Hardware-in-the-Loop Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 8 15 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.28% 3.46% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 4.07% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £413 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 0
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +3.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Hardware-in-the-Loop 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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 549 369 646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.84% 85.22% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 146 350
10th Percentile £188 £265 £275
25th Percentile £400 £334 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £675
90th Percentile £718 £669 £751
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 97 158
10th Percentile £16.52 £15.34 £24.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - +3.54%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £21.00
% change year-on-year -24.11% +31.76% -6.67%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Hardware-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 Hardware-in-the-Loop within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Stevenage -17 8 - -
Hardware-in-the-Loop
East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Git
General
1 6 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 6 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA
1 6 (75.00%) PCIe
1 6 (75.00%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (75.00%) Concurrent Programming
2 6 (75.00%) Data Acquisition
2 6 (75.00%) Data Pipeline
2 6 (75.00%) Memory Management
2 6 (75.00%) Performance Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Unit Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Mathematical Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) C#
3 2 (25.00%) C
3 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared