Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	42	+3	£488	+16.07%	39 5.17%	34
Software Engineer	54	+17	£575	+76.92%	26 3.44%	24
Software Testing	72	-2	£464	-7.25%	8 1.06%	7
Software Manager	77	-4	£450	-29.13%	3 0.40%
Software Analyst	79	-	-	-	1 0.13%
Software Engineering	23	+14	£500	+13.96%	64 8.48%	52
Software Delivery	78	-13	£500	-14.89%	2 0.26%	6
D Software Zephyr	79	-	£388	-	1 0.13%
Software Developer	78	-4	£466	+3.61%	2 0.26%	8
Enterprise Software	73	-2	£300	-45.45%	7 0.93%	15
Software Deployment	79	-	£313	-	1 0.13%	1
Software Architecture	79	-5	£424	-36.03%	1 0.13%	1
Code Quality (Software Quality)	74	-12	£550	+57.14%	6 0.79%	13
Lucid Software Lucidchart	76	-	£450	-	4 0.53%
Software Distribution	78	-5	£550	+19.89%	2 0.26%
Java Software Engineer	70	+5	£600	+84.61%	10 1.32%	1
Azure Software Engineer	74	-	£600	-	6 0.79%
Perl Software Engineer	79	-	-	-	1 0.13%
Cloud Software Engineer	79	-3	£475	-	1 0.13%	1
Agile Software Development	4	+1	£454	+3.18%	188 24.90%	57
Software as a Service (SaaS)	64	+5	£525	+42.85%	16 2.12%	71
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	25	-1	£500	+9.04%	61 8.08%	16
Senior Software Engineer	76	-	£563	-	4 0.53%	6
Check Point Software Technologies	79	-3	£425	-	1 0.13%	1
Pivotal Software RabbitMQ	74	-	£400	-	6 0.79%	1
Python Software Engineer	72	-	£575	-	8 1.06%	1
iOS Software Development	79	-	-	-	1 0.13%
Full-Stack Software Engineer	79	-3	-	-	1 0.13%	1
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	78	-3	£466	-1.84%	2 0.26%
Senior Java Software Engineer	79	-	£525	-	1 0.13%	1
Ab Initio Software Corporation	78	-	£401	-	2 0.26%
Lean Software Development	79	-	£450	-	1 0.13%
Progress Software Corporation	79	-4	£200	-42.85%	1 0.13%
Software Integration Engineer	77	-	-	-	3 0.40%
Software Release Manager	77	-	£450	-	3 0.40%
SmartBear Software TestComplete	79	-	£388	-	1 0.13%