Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	10	-4	£500	-9.09%	200 12.32%	61
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	96	-28	£463	-26.00%	17 1.05%	7
iOS Software Development	112	-12	-	-	1 0.062%
Android Software Development	105	-4	£425	-27.35%	8 0.49%
Software Developer	108	-7	£433	-27.91%	5 0.31%	2
Mobile Development	110	-	£550	-	3 0.18%	2
C# Software Developer	111	-	£365	-	2 0.12%
API Development	108	-12	£441	-17.90%	5 0.31%
Senior Software Developer	111	-	£500	-	2 0.12%
Web Development	109	-11	£525	+28.36%	4 0.25%	10
Software Deployment	111	-22	£425	+21.42%	2 0.12%
ETL Development	112	-	£500	-	1 0.062%
Secure Code Development	105	-18	£538	-17.30%	8 0.49%
Development Manager	112	-	£620	-	1 0.062%	27
Business Development	102	-3	£596	+52.82%	11 0.68%	59
Head of Development	112	-	£748	-	1 0.062%
Development Officer	107	-	-	-	6 0.37%
Full-Stack Development	107	-55	£556	-4.91%	6 0.37%	14
Software Delivery	109	-12	£490	-10.90%	4 0.25%	3
Dashboard Development	99	-3	£556	-14.42%	14 0.86%	6
Mobile App Development	109	-8	£425	-17.07%	4 0.25%