Senior Technical Specialist Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Senior Technical Specialist
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Senior Technical Specialist daily rate in Hertfordshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Technical Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
East of England median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 751 302 764
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 84.59% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 147 308
10th Percentile £200 £225 £240
25th Percentile £413 £419 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £430
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +22.09% -14.00%
75th Percentile £647 £588 £575
90th Percentile £750 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £488 £442
% change year-on-year +2.56% +10.29% -6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 79 297
10th Percentile £15.99 £19.60 £28.40
25th Percentile £20.35 £31.45 £43.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £71.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £81.08 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% +2.87%

Senior Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Technical Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Senior Technical Specialist job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Senior Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Technical Specialist job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Technical Specialist job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Senior Technical Specialist
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 Senior Technical Specialist within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 June 2026. 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 - 1 £600 - 1
Senior Technical Specialist
East of England

Senior Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 June 2026, Senior Technical Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Senior Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Rocky
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior Technical Specialist Skill Set
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%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Rocky
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam