Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Feb 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%	440 16.65%	302
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	101	-13	£463	-3.24%	49 1.85%	32
iOS Software Development	143	-29	£375	-16.66%	7 0.26%	7
Android Software Development	146	-33	£368	-4.85%	4 0.15%	5
Software Developer	138	-38	£505	+6.31%	12 0.45%	36
Mobile Development	145	-24	£375	-	5 0.19%	9
Lead Software Developer	147	-	£572	-	3 0.11%	3
.NET Software Developer	149	-28	£488	-2.50%	1 0.038%	6
Web Development	145	-43	£358	-23.82%	5 0.19%	38
API Development	119	-2	£464	+15.93%	31 1.17%	20
Senior Software Developer	144	-28	£505	-8.18%	6 0.23%	5
Software Deployment	148	-30	-	-	2 0.076%	3
ETL Development	147	-27	£425	-15.00%	3 0.11%	5
Data Development	149	-27	£300	-	1 0.038%
Secure Code Development	134	-16	£600	+39.53%	16 0.61%	9
Business Development	147	-26	-	-	3 0.11%	184
Software AG	147	-	£675	-	3 0.11%
Content Development	139	-17	£550	+37.50%	11 0.42%	1
Feature Driven Development	149	-	£650	-	1 0.038%
Development Roadmap	149	-	-	-	1 0.038%
Persona Development	147	-	£402	-	3 0.11%
Full-Stack Development	67	+13	£455	+1.11%	88 3.33%	115
Front End Development	115	-23	£396	-0.93%	35 1.32%	47
Development Engineer	149	-	-	-	1 0.038%	5
Software Delivery	140	-22	£363	-30.95%	10 0.38%	11
Dashboard Development	120	-10	£400	+2.43%	30 1.14%	25
Development Consultant	143	-	£709	-	7 0.26%	2
Mobile App Development	144	-25	£379	+12.22%	6 0.23%	1