Critical Success Factor Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Critical Success Factors
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Critical Success Factor skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - 69
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Critical Success Factor 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.21% - 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
East of England median daily rate £55 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -90.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Critical Success Factor 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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 434 503 684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 92.34% 86.13% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 162 377
10th Percentile £209 £241 £273
25th Percentile £411 £311 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £423 £550
Median % change year-on-year +28.70% -23.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £583 £575 £675
90th Percentile £688 £649 £775
East of England median daily rate £512 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +13.78% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 155 154
10th Percentile £16.45 £15.26 £17.73
25th Percentile £18.88 £43.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -23.08% +10.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £71.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.53 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -43.68% +101.92% -5.67%

Critical Success Factor
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Critical Success Factor relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Critical Success Factor job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Critical Success Factor
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Critical Success Factor.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Critical Success Factor

Critical Success Factor
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 Critical Success Factor within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. 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
Hatfield - 1 - -
Critical Success Factor
East of England

Critical Success Factor
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST