13%
.NET Software Engineer	66	New entry-	£525	-	2 0.27%
Enterprise Software	64	Down -37 places-37	£650	+10.63%	4 0.53%	5
C# Software Engineer	67	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.13%
Code Quality (Software Quality)	66	New entry-	£545	-	2 0.27%
Agile Software Development	6	Up 3 places+3	£550	+35.80%	108 14.38%	22
Software as a Service (SaaS)	61	Down -38 places-38	£525	+10.52%	7 0.93%	6
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	61	Down -35 places-35	£550	+69.23%	7 0.93%	1
Senior Software Engineer	67	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	3
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	62	New entry-	£483	-	6 0.80%
Check Point Software Technologies	56	Down -29 places-29	£463	-	12 1.60%	1
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	66	New entry-	£500	-	2 0.27%