Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	7	+18	£675	+40.47%	83 11.77%	19
IT Support	10	+29	£228	+40.00%	64 9.08%	10
Analyst	12	-7	£450	-5.26%	57 8.09%	34
Embedded Engineer	16	+27	-	-	53 7.52%	12
Administrator	20	+18	£452	+38.01%	47 6.67%	11
Embedded Software Engineer	20	+25	-	-	47 6.67%	6
Architect	23	-14	£725	+16.00%	44 6.24%	26
Senior	23	-8	£550	-12.00%	44 6.24%	61
Project Manager	27	+5	£588	-6.00%	38 5.39%	16
Consultant	28	-4	£565	+25.55%	37 5.25%	12
Developer	31	-20	£528	-12.00%	32 4.54%	31
Systems Engineer	33	+9	£450	-	30 4.26%	40
Technical Support	38	+7	£350	+150.00%	25 3.55%	1
Lead	38	-24	£625	+47.92%	25 3.55%	38
Configuration Manager	41	-	£48	-	22 3.12%	5
Ada Software Engineer	42	-	-	-	21 2.98%	1
C++ Software Engineer	42	-8	-	-	21 2.98%
Ada Engineer	42	-	-	-	21 2.98%	1
Embedded C Software Engineer	44	+1	-	-	19 2.70%
Embedded C Engineer	44	+1	-	-	19 2.70%
C Software Engineer	44	-5	-	-	19 2.70%
Linux Administrator	47	-	£470	-	16 2.27%	3
Desktop Support	48	-	£150	-	15 2.13%
Electrical Engineer	48	-3	-	-	15 2.13%	7
IT Engineer	48	-8	£163	-35.96%	15 2.13%	7
C# Software Engineer	49	-15	-	-	14 1.99%	3
SAP Consultant	50	-9	£675	+50.00%	13 1.84%
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	50	-	-	-	13 1.84%
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	50	-	-	-	13 1.84%
Embedded C++ Engineer	50	-	-	-	13 1.84%
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	50	-	-	-	13 1.84%
Security Officer	50	-6	£150	-	13 1.84%
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	50	-	-	-	13 1.84%
C/C++ Software Engineer	50	-10	-	-	13 1.84%
Solutions Architect	51	-25	£725	+11.53%	12 1.70%	6
Systems Manager	51	-	£600	-	12 1.70%	2
Oracle Consultant	52	-	£400	-	11 1.56%
Infrastructure Engineer	53	-	£550	-	10 1.42%	7
Author	53	-8	-	-	10 1.42%	2
Technical Author	53	-8	-	-	10 1.42%	2
Design Engineer	54	-20	-	-	9 1.28%	9
IT Administrator	54	-	-	-	9 1.28%
ServiceNow Developer	54	-	£528	-	9 1.28%	1
SAP HCM Consultant	54	-	£800	-	9 1.28%
SOC Analyst	54	-25	£553	-7.83%	9 1.28%	1
ERP Manager	55	-	£650	-	8 1.13%
Test Architect	55	-12	-	-	8 1.13%	7
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	55	-	£550	-	8 1.13%	2
Test Engineer	55	-	£300	-	8 1.13%	9
Security Analyst	55	-14	£475	-17.39%	8 1.13%	2