Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 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%	250 17.74%	113
Embedded Software Development	88	-	£698	-	1 0.071%	3
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	76	-25	£750	+53.84%	13 0.92%	21
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	88	-	£375	-	1 0.071%	1
Android Software Development	86	-	£740	-	3 0.21%	6
Software Developer	85	-	£550	-	4 0.28%	11
Java Software Developer	87	-	£600	-	2 0.14%	1
API Development	87	-27	£291	-22.40%	2 0.14%
Senior Software Developer	88	-	£600	-	1 0.071%	1
Software Deployment	88	-	-	-	1 0.071%	1
Senior Java Software Developer	88	-	£600	-	1 0.071%
Secure Code Development	87	-29	£640	+21.61%	2 0.14%	3
Business Development	88	-23	-	-	1 0.071%	54
Head of Development	85	-	-	-	4 0.28%	4
Development Roadmap	87	-22	£263	-	2 0.14%
Development Analyst	88	-	-	-	1 0.071%
Full-Stack Development	69	-13	£398	-29.33%	20 1.42%	20
Front End Development	76	-14	£475	-	13 0.92%	6
Software Delivery	79	-17	£475	-26.92%	10 0.71%	6
Dashboard Development	88	-25	£525	-16.00%	1 0.071%	2