Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Jan 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%	86 13.25%	42
IT Support	12	+26	£228	+10.30%	58 8.94%	8
Analyst	16	-12	£463	-8.00%	53 8.17%	25
Embedded Software Engineer	22	+23	-	-	45 6.93%	11
Senior	22	-4	£575	-4.16%	45 6.93%	110
Embedded Engineer	22	+23	-	-	45 6.93%	19
Administrator	23	+14	£450	+37.40%	44 6.78%	10
Project Manager	28	+6	£600	+4.34%	37 5.70%	17
Consultant	29	-2	£565	+22.16%	36 5.55%	18
Developer	31	-19	£528	-12.00%	34 5.24%	41
Architect	38	-27	£750	+15.38%	25 3.85%	46
Systems Engineer	39	+1	£454	-	24 3.70%	47
Lead	39	-23	£588	+39.05%	24 3.70%	39
C++ Software Engineer	40	-7	-	-	23 3.54%	2
Ada Software Engineer	42	-	-	-	21 3.24%	2
Technical Support	42	-	£350	-	21 3.24%	2
Ada Engineer	42	-	-	-	21 3.24%	2
Technical Author	46	-1	-	-	17 2.62%	3
Author	46	-1	-	-	17 2.62%	3
C# Software Engineer	46	-11	-	-	17 2.62%	6
Embedded C Software Engineer	46	-1	-	-	17 2.62%	2
Embedded C Engineer	46	-1	-	-	17 2.62%	2
C Software Engineer	46	-7	-	-	17 2.62%	2
Configuration Manager	47	-	£48	-	16 2.47%	9
Electrical Engineer	48	-3	-	-	15 2.31%	6
Desktop Support	48	-	£150	-	15 2.31%
SAP Consultant	49	-6	£675	+50.00%	14 2.16%
IT Engineer	49	-8	£170	-33.00%	14 2.16%	10
Linux Administrator	50	-	£470	-	13 2.00%	2
Security Officer	51	-7	£150	-	12 1.85%
Oracle Consultant	52	-	£400	-	11 1.69%
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
Embedded C++ Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
C/C++ Software Engineer	52	-12	-	-	11 1.69%	2
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.69%	2
SOC Analyst	52	-23	£553	-7.83%	11 1.69%	3
Infrastructure Engineer	53	-	£550	-	10 1.54%	7
Design Engineer	53	-19	-	-	10 1.54%	16
Systems Manager	54	-	£600	-	9 1.39%	3
SAP HCM Consultant	54	-	£800	-	9 1.39%
ServiceNow Developer	54	-	£528	-	9 1.39%	1
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	55	-	£550	-	8 1.23%	2
IT Administrator	55	-	-	-	8 1.23%
Test Engineer	55	-	£300	-	8 1.23%	10
Senior Developer	55	-15	£550	-15.38%	8 1.23%	10
Support Analyst	56	-12	£350	+69.69%	7 1.08%
Solutions Architect	56	-29	£800	+23.07%	7 1.08%	14
Business Analyst	56	-15	£475	-17.39%	7 1.08%	3