Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 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%	62
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	97	-29	£463	-26.00%	17 1.05%	5
iOS Software Development	113	-13	-	-	1 0.062%
Android Software Development	106	-5	£425	-27.35%	8 0.49%
Software Developer	109	-8	£433	-27.91%	5 0.31%	2
Mobile Development	111	-	£550	-	3 0.18%	2
C# Software Developer	112	-	£365	-	2 0.12%
API Development	109	-13	£441	-17.90%	5 0.31%
Senior Software Developer	112	-	£500	-	2 0.12%
Web Development	110	-12	£525	+28.36%	4 0.25%	10
Software Deployment	112	-24	£425	+21.42%	2 0.12%
ETL Development	113	-	£500	-	1 0.062%
Secure Code Development	106	-19	£538	-17.30%	8 0.49%
Development Manager	113	-	£620	-	1 0.062%	26
Business Development	103	-4	£596	+52.82%	11 0.68%	56
Head of Development	113	-	£748	-	1 0.062%
Development Officer	108	-	-	-	6 0.37%
Full-Stack Development	108	-56	£556	-4.91%	6 0.37%	11
Software Delivery	110	-13	£490	-10.90%	4 0.25%	2
Dashboard Development	100	-4	£556	-14.42%	14 0.86%	7
Mobile App Development	110	-9	£425	-17.07%	4 0.25%