Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	1	+2	£425	-8.15%	160 24.32%	38
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	53	-4	£550	-6.62%	13 1.98%	4
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	64	-2	-	-	2 0.30%	2
iOS Software Development	65	-3	£350	-	1 0.15%
Android Software Development	65	-3	£350	-	1 0.15%
Open Source Software Development	65	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Software Developer	57	+1	£445	-2.19%	9 1.37%	1
Mobile Development	65	-3	£350	-	1 0.15%	3
API Development	63	-9	£537	+7.30%	3 0.46%	1
Software Deployment	65	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Game Development	62	-	-	-	4 0.61%
Web Development	64	-9	£488	-	2 0.30%	1
Data Development	65	-	£600	-	1 0.15%
Secure Code Development	63	-	£388	-	3 0.46%	1
Development Manager	65	-	£420	-	1 0.15%	2
Feature Driven Development	65	-3	-	-	1 0.15%
Development Analyst	64	-	-	-	2 0.30%
Full-Stack Development	53	-3	£438	-7.89%	13 1.98%	10
Front End Development	52	-1	£425	+6.25%	14 2.13%	1
Workflow Development	64	-4	-	-	2 0.30%
Software Delivery	57	-5	£425	-5.55%	9 1.37%
Dashboard Development	62	-7	-	-	4 0.61%	1
Development Consultant	61	-	-	-	5 0.76%