Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	7	-1	£500	-12.66%	210 13.53%	61
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	99	-43	£425	-31.72%	19 1.22%	10
iOS Software Development	117	-23	-	-	1 0.064%
Android Software Development	110	-15	£425	-27.35%	8 0.52%
Software Developer	114	-19	£365	-39.16%	4 0.26%	4
Mobile Development	115	-	£550	-	3 0.19%	3
C# Software Developer	116	-	£365	-	2 0.13%
Web Development	114	-22	£525	+28.36%	4 0.26%	10
API Development	113	-23	£475	-11.62%	5 0.32%	2
Senior Software Developer	116	-	£500	-	2 0.13%
Software Deployment	117	-38	£325	-7.14%	1 0.064%	1
ETL Development	117	-	£500	-	1 0.064%
Secure Code Development	110	-35	£538	-17.30%	8 0.52%	1
Development Manager	117	-	£620	-	1 0.064%	25
Business Development	108	-15	£596	+52.82%	10 0.64%	61
Head of Development	116	-	£748	-	2 0.13%
Development Officer	112	-	-	-	6 0.39%
Full-Stack Development	111	-60	£369	-41.00%	7 0.45%	13
Front End Development	117	-43	-	-	1 0.064%	4
Software Delivery	113	-22	£500	-9.09%	5 0.32%	3
Dashboard Development	102	-14	£615	-5.38%	16 1.03%	3
Mobile App Development	114	-19	£425	-17.07%	4 0.26%