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DescriptionRank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change		Median
Daily Rate		Median Daily Rate
YoY Change		Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies		Live
Jobs
Agile Software Development3+1£470-6.00%737 20.56%354
Lean Software Development173-42£652+51.98%4 0.11%
Software Development Director174-£950-3 0.084%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)87+9£488-2.50%92 2.57%84
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)164-£425-13 0.36%3
Software Developer158-29£447-25.50%19 0.53%44
C# Software Developer176-£350-1 0.028%1
Lead Software Developer176-£550-1 0.028%1
Java Software Developer168-£448-9 0.25%
.NET Software Developer176-38£425-26.08%1 0.028%1
API Development153-20£500+17.64%24 0.67%10
Software Deployment173-35--4 0.11%5
Game Development176---1 0.028%17
Web Development164-26£431-38.39%13 0.36%26
ETL Development143-5£486-34 0.95%5
Data Development176-41--1 0.028%6
Secure Code Development168-32£438-23.91%9 0.25%15
Business Development174-40--3 0.084%133
Content Development170-32£450+5.88%7 0.20%2
Development Manager176-38--1 0.028%38
Persona Development174-£417-3 0.084%
Full-Stack Development140-33£500-6.45%37 1.03%81
Front End Development103+20£545+4.90%74 2.06%24
Development Engineer176-£520-1 0.028%12
Development Director174-36£950+18.75%3 0.084%1
Workflow Development175-37£535-6.95%2 0.056%1
Software Delivery146-16£535-6.95%31 0.86%38
Dashboard Development147-29£476-1.34%30 0.84%37
Mobile App Development176-39£250-64.28%1 0.028%3