Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Apr 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%	275 17.16%	100
Embedded Software Development	99	-	£698	-	1 0.062%	6
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	85	-33	£750	+53.84%	15 0.94%	8
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	99	-	£375	-	1 0.062%
Android Software Development	97	-	£740	-	3 0.19%	3
Software Developer	95	-29	£550	-	5 0.31%	5
C# Software Developer	99	-	£525	-	1 0.062%
Java Software Developer	98	-	£600	-	2 0.12%
API Development	98	-40	£291	-34.42%	2 0.12%
Senior Software Developer	99	-	£600	-	1 0.062%
Software Deployment	99	-37	-	-	1 0.062%	5
Senior Java Software Developer	99	-	£600	-	1 0.062%
Secure Code Development	94	-35	£600	+14.01%	6 0.37%	6
Business Development	97	-31	£775	+58.06%	3 0.19%	43
Head of Development	96	-	-	-	4 0.25%	1
Development Roadmap	98	-32	£263	-	2 0.12%
Full-Stack Development	80	-24	£416	-21.64%	20 1.25%	16
Front End Development	85	-23	£525	-	15 0.94%	3
Software Delivery	87	-25	£500	-8.25%	13 0.81%
Dashboard Development	99	-36	£525	-16.00%	1 0.062%	3