Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	5	-2	£600	+9.09%	274 16.68%	97
Embedded Software Development	98	-	£698	-	1 0.061%	10
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	84	-28	£750	+53.84%	15 0.91%	17
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	98	-	£375	-	1 0.061%
Android Software Development	96	-	£740	-	3 0.18%	7
Software Developer	94	-24	£550	-	5 0.30%	6
C# Software Developer	98	-	£525	-	1 0.061%
Java Software Developer	97	-	£600	-	2 0.12%
API Development	97	-34	£291	-25.38%	2 0.12%
Senior Software Developer	98	-	£600	-	1 0.061%	1
Software Deployment	98	-33	-	-	1 0.061%	2
Senior Java Software Developer	98	-	£600	-	1 0.061%
Secure Code Development	93	-28	£600	+14.01%	6 0.37%	10
Business Development	96	-26	£775	+58.06%	3 0.18%	37
Head of Development	95	-	-	-	4 0.24%	1
Development Roadmap	97	-27	£263	-	2 0.12%
Full-Stack Development	81	-20	£416	-18.78%	18 1.10%	19
Front End Development	84	-21	£525	+2.14%	15 0.91%	6
Software Delivery	86	-20	£500	-8.25%	13 0.79%	2
Dashboard Development	98	-32	£525	-16.00%	1 0.061%	2