Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	13	Down -7 places-7	£525	+5.00%	106 7.86%	190
Embedded Software Development	84	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%	4
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	81	New entry-	-	-	5 0.37%	1
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	70	Down -10 places-10	£605	+26.17%	16 1.19%	52
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	83	Down -15 places-15	£750	+76.47%	3 0.22%	1
iOS Software Development	82	New entry-	-	-	4 0.30%	1
Android Software Development	81	New entry-	-	-	5 0.37%	1
Software Developer	66	Up 1 place+1	£600	-	20 1.48%	11
Mobile Development	82	Down -14 places-14	£475	-	4 0.30%	2
API Development	80	Down -12 places-12	£438	-	6 0.44%	2
Cloud Software Developer	85	New entry-	-	-	1 0.074%
Web Development	85	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.074%	6
Business Development	79	Down -19 places-19	£650	+62.50%	7 0.52%	59
Development Manager	80	New entry-	-	-	6 0.44%	16
Data Development	79	New entry-	£500	-	7 0.52%	2
Secure Code Development	84	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.15%	10
Device Driver Development	84	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%	1
Full-Stack Development	75	Down -24 places-24	£625	+13.63%	11 0.82%	39
Front End Development	81	Down -13 places-13	£425	-	5 0.37%	11
Software Delivery	80	Down -20 places-20	£600	+9.09%	6 0.44%	20
Dashboard Development	81	Down -20 places-20	£350	-36.36%	5 0.37%	8