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	17	Down -3 places-3	£575	-17.85%	2 1.48%	2
Software Engineer	13	New entry-	£550	-	6 4.44%	9
Software Testing	18	New entry-	£675	-	1 0.74%
Software Engineering	10	Up 1 place+1	£568	-1.30%	9 6.67%	12
Software Delivery	11	Up 5 places+5	£575	-30.30%	8 5.93%	1
Enterprise Software	16	New entry-	£425	-	3 2.22%	3
Agile Software Development	6	Up 7 places+7	£621	-0.62%	13 9.63%	13
Software as a Service (SaaS)	13	Up 3 places+3	£619	-22.65%	6 4.44%	18
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	14	No change0	£560	-20.00%	5 3.70%	5
Senior Software Engineer	18	New entry-	-	-	1 0.74%	8
Embedded Software Engineer	14	New entry-	£550	-	5 3.70%	6
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	17	New entry-	£425	-	2 1.48%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	17	New entry-	£425	-	2 1.48%
SC Cleared Software Engineer	15	New entry-	-	-	4 2.96%
Embedded Software Development	18	New entry-	-	-	1 0.74%	2
DV Cleared Software Engineer	18	New entry-	-	-	1 0.74%