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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 Development3Up 1 place+1£470-6.00%728 20.37%116
Lean Software Development178Down 47 places-47£652+51.98%3 0.084%1
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)95No change0£481-3.75%89 2.49%31
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)168New entry-£425-13 0.36%
Software Developer162Down 31 places-31£447-25.50%19 0.53%13
C# Software Developer180New entry-£350-1 0.028%
Lead Software Developer180New entry-£550-1 0.028%
Java Software Developer172New entry-£448-9 0.25%
.NET Software Developer180Down 42 places-42£425-26.08%1 0.028%1
API Development159Down 25 places-25£500+11.11%22 0.62%7
Software Deployment177Down 39 places-39--4 0.11%5
Game Development180New entry---1 0.028%
Web Development168Down 30 places-30£431-38.39%13 0.36%16
ETL Development146Down 8 places-8£486-35 0.98%4
Secure Code Development172Down 36 places-36£438-23.91%9 0.25%6
Business Development178Down 44 places-44--3 0.084%49
Development Manager180Down 42 places-42--1 0.028%14
Content Development174Down 36 places-36£450+5.88%7 0.20%
Persona Development178New entry-£417-3 0.084%
Full-Stack Development145Down 37 places-37£500-6.54%36 1.01%34
Front End Development108Up 15 places+15£545+4.90%74 2.07%21
Development Engineer180New entry-£520-1 0.028%
Workflow Development179Down 41 places-41£535-6.95%2 0.056%
Software Delivery153Down 23 places-23£514-10.60%28 0.78%7
Dashboard Development150Down 29 places-29£476-1.34%31 0.87%19
Mobile App Development180Down 43 places-43£250-64.28%1 0.028%