Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	8	+15	£675	+40.47%	83 12.77%	49
IT Support	12	+26	£251	+21.81%	57 8.77%	7
Analyst	16	-11	£475	-5.51%	52 8.00%	27
Embedded Software Engineer	21	+24	-	-	45 6.92%	9
Senior	21	-3	£550	-8.33%	45 6.92%	122
Embedded Engineer	21	+24	-	-	45 6.92%	18
Administrator	22	+15	£450	+37.40%	44 6.77%	10
Project Manager	25	+8	£600	+4.34%	37 5.69%	13
Consultant	26	+2	£565	+22.16%	36 5.54%	24
Developer	28	-15	£528	-12.00%	34 5.23%	62
Architect	32	-21	£725	+11.53%	29 4.46%	45
Systems Engineer	35	+5	£465	-	26 4.00%	48
Lead	37	-23	£588	+39.05%	24 3.69%	54
C++ Software Engineer	39	-6	-	-	22 3.38%	2
Technical Support	40	-	£350	-	21 3.23%	1
Ada Software Engineer	40	-	-	-	21 3.23%	1
Ada Engineer	40	-	-	-	21 3.23%	1
Configuration Manager	43	-	£48	-	18 2.77%	9
Embedded C Engineer	44	+1	-	-	17 2.62%	2
C Software Engineer	44	-5	-	-	17 2.62%	2
Technical Author	44	+1	-	-	17 2.62%	3
Author	44	+1	-	-	17 2.62%	3
C# Software Engineer	44	-11	-	-	17 2.62%	3
Embedded C Software Engineer	44	+1	-	-	17 2.62%	2
Desktop Support	46	-	£150	-	15 2.31%
Electrical Engineer	46	-1	-	-	15 2.31%	4
IT Engineer	47	-7	£170	-33.00%	14 2.15%	8
SAP Consultant	47	-4	£675	+50.00%	14 2.15%
Linux Administrator	47	-	£473	-	14 2.15%	1
Security Officer	49	-5	£150	-	12 1.85%
Oracle Consultant	50	-	£400	-	11 1.69%
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	50	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	50	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
Embedded C++ Engineer	50	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	50	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
C/C++ Software Engineer	50	-10	-	-	11 1.69%	2
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	50	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
SOC Analyst	50	-21	£553	-7.83%	11 1.69%	3
Infrastructure Engineer	51	-	£550	-	10 1.54%	9
Design Engineer	51	-17	-	-	10 1.54%	16
Systems Manager	51	-	£600	-	10 1.54%	2
ServiceNow Developer	52	-	£528	-	9 1.38%	1
SAP HCM Consultant	52	-	£800	-	9 1.38%
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	53	-	£550	-	8 1.23%	3
IT Administrator	53	-	-	-	8 1.23%
Test Engineer	53	-	£300	-	8 1.23%	10
Senior Analyst	53	-11	£463	-21.27%	8 1.23%	10
Senior Developer	53	-13	£550	-15.38%	8 1.23%	10
Solutions Architect	54	-27	£800	+23.07%	7 1.08%	12
Business Analyst	54	-13	£475	-17.39%	7 1.08%	4