CAN bus Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

CAN bus
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CAN bus in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CAN bus over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 42 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing CAN bus 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.84% 0.26% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.86% 0.51% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £475 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £450 £375 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

CAN bus falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 210 198 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.54% 51.56% 34.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 98 112
10th Percentile £325 £327 £285
25th Percentile £406 £463 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £538 £481
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +11.69% -7.89%
75th Percentile £669 £625 £650
90th Percentile £800 £679 £809
East of England median daily rate £452 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -9.60% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 43 64
10th Percentile £16.35 £35.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £18.05 £57.25 £49.00
Median hourly rate £55.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +7.69% -2.62%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.55 £95.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% +22.73% -15.38%

CAN bus
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CAN bus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

CAN bus job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

CAN bus
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing CAN bus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing CAN bus

CAN bus
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAN bus within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage -8 6 £450 +20.00% 3
CAN bus
East of England

CAN bus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) SpaceWire
2 4 (66.67%) RS-232
General
1 4 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Avionics
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) ASIC
1 2 (33.33%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
2 4 (66.67%) Bash
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Tcl
2 4 (66.67%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) MIL-STD-1553