Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 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	£450	-10.00%	477 16.98%	331
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	99	-14	£463	-4.44%	58 2.06%	46
iOS Software Development	151	-37	£381	-15.27%	6 0.21%	9
Android Software Development	153	-40	£424	+9.70%	4 0.14%	8
Software Developer	143	-43	£510	+4.61%	14 0.50%	29
Mobile Development	154	-33	£488	-	3 0.11%	12
Lead Software Developer	153	-	£572	-	4 0.14%	6
.NET Software Developer	156	-34	£488	-2.50%	1 0.036%	5
API Development	126	-9	£464	+15.93%	31 1.10%	21
Senior Software Developer	151	-35	£505	-8.18%	6 0.21%	5
Web Development	148	-47	£417	-10.43%	9 0.32%	60
ETL Development	153	-33	£460	-8.00%	4 0.14%	2
Data Development	156	-	£300	-	1 0.036%	1
Secure Code Development	138	-20	£575	+33.72%	19 0.68%	17
Business Development	151	-30	-	-	6 0.21%	232
Software AG	155	-	£668	-	2 0.071%
Development Manager	154	-	-	-	3 0.11%	102
Content Development	147	-	£550	-	10 0.36%	1
Development Roadmap	156	-	-	-	1 0.036%	2
Persona Development	153	-	£395	-	4 0.14%
Full-Stack Development	77	+2	£455	-1.62%	84 2.99%	131
Front End Development	127	-34	£440	+10.00%	30 1.07%	49
Development Engineer	156	-	-	-	1 0.036%	4
Software Delivery	147	-25	£363	-	10 0.36%	22
Dashboard Development	129	-18	£400	-20.00%	28 1.00%	22
Development Consultant	150	-	£709	-	7 0.25%	1
Mobile App Development	156	-37	£360	+6.66%	1 0.036%