Degree Contracts in Hertfordshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 21 11
Rank change year-on-year -13 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 45 63 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.39% 7.94% 10.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.41% 17.26% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 44
10th Percentile £354 £466 £147
25th Percentile £372 £600 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £700 £400
Median % change year-on-year -30.36% +75.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £506 £750 £476
90th Percentile £554 £851 £623
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £428
% change year-on-year - +16.82% -4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 17
10th Percentile £35.00 £53.31 £35.70
25th Percentile - £60.00 £39.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +32.65% +41.86%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £49.50
90th Percentile - £69.20 £50.10
East of England median hourly rate £38.95 £57.06 £20.50
% change year-on-year -31.74% +178.35% -35.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 292 365 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.97% 46.03% 33.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 202 122
10th Percentile £203 £278 £191
25th Percentile £325 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £544 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £638 £700 £555
90th Percentile £723 £750 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 83 66
10th Percentile £38.74 £49.00 £35.00
25th Percentile - £53.75 £47.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +12.61% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.35 -
East of England median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% +7.69% -44.29%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
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 Degree within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 -7 30 £375 +20.48% 47
Hatfield -1 7 £494 -1.25% 6
Watford -2 4 £400 -44.83% 28
Welwyn Garden City +8 2 £575 - 3
Hertford -1 1 - - 4
St Albans - 1 - - 9
Degree
East of England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 19 (42.22%) Simulink
2 3 (6.67%) Chatbot
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.44%) Stateflow
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (2.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) AWS
1 2 (4.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) DVB
1 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Big Data
1 1 (2.22%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.22%) Hadoop
1 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (4.44%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 13 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.11%) Law
2 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.44%) Finance
5 2 (4.44%) French Language
5 2 (4.44%) German Language
5 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Retail
6 1 (2.22%) Electronics
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
6 1 (2.22%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) FPGA Engineer
2 16 (35.56%) Design Engineer
2 16 (35.56%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 6 (13.33%) Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Digital Hardware Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Genesys Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Data Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Machine Learning Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Project Controller
8 1 (2.22%) Network Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Oracle Consultant
8 1 (2.22%) Oracle Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.22%) Procurement Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Senior Data Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) RESTful
2 1 (2.22%) Flask
2 1 (2.22%) GStreamer
2 1 (2.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 17 (37.78%) FPGA
1 17 (37.78%) Verilog
1 17 (37.78%) VHDL
2 4 (8.89%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.89%) Data Structures
2 4 (8.89%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (4.44%) IVR
3 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.22%) Digital TV
4 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Linux
2 1 (2.22%) CentOS
2 1 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.22%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) FPGA Design
1 17 (37.78%) UVM
2 16 (35.56%) Signal Processing
3 11 (24.44%) Computer Science
4 8 (17.78%) Mathematics
5 7 (15.56%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (15.56%) Statistics
6 6 (13.33%) Machine Learning
6 6 (13.33%) Validation
7 5 (11.11%) Data Science
7 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (11.11%) Software Engineering
8 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.89%) Data Modelling
8 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
8 4 (8.89%) Predictive Modelling
8 4 (8.89%) Software Architecture
9 3 (6.67%) Configuration Management
9 3 (6.67%) Physics
9 3 (6.67%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (42.22%) C
2 17 (37.78%) SystemVerilog
3 7 (15.56%) Python
4 4 (8.89%) Java
4 4 (8.89%) R
5 2 (4.44%) Fortran
5 2 (4.44%) MATLAB
5 2 (4.44%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.44%) SQL
6 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.44%) ACCA
2 2 (4.44%) CIMA
2 2 (4.44%) PMP
3 1 (2.22%) CCIE
3 1 (2.22%) CCNA
3 1 (2.22%) CCNP
3 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.22%) Linux+ Certification
3 1 (2.22%) LPIC
3 1 (2.22%) PgMP
3 1 (2.22%) PhD
3 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.22%) RHCE
3 1 (2.22%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (2.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Firmware
2 1 (2.22%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) KVM
2 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
1 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.22%) Progress Chef
1 1 (2.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 17 (37.78%) Intel
1 17 (37.78%) Microsemi
1 17 (37.78%) Xilinx
2 3 (6.67%) Genesys
2 3 (6.67%) SAP
3 2 (4.44%) MathWorks
4 1 (2.22%) Avaya
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.22%) VMware