Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

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	1	Up 1 place+1	£500	+2.04%	236 24.56%	66
Lean Software Development	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	72	Down -22 places-22	£475	+35.71%	13 1.35%	7
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	80	New entry-	£601	-	5 0.52%
iOS Software Development	82	Down -24 places-24	-	-	3 0.31%	1
Software Developer	68	Down -10 places-10	£470	-2.33%	17 1.77%	11
Agile Developer	84	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.10%
C# Software Developer	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
.NET Software Developer	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
API Development	74	Down -16 places-16	£471	+17.62%	11 1.14%	2
Senior Software Developer	82	New entry-	£515	-	3 0.31%
Web Development	79	New entry-	£500	-	6 0.62%	8
ETL Development	82	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.31%
Business Development	71	Down -10 places-10	-	-	14 1.46%	57
Data Development	82	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%	2
Secure Code Development	82	Down -21 places-21	£476	-	3 0.31%	3
Development Manager	78	New entry-	-	-	7 0.73%	21
Agile Java Developer	84	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.10%
Senior Agile Developer	84	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.10%
Full-Stack Development	58	Down -4 places-4	£525	+7.69%	27 2.81%	34
Front End Development	64	Down -6 places-6	£575	+15.00%	21 2.19%	11
Development Engineer	84	Down -27 places-27	£525	+16.66%	1 0.10%
Workflow Development	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Software Delivery	72	New entry-	£565	-	13 1.35%	6
Dashboard Development	74	Down -15 places-15	£356	-8.94%	11 1.14%	8