Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	8	+17	£675	+40.47%	81 11.59%	20
IT Support	11	+28	£228	+40.00%	64 9.16%	10
Analyst	13	-8	£450	-5.26%	57 8.15%	34
Embedded Engineer	18	+25	-	-	51 7.30%	12
Administrator	21	+17	£452	+38.01%	46 6.58%	10
Embedded Software Engineer	21	+24	-	-	46 6.58%	6
Senior	22	-7	£550	-12.00%	44 6.29%	67
Architect	24	-15	£725	+16.00%	42 6.01%	30
Project Manager	26	+6	£588	-6.00%	38 5.44%	16
Consultant	27	-3	£565	+25.55%	37 5.29%	17
Developer	30	-19	£528	-12.00%	32 4.58%	22
Systems Engineer	31	+11	£450	-	30 4.29%	44
Technical Support	36	+9	£350	+150.00%	25 3.58%	1
Lead	37	-23	£625	+47.92%	24 3.43%	39
Configuration Manager	39	-	£48	-	22 3.15%	5
Ada Software Engineer	40	-	-	-	21 3.00%	1
Ada Engineer	40	-	-	-	21 3.00%	1
C++ Software Engineer	41	-7	-	-	20 2.86%
Embedded C Software Engineer	43	+2	-	-	18 2.58%
Embedded C Engineer	43	+2	-	-	18 2.58%
C Software Engineer	43	-4	-	-	18 2.58%
Linux Administrator	45	-	£470	-	16 2.29%	3
Desktop Support	46	-	£150	-	15 2.15%
Electrical Engineer	46	-1	-	-	15 2.15%	7
IT Engineer	46	-6	£163	-35.96%	15 2.15%	7
C# Software Engineer	47	-13	-	-	14 2.00%	3
Security Officer	48	-4	£150	-	13 1.86%
SAP Consultant	48	-7	£675	+50.00%	13 1.86%
Solutions Architect	49	-23	£725	+11.53%	12 1.72%	6
Systems Manager	49	-	£600	-	12 1.72%	1
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	49	-	-	-	12 1.72%
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	49	-	-	-	12 1.72%
Embedded C++ Engineer	49	-	-	-	12 1.72%
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	49	-	-	-	12 1.72%
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	49	-	-	-	12 1.72%
C/C++ Software Engineer	49	-9	-	-	12 1.72%
Oracle Consultant	50	-	£400	-	11 1.57%
Infrastructure Engineer	51	-	£550	-	10 1.43%	8
Author	51	-6	-	-	10 1.43%	3
Technical Author	51	-6	-	-	10 1.43%	3
Design Engineer	52	-18	-	-	9 1.29%	11
IT Administrator	52	-	-	-	9 1.29%
ServiceNow Developer	52	-	£528	-	9 1.29%	1
SAP HCM Consultant	52	-	£800	-	9 1.29%
SOC Analyst	52	-23	£553	-7.83%	9 1.29%	1
ERP Manager	53	-	£650	-	8 1.14%
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	53	-	£550	-	8 1.14%	2
Test Engineer	53	-	£300	-	8 1.14%	9
Security Analyst	53	-12	£475	-17.39%	8 1.14%	2
Senior Analyst	53	-11	£463	-21.27%	8 1.14%	8