Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	13	Down -6 places-6	£525	+5.00%	106 7.83%	149
Embedded Software Development	84	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%	3
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	81	New entry-	-	-	5 0.37%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	71	Down -13 places-13	£605	+26.17%	15 1.11%	43
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	83	Down -17 places-17	£750	+76.47%	3 0.22%	2
iOS Software Development	81	New entry-	£525	-	5 0.37%
Android Software Development	81	New entry-	-	-	5 0.37%
Software Developer	66	Down -1 place-1	£600	-	20 1.48%	12
Mobile Development	84	Down -18 places-18	£475	-	2 0.15%	1
API Development	80	Down -14 places-14	£438	-	6 0.44%	2
Cloud Software Developer	85	New entry-	-	-	1 0.074%
Web Development	85	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.074%	4
Business Development	79	Down -21 places-21	£650	+62.50%	7 0.52%	60
Development Manager	80	New entry-	-	-	6 0.44%	21
Data Development	79	New entry-	£500	-	7 0.52%	3
Secure Code Development	81	New entry-	£518	-	5 0.37%	9
Device Driver Development	84	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%	3
Full-Stack Development	70	Down -21 places-21	£619	+12.50%	16 1.18%	36
Front End Development	80	Down -14 places-14	£488	-	6 0.44%	8
Software Delivery	78	Down -20 places-20	£588	+6.81%	8 0.59%	15
Dashboard Development	81	Down -22 places-22	£350	-36.36%	5 0.37%	5