SGML Contracts in Hertfordshire

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring SGML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SGML over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs citing SGML 10 64 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.35% 9.10% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.01% 46.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 36 0
10th Percentile £40.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £43.15 - -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hertfordshire

SGML 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 111 139 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 26.06% 19.77% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 39 31
10th Percentile £425 £325 £363
25th Percentile £468 £339 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £650
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -36.54% +23.93%
75th Percentile £613 £497 £750
90th Percentile £675 £660 £888
East of England median daily rate £500 £465 £522
% change year-on-year +7.53% -10.83% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 55 7
10th Percentile £43.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -28.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £71.88
90th Percentile £81.35 - £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +51.16% -25.22% +2.22%

SGML
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing SGML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for SGML in Hertfordshire

SGML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SGML in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for SGML in Hertfordshire

SGML
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 SGML within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 -25 10 - - 6
SGML
East of England

SGML
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:

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) FrameMaker
General
1 8 (80.00%) Publishing
2 4 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (30.00%) Automotive
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Aviation
5 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Author
1 10 (100.00%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Desktop Publishing
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) HNC
1 8 (80.00%) HND
2 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Twitter