Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	6	0	£525	-10.63%	221 14.80%	148
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	95	-38	£500	-20.00%	22 1.47%	29
iOS Software Development	116	-18	-	-	1 0.067%	4
Android Software Development	109	-10	£425	-27.35%	8 0.54%	5
Software Developer	113	-14	£365	-39.16%	4 0.27%	12
Mobile Development	115	-	-	-	2 0.13%	9
C# Software Developer	115	-	£365	-	2 0.13%
Web Development	114	-18	£500	+22.24%	3 0.20%	17
API Development	112	-18	£475	-11.62%	5 0.33%	9
Senior Software Developer	115	-	£500	-	2 0.13%	4
Software Deployment	116	-37	£325	-7.14%	1 0.067%	3
ETL Development	116	-	£500	-	1 0.067%
Secure Code Development	106	-34	£575	-11.53%	11 0.74%	8
Business Development	108	-14	£596	+52.82%	9 0.60%	217
Development Manager	116	-17	£620	-	1 0.067%	40
Head of Development	115	-	£748	-	2 0.13%
Development Officer	111	-	-	-	6 0.40%
Full-Stack Development	109	-62	£413	-34.00%	8 0.54%	98
Front End Development	115	-37	£550	+35.13%	2 0.13%	30
Software Delivery	114	-18	£480	-16.52%	3 0.20%	14
Dashboard Development	102	-9	£630	+21.44%	15 1.00%	6
Mobile App Development	114	-15	£425	-17.07%	3 0.20%	2