Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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	£438	-12.50%	420 16.24%	321
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	93	-6	£492	+0.61%	58 2.24%	53
iOS Software Development	143	-29	£378	-16.11%	8 0.31%	8
Android Software Development	146	-33	£375	-2.91%	5 0.19%	5
Software Developer	140	-35	£500	+6.38%	11 0.43%	40
Mobile Development	146	-25	£375	-	5 0.19%	14
Lead Software Developer	149	-	£574	-	2 0.077%	7
.NET Software Developer	150	-29	£488	-2.50%	1 0.039%	3
Web Development	146	-45	£358	-23.01%	5 0.19%	47
API Development	120	-3	£478	+19.37%	31 1.20%	17
Senior Software Developer	145	-26	£505	-0.24%	6 0.23%	11
Software Deployment	149	-31	-	-	2 0.077%	6
ETL Development	149	-29	£390	-22.00%	2 0.077%	2
Data Development	150	-28	£300	-	1 0.039%	2
Secure Code Development	137	-18	£600	+39.53%	14 0.54%	9
Business Development	148	-	-	-	3 0.12%	237
Software AG	148	-	£675	-	3 0.12%
Content Development	140	-18	£550	+37.50%	11 0.43%	1
Feature Driven Development	150	-	£650	-	1 0.039%
Development Roadmap	150	-	-	-	1 0.039%
Persona Development	149	-	£395	-	2 0.077%
Full-Stack Development	76	+7	£450	-	79 3.05%	168
Front End Development	121	-28	£396	-0.93%	30 1.16%	54
Development Engineer	150	-28	-	-	1 0.039%	8
Software Delivery	143	-24	£350	-33.33%	8 0.31%	24
Dashboard Development	121	-12	£400	+2.43%	30 1.16%	21
Development Consultant	144	-	£709	-	7 0.27%	2
Mobile App Development	143	-24	£390	+15.62%	8 0.31%	1