Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	1	Up 3 places+3	£450	-4.25%	156 22.64%	46
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	52	Down -2 places-2	£650	+10.35%	10 1.45%	4
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	60	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%	4
Open Source Software Development	61	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
Software Developer	54	Up 9 places+9	-	-	8 1.16%	2
API Development	58	Down -4 places-4	£518	+3.50%	4 0.58%	4
Game Development	58	New entry-	-	-	4 0.58%
Software Deployment	60	New entry-	£500	-	2 0.29%
Web Development	60	Down -2 places-2	£488	-	2 0.29%
Data Development	61	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.15%
Secure Code Development	60	New entry-	£425	-	2 0.29%	7
Development Manager	60	New entry-	£420	-	2 0.29%	7
Feature Driven Development	61	Up 2 places+2	-	-	1 0.15%
Development Analyst	60	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%
Full-Stack Development	38	Up 14 places+14	£438	-12.50%	24 3.48%	12
Front End Development	50	Up 8 places+8	£425	-15.00%	12 1.74%
Workflow Development	60	Up 3 places+3	-	-	2 0.29%
Software Delivery	58	Down -7 places-7	£597	+32.55%	4 0.58%	4
Dashboard Development	59	Down -1 place-1	-	-	3 0.44%
Development Consultant	57	New entry-	-	-	5 0.73%