Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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	£460	-10.34%	124 13.64%	53
Software Development Engineer	75	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	48	Down -4 places-4	£388	-24.97%	29 3.19%	9
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	74	New entry-	£575	-	3 0.33%
Software Developer	72	New entry-	£638	-	5 0.55%	7
.NET Software Developer	76	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.11%
API Development	72	Down -28 places-28	£350	-19.54%	5 0.55%	4
Senior Software Developer	75	New entry-	£638	-	2 0.22%	4
ETL Development	76	Down -27 places-27	£400	-15.78%	1 0.11%	1
Secure Code Development	76	New entry-	£482	-	1 0.11%	2
Business Development	76	New entry-	£775	-	1 0.11%	60
Development Manager	73	New entry-	£475	-	4 0.44%	41
Full-Stack Development	74	Down -30 places-30	-	-	3 0.33%	14
Front End Development	72	Down -24 places-24	£533	+25.29%	5 0.55%	4
Development Engineer	75	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.22%
Software Delivery	67	Down -20 places-20	£475	-31.05%	10 1.10%	2
Dashboard Development	61	Down -12 places-12	£425	-5.55%	16 1.76%	8