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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	23	Down -8 places-8	£510	+9.67%	9 3.54%	10
Software Engineer	9	Up 8 places+8	£505	+4.12%	23 9.06%	3
Software Testing	25	Down -8 places-8	£585	+44.44%	7 2.76%	2
Software Engineering	7	Up 2 places+2	£525	+7.58%	31 12.20%	10
GCP Software Engineer	29	Down -11 places-11	£500	+3.09%	3 1.18%
Software Delivery	30	New entry-	-	-	2 0.79%	2
Software Developer	27	New entry-	£505	-	5 1.97%	2
Software Architect	29	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.18%
Software Architecture	29	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.18%
Code Quality (Software Quality)	25	Down -11 places-11	£570	+42.50%	7 2.76%
C++ Software Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	1 0.39%
PLC Software Engineer	27	New entry-	-	-	5 1.97%
Java Software Engineer	26	Down -9 places-9	£505	+4.12%	6 2.36%	1
Java Software Developer	29	New entry-	£505	-	3 1.18%
Cloud Software Engineer	31	Down -13 places-13	£500	+3.09%	1 0.39%
Java Software Architect	29	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.18%
Agile Software Development	9	Down -3 places-3	£504	+7.80%	23 9.06%	17
Software as a Service (SaaS)	26	New entry-	£438	-	6 2.36%	5
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	26	Down -8 places-8	£585	+46.25%	6 2.36%	3
Senior Software Engineer	31	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.39%	1
Principal Software Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	1 0.39%
Atlassian Software Systems	30	New entry-	£300	-	2 0.79%
Software Development Engineer	29	New entry-	-	-	3 1.18%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	31	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.39%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	31	New entry-	-	-	1 0.39%
Developer/Software Engineer	27	New entry-	£505	-	5 1.97%
Progress Software Corporation	29	New entry-	£460	-	3 1.18%
Research Software Engineer	30	New entry-	-	-	2 0.79%