Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	7	+19	£675	+40.47%	86 13.33%	41
IT Support	11	+28	£251	+21.81%	56 8.68%	7
Analyst	15	-11	£475	-5.51%	51 7.91%	25
Embedded Software Engineer	20	+26	-	-	45 6.98%	10
Embedded Engineer	20	+26	-	-	45 6.98%	18
Senior	20	-2	£575	-4.16%	45 6.98%	109
Administrator	21	+17	£450	+37.40%	44 6.82%	12
Project Manager	25	+11	£600	-4.00%	37 5.74%	14
Consultant	27	+1	£568	+22.70%	35 5.43%	19
Developer	28	-16	£528	-12.00%	34 5.27%	43
Architect	36	-24	£775	+13.67%	26 4.03%	43
Systems Engineer	38	+2	£454	-	24 3.72%	50
Lead	38	-21	£588	+39.05%	24 3.72%	38
C++ Software Engineer	39	-5	-	-	23 3.57%	1
Ada Software Engineer	41	-	-	-	21 3.26%	2
Ada Engineer	41	-	-	-	21 3.26%	2
Technical Support	43	-	£313	-	19 2.95%	2
Embedded C Engineer	45	+1	-	-	17 2.64%	1
C Software Engineer	45	-5	-	-	17 2.64%	1
Technical Author	45	0	-	-	17 2.64%	3
Author	45	0	-	-	17 2.64%	3
C# Software Engineer	45	-9	-	-	17 2.64%	6
Embedded C Software Engineer	45	+1	-	-	17 2.64%	1
Configuration Manager	47	-	£48	-	15 2.33%	5
Desktop Support	47	-	£150	-	15 2.33%
Electrical Engineer	47	-1	-	-	15 2.33%	6
SAP Consultant	48	-4	£675	+50.00%	14 2.17%
IT Engineer	49	-7	£199	-21.67%	13 2.02%	10
Linux Administrator	49	-	£470	-	13 2.02%	2
Security Officer	50	-5	£150	-	12 1.86%
Oracle Consultant	51	-	£400	-	11 1.71%
C/C++ Software Engineer	51	-10	-	-	11 1.71%	1
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.71%	1
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.71%	1
Embedded C++ Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.71%	1
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.71%	1
SOC Analyst	51	-21	£553	-7.83%	11 1.71%	3
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.71%	1
Infrastructure Engineer	52	-	£550	-	10 1.55%	8
Design Engineer	52	-17	-	-	10 1.55%	17
Systems Manager	53	-	£600	-	9 1.40%	3
SAP HCM Consultant	53	-	£800	-	9 1.40%
ServiceNow Developer	53	-	£528	-	9 1.40%	1
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	54	-	£550	-	8 1.24%	3
IT Administrator	54	-	-	-	8 1.24%
Test Engineer	54	-	£300	-	8 1.24%	9
Senior Developer	54	-13	£550	-15.38%	8 1.24%	10
Solutions Architect	54	-25	£800	+23.07%	8 1.24%	12
Business Analyst	55	-13	£475	-17.39%	7 1.09%	3
Senior Analyst	55	-12	£375	-36.17%	7 1.09%	8