MACH Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring MACH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MACH 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £625 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hertfordshire

MACH falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 83 112 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.04% 26.17% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 47 39
10th Percentile £153 £425 £325
25th Percentile £369 £465 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -36.54%
75th Percentile £647 £613 £497
90th Percentile £758 £675 £660
East of England median daily rate £525 £500 £465
% change year-on-year +5.00% +7.53% -11.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 43 55
10th Percentile £48.10 £43.00 -
25th Percentile £63.13 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - +51.16% -28.33%
75th Percentile - £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile - £81.35 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year - +51.16% -25.22%

MACH
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

MACH job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

MACH
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Transformation
MACH jobs