Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 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	-12.50%	223 15.05%	160
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	90	-32	£575	-8.00%	21 1.42%	33
iOS Software Development	110	-10	-	-	1 0.068%	3
Android Software Development	103	-2	£425	-27.35%	8 0.54%	6
Software Developer	107	-6	£365	-39.16%	4 0.27%	15
Mobile Development	109	-	-	-	2 0.14%	6
C# Software Developer	109	-	£365	-	2 0.14%
Web Development	108	-10	£500	+22.24%	3 0.20%	16
API Development	106	-10	£475	-11.62%	5 0.34%	11
Senior Software Developer	109	-	£500	-	2 0.14%	5
Software Deployment	110	-29	£325	-7.14%	1 0.068%	3
ETL Development	110	-	£500	-	1 0.068%
Secure Code Development	100	-26	£575	-11.53%	11 0.74%	9
Business Development	102	-6	£596	+52.82%	9 0.61%	200
Development Manager	110	-9	£620	-	1 0.068%	41
Head of Development	109	-	£748	-	2 0.14%
Development Officer	105	-	-	-	6 0.40%
Full-Stack Development	102	-53	£481	-23.00%	9 0.61%	107
Front End Development	109	-29	£550	+35.13%	2 0.14%	32
Software Delivery	108	-10	£480	-16.52%	3 0.20%	10
Dashboard Development	97	-2	£630	+21.44%	14 0.94%	7
Mobile App Development	108	-7	£425	-17.07%	3 0.20%	1