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	2	Up 8 places+8	£500	-	105 19.09%	48
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	57	New entry-	£413	-	1 0.18%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	27	Up 10 places+10	£506	-	31 5.64%	8
iOS Software Development	57	New entry-	£413	-	1 0.18%
Android Software Development	57	Down -20 places-20	£413	-	1 0.18%
Software Developer	50	New entry-	£506	-	8 1.45%	3
API Development	53	Down -19 places-19	£413	-9.58%	5 0.91%	2
Embedded Software Developer	56	New entry-	-	-	2 0.36%
Web Development	56	Down -19 places-19	£350	-	2 0.36%	2
Business Development	56	New entry-	£305	-	2 0.36%	38
Secure Code Development	55	Down -18 places-18	£413	-0.60%	3 0.55%
Full-Stack Development	49	Down -15 places-15	£420	-23.63%	9 1.64%	15
Front End Development	45	Down -15 places-15	£513	+7.89%	13 2.36%	7
Software Delivery	57	New entry-	£413	-	1 0.18%	2
Dashboard Development	55	Down -21 places-21	-	-	3 0.55%
Mobile App Development	52	New entry-	£208	-	6 1.09%	1