SDH Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring SDH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.21% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - £525 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

SDH falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 102 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 19.19% 17.44% 21.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 47 88
10th Percentile £213 £300 £273
25th Percentile £463 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £435
Median % change year-on-year - +26.44% -3.33%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £578
90th Percentile £694 £600 £749
East of England median daily rate £550 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +30.95% -6.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 43
10th Percentile £41.25 £61.25 -
25th Percentile £44.06 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £66.28
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.50 £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £53.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.28% -17.31% +30.00%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

SDH job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

SDH
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SDH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SDH

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SDH.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SDH

SDH
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 SDH within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
SDH
East of England

SDH
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Boundary Protection
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto