Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	24	Down -8 places-8	£510	+29.11%	10 3.66%	10
Software Engineer	9	Up 6 places+6	£505	+1.00%	26 9.52%	12
Software Engineering	6	Up 1 place+1	£538	+10.01%	35 12.82%	18
Software Testing	27	Down -12 places-12	£585	+44.44%	7 2.56%	4
GCP Software Engineer	31	Down -13 places-13	£500	+3.09%	3 1.10%
Software Delivery	32	New entry-	-	-	2 0.73%	2
Software Developer	27	New entry-	£505	-	7 2.56%	6
Software Architect	31	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.10%	1
Software Architecture	31	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.10%	2
Code Quality (Software Quality)	27	Down -15 places-15	£570	+34.11%	7 2.56%	2
C++ Software Engineer	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.37%	2
PLC Software Engineer	29	New entry-	-	-	5 1.83%
Java Software Engineer	26	Down -9 places-9	£505	+4.12%	8 2.93%	2
Java Software Developer	29	New entry-	£505	-	5 1.83%	2
Cloud Software Engineer	33	Down -15 places-15	£500	+3.09%	1 0.37%
Java Software Architect	31	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.10%
Agile Software Development	10	Down -3 places-3	£504	+7.80%	25 9.16%	15
Software as a Service (SaaS)	27	New entry-	£450	-	7 2.56%	6
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	27	Down -9 places-9	£570	+42.50%	7 2.56%	2
Senior Software Engineer	33	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.37%	3
Principal Software Engineer	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.37%
Atlassian Software Systems	32	New entry-	£300	-	2 0.73%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	33	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.37%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.37%
Software Development Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	3 1.10%
Developer/Software Engineer	27	New entry-	£505	-	7 2.56%	3
Progress Software Corporation	31	New entry-	£460	-	3 1.10%
Research Software Engineer	32	New entry-	-	-	2 0.73%