Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	6	+19	£675	+40.47%	86 13.59%	66
IT Support	16	+22	£251	+21.81%	52 8.21%	7
Analyst	19	-15	£475	-5.51%	48 7.58%	26
Embedded Software Engineer	21	+24	-	-	44 6.95%	15
Senior	21	-3	£575	-4.16%	44 6.95%	124
Embedded Engineer	21	+24	-	-	44 6.95%	20
Administrator	24	+13	£450	+37.40%	41 6.48%	16
Project Manager	29	+6	£600	-4.00%	36 5.69%	13
Consultant	30	-3	£568	+22.70%	35 5.53%	27
Developer	31	-19	£528	-12.00%	34 5.37%	61
Architect	40	-28	£775	+13.67%	25 3.95%	39
Lead	41	-24	£588	+39.05%	24 3.79%	52
C++ Software Engineer	42	-9	-	-	23 3.63%	3
Systems Engineer	42	-3	£454	-	23 3.63%	50
Ada Software Engineer	44	-	-	-	21 3.32%	4
Ada Engineer	44	-	-	-	21 3.32%	4
C# Software Engineer	47	-12	-	-	18 2.84%	6
Technical Author	48	-4	-	-	17 2.69%	2
Author	48	-4	-	-	17 2.69%	2
Technical Support	48	-	£313	-	17 2.69%	2
Embedded C Engineer	49	-4	-	-	16 2.53%	2
C Software Engineer	49	-10	-	-	16 2.53%	2
Embedded C Software Engineer	49	-4	-	-	16 2.53%	2
Desktop Support	50	-	£150	-	15 2.37%
Electrical Engineer	50	-5	-	-	15 2.37%	6
SAP Consultant	51	-8	£675	+50.00%	14 2.21%
IT Engineer	52	-11	£199	-21.67%	13 2.05%	8
Configuration Manager	52	-	£48	-	13 2.05%	11
Linux Administrator	53	-	£466	-	12 1.90%	2
SOC Analyst	53	-24	£553	-7.83%	12 1.90%	3
Design Engineer	54	-20	-	-	11 1.74%	19
Oracle Consultant	54	-	£400	-	11 1.74%	1
Security Officer	54	-10	£150	-	11 1.74%
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	55	-	-	-	10 1.58%	2
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	55	-	-	-	10 1.58%	2
Embedded C++ Engineer	55	-	-	-	10 1.58%	2
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	55	-	-	-	10 1.58%	2
Infrastructure Engineer	55	-	£550	-	10 1.58%	9
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	55	-	-	-	10 1.58%	2
C/C++ Software Engineer	55	-15	-	-	10 1.58%	2
SAP HCM Consultant	56	-	£800	-	9 1.42%
ServiceNow Developer	56	-	£528	-	9 1.42%
Test Engineer	57	-	£300	-	8 1.26%	14
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	57	-	£550	-	8 1.26%	5
Solutions Architect	57	-29	£800	+23.07%	8 1.26%	12
Systems Manager	57	-	£600	-	8 1.26%	3
Senior Developer	57	-17	£550	-15.38%	8 1.26%	9
Senior Analyst	58	-16	£375	-36.17%	7 1.11%	3
Functional Consultant	58	-	£675	-	7 1.11%
IT Administrator	58	-	-	-	7 1.11%	1