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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	25	Down -6 places-6	£510	+29.11%	11 3.69%	8
Software Engineer	8	Up 10 places+10	£548	+9.50%	31 10.40%	11
Software Engineering	4	Up 5 places+5	£555	+13.60%	44 14.77%	20
Software Testing	29	Down -11 places-11	£585	+44.44%	7 2.35%
GCP Software Engineer	33	Down -12 places-12	£500	+3.09%	3 1.01%
Software Delivery	34	New entry-	-	-	2 0.67%	4
Software Developer	25	New entry-	£600	-	11 3.69%	4
Software Architect	33	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.01%	3
Software Architecture	33	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.01%	3
Code Quality (Software Quality)	29	Down -14 places-14	£570	+34.11%	7 2.35%	1
C++ Software Engineer	35	New entry-	-	-	1 0.34%	2
PLC Software Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	5 1.68%
Java Software Engineer	24	Down -4 places-4	£538	+10.82%	12 4.03%
Java Software Developer	27	New entry-	£600	-	9 3.02%
Cloud Software Engineer	35	Down -14 places-14	£500	+3.09%	1 0.34%
Java Software Architect	33	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.01%
Agile Software Development	9	No change0	£505	+8.02%	29 9.73%	16
Software as a Service (SaaS)	29	New entry-	£450	-	7 2.35%	6
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	26	Down -5 places-5	£565	+41.25%	10 3.36%	4
Senior Software Engineer	35	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.34%	3
Principal Software Engineer	35	New entry-	-	-	1 0.34%
Atlassian Software Systems	34	New entry-	£300	-	2 0.67%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	35	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.34%
Software Development Engineer	33	New entry-	-	-	3 1.01%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	35	New entry-	-	-	1 0.34%
Developer/Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£600	-	11 3.69%
Progress Software Corporation	33	New entry-	£460	-	3 1.01%
Research Software Engineer	34	New entry-	-	-	2 0.67%