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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	24	Down -7 places-7	£510	+29.11%	9 3.50%	12
Software Engineer	9	Up 9 places+9	£505	+4.12%	25 9.73%	6
Software Engineering	6	Up 4 places+4	£538	+10.14%	34 13.23%	10
Software Testing	26	Down -9 places-9	£585	+80.00%	7 2.72%	2
GCP Software Engineer	30	Down -11 places-11	£500	+3.09%	3 1.17%
Software Delivery	31	New entry-	-	-	2 0.78%	3
Software Developer	26	New entry-	£505	-	7 2.72%	3
Software Architect	30	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.17%
Software Architecture	30	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.17%	2
Code Quality (Software Quality)	26	Down -11 places-11	£570	+42.50%	7 2.72%	2
C++ Software Engineer	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.39%
PLC Software Engineer	28	New entry-	-	-	5 1.95%
Java Software Engineer	25	Down -7 places-7	£505	+4.12%	8 3.11%
Java Software Developer	28	New entry-	£505	-	5 1.95%
Cloud Software Engineer	32	Down -13 places-13	£500	+3.09%	1 0.39%
Java Software Architect	30	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.17%
Agile Software Development	10	Down -3 places-3	£505	+8.02%	24 9.34%	16
Software as a Service (SaaS)	26	New entry-	£450	-	7 2.72%	12
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	26	Down -7 places-7	£570	+42.50%	7 2.72%	2
Senior Software Engineer	32	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.39%
Principal Software Engineer	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.39%
Atlassian Software Systems	31	New entry-	£300	-	2 0.78%
Software Development Engineer	30	New entry-	-	-	3 1.17%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	32	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.39%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.39%
Developer/Software Engineer	26	New entry-	£505	-	7 2.72%	1
Progress Software Corporation	30	New entry-	£460	-	3 1.17%
Research Software Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	2 0.78%