Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 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	-8.10%	160 24.50%	38
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	51	-2	£538	-8.74%	14 2.14%	4
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	64	-2	-	-	1 0.15%	2
iOS Software Development	64	-2	£350	-	1 0.15%
Android Software Development	64	-2	£350	-	1 0.15%
Open Source Software Development	64	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Software Developer	57	+1	£445	-2.19%	8 1.23%	1
Mobile Development	64	-2	£350	-	1 0.15%	3
API Development	63	-9	£518	+3.50%	2 0.31%	1
Software Deployment	64	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Game Development	61	-	-	-	4 0.61%
Web Development	63	-8	£488	-	2 0.31%	1
Data Development	64	-	£600	-	1 0.15%
Secure Code Development	62	-	£388	-	3 0.46%	1
Development Manager	64	-	£420	-	1 0.15%	2
Feature Driven Development	64	-2	-	-	1 0.15%
Development Analyst	63	-	-	-	2 0.31%
Full-Stack Development	52	-2	£438	-7.89%	13 1.99%	10
Front End Development	51	0	£425	+6.25%	14 2.14%	1
Workflow Development	63	-3	-	-	2 0.31%
Software Delivery	57	-5	£425	-5.55%	8 1.23%
Dashboard Development	61	-6	-	-	4 0.61%	1
Development Consultant	60	-	-	-	5 0.77%