Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	5	-1	£600	+9.09%	261 17.64%	97
Embedded Software Development	92	-	£698	-	1 0.068%	3
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	79	-27	£724	+48.46%	14 0.95%	17
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	92	-	£375	-	1 0.068%
Android Software Development	90	-	£740	-	3 0.20%	2
Software Developer	89	-	£550	-	4 0.27%	10
Java Software Developer	91	-	£600	-	2 0.14%	1
API Development	91	-30	£291	-22.40%	2 0.14%
Senior Software Developer	92	-	£600	-	1 0.068%	2
Software Deployment	92	-	-	-	1 0.068%	4
Senior Java Software Developer	92	-	£600	-	1 0.068%
Secure Code Development	91	-32	£640	+21.61%	2 0.14%	2
Business Development	92	-26	-	-	1 0.068%	46
Head of Development	89	-	-	-	4 0.27%	3
Development Roadmap	91	-25	£263	-	2 0.14%
Development Analyst	92	-	-	-	1 0.068%
Full-Stack Development	73	-17	£398	-27.72%	20 1.35%	22
Front End Development	80	-17	£475	-	13 0.88%	7
Software Delivery	82	-19	£475	-26.92%	11 0.74%	3
Dashboard Development	92	-28	£525	-16.00%	1 0.068%	2