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Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	19	Down -7 places-7	£510	-18.40%	9 4.97%	9
Software Engineer	10	Up 6 places+6	£535	+10.30%	18 9.94%	8
Software Testing	24	Down -8 places-8	£600	+48.14%	4 2.21%	8
Software Engineering	7	Up 5 places+5	£570	+16.80%	22 12.15%	13
GCP Software Engineer	25	Down -8 places-8	£500	+3.09%	3 1.66%
Software Delivery	26	New entry-	-	-	2 1.11%	2
Software Developer	26	New entry-	£600	-	2 1.11%	4
Software Architect	25	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.66%
Software Architecture	25	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.66%	1
Code Quality (Software Quality)	21	Down -8 places-8	£570	+42.50%	7 3.87%	5
C++ Software Engineer	27	New entry-	-	-	1 0.55%
PLC Software Engineer	23	New entry-	-	-	5 2.76%
Java Software Engineer	26	Down -10 places-10	£535	+10.30%	2 1.11%
Java Software Architect	25	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.66%
Cloud Software Engineer	27	Down -10 places-10	£500	+3.09%	1 0.55%
Agile Software Development	9	Down -4 places-4	£468	-	19 10.50%	25
Software as a Service (SaaS)	26	New entry-	£450	-	2 1.11%	10
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	20	Down -3 places-3	£585	-	8 4.42%	7
Principal Software Engineer	27	New entry-	-	-	1 0.55%
Atlassian Software Systems	26	New entry-	£300	-	2 1.11%
Developer/Software Engineer	26	New entry-	£600	-	2 1.11%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	27	New entry-	-	-	1 0.55%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	27	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.55%
Software Development Engineer	25	New entry-	-	-	3 1.66%
Progress Software Corporation	27	New entry-	£460	-	1 0.55%	1
Research Software Engineer	26	New entry-	-	-	2 1.11%