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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	6	Up 3 places+3	£525	+23.52%	122 14.20%	30
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	75	New entry-	£361	-	1 0.12%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	69	Down -40 places-40	£550	+69.23%	7 0.81%	3
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	74	New entry-	£500	-	2 0.23%
iOS Software Development	74	New entry-	£493	-	2 0.23%
Android Software Development	72	New entry-	£361	-	4 0.47%
API Development	73	New entry-	£610	-	3 0.35%	1
Software Deployment	73	New entry-	£145	-	3 0.35%
Web Development	72	New entry-	£375	-	4 0.47%	4
ETL Development	75	New entry-	£410	-	1 0.12%
Business Development	71	New entry-	-	-	5 0.58%	30
Secure Code Development	71	New entry-	£675	-	5 0.58%
Development Manager	71	New entry-	-	-	5 0.58%	25
Full-Stack Development	56	Down -23 places-23	£378	-34.34%	20 2.33%	9
Front End Development	74	Down -42 places-42	£445	-6.31%	2 0.23%	6
Workflow Development	71	New entry-	£580	-	5 0.58%	2
Software Delivery	75	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.12%
Dashboard Development	74	Down -41 places-41	£325	-	2 0.23%	4