Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Front End Java Developer	96	-	£525	-	2 0.17%
Front End Development	85	-20	£475	+18.75%	13 1.10%	20
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)	87	-16	£475	+18.75%	11 0.93%	9
Developer	6	+1	£450	-	192 16.18%	113
Backend Developer	85	-2	£450	-10.26%	13 1.10%	7
Lead Developer	88	-5	£525	-12.50%	10 0.84%	8
C# Developer	92	-15	£400	-9.85%	6 0.51%	5
Cloud Developer	94	-	£448	-	4 0.34%	1
UI Developer	97	-	£475	-	1 0.084%
AWS Developer	83	-1	£400	-20.00%	15 1.26%	1
C++ Developer	97	-15	£450	-40.98%	1 0.084%	1
PHP Developer	94	-11	£438	+2.94%	4 0.34%	2
SQL Developer	93	-15	£450	+4.04%	5 0.42%	3
Web Developer	96	-14	£575	+73.58%	2 0.17%	3
iOS Developer	95	-13	-	-	3 0.25%	3
SAP Developer	97	-15	£500	-	1 0.084%
IFS Developer	96	-	£475	-	2 0.17%
SAS Developer	97	-	£375	-	1 0.084%
Senior Backend Developer	95	-	£425	-	3 0.25%	3
Android Developer	96	-15	-	-	2 0.17%
Java Developer	64	0	£450	-21.73%	34 2.86%	6
.NET Developer	97	-22	£388	-22.50%	1 0.084%	22
ABAP Developer	97	-16	£500	-7.40%	1 0.084%
DevOps Developer	97	-14	£425	-43.33%	1 0.084%
Ruby Developer	97	-	£625	-	1 0.084%
Full-Stack Developer	66	+6	£450	-18.18%	32 2.70%	11
React Developer	89	-18	£400	-1.53%	9 0.76%	3
Azure Developer	88	-8	£450	-21.73%	10 0.84%	1
COBOL Developer	97	-	-	-	1 0.084%
Senior Developer	80	-15	£500	-	18 1.52%	20
Python Developer	91	-15	£475	-17.39%	7 0.59%	1
Oracle Developer	92	-9	£485	-3.96%	6 0.51%	3
Mobile Developer	93	-	£475	-	5 0.42%
Report Developer	97	-	£358	-	1 0.084%
Maximo Developer	93	-	-	-	5 0.42%	2
PL/SQL Developer	97	-	£485	-	1 0.084%
Cognos Developer	94	-	£533	-	4 0.34%
iOS Android Developer	97	-	-	-	1 0.084%
Node.js Developer	90	-13	£400	-30.43%	8 0.67%	1
Power BI Developer	95	-13	£438	-2.23%	3 0.25%
Angular Developer	94	-11	-	-	4 0.34%
PHP Web Developer	97	-	-	-	1 0.084%
Software Developer	92	-26	£488	+3.72%	6 0.51%	8
Business Developer	97	-	£463	-	1 0.084%	3
Database Developer	96	-	£388	-	2 0.17%
Java Web Developer	97	-	£575	-	1 0.084%
Lead PHP Developer	97	-	£525	-	1 0.084%
Full-Stack PHP Developer	97	-	-	-	1 0.084%	2
Microsoft Developer	92	-9	£425	-	6 0.51%
Lead Java Developer	96	-13	£625	+4.16%	2 0.17%