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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£473-5.50%737 20.67%127
Lean Software Development178Down 50 places-50£652+51.98%3 0.084%1
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)97Down 5 places-5£475-5.00%86 2.41%33
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)168New entry-£425-13 0.36%
Software Developer162Down 34 places-34£447-25.50%19 0.53%15
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 45 places-45£425-26.08%1 0.028%1
API Development159Down 27 places-27£500+11.11%22 0.62%8
Software Deployment177Down 42 places-42--4 0.11%1
Game Development180New entry---1 0.028%
Web Development168Down 33 places-33£431-38.39%13 0.36%26
ETL Development147Down 12 places-12£487-34 0.95%3
Secure Code Development172Down 39 places-39£438-23.91%9 0.25%6
Business Development178Down 47 places-47--3 0.084%61
Development Manager180Down 45 places-45--1 0.028%17
Content Development174Down 39 places-39£450+5.88%7 0.20%
Persona Development178New entry-£417-3 0.084%
Full-Stack Development145Down 40 places-40£500-6.54%36 1.01%43
Front End Development109Up 11 places+11£545+4.90%74 2.08%33
Workflow Development180Down 45 places-45£550-4.34%1 0.028%
Software Delivery154Down 28 places-28£503-12.49%27 0.76%14
Dashboard Development150Down 32 places-32£476-4.80%31 0.87%16
Mobile App Development180Down 46 places-46£250-64.28%1 0.028%