Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	8	-2	£500	-10.71%	201 12.61%	67
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	88	-29	£463	-25.70%	17 1.07%	10
iOS Software Development	104	-10	-	-	1 0.063%
Android Software Development	97	-2	£425	-27.35%	8 0.50%
Software Developer	100	-5	£433	-27.91%	5 0.31%	3
Mobile Development	102	-	£550	-	3 0.19%	3
C# Software Developer	103	-	£365	-	2 0.13%
Web Development	102	-10	£525	+28.36%	3 0.19%	11
API Development	100	-10	£441	-17.90%	5 0.31%
Senior Software Developer	103	-	£500	-	2 0.13%	1
Software Deployment	103	-21	£425	+21.42%	2 0.13%	1
ETL Development	104	-	£500	-	1 0.063%
Secure Code Development	97	-19	£538	-17.30%	8 0.50%	1
Development Manager	104	-	£620	-	1 0.063%	27
Business Development	95	-2	£596	+52.82%	10 0.63%	75
Head of Development	103	-	£748	-	2 0.13%
Development Officer	99	-	-	-	6 0.38%
Full-Stack Development	100	-52	£413	-29.48%	5 0.31%	13
Software Delivery	101	-10	£490	-10.90%	4 0.25%	4
Dashboard Development	91	-3	£556	-14.42%	14 0.88%	3
Mobile App Development	101	-6	£425	-17.07%	4 0.25%