Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 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 15.21%	161
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	84	-27	£575	-8.00%	21 1.43%	32
iOS Software Development	104	-5	-	-	1 0.068%	3
Android Software Development	97	+3	£425	-27.35%	8 0.55%	6
Software Developer	101	-1	£365	-39.16%	4 0.27%	12
Mobile Development	103	-	-	-	2 0.14%	7
C# Software Developer	103	-	£365	-	2 0.14%
Web Development	102	-5	£500	+22.24%	3 0.20%	14
API Development	100	-5	£475	-11.62%	5 0.34%	13
Senior Software Developer	103	-	£500	-	2 0.14%	5
Software Deployment	104	-24	£325	-7.14%	1 0.068%	2
ETL Development	104	-	£500	-	1 0.068%
Secure Code Development	94	-21	£575	-11.53%	11 0.75%	9
Business Development	96	-1	£596	+52.82%	9 0.61%	179
Development Manager	104	-4	£620	-	1 0.068%	31
Head of Development	103	-	£748	-	2 0.14%
Development Officer	99	-	-	-	6 0.41%
Full-Stack Development	96	-47	£481	-23.00%	9 0.61%	104
Front End Development	103	-24	£550	+35.13%	2 0.14%	34
Software Delivery	102	-2	£480	+6.66%	3 0.20%	9
Dashboard Development	91	+3	£630	+21.44%	14 0.96%	7
Mobile App Development	102	-2	£425	-17.07%	3 0.20%	1