Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Watford

Software Engineering
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 13 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +8
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 3.45% 1.49% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 1.75% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% - -
75th Percentile - £488 £513
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £619 £481 £425
% change year-on-year +28.77% +13.06% -27.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53 57 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 91.38% 85.07% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 43 104
10th Percentile £182 £275 £206
25th Percentile £400 £306 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% -16.28%
75th Percentile £575 £510 £638
90th Percentile £625 £585 £718
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £15.21 £13.80 -
25th Percentile £18.14 £13.97 -
Median hourly rate £23.03 £14.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +58.83% - -
75th Percentile £28.94 £16.75 -
90th Percentile £32.49 £17.95 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - +3.54%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Watford

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Perl Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle