The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 15 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
502
1,202
1,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire
81.76%
83.41%
81.85%
Number of daily rates quoted
273
646
711
Median daily rate
£425
£450
£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.56%
+12.50%
-5.88%
10th Percentile
£213
£294
£206
90th Percentile
£575
£588
£563
East of England median daily rate
£450
£450
£433
% change year-on-year
-
+4.05%
+1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted
30
60
94
Median hourly rate
£33.25
£18.00
£17.32
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+84.72%
+3.93%
-16.55%
10th Percentile
£11.89
£10.13
£10.84
90th Percentile
£66.00
£57.88
£46.25
Median hourly rate
£24.70
£17.50
£17.50
% change year-on-year
+41.14%
-
-44.44%
Software Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.
Software Engineering Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Hertfordshire.
Software Engineering Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2020.
Software Engineering Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Hertfordshire.
Software Engineering 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 Engineering within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 2020. 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
Software Engineering Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Hertfordshire
For the 6 months to 15 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region with a requirement for Software Engineering.
Software Engineering Co-occurring IT Skills in Hertfordshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
