Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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	£600	+9.09%	245 17.64%	106
Embedded Software Development	92	-	£698	-	1 0.072%	4
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	82	-26	£750	+53.84%	11 0.79%	19
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	92	-	£375	-	1 0.072%	1
Android Software Development	90	-	£740	-	3 0.22%	8
Software Developer	89	-	£550	-	4 0.29%	12
Java Software Developer	91	-	£600	-	2 0.14%	1
API Development	91	-26	£291	-22.40%	2 0.14%	1
Senior Software Developer	92	-	£600	-	1 0.072%	2
Software Deployment	92	-	-	-	1 0.072%	2
Senior Java Software Developer	92	-	£600	-	1 0.072%
Secure Code Development	91	-28	£640	+21.61%	2 0.14%	3
Business Development	92	-22	-	-	1 0.072%	45
Head of Development	89	-	-	-	4 0.29%	3
Development Analyst	92	-	-	-	1 0.072%
Development Roadmap	91	-21	£263	-	2 0.14%
Full-Stack Development	73	-11	£398	-30.86%	20 1.44%	16
Front End Development	81	-14	£475	-	12 0.86%	6
Software Delivery	83	-16	£475	-26.92%	10 0.72%	6
Dashboard Development	92	-24	£525	-16.00%	1 0.072%	2