Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	4	+2	£447	-9.87%	485 16.85%	285
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	103	-16	£463	-3.24%	59 2.05%	47
iOS Software Development	156	-38	£381	-15.27%	6 0.21%	8
Android Software Development	158	-41	£424	+9.70%	4 0.14%	6
Software Developer	147	-42	£510	+7.36%	15 0.52%	22
Mobile Development	159	-34	£488	-	3 0.10%	9
Lead Software Developer	158	-	£572	-	4 0.14%	5
.NET Software Developer	161	-	£488	-	1 0.035%	1
Java Software Developer	161	-35	£510	-5.02%	1 0.035%	1
API Development	131	-10	£464	+15.93%	31 1.08%	11
Senior Software Developer	156	-36	£505	-8.18%	6 0.21%	6
Web Development	152	-48	£417	-9.45%	10 0.35%	47
ETL Development	158	-34	£460	-8.00%	4 0.14%	3
Data Development	161	-	£300	-	1 0.035%	3
Secure Code Development	143	-20	£575	+31.27%	19 0.66%	13
Business Development	155	-30	-	-	7 0.24%	144
Software AG	160	-	£668	-	2 0.070%
Development Manager	158	-	-	-	4 0.14%	66
Content Development	151	-	£519	-	11 0.38%	1
Development Roadmap	161	-	-	-	1 0.035%	2
Persona Development	158	-	£395	-	4 0.14%
Full-Stack Development	81	+2	£455	-1.62%	83 2.88%	86
Front End Development	134	-38	£448	+5.29%	28 0.97%	37
Development Engineer	161	-	-	-	1 0.035%	3
Software Delivery	152	-26	£363	-	10 0.35%	19
Dashboard Development	134	-19	£400	-20.00%	28 0.97%	18
Development Consultant	155	-	£709	-	7 0.24%	1
Mobile App Development	161	-39	£360	+3.52%	1 0.035%