Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	7	+4	£500	-4.76%	118 10.63%	78
Embedded Software Development	80	-28	-	-	1 0.090%	6
Android Software Development Kit (SDK)	63	-13	£365	-30.47%	18 1.62%
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	67	-15	£588	-2.08%	14 1.26%	13
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	80	-27	£425	+84.78%	1 0.090%	1
iOS Software Development	69	-19	£410	-27.91%	12 1.08%
Android Software Development	56	-8	£400	-3.03%	25 2.25%
Mobile Development	76	-23	£438	+75.00%	5 0.45%
API Development	79	-26	-	-	2 0.18%	6
Web Development	77	-35	£650	+75.67%	4 0.36%	3
ETL Development	80	-	£225	-	1 0.090%
Data Development	79	-	£450	-	2 0.18%
Secure Code Development	77	-23	£575	-25.80%	4 0.36%	14
Business Development	80	-27	-	-	1 0.090%	54
Persona Development	80	-	-	-	1 0.090%
Full-Stack Development	67	-19	£613	+6.52%	14 1.26%	37
Front End Development	79	-28	-	-	2 0.18%	9
Workflow Development	79	-	-	-	2 0.18%
Software Delivery	69	-29	£400	+8.10%	12 1.08%	11
Dashboard Development	79	-26	£325	-	2 0.18%	3
Development Consultant	77	-	-	-	4 0.36%