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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	23	Down -4 places-4	£510	+29.11%	11 3.82%	10
Software Engineer	8	Up 10 places+10	£515	+3.00%	29 10.07%	16
Software Engineering	5	Up 4 places+4	£555	+13.60%	40 13.89%	24
Software Testing	27	Down -9 places-9	£585	+44.44%	7 2.43%	4
GCP Software Engineer	31	Down -10 places-10	£500	+3.09%	3 1.04%
Software Delivery	32	New entry-	-	-	2 0.69%	2
Software Developer	24	New entry-	£600	-	10 3.47%	5
Software Architect	31	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.04%	1
Software Architecture	31	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.04%	2
Code Quality (Software Quality)	27	Down -12 places-12	£570	+34.11%	7 2.43%	2
C++ Software Engineer	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%	3
PLC Software Engineer	29	New entry-	-	-	5 1.74%
Java Software Engineer	23	Down -3 places-3	£505	+4.12%	11 3.82%
Java Software Developer	26	New entry-	£553	-	8 2.78%
Cloud Software Engineer	33	Down -12 places-12	£500	+3.09%	1 0.35%
Java Software Architect	31	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.04%
Agile Software Development	9	No change0	£505	+8.02%	27 9.38%	12
Software as a Service (SaaS)	27	New entry-	£450	-	7 2.43%	10
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	26	Down -5 places-5	£570	+42.50%	8 2.78%	3
Senior Software Engineer	33	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.35%	4
Principal Software Engineer	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%
Atlassian Software Systems	32	New entry-	£300	-	2 0.69%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	33	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.35%
Software Development Engineer	31	New entry-	-	-	3 1.04%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%
Developer/Software Engineer	24	New entry-	£600	-	10 3.47%	1
Progress Software Corporation	31	New entry-	£460	-	3 1.04%
Research Software Engineer	32	New entry-	-	-	2 0.69%