Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 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	£435	-13.00%	420 16.23%	282
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	94	-10	£487	-0.48%	55 2.13%	41
iOS Software Development	141	-30	£378	-16.11%	8 0.31%	4
Android Software Development	144	-34	£375	-2.91%	5 0.19%	2
Software Developer	138	-36	£500	+6.38%	11 0.43%	34
Mobile Development	144	-26	£375	-	5 0.19%	5
Lead Software Developer	147	-	£574	-	2 0.077%	6
.NET Software Developer	148	-30	£488	-2.50%	1 0.039%	3
Web Development	144	-44	£358	-23.82%	5 0.19%	36
API Development	116	-2	£450	+12.50%	33 1.28%	19
Senior Software Developer	143	-27	£505	-0.24%	6 0.23%	9
Software Deployment	147	-32	-	-	2 0.077%	5
ETL Development	147	-30	£390	-22.00%	2 0.077%	3
Data Development	148	-29	£300	-	1 0.039%	2
Secure Code Development	135	-19	£600	+39.53%	14 0.54%	8
Business Development	146	-	-	-	3 0.12%	233
Software AG	146	-	£675	-	3 0.12%
Content Development	138	-19	£550	+37.50%	11 0.43%	1
Feature Driven Development	148	-	£650	-	1 0.039%
Development Roadmap	148	-	-	-	1 0.039%
Persona Development	147	-	£395	-	2 0.077%
Full-Stack Development	72	+7	£453	+0.55%	83 3.21%	116
Front End Development	118	-29	£396	-0.93%	31 1.20%	46
Development Engineer	148	-	-	-	1 0.039%	5
Software Delivery	141	-25	£350	-33.33%	8 0.31%	17
Dashboard Development	119	-12	£400	+2.43%	30 1.16%	18
Development Consultant	142	-	£709	-	7 0.27%	2
Mobile App Development	141	-25	£390	+15.62%	8 0.31%	1