Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 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 1 place+1	£450	-12.19%	121 13.07%	69
Software Development Engineer	73	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	44	Up 1 place+1	£388	-24.97%	31 3.35%	12
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	72	New entry-	£575	-	3 0.32%
Software Developer	70	New entry-	£638	-	5 0.54%	2
.NET Software Developer	74	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
API Development	70	Down -25 places-25	£350	-19.54%	5 0.54%	1
Senior Software Developer	73	New entry-	£638	-	2 0.22%	1
ETL Development	74	Down -24 places-24	£400	-15.78%	1 0.11%	2
Secure Code Development	74	New entry-	£482	-	1 0.11%	1
Business Development	74	New entry-	£775	-	1 0.11%	63
Development Manager	71	Down -20 places-20	£475	-40.62%	4 0.43%	33
Full-Stack Development	71	Down -26 places-26	-	-	4 0.43%	7
Front End Development	70	Down -21 places-21	£533	+25.29%	5 0.54%	3
Development Engineer	73	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%	1
Software Delivery	65	Down -17 places-17	£475	-31.05%	10 1.08%	2
Dashboard Development	59	Down -9 places-9	£425	-5.55%	16 1.73%	7