Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	2	Up 1 place+1	£467	-0.85%	179 21.99%	21
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	69	Down -24 places-24	£683	+33.17%	5 0.61%	5
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%
iOS Software Development	73	Down -8 places-8	£400	-5.88%	1 0.12%
Open Source Software Development	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
Software Developer	66	Down -3 places-3	£481	+6.77%	8 0.98%	2
C# Software Developer	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
.NET Software Developer	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
API Development	65	Down -9 places-9	£516	+14.72%	9 1.11%
Game Development	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.49%
Software Deployment	72	Down -6 places-6	£500	-4.76%	2 0.25%
Web Development	72	Down -11 places-11	£488	+5.40%	2 0.25%	2
ETL Development	72	New entry-	£425	-	2 0.25%
Development Manager	72	New entry-	£420	-	2 0.25%	4
Secure Code Development	73	Down -13 places-13	-	-	1 0.12%
Data Development	73	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.12%
Feature Driven Development	73	Down -7 places-7	-	-	1 0.12%
Full-Stack Development	50	Up 1 place+1	£425	-5.55%	24 2.95%	6
Development Analyst	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%
Persona Development	73	New entry-	£465	-	1 0.12%
Front End Development	62	Down -1 place-1	£425	-11.68%	12 1.47%	3
Workflow Development	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%
Software Delivery	66	Down -10 places-10	£556	+30.70%	8 0.98%	5
Dashboard Development	66	Down -5 places-5	£428	+0.58%	8 0.98%	3
Development Consultant	69	New entry-	-	-	5 0.61%