Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 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%	159 22.98%	58
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	54	Down -2 places-2	£650	+10.35%	10 1.45%	6
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	62	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%	4
Open Source Software Development	63	New entry-	-	-	1 0.14%
Software Developer	56	Up 9 places+9	-	-	8 1.16%	2
API Development	60	Down -4 places-4	£518	+3.50%	4 0.58%	4
Game Development	60	New entry-	-	-	4 0.58%
Software Deployment	62	New entry-	£500	-	2 0.29%	1
Web Development	62	Down -2 places-2	£488	-	2 0.29%
Data Development	63	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.14%
Secure Code Development	62	New entry-	£425	-	2 0.29%	7
Development Manager	62	New entry-	£420	-	2 0.29%	7
Feature Driven Development	63	Up 2 places+2	-	-	1 0.14%
Development Analyst	62	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%
Full-Stack Development	41	Up 14 places+14	£438	-7.89%	23 3.32%	15
Front End Development	52	Up 8 places+8	£425	-15.00%	12 1.73%
Workflow Development	62	Up 3 places+3	-	-	2 0.29%
Software Delivery	59	Down -6 places-6	£600	+33.33%	5 0.72%	3
Dashboard Development	61	Down -1 place-1	-	-	3 0.43%
Development Consultant	59	New entry-	-	-	5 0.72%