Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 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 2 places+2	£450	-4.25%	158 22.80%	42
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	58	Down -7 places-7	£650	+10.35%	10 1.44%	4
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	66	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%	4
Open Source Software Development	67	New entry-	-	-	1 0.14%
Software Developer	60	Up 4 places+4	-	-	8 1.15%	2
API Development	64	Down -9 places-9	£518	+3.50%	4 0.58%	4
Game Development	64	New entry-	-	-	4 0.58%
Software Deployment	66	New entry-	£500	-	2 0.29%
Web Development	66	Down -7 places-7	£488	-	2 0.29%
Data Development	67	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.14%
Secure Code Development	66	New entry-	£425	-	2 0.29%	6
Development Manager	66	New entry-	£420	-	2 0.29%	7
Feature Driven Development	67	Down -3 places-3	-	-	1 0.14%
Development Analyst	66	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%
Full-Stack Development	44	Up 9 places+9	£438	-12.50%	24 3.46%	9
Front End Development	56	Up 3 places+3	£425	-15.00%	12 1.73%
Workflow Development	66	Down -2 places-2	-	-	2 0.29%
Software Delivery	64	Down -12 places-12	£597	+32.55%	4 0.58%	4
Dashboard Development	65	Down -6 places-6	-	-	3 0.43%
Development Consultant	63	New entry-	-	-	5 0.72%