Developer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Developer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Developer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 38 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 -20 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 50 35 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.95% 4.65% 8.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.68% 5.04% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 20 35
10th Percentile £288 £359 £331
25th Percentile £350 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £456 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.59% +1.39% -9.82%
75th Percentile £456 £545 £544
90th Percentile £595 £550 £645
East of England median daily rate £420 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -11.58% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile - £56.10 -
25th Percentile - £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +85.71% -38.05%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £45.31
90th Percentile - - £48.75
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £65.25 £56.25
% change year-on-year +7.28% +16.00% +19.68%

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 748 694 718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.94% 92.29% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 381 447
10th Percentile £231 £210 £162
25th Percentile £313 £360 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £695 £775 £700
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 136 77
10th Percentile £39.43 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.32 £16.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +170.72% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
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 Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Watford +6 7 £450 -30.77% 10
Stevenage -9 7 - - 8
Borehamwood - 7 £325 -
Rickmansworth +2 6 £375 -6.25%
Hemel Hempstead +8 3 £550 +37.50% 2
Welwyn Garden City +5 2 - -
Hatfield -13 2 £363 -34.09% 4
Developer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 13 (26.00%) HTML
2 12 (24.00%) Python
3 11 (22.00%) JavaScript
4 10 (20.00%) C++
4 10 (20.00%) CSS
4 10 (20.00%) REST
5 9 (18.00%) Java
5 9 (18.00%) Migration
6 8 (16.00%) SQL
6 8 (16.00%) Radio Access Network
6 8 (16.00%) 5G
6 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
7 7 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (14.00%) Finance
7 7 (14.00%) ColdFusion
8 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
8 6 (12.00%) Linux
8 6 (12.00%) ERP
8 6 (12.00%) Spring
8 6 (12.00%) Release Management
8 6 (12.00%) Spring Boot
9 5 (10.00%) React
9 5 (10.00%) TypeScript
9 5 (10.00%) API Integration
9 5 (10.00%) IFS
9 5 (10.00%) Angular 2
9 5 (10.00%) Post-Production
9 5 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
9 5 (10.00%) Spring MVC
9 5 (10.00%) NAS

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.00%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) InVision
1 3 (6.00%) Sketch
2 1 (2.00%) Camtasia
2 1 (2.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) SaaS
2 4 (8.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) Azure
3 3 (6.00%) Figma
4 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.00%) 5G
1 8 (16.00%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (10.00%) NAS
3 4 (8.00%) Wireshark
4 3 (6.00%) 4G
4 3 (6.00%) Wireless
5 1 (2.00%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (6.00%) QlikView
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.00%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (2.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.00%) Couchbase
3 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.00%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) gcov
1 4 (8.00%) GDB
1 4 (8.00%) Git
1 4 (8.00%) Gradle
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
1 4 (8.00%) Subversion
2 2 (4.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (4.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Finance
3 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.00%) Marketing
4 5 (10.00%) Multimedia
5 2 (4.00%) Games
5 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Retail
6 1 (2.00%) Electronics
6 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (26.00%) HTML
2 10 (20.00%) CSS
2 10 (20.00%) REST
3 6 (12.00%) Spring
3 6 (12.00%) Spring Boot
4 5 (10.00%) .NET
4 5 (10.00%) Angular 2
4 5 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 5 (10.00%) HTML5
4 5 (10.00%) Java Concurrency
4 5 (10.00%) React
4 5 (10.00%) Spring MVC
5 4 (8.00%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (8.00%) Visualforce
6 3 (6.00%) .NET Framework
6 3 (6.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.00%) Entity Framework
6 3 (6.00%) Web Services
7 2 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (4.00%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.00%) FMCG
3 1 (2.00%) Blog
3 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.00%) Migration
2 6 (12.00%) ERP
2 6 (12.00%) Release Management
3 5 (10.00%) Agile
3 5 (10.00%) API Integration
3 5 (10.00%) Change Management
3 5 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
3 5 (10.00%) MVC
3 5 (10.00%) Post-Production
4 4 (8.00%) DevOps
4 4 (8.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (8.00%) Product Backlog
4 4 (8.00%) Web Development
4 4 (8.00%) Wireframes
5 3 (6.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (6.00%) ETL
5 3 (6.00%) TDD
5 3 (6.00%) UX Design
5 3 (6.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) Python
2 11 (22.00%) JavaScript
3 10 (20.00%) C++
4 9 (18.00%) Java
5 8 (16.00%) SQL
6 5 (10.00%) C#
6 5 (10.00%) TypeScript
7 4 (8.00%) Apex Code
7 4 (8.00%) C
8 1 (2.00%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.00%) PMP
3 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) HAProxy
1 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) IFS
1 5 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (8.00%) Klocwork
2 4 (8.00%) Perforce
2 4 (8.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (4.00%) Oracle
3 2 (4.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) Adobe
4 1 (2.00%) Avaya
4 1 (2.00%) Computacenter
4 1 (2.00%) Genesys
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Sybase