Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	4	+2	£449	-10.30%	478 17.09%	202
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	92	-9	£463	-5.61%	58 2.07%	29
iOS Software Development	144	-31	£381	-15.27%	6 0.21%	7
Android Software Development	146	-34	£424	+9.70%	4 0.14%	6
Software Developer	136	-38	£510	+2.00%	14 0.50%	17
Mobile Development	147	-27	£488	-	3 0.11%	9
Lead Software Developer	146	-	£572	-	4 0.14%	7
.NET Software Developer	149	-29	£488	-2.50%	1 0.036%	3
API Development	120	-4	£450	+12.50%	30 1.07%	11
Senior Software Developer	144	-29	£505	-8.18%	6 0.21%	3
Web Development	141	-41	£417	-10.43%	9 0.32%	23
ETL Development	146	-27	£460	-8.00%	4 0.14%
Data Development	149	-	£300	-	1 0.036%
Secure Code Development	131	-14	£575	+33.72%	19 0.68%	6
Software AG	148	-	£668	-	2 0.072%
Business Development	144	-24	-	-	6 0.21%	129
Development Manager	147	-	-	-	3 0.11%	89
Content Development	140	-	£550	-	10 0.36%	1
Development Roadmap	149	-	-	-	1 0.036%	1
Persona Development	146	-	£395	-	4 0.14%
Full-Stack Development	72	+5	£455	-1.62%	84 3.00%	61
Front End Development	119	-28	£435	+8.75%	31 1.11%	18
Development Engineer	149	-	-	-	1 0.036%	4
Software Delivery	140	-19	£363	-	10 0.36%	10
Dashboard Development	122	-12	£400	-20.00%	28 1.00%	15
Development Consultant	143	-	£709	-	7 0.25%
Mobile App Development	148	-30	£365	+8.14%	2 0.072%