Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Ivanti (formerly LANDESK, HEAT Software, Wavelink, Shavlik, Xtraction, AppSense)	129	-	£673	-	2 0.095%
Snow Software	129	-6	£725	+31.81%	2 0.095%
Git	59	-6	£525	-1.86%	82 3.90%	58
Veeam Software	130	-8	£750	+50.00%	1 0.048%	2
Software Engineer	87	-1	£625	+8.69%	44 2.10%	102
Software Testing	114	-9	£450	-24.36%	17 0.81%	15
Software Engineering	45	-6	£575	+4.35%	101 4.81%	244
Software Delivery	116	0	£544	-17.48%	15 0.71%	7
D Software Zephyr	130	-7	£363	-27.50%	1 0.048%	1
.NET Software Engineer	126	-2	£700	+21.73%	5 0.24%	5
Software Developer	126	-7	£520	+22.35%	5 0.24%	10
Software Licensing	130	-11	£625	+8.69%	1 0.048%	4
Software Architect	130	-	£475	-	1 0.048%	2
Software Packaging	130	-	£400	-	1 0.048%
Vermilion Software	129	-	-	-	2 0.095%
Enterprise Software	112	-2	£363	-35.12%	19 0.90%	32
Gen AI Software Engineer	129	-	£500	-	2 0.095%
Software Deployment	128	-5	£673	+12.16%	3 0.14%	1
Software Consultant	128	-4	£600	-9.09%	3 0.14%
Software Architecture	126	-2	£800	+28.00%	5 0.24%	13
Code Quality (Software Quality)	106	-18	£525	-0.94%	25 1.19%	37
C++ Software Engineer	113	+10	£725	+20.83%	18 0.86%	5
AWS Software Engineer	130	-	£375	-	1 0.048%	1
Lucid Software Lucidchart	130	-	£525	-	1 0.048%	2
Java Software Engineer	129	-5	£900	-5.26%	2 0.095%	7
C++ Software Developer	130	-	£725	-	1 0.048%	1
Software Sales Manager	130	-	£750	-	1 0.048%
Guidewire Software, Inc	128	-4	£488	-35.00%	3 0.14%	3
BMC Software, Inc	129	-9	£383	-38.55%	2 0.095%
Agile Software Development	4	0	£550	-4.34%	368 17.52%	215
Software as a Service (SaaS)	79	0	£550	-15.38%	53 2.52%	255
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	74	-14	£600	+12.14%	59 2.81%	39
Senior Software Engineer	107	+14	£816	+63.25%	24 1.14%	34
Check Point Software Technologies	128	-16	£503	-4.28%	3 0.14%	4
Senior Software Developer	130	-	£725	-	1 0.048%	3
Atlassian Software Systems	126	-9	£440	+0.57%	5 0.24%	2
Android Software Development	128	-15	£683	+36.50%	3 0.14%	5
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	124	-1	£500	-	7 0.33%	2
Pivotal Software RabbitMQ	129	-5	-	-	2 0.095%	12
iOS Software Development	125	-5	£550	+3.04%	6 0.29%	4
Python Software Engineer	130	-7	£434	-45.81%	1 0.048%	5
Developer/Software Engineer	130	-	£725	-	1 0.048%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	126	-11	£520	+22.35%	5 0.24%	1
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	130	-	£900	-	1 0.048%	1
SmartBear Software SoapUI	128	-	£650	-	3 0.14%	1
Senior C++ Software Engineer	113	-	£725	-	18 0.86%	1
Senior Java Software Engineer	130	-	-	-	1 0.048%	3
Fog Creek Software Trello	126	-7	£350	-30.00%	5 0.24%	1
Progress Software Corporation	130	-7	£450	-10.00%	1 0.048%	1
SC Cleared Software Engineer	130	-	£375	-	1 0.048%