Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Hemel Hempstead

Software Engineering
Hertfordshire > Hemel Hempstead

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hemel Hempstead 4.55% - 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% - 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £483
25th Percentile - - £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £700
75th Percentile - - £725
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £556 £478 £525
% change year-on-year +16.43% -9.00% -10.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hemel Hempstead

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hemel Hempstead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22 30 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead 100.00% 88.24% 82.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 81
10th Percentile £356 £264 £350
25th Percentile £438 £375 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £725
90th Percentile £619 £690 £838
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £431 £550
% change year-on-year +27.54% -21.59% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £71.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £72.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +222.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £44.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% -23.08% +10.64%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Hemel Hempstead

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hemel Hempstead by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes