Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	5	Down -1 place-1	£600	+9.09%	259 14.62%	110
Embedded Software Development	106	New entry-	£698	-	1 0.057%	5
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	89	Down -27 places-27	£693	+31.90%	18 1.02%	20
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	104	New entry-	£375	-	3 0.17%	1
Software Developer	89	Down -18 places-18	£525	-	18 1.02%	11
C# Software Developer	106	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.057%	2
Java Software Developer	105	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.11%
API Development	103	Down -34 places-34	£472	-5.41%	4 0.23%	2
Senior Software Developer	102	New entry-	£300	-	5 0.28%	2
Business Development	99	Down -24 places-24	£775	+58.06%	8 0.45%	58
Senior Java Software Developer	106	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.057%
Secure Code Development	102	Down -30 places-30	£600	-	5 0.28%
Full-Stack Development	87	Down -19 places-19	£537	+4.78%	20 1.13%	28
Front End Development	92	Down -24 places-24	£525	+2.14%	15 0.85%	13
Software Delivery	82	Down -7 places-7	£575	+30.68%	25 1.41%	16
Dashboard Development	98	Down -25 places-25	-	-	9 0.51%	5