Software Assurance Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Software Assurance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Software Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Assurance 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £483 - -
East of England median daily rate £450 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Software Assurance 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 614 317 698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 80.26% 85.44% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 152 317
10th Percentile £263 £306 £268
25th Percentile £413 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +19.72% -18.18%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £686 £725
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 89 242
10th Percentile £16.47 £20.03 £38.12
25th Percentile £18.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.71% +10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £76.25 £69.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.80 £55.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -60.36% +44.28% +15.52%

Software Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Software Assurance job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Software Assurance
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 Software Assurance within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 March 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 - 2 £450 -
Software Assurance
East of England

Software Assurance
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 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
1 2 (100.00%) QA