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Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	4	Up 2 places+2	£450	-11.06%	123 13.67%	55
Software Development Engineer	74	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	48	Down -3 places-3	£388	-19.77%	28 3.11%	7
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	73	New entry-	£575	-	3 0.33%
Software Developer	71	New entry-	£638	-	5 0.56%	8
.NET Software Developer	75	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
API Development	71	Down -25 places-25	£350	-19.54%	5 0.56%	4
Senior Software Developer	74	New entry-	£638	-	2 0.22%	3
ETL Development	75	Down -24 places-24	£400	-15.78%	1 0.11%	1
Secure Code Development	75	New entry-	£482	-	1 0.11%	3
Business Development	75	New entry-	£775	-	1 0.11%	61
Development Manager	72	New entry-	£475	-	4 0.44%	40
Full-Stack Development	73	Down -27 places-27	-	-	3 0.33%	14
Front End Development	71	Down -21 places-21	£533	+25.29%	5 0.56%	3
Development Engineer	74	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%	1
Software Delivery	67	Down -18 places-18	£475	-31.05%	9 1.00%	1
Dashboard Development	60	Down -9 places-9	£425	-5.55%	16 1.78%	7