Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	9	-3	£494	-10.22%	211 12.39%	64
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	99	-39	£463	-25.70%	17 1.00%	8
iOS Software Development	115	-21	-	-	1 0.059%
Android Software Development	108	-13	£425	-27.35%	8 0.47%
Software Developer	111	-16	£433	-27.91%	5 0.29%	4
Mobile Development	113	-	£550	-	3 0.18%	3
C# Software Developer	114	-	£365	-	2 0.12%
API Development	111	-21	£441	-17.90%	5 0.29%
Senior Software Developer	114	-	£500	-	2 0.12%
Web Development	112	-20	£525	+28.36%	4 0.23%	10
Software Deployment	115	-32	£525	+50.00%	1 0.059%
ETL Development	115	-	£500	-	1 0.059%
Secure Code Development	108	-25	£538	-17.30%	8 0.47%
Business Development	105	-12	£596	+52.82%	11 0.65%	61
Development Manager	115	-19	£620	-	1 0.059%	31
Head of Development	115	-	£748	-	1 0.059%
Development Officer	110	-	-	-	6 0.35%
Full-Stack Development	109	-63	£556	-3.26%	7 0.41%	16
Software Delivery	112	-22	£490	-10.90%	4 0.23%	4
Dashboard Development	100	-9	£556	-14.42%	16 0.94%	5
Mobile App Development	112	-17	£425	-17.07%	4 0.23%