Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	6	+1	£435	-13.10%	383 15.36%	290
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	88	-3	£492	-1.10%	56 2.25%	51
iOS Software Development	135	-22	£378	-16.11%	8 0.32%	9
Android Software Development	138	-26	£375	-2.91%	5 0.20%	3
Software Developer	136	-32	£500	+6.38%	7 0.28%	20
Mobile Development	136	-16	£375	-	7 0.28%	9
Web Development	136	-36	£417	-10.43%	7 0.28%	24
API Development	115	+2	£450	+12.50%	28 1.12%	13
Senior Software Developer	138	-20	£500	-1.23%	5 0.20%	7
Software Deployment	141	-24	-	-	2 0.080%	2
ETL Development	141	-22	£390	-22.00%	2 0.080%
Data Development	142	-21	£300	-	1 0.040%	2
Secure Code Development	134	-16	£600	+39.53%	9 0.36%	7
Business Development	139	-	-	-	4 0.16%	222
Software AG	140	-	£675	-	3 0.12%
Content Development	133	-12	£581	+45.25%	10 0.40%	3
Development Manager	142	-	-	-	1 0.040%	104
Feature Driven Development	142	-	£650	-	1 0.040%
Development Roadmap	142	-	-	-	1 0.040%
Persona Development	141	-	£395	-	2 0.080%
Full-Stack Development	77	+3	£450	-	69 2.77%	116
Front End Development	118	-26	£396	-0.93%	25 1.00%	36
Development Engineer	142	-21	-	-	1 0.040%	2
Software Delivery	137	-19	£525	-	6 0.24%	15
Dashboard Development	113	-4	£400	+2.43%	30 1.20%	11
Development Consultant	136	-	£709	-	7 0.28%	2
Mobile App Development	134	-16	£390	+15.62%	9 0.36%	3