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
Automated Testing	33	Down -6 places-6	£450	-	11 3.01%	7
Automation Tester	37	New entry-	-	-	7 1.92%
Automation Test Lead	43	New entry-	-	-	1 0.27%
Integration Testing	36	New entry-	£520	-	8 2.19%
Penetration Testing	43	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.27%
System Integration Testing	43	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.27%
Regression Testing	43	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.27%	5
Deployment Automation	42	Down -15 places-15	£450	-	2 0.55%	2
Functional Testing	43	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.27%
User Acceptance Testing	36	New entry-	£469	-	8 2.19%	2
Software Testing	40	Down -13 places-13	£478	-42.12%	4 1.10%	6
Infrastructure Automation	41	Down -15 places-15	-	-	3 0.82%
End-to-End Testing	40	New entry-	£475	-	4 1.10%
System Testing	42	Down -18 places-18	£550	-13.04%	2 0.55%
Scenario Testing	41	Down -14 places-14	£475	-	3 0.82%
Performance Testing	37	New entry-	-	-	7 1.92%	1
Manual Testing	43	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.27%
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	42	New entry-	£613	-	2 0.55%	1
Static Application Security Testing	43	New entry-	£671	-	1 0.27%	3
Dynamic Application Security Testing	43	New entry-	£671	-	1 0.27%	3