Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	4	+3	£439	-12.25%	439 16.66%	265
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	92	-10	£492	+0.61%	55 2.09%	30
iOS Software Development	139	-29	£378	-16.11%	8 0.30%	6
Android Software Development	142	-33	£375	-2.91%	5 0.19%	5
Software Developer	135	-37	£505	+6.31%	12 0.46%	32
Mobile Development	142	-25	£375	-	5 0.19%	7
Lead Software Developer	144	-	£572	-	3 0.11%	6
.NET Software Developer	146	-29	£488	-2.50%	1 0.038%	3
Web Development	142	-44	£358	-23.82%	5 0.19%	34
API Development	112	+1	£464	+15.93%	35 1.33%	14
Senior Software Developer	141	-29	£505	-8.18%	6 0.23%	8
Software Deployment	145	-31	-	-	2 0.076%	5
ETL Development	145	-29	£390	-22.00%	2 0.076%	3
Data Development	146	-28	£300	-	1 0.038%
Secure Code Development	133	-19	£600	+39.53%	14 0.53%	6
Business Development	144	-26	-	-	3 0.11%	171
Software AG	144	-	£675	-	3 0.11%
Content Development	136	-18	£550	+37.50%	11 0.42%	2
Feature Driven Development	146	-	£650	-	1 0.038%
Development Roadmap	146	-	-	-	1 0.038%
Persona Development	144	-	£402	-	3 0.11%
Full-Stack Development	67	+8	£455	+1.11%	87 3.30%	99
Front End Development	116	-29	£396	-0.93%	31 1.18%	45
Development Engineer	146	-	-	-	1 0.038%	5
Software Delivery	137	-23	£363	-30.95%	10 0.38%	9
Dashboard Development	116	-10	£400	+2.43%	31 1.18%	18
Development Consultant	140	-	£709	-	7 0.27%	2
Mobile App Development	141	-26	£379	+12.22%	6 0.23%