Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Nov 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	37	+8	£500	+25.00%	42 5.50%	26
Software Engineer	53	+16	£575	+43.75%	25 3.27%	13
Software Testing	70	-2	£464	-7.25%	8 1.05%	6
Software Manager	75	-4	£450	-29.13%	3 0.39%
Software Analyst	77	-	-	-	1 0.13%
Software Engineering	23	+15	£500	+22.54%	67 8.77%	30
Software Delivery	76	-13	£500	-14.89%	2 0.26%	2
D Software Zephyr	77	-	£388	-	1 0.13%
Software Developer	76	-4	£466	+3.61%	2 0.26%	4
Enterprise Software	70	0	£300	-50.00%	8 1.05%	6
Software Deployment	77	-	£313	-	1 0.13%
Software Architecture	77	-5	£424	-36.03%	1 0.13%	2
Code Quality (Software Quality)	72	-10	£550	+57.14%	6 0.79%	3
Lucid Software Lucidchart	74	-	£450	-	4 0.52%
Software Distribution	76	-4	£550	+19.89%	2 0.26%
Java Software Engineer	68	+5	£600	+50.00%	10 1.31%
Azure Software Engineer	72	-	£600	-	6 0.79%
Perl Software Engineer	77	-	-	-	1 0.13%
Cloud Software Engineer	77	-3	£475	-	1 0.13%
Agile Software Development	3	+2	£460	+4.84%	201 26.31%	63
Software as a Service (SaaS)	61	+8	£513	+72.99%	17 2.23%	27
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	24	-1	£500	+17.64%	66 8.64%	8
Senior Software Engineer	74	-	£563	-	4 0.52%	3
Check Point Software Technologies	77	-3	£425	-	1 0.13%
Pivotal Software RabbitMQ	71	-	£401	-	7 0.92%
Python Software Engineer	70	-	£575	-	8 1.05%
iOS Software Development	76	-	-	-	2 0.26%
Full-Stack Software Engineer	77	-	-	-	1 0.13%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	76	-3	£466	-1.84%	2 0.26%	2
Senior Java Software Engineer	77	-	£525	-	1 0.13%
Ab Initio Software Corporation	76	-	£401	-	2 0.26%
Lean Software Development	77	-	£450	-	1 0.13%
Progress Software Corporation	77	-4	£200	-42.85%	1 0.13%
Software Integration Engineer	75	-	-	-	3 0.39%
Software Release Manager	75	-	£450	-	3 0.39%
SmartBear Software TestComplete	77	-	£388	-	1 0.13%