Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	3	Down -1 place-1	£453	-7.07%	166 27.67%	68
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	61	New entry-	£450	-	3 0.50%	1
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	38	Down -6 places-6	£453	+24.96%	26 4.33%	17
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	55	New entry-	£452	-	9 1.50%
iOS Software Development	60	New entry-	£450	-	4 0.67%	1
Android Software Development	60	New entry-	£450	-	4 0.67%	1
Software Developer	51	Down -20 places-20	£475	-	13 2.17%	15
Lead Software Developer	61	New entry-	£575	-	3 0.50%
API Development	55	Down -23 places-23	£450	-18.18%	9 1.50%	3
Principal Software Developer	63	New entry-	-	-	1 0.17%	3
Secure Code Development	58	New entry-	£450	-	6 1.00%	4
Full-Stack Development	49	Down -26 places-26	£450	-3.22%	15 2.50%	17
Front End Development	45	Down -17 places-17	£400	-16.66%	19 3.17%	9
Software Delivery	58	Down -27 places-27	£427	-6.52%	6 1.00%	4
Dashboard Development	54	Down -23 places-23	£313	+38.88%	10 1.67%	2