Contract IT Job Statistics in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 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%	87 13.66%	48
IT Support	15	+23	£251	+21.81%	52 8.16%	6
Analyst	17	-13	£475	-5.51%	49 7.69%	28
Embedded Engineer	19	+26	-	-	45 7.06%	19
Embedded Software Engineer	19	+26	-	-	45 7.06%	13
Senior	20	-2	£575	-4.16%	44 6.91%	113
Administrator	21	+16	£450	+37.40%	42 6.59%	13
Project Manager	27	+8	£600	-4.00%	36 5.65%	12
Consultant	28	-1	£568	+22.70%	35 5.49%	20
Developer	29	-17	£528	-12.00%	34 5.34%	48
Architect	37	-25	£775	+13.67%	26 4.08%	41
C++ Software Engineer	39	-6	-	-	24 3.77%	1
Lead	39	-22	£588	+39.05%	24 3.77%	42
Systems Engineer	40	-1	£454	-	23 3.61%	49
Ada Software Engineer	42	-	-	-	21 3.30%	3
Ada Engineer	42	-	-	-	21 3.30%	3
C# Software Engineer	45	-10	-	-	18 2.83%	6
Embedded C Engineer	46	-1	-	-	17 2.67%	1
C Software Engineer	46	-7	-	-	17 2.67%	1
Technical Author	46	-2	-	-	17 2.67%	5
Author	46	-2	-	-	17 2.67%	5
Technical Support	46	-	£313	-	17 2.67%	2
Embedded C Software Engineer	46	-1	-	-	17 2.67%	1
Desktop Support	48	-	£150	-	15 2.35%
Electrical Engineer	48	-3	-	-	15 2.35%	4
SAP Consultant	49	-6	£675	+50.00%	14 2.20%
Configuration Manager	49	-	£48	-	14 2.20%	9
IT Engineer	50	-9	£199	-21.67%	13 2.04%	8
Linux Administrator	50	-	£470	-	13 2.04%	2
Design Engineer	52	-18	-	-	11 1.73%	14
Oracle Consultant	52	-	£400	-	11 1.73%
Embedded C/C++ Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.73%	1
Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.73%	1
Embedded C++ Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.73%	1
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.73%	1
Security Officer	52	-8	£150	-	11 1.73%
C/C++ Software Engineer	52	-12	-	-	11 1.73%	1
C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer	52	-	-	-	11 1.73%	1
SOC Analyst	52	-23	£553	-7.83%	11 1.73%	3
Infrastructure Engineer	53	-	£550	-	10 1.57%	7
SAP HCM Consultant	54	-	£800	-	9 1.41%
ServiceNow Developer	54	-	£528	-	9 1.41%	1
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	55	-	£550	-	8 1.26%	3
Test Engineer	55	-	£300	-	8 1.26%	10
Solutions Architect	55	-27	£800	+23.07%	8 1.26%	11
Systems Manager	55	-	£600	-	8 1.26%	3
Senior Developer	55	-15	£550	-15.38%	8 1.26%	11
Business Analyst	56	-15	£475	-17.39%	7 1.10%	3
Senior Analyst	56	-14	£375	-36.17%	7 1.10%	8
Functional Consultant	56	-	£675	-	7 1.10%	1