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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	3	Up 1 place+1	£452	-4.94%	170 25.60%	85
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	61	New entry-	£450	-	3 0.45%	1
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	37	Down -2 places-2	£453	+24.96%	27 4.07%	20
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	55	Down -20 places-20	£452	-	9 1.36%
iOS Software Development	60	Down -25 places-25	£450	-	4 0.60%	1
Android Software Development	60	New entry-	£450	-	4 0.60%	1
Software Developer	50	Down -17 places-17	£475	-	14 2.11%	15
Lead Software Developer	61	New entry-	£575	-	3 0.45%
API Development	55	Down -20 places-20	£450	-18.18%	9 1.36%	3
Principal Software Developer	63	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	3
Business Development	59	Down -24 places-24	-	-	5 0.75%	63
Secure Code Development	58	New entry-	£450	-	6 0.90%	4
Full-Stack Development	48	Down -22 places-22	£450	-3.22%	16 2.41%	25
Front End Development	45	Down -14 places-14	£400	-16.66%	19 2.86%	12
Software Delivery	58	Down -24 places-24	£427	-6.52%	6 0.90%	4
Dashboard Development	54	Down -20 places-20	£313	+38.88%	10 1.51%	5