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	60	Down -22 places-22	£564	-3.63%	5 0.63%	10
Software Engineer	57	Down -3 places-3	£553	-3.91%	8 1.01%	6
Software Testing	49	Up 3 places+3	£425	+21.42%	16 2.03%	3
Software Engineering	51	Down -5 places-5	£575	-1.70%	14 1.77%	6
Software Delivery	64	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.13%
Software Developer	64	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.13%	1
Software Licensing	62	Down -17 places-17	£220	-	3 0.38%
Enterprise Software	43	New entry-	£500	-	22 2.79%	4
Lucid Software Lucidchart	63	New entry-	£350	-	2 0.25%	2
Java Software Engineer	64	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.13%
BMC Software, Inc	47	New entry-	£371	-	18 2.28%
Agile Software Development	5	Up 2 places+2	£525	-8.69%	119 15.08%	16
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	51	No change0	£450	+5.88%	14 1.77%	4
Senior Software Developer	64	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.13%
Python Software Engineer	64	New entry-	£553	-	1 0.13%
Pivotal Software RabbitMQ	60	New entry-	£500	-	5 0.63%
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	59	Down -10 places-10	£375	+5.26%	6 0.76%	2
Check Point Software Technologies	64	Down -8 places-8	£450	-6.73%	1 0.13%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	63	New entry-	£444	-	2 0.25%
Atlassian Software Systems	64	Down -33 places-33	£400	-30.43%	1 0.13%	1
Software Development Engineer	64	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.13%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	63	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%
SC Cleared Software Engineer	64	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.13%
DV Cleared Software Engineer	64	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.13%
Cloud Software Developer	64	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.13%