Developer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Developer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Developer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £430 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 36 15
Rank change year-on-year +9 -21 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 52 38 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.32% 4.65% 9.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.05% 5.07% 10.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 19 45
10th Percentile £288 £355 £368
25th Percentile £353 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £502 £550 £538
90th Percentile £633 - £603
East of England median daily rate £430 £478 £475
% change year-on-year -9.95% +0.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile - £53.50 £37.81
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year - +25.60% +20.35%
75th Percentile - - £56.00
90th Percentile - £73.75 -
East of England median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +16.07% +27.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 738 750 723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 91.80% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 409 445
10th Percentile £233 £210 £160
25th Percentile £313 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £788 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 149 84
10th Percentile £37.91 £20.54 £16.49
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.80 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -7.32%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
Watford +10 8 £450 -30.77% 16
Stevenage -10 7 £433 -16.83% 6
Borehamwood - 7 £325 - 2
Rickmansworth +2 5 £375 -6.25%
Hemel Hempstead - 3 £550 - 1
Welwyn Garden City +4 2 £600 - 2
Hatfield -13 1 £500 -9.09% 3
Developer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 13 (25.00%) Python
2 12 (23.08%) Migration
3 11 (21.15%) C++
3 11 (21.15%) HTML
3 11 (21.15%) JavaScript
4 10 (19.23%) CSS
4 10 (19.23%) ERP
4 10 (19.23%) REST
4 10 (19.23%) Radio Access Network
4 10 (19.23%) 5G
5 8 (15.38%) IFS
5 8 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 8 (15.38%) Finance
5 8 (15.38%) SQL
6 7 (13.46%) ColdFusion
7 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (11.54%) Release Management
7 6 (11.54%) Telecoms
7 6 (11.54%) Linux
7 6 (11.54%) React
8 5 (9.62%) Spring Boot
8 5 (9.62%) API Integration
8 5 (9.62%) Post-Production
8 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (9.62%) Angular 2
8 5 (9.62%) Full Stack Development
8 5 (9.62%) Java
8 5 (9.62%) .NET
8 5 (9.62%) Multimedia
8 5 (9.62%) Salesforce

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 7 (13.46%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Camtasia
1 1 (1.92%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) SaaS
2 3 (5.77%) AWS
3 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.92%) Azure
4 1 (1.92%) GitHub
4 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.23%) 5G
1 10 (19.23%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (9.62%) 4G
2 5 (9.62%) NAS
3 4 (7.69%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.92%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (5.77%) QlikView
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.92%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.92%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) gcov
1 4 (7.69%) GDB
1 4 (7.69%) Git
1 4 (7.69%) Gradle
1 4 (7.69%) JIRA
1 4 (7.69%) Subversion
2 1 (1.92%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (15.38%) Finance
1 8 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.62%) Marketing
3 5 (9.62%) Multimedia
4 2 (3.85%) Games
4 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.85%) Retail
5 1 (1.92%) Electronics
5 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.92%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.15%) HTML
2 10 (19.23%) CSS
2 10 (19.23%) REST
3 6 (11.54%) React
4 5 (9.62%) .NET
4 5 (9.62%) Angular 2
4 5 (9.62%) AngularJS
4 5 (9.62%) HTML5
4 5 (9.62%) Java Concurrency
4 5 (9.62%) Spring
4 5 (9.62%) Spring Boot
4 5 (9.62%) Spring MVC
5 4 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (7.69%) Visualforce
6 3 (5.77%) .NET Framework
6 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET
6 3 (5.77%) Entity Framework
6 3 (5.77%) Web Services
7 2 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (3.85%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.92%) Blog
3 1 (1.92%) FMCG
3 1 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Migration
2 10 (19.23%) ERP
3 6 (11.54%) Release Management
4 5 (9.62%) API Integration
4 5 (9.62%) Change Management
4 5 (9.62%) Full Stack Development
4 5 (9.62%) MVC
4 5 (9.62%) Post-Production
4 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.69%) Agile
5 4 (7.69%) Containerisation
5 4 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 4 (7.69%) Product Backlog
5 4 (7.69%) Web Development
6 3 (5.77%) Data Design
6 3 (5.77%) ETL
6 3 (5.77%) ITIL
6 3 (5.77%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.77%) Visualisation
7 2 (3.85%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.00%) Python
2 11 (21.15%) C++
2 11 (21.15%) JavaScript
3 8 (15.38%) SQL
4 5 (9.62%) Java
4 5 (9.62%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.69%) Apex Code
5 4 (7.69%) C
5 4 (7.69%) C#
6 2 (3.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (3.85%) PMP
1 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
1 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.92%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) IFS
2 5 (9.62%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.69%) Klocwork
3 4 (7.69%) Perforce
3 4 (7.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.85%) Oracle
4 2 (3.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.92%) Adobe
5 1 (1.92%) Avaya
5 1 (1.92%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.92%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.92%) Genesys
5 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.92%) UiPath