Def Stans Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Def Stans skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Def Stans 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.00% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £66.63 - -
25th Percentile £67.19 - -
Median hourly rate £68.75 - -
75th Percentile £69.69 - -
90th Percentile £69.88 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £68.75 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Stevenage

Def Stans falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 27 11 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 9.00% 7.75% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 2
10th Percentile £400 £281 £292
25th Percentile £452 £289 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £308 £433
Median % change year-on-year +55.45% -28.90% +15.33%
75th Percentile £508 £361 £518
90th Percentile £688 £383 £567
Hertfordshire median daily rate £505 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +1.00% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 11
10th Percentile £47.25 £60.30 -
25th Percentile £54.38 £67.50 £42.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £72.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +62.92% -28.80%
75th Percentile £69.38 £75.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £69.75 - £49.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £18.50 £66.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -71.97% +48.31% +169.70%

Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Def Stans relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Def Stans job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Def Stans
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Def Stans.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Def Stans

Def Stans
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Validation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Verification Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Validation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Verification Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Ada
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared