Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 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	£439	-12.25%	417 16.14%	266
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	90	-8	£492	+0.61%	56 2.17%	52
iOS Software Development	138	-29	£378	-16.11%	8 0.31%	7
Android Software Development	141	-33	£375	-2.91%	5 0.19%	4
Software Developer	136	-36	£500	+6.38%	10 0.39%	38
Mobile Development	140	-24	£375	-	6 0.23%	8
Lead Software Developer	144	-	£574	-	2 0.077%	6
.NET Software Developer	145	-29	£488	-2.50%	1 0.039%	2
Web Development	141	-45	£358	-23.01%	5 0.19%	44
API Development	115	-3	£478	+19.37%	31 1.20%	19
Senior Software Developer	141	-27	£500	-1.23%	5 0.19%	10
Software Deployment	144	-31	-	-	2 0.077%	6
ETL Development	144	-29	£390	-22.00%	2 0.077%	2
Data Development	145	-28	£300	-	1 0.039%	2
Secure Code Development	132	-18	£600	+39.53%	14 0.54%	8
Business Development	143	-	-	-	3 0.12%	259
Software AG	143	-	£675	-	3 0.12%
Content Development	135	-18	£550	+37.50%	11 0.43%	1
Feature Driven Development	145	-	£650	-	1 0.039%
Development Roadmap	145	-	-	-	1 0.039%
Persona Development	144	-	£395	-	2 0.077%
Full-Stack Development	70	+8	£450	-	79 3.06%	141
Front End Development	117	-29	£396	-0.93%	29 1.12%	47
Development Engineer	145	-28	-	-	1 0.039%	4
Software Delivery	139	-25	£450	-14.28%	7 0.27%	16
Dashboard Development	116	-12	£400	+2.43%	30 1.16%	22
Development Consultant	139	-	£709	-	7 0.27%	2
Mobile App Development	138	-24	£390	+15.62%	8 0.31%	1