Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	1	+3	£438	-2.77%	165 26.11%	49
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	47	+6	£538	-8.74%	14 2.22%	5
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	60	+4	-	-	1 0.16%	3
iOS Software Development	60	+4	£350	-	1 0.16%
Android Software Development	60	+4	£350	-	1 0.16%
Open Source Software Development	60	-	-	-	1 0.16%
Software Developer	53	+3	£445	-3.78%	8 1.27%	4
Mobile Development	60	+4	£350	-	1 0.16%	3
API Development	58	-1	£518	+3.50%	3 0.47%
Software Deployment	60	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
Game Development	57	-	-	-	4 0.63%
Web Development	59	0	£488	+8.33%	2 0.32%	4
ETL Development	60	+4	£463	-19.56%	1 0.16%
Secure Code Development	59	-	£388	-	2 0.32%	1
Feature Driven Development	60	+4	-	-	1 0.16%
Development Analyst	59	-	-	-	2 0.32%
Full-Stack Development	46	+6	£438	-7.89%	15 2.37%	9
Front End Development	47	+6	£425	+6.25%	14 2.22%	4
Software Delivery	53	+2	£425	-5.55%	8 1.27%
Dashboard Development	57	+1	-	-	4 0.63%	1
Development Consultant	60	-	-	-	1 0.16%	7