Developer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Developer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Developer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 27 37
Rank change year-on-year +14 +10 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 34 53 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.59% 6.35% 4.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.45% 7.07% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 19
10th Percentile £459 £288 £355
25th Percentile £525 £353 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +39.53% -14.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £502 £550
90th Percentile - £633 -
East of England median daily rate £495 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +15.12% -9.47% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - - £47.95
25th Percentile - - £58.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.19
90th Percentile - - £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +16.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
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 Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Watford +4 3 £575 +27.78% 44
Stevenage +24 2 - - 45
Hoddesdon - 1 - -
Letchworth - 1 £425 - 1
Developer
East of England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 25 (73.53%) Python
2 20 (58.82%) Artificial Intelligence
2 20 (58.82%) Data Science
3 19 (55.88%) Generative AI
3 19 (55.88%) LLM
3 19 (55.88%) Algorithms
3 19 (55.88%) Data Quality
3 19 (55.88%) Machine Learning
4 17 (50.00%) Reinforcement Learning
5 16 (47.06%) Seaborn
5 16 (47.06%) PyTorch
5 16 (47.06%) Pandas
5 16 (47.06%) Tableau
5 16 (47.06%) Data Munging
5 16 (47.06%) scikit-learn
5 16 (47.06%) TensorFlow
5 16 (47.06%) Matplotlib
5 16 (47.06%) Visualisation
5 16 (47.06%) Azure
5 16 (47.06%) NumPy
5 16 (47.06%) R
5 16 (47.06%) Data Analysis
6 15 (44.12%) Feature Engineering
7 14 (41.18%) Decision-Making
7 14 (41.18%) Apache Spark
7 14 (41.18%) Time Series Forecasting
7 14 (41.18%) Analytics
7 14 (41.18%) Predictive Analytics
7 14 (41.18%) AWS
7 14 (41.18%) Hadoop

Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (41.18%) Apache Spark
2 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (47.06%) Azure
2 14 (41.18%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) GitHub
4 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Wireless
2 2 (5.88%) 3GPP
2 2 (5.88%) 4G
2 2 (5.88%) 5G
3 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (47.06%) Tableau
2 14 (41.18%) Big Data
2 14 (41.18%) Hadoop
3 2 (5.88%) InfluxDB
3 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.94%) Git
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Military
4 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Retail
4 1 (2.94%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (47.06%) Matplotlib
1 16 (47.06%) NumPy
1 16 (47.06%) Pandas
1 16 (47.06%) PyTorch
1 16 (47.06%) scikit-learn
1 16 (47.06%) Seaborn
1 16 (47.06%) TensorFlow
2 8 (23.53%) REST
3 3 (8.82%) RESTful
4 2 (5.88%) .NET
4 2 (5.88%) Node.js
4 2 (5.88%) OpenAPI
4 2 (5.88%) Swagger
5 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.94%) CSS
5 1 (2.94%) HTML
5 1 (2.94%) React
5 1 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (55.88%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Artificial Intelligence
1 20 (58.82%) Data Science
2 19 (55.88%) Generative AI
2 19 (55.88%) LLM
2 19 (55.88%) Machine Learning
3 17 (50.00%) Reinforcement Learning
4 16 (47.06%) Data Analysis
4 16 (47.06%) Data Munging
4 16 (47.06%) Visualisation
5 15 (44.12%) Feature Engineering
6 14 (41.18%) Analytics
6 14 (41.18%) Data Analytics
6 14 (41.18%) Decision-Making
6 14 (41.18%) Predictive Analytics
6 14 (41.18%) Statistical Modelling
6 14 (41.18%) Time Series Forecasting
7 12 (35.29%) Computer Science
8 6 (17.65%) Containerisation
8 6 (17.65%) Test Automation
9 5 (14.71%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) Python
2 16 (47.06%) R
3 6 (17.65%) Java
3 6 (17.65%) SQL
4 5 (14.71%) C#
4 5 (14.71%) C++
5 4 (11.76%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.88%) Go
6 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Degree
1 12 (35.29%) Master's Degree
1 12 (35.29%) PhD
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (55.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) IFS
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle