Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	3	Up 2 places+2	£500	+5.26%	130 14.10%	167
Software Development Engineer	71	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	45	Down -9 places-9	£398	-0.62%	28 3.04%	32
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	65	New entry-	£575	-	8 0.87%
Software Developer	70	New entry-	£326	-	3 0.33%	6
API Development	72	Down -21 places-21	£350	-19.54%	1 0.11%	2
Web Development	72	Down -15 places-15	-	-	1 0.11%	9
ETL Development	69	New entry-	£500	-	4 0.43%	2
Business Development	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	113
Development Manager	72	Down -16 places-16	-	-	1 0.11%	46
Full-Stack Development	68	Down -15 places-15	£425	-2.29%	5 0.54%	34
Front End Development	70	Down -15 places-15	£501	+43.21%	3 0.33%	10
Development Engineer	71	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%	1
Software Delivery	66	New entry-	£525	-	7 0.76%	22
Dashboard Development	71	Down -15 places-15	£445	-3.78%	2 0.22%	9
Mobile App Development	72	New entry-	£250	-	1 0.11%