Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 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	-10.30%	478 16.91%	326
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	100	-16	£463	-3.24%	58 2.05%	50
iOS Software Development	152	-40	£381	-15.27%	6 0.21%	9
Android Software Development	154	-43	£424	+9.70%	4 0.14%	8
Software Developer	144	-46	£510	+4.61%	14 0.50%	30
Mobile Development	155	-36	£488	-	3 0.11%	13
Lead Software Developer	154	-	£572	-	4 0.14%	7
.NET Software Developer	157	-37	£488	-2.50%	1 0.035%	5
API Development	127	-12	£464	+15.93%	31 1.10%	18
Senior Software Developer	152	-38	£505	-8.18%	6 0.21%	8
Web Development	149	-50	£417	-10.43%	9 0.32%	61
ETL Development	154	-36	£460	-8.00%	4 0.14%	4
Data Development	157	-	£300	-	1 0.035%	1
Secure Code Development	139	-22	£575	+31.27%	19 0.67%	21
Software AG	156	-	£668	-	2 0.071%
Business Development	151	-32	-	-	7 0.25%	204
Content Development	148	-	£550	-	10 0.35%	3
Development Manager	154	-	-	-	4 0.14%	93
Persona Development	154	-	£395	-	4 0.14%
Development Roadmap	157	-	-	-	1 0.035%	2
Full-Stack Development	78	+1	£455	-1.62%	84 2.97%	127
Front End Development	128	-36	£440	+10.00%	30 1.06%	44
Development Engineer	157	-	-	-	1 0.035%	3
Software Delivery	148	-28	£363	-	10 0.35%	17
Dashboard Development	130	-21	£400	-20.00%	28 0.99%	20
Development Consultant	151	-	£709	-	7 0.25%	1
Mobile App Development	157	-40	£360	+6.66%	1 0.035%