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	1	+2	£431	-6.25%	164 25.47%	38
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	52	-1	£538	-8.74%	14 2.17%	4
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	65	-2	-	-	1 0.16%	2
iOS Software Development	65	-2	£350	-	1 0.16%
Android Software Development	65	-2	£350	-	1 0.16%
Open Source Software Development	65	-	-	-	1 0.16%
Software Developer	58	0	£445	-3.26%	8 1.24%	1
Mobile Development	65	-2	£350	-	1 0.16%	3
API Development	64	-9	£518	+3.50%	2 0.31%	1
Software Deployment	65	-	-	-	1 0.16%
Game Development	62	-	-	-	4 0.62%
Web Development	64	-7	£488	+2.63%	2 0.31%	1
ETL Development	65	-2	£463	-19.56%	1 0.16%
Secure Code Development	63	-	£388	-	3 0.47%	1
Development Manager	65	-	£420	-	1 0.16%	2
Feature Driven Development	65	-2	-	-	1 0.16%
Development Analyst	64	-	-	-	2 0.31%
Full-Stack Development	52	-2	£438	-2.77%	14 2.17%	10
Front End Development	52	0	£425	+6.25%	14 2.17%	1
Workflow Development	64	-3	-	-	2 0.31%
Software Delivery	58	-4	£425	-5.55%	8 1.24%
Dashboard Development	62	-5	-	-	4 0.62%	1
Development Consultant	62	-	-	-	4 0.62%