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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Veeam Software	44	New entry-	£520	-	2 0.48%	3
Git	42	Down -9 places-9	£425	-	4 0.96%	13
Software Engineer	45	Down -20 places-20	-	-	1 0.24%	8
Software Engineering	43	Down -21 places-21	£394	-7.35%	3 0.72%	24
Software Developer	44	Down -11 places-11	£600	+259.13%	2 0.48%	3
.NET Software Developer	44	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.48%	1
Enterprise Software	45	New entry-	£460	-	1 0.24%
Software Deployment	45	New entry-	£543	-	1 0.24%	1
Code Quality (Software Quality)	43	Down -10 places-10	£750	-	3 0.72%	4
Java Software Engineer	45	New entry-	-	-	1 0.24%	1
Guidewire Software, Inc	44	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.48%
BMC Software, Inc	44	New entry-	£320	-	2 0.48%	3
Agile Software Development	9	Down -3 places-3	£319	-19.04%	43 10.36%	36
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	39	Down -13 places-13	£480	-11.20%	7 1.69%	6
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	43	Down -10 places-10	£700	+86.66%	3 0.72%
Software Asset Management	45	New entry-	-	-	1 0.24%