Senior Contracts in Hertfordshire

Senior
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Senior daily rate in Hertfordshire is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 21 23
Rank change year-on-year -22 +2 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 31 67 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.75% 8.26% 6.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.18% 9.01% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 45 36
10th Percentile £515 £485 £369
25th Percentile £600 £588 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £613 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +22.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £638
90th Percentile £925 £803 £809
East of England median daily rate £542 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -9.67% +20.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £28.45 £20.95 -
25th Percentile £37.91 £25.79 -
Median hourly rate £40.28 £33.86 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.95% - -
75th Percentile £42.64 £41.93 -
90th Percentile - £46.77 -
East of England median hourly rate £36.05 £43.00 £59.31
% change year-on-year -16.17% -27.50% +155.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 742 744 721
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.72% 91.74% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 406 443
10th Percentile £233 £210 £160
25th Percentile £313 £363 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £763 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 148 83
10th Percentile £37.91 £20.31 £16.49
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.95 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -7.32%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Hertfordshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Senior in Hertfordshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Hertfordshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Hertfordshire

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Hertfordshire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage +5 18 £650 +18.18% 6
Hatfield -8 5 £500 -9.09% 2
Hemel Hempstead +7 4 £900 +28.57% 8
Welwyn Garden City +6 2 £600 +41.18% 1
Watford -4 2 £600 -17.24% 10
Senior
East of England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (29.03%) LogRhythm
2 9 (29.03%) Splunk
3 8 (25.81%) Windows
3 8 (25.81%) Linux
3 8 (25.81%) CMS
3 8 (25.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 8 (25.81%) FireEye
3 8 (25.81%) Cyberattack
3 8 (25.81%) Security Operations
3 8 (25.81%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (25.81%) Darktrace
3 8 (25.81%) Incident Response
4 6 (19.35%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
4 6 (19.35%) PLM
4 6 (19.35%) Windchill
5 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
5 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
5 4 (12.90%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (9.68%) Firewall
6 3 (9.68%) Project Management
7 2 (6.45%) SAP
7 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.45%) ERP
7 2 (6.45%) LAN
7 2 (6.45%) WLAN

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (25.81%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Windchill
2 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) AWS
1 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Firewall
2 2 (6.45%) LAN
2 2 (6.45%) SD-WAN
2 2 (6.45%) WAN
2 2 (6.45%) WLAN
3 1 (3.23%) Network Security
3 1 (3.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Tableau
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
1 1 (3.23%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Cyberattack
1 8 (25.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 8 (25.81%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (12.90%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (6.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Linux
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.81%) Incident Response
2 8 (25.81%) Security Operations
3 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
3 6 (19.35%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (19.35%) PLM
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.68%) Project Management
6 2 (6.45%) Agile
6 2 (6.45%) Conflict Resolution
6 2 (6.45%) Edge Computing
6 2 (6.45%) Emotional Intelligence
6 2 (6.45%) ERP
6 2 (6.45%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
7 1 (3.23%) Analytical Modelling
7 1 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (3.23%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Nessus
1 1 (3.23%) Nmap
1 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) LogRhythm
1 9 (29.03%) Splunk
2 8 (25.81%) Darktrace
2 8 (25.81%) FireEye
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco
3 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.45%) SAP
4 1 (3.23%) Avaya
4 1 (3.23%) Blue Prism
4 1 (3.23%) Genesys
4 1 (3.23%) UiPath