Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	2	+2	£488	+8.38%	182 30.43%	76
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	45	+19	£450	-8.86%	19 3.18%	10
iOS Software Development	63	-	£350	-	1 0.17%	3
Android Software Development	63	-	£350	-	1 0.17%	3
Software Developer	56	+2	£525	+15.38%	8 1.34%	4
Mobile Development	63	-	£350	-	1 0.17%	5
Lead Software Developer	62	-	£600	-	2 0.33%
API Development	50	+13	£525	-19.23%	14 2.34%	2
Web Development	62	+5	-	-	2 0.33%	14
Software Deployment	63	-	£650	-	1 0.17%	1
ETL Development	62	+7	£463	-19.56%	2 0.33%
Secure Code Development	58	+10	£504	-	6 1.00%	2
Content Development	63	+3	-	-	1 0.17%	3
Head of Development	63	-	£700	-	1 0.17%
Persona Development	63	-	£475	-	1 0.17%
Full-Stack Development	51	+11	£499	+24.68%	13 2.17%	26
Front End Development	57	+4	£450	+15.23%	7 1.17%	11
Development Engineer	63	-	£545	-	1 0.17%	2
Workflow Development	63	-	-	-	1 0.17%
Software Delivery	48	+7	£475	-5.00%	16 2.68%	7
Dashboard Development	57	+9	£463	-	7 1.17%	5