Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	6	-1	£525	-11.57%	224 15.27%	149
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	87	-34	£575	-8.00%	21 1.43%	29
iOS Software Development	107	-10	-	-	1 0.068%	3
Android Software Development	100	-2	£425	-27.35%	8 0.55%	6
Software Developer	104	-6	£365	-39.16%	4 0.27%	12
Mobile Development	106	-	-	-	2 0.14%	4
C# Software Developer	106	-	£365	-	2 0.14%
Web Development	106	-12	£500	+22.24%	2 0.14%	14
API Development	103	-10	£475	-11.62%	5 0.34%	11
Senior Software Developer	106	-	£500	-	2 0.14%	6
Software Deployment	107	-30	£325	-7.14%	1 0.068%	2
ETL Development	107	-	£500	-	1 0.068%
Secure Code Development	97	-26	£575	-11.53%	11 0.75%	10
Business Development	99	-6	£596	+52.82%	9 0.61%	172
Development Manager	107	-9	£620	-	1 0.068%	40
Head of Development	106	-	£748	-	2 0.14%	1
Development Officer	102	-	-	-	6 0.41%	1
Full-Stack Development	99	-52	£481	-23.00%	9 0.61%	96
Front End Development	106	-29	£550	+35.13%	2 0.14%	31
Software Delivery	105	-7	£480	+6.66%	3 0.20%	10
Dashboard Development	94	-2	£630	+21.44%	14 0.95%	7
Mobile App Development	105	-7	£425	-17.07%	3 0.20%	1