Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Agile Software Development	4	+1	£447	-9.87%	485 16.93%	278
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	99	-12	£463	-3.24%	60 2.09%	43
iOS Software Development	153	-36	£381	-15.27%	6 0.21%	8
Android Software Development	155	-38	£424	+9.70%	4 0.14%	6
Software Developer	144	-40	£510	+7.36%	15 0.52%	24
Mobile Development	156	-32	£488	-	3 0.10%	9
Lead Software Developer	155	-	£572	-	4 0.14%	5
.NET Software Developer	158	-	£488	-	1 0.035%	1
Java Software Developer	158	-33	£510	-5.02%	1 0.035%	1
API Development	128	-8	£464	+15.93%	31 1.08%	11
Senior Software Developer	153	-34	£505	-8.18%	6 0.21%	6
Web Development	149	-46	£417	-9.45%	10 0.35%	45
ETL Development	155	-32	£460	-8.00%	4 0.14%	3
Data Development	158	-	£300	-	1 0.035%	5
Secure Code Development	140	-18	£575	+31.27%	19 0.66%	13
Business Development	152	-28	-	-	7 0.24%	134
Development Manager	155	-	-	-	4 0.14%	64
Software AG	157	-	£668	-	2 0.070%
Content Development	148	-	£519	-	11 0.38%	1
Development Roadmap	158	-	-	-	1 0.035%	1
Persona Development	155	-	£395	-	4 0.14%
Full-Stack Development	78	+6	£455	-2.93%	83 2.90%	86
Front End Development	132	-37	£450	+5.88%	27 0.94%	35
Development Engineer	158	-	-	-	1 0.035%	3
Software Delivery	149	-24	£363	-	10 0.35%	19
Dashboard Development	131	-16	£400	-13.51%	28 0.98%	18
Development Consultant	152	-	£709	-	7 0.24%	1
Mobile App Development	158	-37	£360	+3.52%	1 0.035%