Price index
BidBenchmark Software Development Price Index
Latest (2026)
3.9
Periods
7
Current vintage
Sep 4, 2026
bbi-software-development · index@2026.08.1 · Underlying benchmark
Series
| Period | Value | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 100.0 | 15 |
| 2021 | 38.9 | 36 |
| 2022 | 23.8 | 36 |
| 2023 | 18.9 | 53 |
| 2024 | 17.7 | 97 |
| 2025 | 13.1 | 122 |
| 2026 | 3.9 | 2213 |
Revisions
Every change to a published value, with its cause. Prior vintages remain retrievable at the value they carried.
No period has been revised since this index was first published.
Historical vintages
Each vintage is the series exactly as it was published on that date. The digest lets you prove the file you hold is the file we published.
| Vintage | Coverage | SHA-256 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | 2020–2026 (7) | — | pending |
Methodology
Each index tracks the median current award value for a fixed benchmark category, rebased so that the first published period equals 100.
The cohort definition is held constant across periods, so movement reflects award values rather than a changing mix of contracts. A period is published only when its underlying benchmark snapshot met the minimum sample size. Revisions are issued as new dated vintages; previously published vintages remain retrievable.
Machine access to these values, including as-of queries against any vintage, is available through the licensing API.