Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 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	-13.00%	380 15.18%	308
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	87	-9	£496	-0.30%	58 2.32%	53
iOS Software Development	137	-31	£378	-16.11%	8 0.32%	10
Android Software Development	140	-35	£375	-2.91%	5 0.20%	5
Software Developer	138	-41	£500	+6.38%	7 0.28%	29
Mobile Development	138	-25	£375	-	7 0.28%	8
Web Development	138	-45	£417	-10.43%	7 0.28%	36
API Development	117	-6	£450	+12.50%	28 1.12%	15
Senior Software Developer	140	-29	£500	-1.23%	5 0.20%	7
Software Deployment	143	-33	-	-	2 0.080%	1
ETL Development	143	-31	£390	-22.00%	2 0.080%	1
Data Development	144	-30	£300	-	1 0.040%	2
Secure Code Development	136	-26	£600	+22.44%	9 0.36%	4
Software AG	142	-	£675	-	3 0.12%
Content Development	136	-22	£541	+35.12%	9 0.36%	5
Business Development	141	-	-	-	4 0.16%	179
Development Manager	144	-	-	-	1 0.040%	98
Feature Driven Development	144	-	£650	-	1 0.040%
Development Roadmap	144	-	-	-	1 0.040%
Persona Development	143	-	£395	-	2 0.080%
Full-Stack Development	77	-4	£450	-	70 2.80%	102
Front End Development	120	-33	£384	-4.06%	25 1.00%	46
Development Engineer	144	-30	-	-	1 0.040%	4
Software Delivery	139	-28	£525	-	6 0.24%	17
Dashboard Development	115	-13	£400	+2.43%	30 1.20%	14
Development Consultant	138	-	£709	-	7 0.28%	2
Mobile App Development	136	-26	£390	+2.36%	9 0.36%	3