Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 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	-9.09%	495 16.86%	295
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	93	-13	£475	-7.31%	65 2.21%	41
iOS Software Development	151	-36	£381	-15.27%	6 0.20%	5
Android Software Development	153	-37	£424	+9.70%	4 0.14%	3
Software Developer	142	-40	£510	+7.36%	15 0.51%	32
Mobile Development	154	-32	£488	-	3 0.10%	6
Lead Software Developer	153	-	£572	-	4 0.14%	7
.NET Software Developer	156	-	£488	-	1 0.034%	2
Java Software Developer	156	-33	£510	-5.02%	1 0.034%	3
API Development	125	-8	£464	+15.93%	32 1.09%	8
Senior Software Developer	151	-33	£505	-14.04%	6 0.20%	6
Web Development	147	-46	£417	-9.45%	10 0.34%	35
ETL Development	150	-29	£460	+8.23%	7 0.24%	3
Data Development	156	-	£300	-	1 0.034%	3
Secure Code Development	137	-17	£575	+31.27%	20 0.68%	17
Business Development	149	-28	-	-	8 0.27%	145
Development Manager	152	-	-	-	5 0.17%	71
Software AG	155	-	£668	-	2 0.068%
Content Development	146	-	£519	-	11 0.37%	1
Persona Development	152	-	£393	-	5 0.17%
Development Roadmap	156	-	-	-	1 0.034%	1
Full-Stack Development	81	+2	£455	-1.62%	79 2.69%	85
Front End Development	130	-36	£450	+5.88%	27 0.92%	40
Development Engineer	156	-	-	-	1 0.034%	3
Software Delivery	148	-25	£356	-	9 0.31%	20
Dashboard Development	131	-18	£400	-13.51%	26 0.89%	21
Development Consultant	150	-	£709	-	7 0.24%
Mobile App Development	156	-38	£360	+3.52%	1 0.034%