Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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	-13.25%	123 13.68%	51
Software Development Engineer	71	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	45	Down -1 place-1	£388	-19.77%	28 3.11%	7
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	70	New entry-	£575	-	3 0.33%
Software Developer	68	New entry-	£638	-	5 0.56%	7
.NET Software Developer	72	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
API Development	68	Down -23 places-23	£350	-19.54%	5 0.56%	4
Senior Software Developer	71	New entry-	£638	-	2 0.22%	3
ETL Development	72	Down -22 places-22	£400	-15.78%	1 0.11%	1
Secure Code Development	72	New entry-	£482	-	1 0.11%	2
Business Development	72	New entry-	£775	-	1 0.11%	57
Development Manager	69	New entry-	£475	-	4 0.44%	38
Full-Stack Development	70	Down -25 places-25	-	-	3 0.33%	12
Front End Development	68	Down -19 places-19	£533	+25.29%	5 0.56%	4
Development Engineer	71	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%	1
Software Delivery	64	Down -16 places-16	£475	-31.05%	9 1.00%	1
Dashboard Development	57	Down -7 places-7	£425	-5.55%	16 1.78%	8