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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Veeam Software	44	New entry-	£490	-	1 0.23%	1
Git	40	Down -12 places-12	£450	+71.42%	5 1.14%	14
Software Engineer	42	Down -17 places-17	-	-	3 0.68%	5
Software Engineering	41	Down -18 places-18	£375	-11.76%	4 0.91%	15
GCP Software Engineer	43	New entry-	-	-	2 0.46%
Software Developer	41	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.91%	10
.NET Software Developer	41	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.91%
Enterprise Software	44	Down -16 places-16	£460	+65.76%	1 0.23%	2
Software Deployment	44	New entry-	£543	-	1 0.23%
Code Quality (Software Quality)	42	Down -11 places-11	£750	-	3 0.68%	2
Java Software Engineer	42	New entry-	-	-	3 0.68%
Guidewire Software, Inc	43	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.46%
BMC Software, Inc	43	Down -13 places-13	£320	+13.27%	2 0.46%	1
Agile Software Development	10	Down -6 places-6	£425	+17.24%	39 8.90%	39
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	41	Down -18 places-18	£450	-15.09%	4 0.91%	4
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	42	Down -16 places-16	£700	+77.77%	3 0.68%
Software Asset Management	44	New entry-	-	-	1 0.23%