Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	5	+20	£675	+40.47%	87 13.68%	47
IT Support	13	+25	£251	+21.81%	52 8.18%	8
Analyst	16	-12	£475	-5.51%	48 7.55%	26
Embedded Engineer	18	+27	-	-	45 7.08%	16
Embedded Software Engineer	18	+27	-	-	45 7.08%	13
Senior	19	-1	£575	-4.16%	44 6.92%	102
Administrator	20	+17	£450	+37.40%	42 6.60%	13
Project Manager	26	+9	£600	-4.00%	36 5.66%	13
Consultant	27	0	£568	+22.70%	35 5.50%	22
Developer	28	-16	£528	-12.00%	34 5.35%	45
Architect	36	-24	£775	+13.67%	26 4.09%	39
C++ Software Engineer	38	-5	-	-	24 3.77%	2
Lead	38	-21	£588	+39.05%	24 3.77%	52
Systems Engineer	39	0	£454	-	23 3.62%	41
Ada Software Engineer	41	-	-	-	21 3.30%	5
Ada Engineer	41	-	-	-	21 3.30%	5
C# Software Engineer	44	-9	-	-	18 2.83%	4
Embedded C Engineer	45	0	-	-	17 2.67%	2
C Software Engineer	45	-6	-	-	17 2.67%	2
Technical Author	45	-1	-	-	17 2.67%	5
Author	45	-1	-	-	17 2.67%	5
Technical Support	45	-	£313	-	17 2.67%	1
Embedded C Software Engineer	45	0	-	-	17 2.67%	2
Desktop Support	47	-	£150	-	15 2.36%
Electrical Engineer	47	-2	-	-	15 2.36%	2
SAP Consultant	48	-5	£675	+50.00%	14 2.20%
Configuration Manager	48	-	£48	-	14 2.20%	8
IT Engineer	49	-8	£199	-21.67%	13 2.04%	9
Linux Administrator	49	-	£470	-	13 2.04%	2
Design Engineer	51	-17	-	-	11 1.73%	14
Oracle Consultant	51	-	£400	-	11 1.73%
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.73%	2
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.73%	2
Embedded C++ Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.73%	2
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.73%	2
Security Officer	51	-7	£150	-	11 1.73%
SOC Analyst	51	-22	£553	-7.83%	11 1.73%	2
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	51	-	-	-	11 1.73%	2
C/C++ Software Engineer	51	-11	-	-	11 1.73%	2
Infrastructure Engineer	52	-	£550	-	10 1.57%	2
SAP HCM Consultant	53	-	£800	-	9 1.42%
ServiceNow Developer	53	-	£528	-	9 1.42%	1
Test Engineer	54	-	£300	-	8 1.26%	7
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	54	-	£550	-	8 1.26%
Solutions Architect	54	-26	£800	+23.07%	8 1.26%	12
Systems Manager	54	-	£600	-	8 1.26%	3
Senior Developer	54	-14	£550	-15.38%	8 1.26%	9
Business Analyst	55	-14	£475	-17.39%	7 1.10%	3
Senior Analyst	55	-13	£375	-36.17%	7 1.10%	6
Functional Consultant	55	-	£675	-	7 1.10%	1