Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	4	No change0	£500	+2.04%	443 17.52%	147
Lean Software Development	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.040%	1
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	102	Down -33 places-33	£510	-5.64%	42 1.66%	22
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	140	New entry-	£601	-	4 0.16%	3
iOS Software Development	141	Down -56 places-56	-	-	3 0.12%	2
Software Developer	128	Down -38 places-38	£500	-1.23%	16 0.63%	23
Agile Developer	143	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.040%
C# Software Developer	141	Down -50 places-50	£500	-4.76%	3 0.12%
.NET Software Developer	141	Down -50 places-50	£500	-4.76%	3 0.12%
API Development	92	Down -7 places-7	£475	+16.70%	52 2.06%	5
Senior Software Developer	142	Down -51 places-51	£515	-1.90%	2 0.079%	5
Software Deployment	140	Down -50 places-50	£195	-58.40%	4 0.16%	1
Web Development	137	New entry-	£500	-	7 0.28%	23
ETL Development	141	Down -53 places-53	£400	+185.71%	3 0.12%
Secure Code Development	136	New entry-	£482	-	8 0.32%	11
Business Development	119	Down -41 places-41	-	-	25 0.99%	114
Development Manager	131	New entry-	-	-	13 0.51%	53
Agile Java Developer	143	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.040%
Senior Agile Developer	143	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.040%
Full-Stack Development	72	Down -4 places-4	£500	+2.56%	80 3.16%	59
Front End Development	117	Down -31 places-31	£575	+18.55%	27 1.07%	22
Workflow Development	143	Down -52 places-52	-	-	1 0.040%
Software Delivery	88	Down -4 places-4	£550	+12.24%	57 2.25%	13
Dashboard Development	118	Down -32 places-32	£413	+5.55%	26 1.03%	11