Software Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Software Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 33 23
Rank change year-on-year +23 -10 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 90 45 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.94% 5.45% 6.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.15% 5.95% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £65 £390
Median % change year-on-year +553.85% -83.33% +0.65%
75th Percentile £438 - £433
90th Percentile - - £436
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £492
% change year-on-year - +1.63% +32.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 33 31
10th Percentile £60.00 - -
25th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £68.13 £77.00 -
90th Percentile £90.00 £85.40 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% - +27.78%

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 741 756 729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.04% 91.64% 92.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 417 449
10th Percentile £237 £210 £160
25th Percentile £315 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £780 £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 278 151 86
10th Percentile £37.91 £21.00 £16.37
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.38 £59.69
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £60.00
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -5.62%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Hertfordshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Hertfordshire

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Hertfordshire

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineer in Hertfordshire

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +4 84 - - 10
Hertford - 1 - - 1
Software Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 90 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 70 (77.78%) C++
3 69 (76.67%) C
4 48 (53.33%) Electronics
5 42 (46.67%) C#
5 42 (46.67%) Agile
6 40 (44.44%) TDD
6 40 (44.44%) Unit Testing
6 40 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
7 37 (41.11%) Pair Programming
7 37 (41.11%) Software Testing
7 37 (41.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (41.11%) Modbus
7 37 (41.11%) DevOps
7 37 (41.11%) RS-485
7 37 (41.11%) RS-422
7 37 (41.11%) Customer Requirements
8 32 (35.56%) Social Skills
9 28 (31.11%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (30.00%) Validation
11 17 (18.89%) Verification and Validation
11 17 (18.89%) Ada
12 15 (16.67%) Linux
13 14 (15.56%) Rational Rhapsody
14 13 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (13.33%) Visualisation
16 11 (12.22%) Test Scripting
16 11 (12.22%) Test Automation
16 11 (12.22%) UML
16 11 (12.22%) Embedded C

Software Engineer 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:

Applications
1 7 (7.78%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 37 (41.11%) Modbus
1 37 (41.11%) RS-422
1 37 (41.11%) RS-485
2 4 (4.44%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (3.33%) Ethernet
3 3 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.33%) Wireless
4 1 (1.11%) 5G
4 1 (1.11%) DVB
Development Applications
1 14 (15.56%) Rational Rhapsody
2 11 (12.22%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (5.56%) Visual Studio
4 4 (4.44%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 48 (53.33%) Electronics
2 32 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.33%) Aerospace
3 3 (3.33%) Law
3 3 (3.33%) Military
3 3 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (2.22%) Aviation
5 1 (1.11%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.44%) Web Services
2 3 (3.33%) Node.js
3 1 (1.11%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (31.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.11%) Digital TV
2 1 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.11%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 15 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (4.44%) Windows
3 1 (1.11%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 42 (46.67%) Agile
3 40 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
3 40 (44.44%) TDD
3 40 (44.44%) Unit Testing
4 37 (41.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (41.11%) Customer Requirements
4 37 (41.11%) DevOps
4 37 (41.11%) Pair Programming
4 37 (41.11%) Software Testing
5 27 (30.00%) Validation
6 17 (18.89%) Verification and Validation
7 13 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (13.33%) Visualisation
9 11 (12.22%) Code Quality
9 11 (12.22%) Embedded Software Development
9 11 (12.22%) Test Automation
9 11 (12.22%) Test Scripting
9 11 (12.22%) UML
10 10 (11.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 70 (77.78%) C++
2 69 (76.67%) C
3 42 (46.67%) C#
4 17 (18.89%) Ada
5 11 (12.22%) Embedded C
6 9 (10.00%) Embedded C++
7 8 (8.89%) MATLAB
8 5 (5.56%) Python
9 4 (4.44%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.11%) Java
10 1 (1.11%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (11.11%) IBM
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.22%) Twitter