Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 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 12.62%	65
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	89	-30	£463	-25.70%	17 1.07%	7
iOS Software Development	105	-11	-	-	1 0.063%
Android Software Development	98	-3	£425	-27.35%	8 0.50%
Software Developer	101	-6	£433	-27.91%	5 0.31%	3
Mobile Development	103	-	£550	-	3 0.19%	3
C# Software Developer	104	-	£365	-	2 0.13%
Web Development	103	-11	£525	+28.36%	3 0.19%	10
API Development	101	-11	£441	-17.90%	5 0.31%	1
Senior Software Developer	104	-	£500	-	2 0.13%	1
Software Deployment	104	-22	£425	+21.42%	2 0.13%	1
ETL Development	105	-	£500	-	1 0.063%
Secure Code Development	98	-20	£538	-17.30%	8 0.50%	1
Development Manager	105	-	£620	-	1 0.063%	28
Business Development	96	-3	£596	+52.82%	10 0.63%	71
Head of Development	104	-	£748	-	2 0.13%
Development Officer	100	-	-	-	6 0.38%
Full-Stack Development	101	-53	£413	-29.48%	5 0.31%	14
Software Delivery	102	-11	£490	-10.90%	4 0.25%	5
Dashboard Development	92	-4	£556	-14.42%	14 0.88%	2
Mobile App Development	102	-7	£425	-17.07%	4 0.25%