Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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%	262 17.40%	91
Embedded Software Development	97	-	£698	-	1 0.066%	3
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	82	-30	£724	+48.46%	16 1.06%	15
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	97	-	£375	-	1 0.066%
Android Software Development	95	-	£740	-	3 0.20%	3
Software Developer	94	-28	£550	-	4 0.27%	7
Java Software Developer	96	-	£600	-	2 0.13%	1
API Development	96	-35	£291	-22.40%	2 0.13%
Senior Software Developer	97	-	£600	-	1 0.066%	2
Software Deployment	97	-	-	-	1 0.066%	4
Senior Java Software Developer	97	-	£600	-	1 0.066%
Secure Code Development	96	-37	£640	+21.61%	2 0.13%	2
Business Development	97	-31	-	-	1 0.066%	28
Head of Development	94	-	-	-	4 0.27%	3
Development Roadmap	96	-30	£263	-	2 0.13%
Development Analyst	97	-	-	-	1 0.066%
Full-Stack Development	78	-23	£398	-25.17%	20 1.33%	25
Front End Development	85	-23	£475	-	13 0.86%	7
Software Delivery	87	-24	£475	-26.92%	11 0.73%
Dashboard Development	97	-33	£525	-16.00%	1 0.066%	2