Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	7	+16	£675	+40.47%	84 12.59%	39
IT Support	10	+29	£228	+40.00%	58 8.70%	9
Analyst	14	-9	£450	-16.70%	53 7.95%	32
Embedded Software Engineer	18	+27	-	-	45 6.75%	8
Senior	18	0	£550	-8.33%	45 6.75%	117
Embedded Engineer	18	+27	-	-	45 6.75%	20
Administrator	19	+18	£450	+37.40%	44 6.60%	11
Consultant	22	+4	£565	+25.55%	38 5.70%	22
Project Manager	23	+10	£600	+4.34%	37 5.55%	11
Developer	26	-12	£528	-12.00%	34 5.10%	48
Architect	29	-17	£650	-	30 4.50%	42
Systems Engineer	33	+8	£465	-	26 3.90%	51
Lead	34	-19	£600	+42.01%	25 3.75%	51
C++ Software Engineer	37	-4	-	-	22 3.30%	2
Technical Support	38	-	£350	-	21 3.15%	1
Ada Software Engineer	38	-	-	-	21 3.15%	2
Ada Engineer	38	-	-	-	21 3.15%	2
Technical Author	40	+5	-	-	19 2.85%	3
Author	40	+5	-	-	19 2.85%	3
Configuration Manager	40	-	£48	-	19 2.85%	8
Embedded C Engineer	42	+3	-	-	17 2.55%	2
C Software Engineer	42	-3	-	-	17 2.55%	2
C# Software Engineer	42	-9	-	-	17 2.55%	4
Embedded C Software Engineer	42	+3	-	-	17 2.55%	2
Desktop Support	44	-	£150	-	15 2.25%
Electrical Engineer	44	+1	-	-	15 2.25%	7
IT Engineer	44	-4	£163	-35.96%	15 2.25%	9
SAP Consultant	45	-2	£675	+50.00%	14 2.10%
Linux Administrator	45	-	£473	-	14 2.10%	1
Security Officer	47	-3	£150	-	12 1.80%
Oracle Consultant	48	-	£400	-	11 1.65%
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	48	-	-	-	11 1.65%	2
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	48	-	-	-	11 1.65%	2
Embedded C++ Engineer	48	-	-	-	11 1.65%	2
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	48	-	-	-	11 1.65%	2
C/C++ Software Engineer	48	-8	-	-	11 1.65%	2
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	48	-	-	-	11 1.65%	2
Infrastructure Engineer	49	-	£550	-	10 1.50%	7
Design Engineer	49	-15	-	-	10 1.50%	14
Systems Manager	49	-	£600	-	10 1.50%	2
ServiceNow Developer	50	-	£528	-	9 1.35%	1
SAP HCM Consultant	50	-	£800	-	9 1.35%
SOC Analyst	50	-21	£553	-7.83%	9 1.35%	3
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	51	-	£550	-	8 1.20%	2
IT Administrator	51	-	-	-	8 1.20%
Test Engineer	51	-	£300	-	8 1.20%	11
Security Analyst	51	-10	£475	-17.39%	8 1.20%
Senior Analyst	51	-9	£463	-21.27%	8 1.20%	9
Support Engineer	51	-11	£153	-49.16%	8 1.20%	16
Senior Developer	51	-11	£550	-15.38%	8 1.20%	8