Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	5	0	£588	+6.81%	260 18.48%	111
Embedded Software Development	96	-	£698	-	1 0.071%	5
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	85	-27	£750	+57.89%	12 0.85%	21
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	96	-	£375	-	1 0.071%	1
Android Software Development	94	-	£740	-	3 0.21%	6
Software Developer	94	-	£575	-	3 0.21%	11
Java Software Developer	95	-	£600	-	2 0.14%	1
API Development	91	-26	£390	+4.00%	6 0.43%	1
Senior Software Developer	96	-	£600	-	1 0.071%	2
Software Deployment	96	-	-	-	1 0.071%	2
Senior Java Software Developer	96	-	£600	-	1 0.071%
Secure Code Development	95	-32	£640	+21.61%	2 0.14%	4
Business Development	96	-26	-	-	1 0.071%	42
Head of Development	93	-	-	-	4 0.28%	2
Development Analyst	96	-	-	-	1 0.071%
Development Roadmap	95	-25	£263	-	2 0.14%	1
Full-Stack Development	78	-16	£385	-33.04%	19 1.35%	18
Front End Development	85	-18	£475	-	12 0.85%	7
Software Delivery	87	-20	£475	-26.92%	10 0.71%	6
Dashboard Development	96	-28	£525	-16.00%	1 0.071%	2