Software Engineering Contracts in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -32 +8 -2
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 8 102 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.49% 12.23% 10.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 13.55% 12.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 7
10th Percentile - - £296
25th Percentile - £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £450 £713
90th Percentile - - £795
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £523
% change year-on-year -2.35% -4.40% -0.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 83 52
10th Percentile £62.75 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% - +14.04%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £81.50 £90.00 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.38% - +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Software Engineering 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 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 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 1 May 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 -18 7 - - 75
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Akamai
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) BGP
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) DMVPN
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) DWDM
3 1 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
3 1 (12.50%) IGRP
3 1 (12.50%) Internet
3 1 (12.50%) IPsec
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) MPLS
3 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) SNMP
3 1 (12.50%) SSL
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Visual Studio
2 4 (50.00%) Eclipse
3 2 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Military
3 2 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Node.js
1 3 (37.50%) Web Services
2 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) FMCG
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (12.50%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) VxWorks
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Digital Twin
1 4 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (37.50%) TDD
2 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Sprint Review
4 1 (12.50%) The Twelve-Factor App
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CCDP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Arista
2 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) F5
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Riverbed
2 1 (12.50%) Wind River
2 1 (12.50%) Zscaler