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
Git	23	Down -6 places-6	£358	+11.87%	23 6.87%	8
Software Engineer	34	Down -9 places-9	£280	-20.00%	12 3.58%	5
Software Testing	41	Down -16 places-16	£357	+25.08%	5 1.49%	1
Software Engineering	33	Down -11 places-11	£280	-2.77%	13 3.88%	12
D Software Zephyr	43	New entry-	£358	-	3 0.90%
Software Developer	42	New entry-	£488	-	4 1.19%	2
.NET Software Developer	45	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.30%
Software Architect	45	Down -20 places-20	£525	-	1 0.30%
Enterprise Software	45	Down -20 places-20	-	-	1 0.30%	3
Software Deployment	45	New entry-	-	-	1 0.30%
C Software Engineer	40	New entry-	-	-	6 1.79%
Code Quality (Software Quality)	40	New entry-	£650	-	6 1.79%	3
C++ Software Engineer	40	New entry-	-	-	6 1.79%
C/C++ Software Engineer	40	New entry-	-	-	6 1.79%
Agile Software Development	5	Up 2 places+2	£503	+13.35%	54 16.12%	20
Software as a Service (SaaS)	43	Down -18 places-18	-	-	3 0.90%	11
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	39	Down -15 places-15	£500	-9.09%	7 2.09%	9
Pivotal Software RabbitMQ	45	Down -22 places-22	£538	+86.63%	1 0.30%
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	42	Down -19 places-19	£358	-5.60%	4 1.19%
iOS Software Development	43	New entry-	£288	-	3 0.90%
Android Software Development	44	New entry-	£275	-	2 0.60%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	45	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.30%