Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	£449	-9.57%	483 16.89%	295
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	93	-5	£463	-3.24%	60 2.10%	48
iOS Software Development	146	-29	£381	-15.27%	6 0.21%	8
Android Software Development	148	-30	£424	+9.70%	4 0.14%	7
Software Developer	137	-33	£510	+7.36%	15 0.52%	28
Mobile Development	149	-25	£488	-	3 0.10%	9
Lead Software Developer	148	-	£572	-	4 0.14%	5
.NET Software Developer	151	-	£488	-	1 0.035%	2
Java Software Developer	151	-26	£510	-5.02%	1 0.035%	2
API Development	121	-1	£464	+15.93%	31 1.08%	13
Senior Software Developer	146	-27	£505	-8.18%	6 0.21%	7
Web Development	142	-39	£417	-9.45%	10 0.35%	48
ETL Development	148	-25	£460	-8.00%	4 0.14%	3
Data Development	151	-	£300	-	1 0.035%	5
Secure Code Development	133	-11	£575	+31.27%	19 0.66%	13
Business Development	145	-21	-	-	7 0.24%	187
Development Manager	148	-	-	-	4 0.14%	79
Software AG	150	-	£668	-	2 0.070%
Content Development	141	-	£519	-	11 0.38%	1
Persona Development	148	-	£395	-	4 0.14%
Development Roadmap	151	-	-	-	1 0.035%	2
Full-Stack Development	75	+11	£455	-2.93%	81 2.83%	115
Front End Development	125	-29	£450	+5.88%	27 0.94%	44
Development Engineer	151	-	-	-	1 0.035%	4
Software Delivery	142	-17	£363	-	10 0.35%	22
Dashboard Development	124	-9	£400	-13.51%	28 0.98%	18
Development Consultant	145	-	£709	-	7 0.24%	3
Mobile App Development	151	-30	£360	+3.52%	1 0.035%