Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 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	£472	-6.71%	129 13.95%	56
Software Development Engineer	78	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	46	Down -12 places-12	£398	-20.50%	35 3.78%	7
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	72	New entry-	£575	-	8 0.86%	1
Software Developer	77	New entry-	£445	-	3 0.32%	3
.NET Software Developer	79	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
API Development	75	Down -33 places-33	£350	-19.54%	5 0.54%
ETL Development	79	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.11%
Business Development	79	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	69
Development Manager	75	Down -28 places-28	£475	-40.62%	5 0.54%	38
Full-Stack Development	76	Down -34 places-34	-	-	4 0.43%	6
Front End Development	73	Down -28 places-28	£475	+11.76%	7 0.76%	4
Development Engineer	78	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Software Delivery	73	Down -29 places-29	£475	-31.05%	7 0.76%	8
Dashboard Development	69	Down -23 places-23	£388	-20.10%	11 1.19%	6