Software Developer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Software Developer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Software Developer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 78 67
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.37% 0.12% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.13% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £520 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £456 - £434
90th Percentile - - £451
East of England median daily rate £485 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -3.00% +2.09% +3.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 742 751 735
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 91.25% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 415 449
10th Percentile £241 £211 £156
25th Percentile £315 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £651 £588
90th Percentile £713 £788 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 147 89
10th Percentile £37.91 £21.00 £16.20
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £32.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £56.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £60.00
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £34.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +26.47% +119.35% -3.13%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Hertfordshire

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Hertfordshire

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in Hertfordshire

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Software Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities 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 featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation

Software Developer Skill Set
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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python