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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionRank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Agile Software Development8Down 3 places-3£600+9.09%261 13.61%57
Embedded Software Development110New entry---1 0.052%7
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)69Up 4 places+4£723+40.97%42 2.19%17
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)108New entry-£375-3 0.16%
Software Developer73Up 9 places+9£520+4.00%38 1.98%4
API Development109Down 35 places-35£475-6.17%2 0.10%
Senior Software Developer107New entry-£300-4 0.21%
Software Deployment110Down 27 places-27£310-1 0.052%
ETL Development108New entry-£450-3 0.16%
Data Development110New entry---1 0.052%
Secure Code Development110Down 27 places-27£675-1 0.052%4
Business Development102Down 19 places-19£850-9 0.47%37
Development Manager108New entry---3 0.16%10
Device Driver Development110New entry---1 0.052%1
Full-Stack Development95Down 26 places-26£525+40.93%16 0.83%17
Front End Development109Down 29 places-29£550+18.27%2 0.10%4
Workflow Development110New entry---1 0.052%
Software Delivery75Up 6 places+6£588+30.55%36 1.88%12
Dashboard Development97Down 14 places-14£463-11.90%14 0.73%7