Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	4	+1	£600	+9.09%	243 17.34%	106
Embedded Software Development	90	-	£698	-	1 0.071%	3
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	78	-29	£750	+53.84%	13 0.93%	20
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	90	-	£375	-	1 0.071%
Android Software Development	88	-	£740	-	3 0.21%	2
Software Developer	87	-	£550	-	4 0.29%	12
Java Software Developer	89	-	£600	-	2 0.14%	1
API Development	89	-31	£291	-22.40%	2 0.14%
Senior Software Developer	90	-	£600	-	1 0.071%	4
Software Deployment	90	-	-	-	1 0.071%	1
Senior Java Software Developer	90	-	£600	-	1 0.071%
Secure Code Development	89	-33	£640	+21.61%	2 0.14%	3
Business Development	90	-27	-	-	1 0.071%	47
Head of Development	87	-	-	-	4 0.29%	2
Development Roadmap	89	-26	£263	-	2 0.14%
Development Analyst	90	-	-	-	1 0.071%
Full-Stack Development	71	-18	£398	-27.72%	20 1.43%	19
Front End Development	78	-18	£475	-	13 0.93%	5
Software Delivery	81	-21	£475	-26.92%	10 0.71%	4
Dashboard Development	90	-29	£525	-16.00%	1 0.071%	2