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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 6 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 -8
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 28 102 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.76% 12.00% 10.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.43% 13.71% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 10
10th Percentile - £350 £458
25th Percentile - £353 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £423 £625
Median % change year-on-year +30.18% -32.40% +12.36%
75th Percentile - £478 £719
90th Percentile - £543 £743
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £543
% change year-on-year -2.35% -7.83% -3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 82 52
10th Percentile £63.13 £60.00 £53.75
25th Percentile - £61.25 £55.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £67.00 - £79.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 332 744 669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 91.97% 87.53% 86.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 257 367
10th Percentile £247 £225 £260
25th Percentile £428 £313 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £520
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -20.67% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £676
90th Percentile £666 £700 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £440 £500
% change year-on-year +13.77% -12.10% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 317 147
10th Percentile £16.95 £37.17 £18.34
25th Percentile £29.02 £39.55 £49.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70.63 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £87.50
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -20.90% +90.48% +7.69%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -8 21 - - 73
Hemel Hempstead +11 1 £550 -21.43% 30
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - - 6
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 (3.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Akamai
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) Ethernet
2 10 (35.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.57%) BGP
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
3 1 (3.57%) DNS
3 1 (3.57%) DWDM
3 1 (3.57%) HTTP
3 1 (3.57%) HTTPS
3 1 (3.57%) IGRP
3 1 (3.57%) Internet
3 1 (3.57%) IPsec
3 1 (3.57%) LAN
3 1 (3.57%) MPLS
3 1 (3.57%) Multicast
3 1 (3.57%) OSPF
3 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.57%) SNMP
3 1 (3.57%) SSL
3 1 (3.57%) VPN
3 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Eclipse
1 11 (39.29%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.57%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (39.29%) Presentation Skills
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Military
3 5 (17.86%) Law
4 4 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.71%) Electronics
5 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 11 (39.29%) C# Software Engineer
3 10 (35.71%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Radio Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) RF Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) CUDA Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) CUDA Software Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Information Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Solutions Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (35.71%) Node.js
1 10 (35.71%) Web Services
2 2 (7.14%) Vulkan
3 1 (3.57%) .NET
3 1 (3.57%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.57%) 802.1X
3 1 (3.57%) HTML
3 1 (3.57%) Qt
3 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (7.14%) CUDA
2 2 (7.14%) PCIe
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) FMCG
3 1 (3.57%) FPGA
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 17 (60.71%) Linux
2 13 (46.43%) Windows
3 1 (3.57%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (3.57%) Unix
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
1 12 (42.86%) Validation
2 11 (39.29%) CI/CD
2 11 (39.29%) Digital Twin
2 11 (39.29%) Synthetic Environment
2 11 (39.29%) Unit Testing
2 11 (39.29%) Visualisation
3 10 (35.71%) Agile
3 10 (35.71%) Continuous Delivery
3 10 (35.71%) TDD
3 10 (35.71%) Verification and Validation
4 4 (14.29%) Multithreading
4 4 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.71%) Memory Management
6 2 (7.14%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.14%) Signal Processing
6 2 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) C++
2 14 (50.00%) C#
3 10 (35.71%) JavaScript
4 4 (14.29%) C
4 4 (14.29%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.57%) Ada
5 1 (3.57%) Embedded C
5 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) CCDP
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Arista
2 1 (3.57%) Blue Coat
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) Citrix
2 1 (3.57%) F5
2 1 (3.57%) Juniper
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) Riverbed
2 1 (3.57%) Zscaler