Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Decision-Making
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 29 57
Rank change year-on-year -2 +28 -1
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 23 30 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.03% 4.93% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.48% 5.75% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 10
10th Percentile £268 - £394
25th Percentile £438 £104 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £227 £525
Median % change year-on-year +142.21% -56.75% -19.23%
75th Percentile £600 £397 £575
90th Percentile £795 £481 £640
East of England median daily rate £550 £350 £524
% change year-on-year +57.14% -33.17% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £17.80 - -
25th Percentile £22.99 - -
Median hourly rate £31.64 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% - -
75th Percentile - £47.50 -
90th Percentile - £55.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £31.20 £35.00 £56.81
% change year-on-year -10.86% -38.39% +170.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Decision-Making 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 420 522 669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 91.90% 85.86% 87.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 159 366
10th Percentile £244 £237 £260
25th Percentile £422 £306 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +32.63% -27.27% +7.68%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £675
90th Percentile £688 £628 £769
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £500
% change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 186 146
10th Percentile £16.51 £15.51 £17.77
25th Percentile £23.13 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £69.38 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -2.17%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in Hertfordshire

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Hertfordshire

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in Hertfordshire

Decision-Making
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 Decision-Making within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Stevenage +11 6 £800 - 6
Watford +1 4 £412 - 15
Welwyn Garden City +2 3 - -
Hemel Hempstead +2 3 £550 +4.76% 12
Hatfield -10 2 £650 +524.04% 4
Letchworth - 1 £475 - 1
Decision-Making
East of England

Decision-Making
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 4 (17.39%) Apache Spark
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) dbt
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) Tableau
2 4 (17.39%) Big Data
2 4 (17.39%) Hadoop
3 2 (8.70%) Power BI
3 2 (8.70%) SAP BW
3 2 (8.70%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.35%) Metadata
4 1 (4.35%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
4 1 (4.35%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (4.35%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
4 1 (4.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Data Science Developer
1 6 (26.09%) Developer
2 5 (21.74%) Lead
3 4 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Administrator
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Data Modeller
4 2 (8.70%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) PMO Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Tableau Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) Matplotlib
1 6 (26.09%) NumPy
1 6 (26.09%) Pandas
1 6 (26.09%) PyTorch
1 6 (26.09%) scikit-learn
1 6 (26.09%) Seaborn
1 6 (26.09%) TensorFlow
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Algorithms
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) PMI
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Analytics
2 9 (39.13%) Visualisation
3 8 (34.78%) Data Analysis
4 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (26.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (26.09%) Data Analytics
5 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
5 6 (26.09%) Data Munging
5 6 (26.09%) Data Science
5 6 (26.09%) Generative AI
5 6 (26.09%) LLM
5 6 (26.09%) Machine Learning
5 6 (26.09%) Predictive Analytics
5 6 (26.09%) Statistical Modelling
5 6 (26.09%) Time Series Forecasting
6 5 (21.74%) Agile
6 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (17.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (17.39%) Reinforcement Learning
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Python
2 6 (26.09%) R
3 4 (17.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
2 4 (17.39%) PhD
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (8.70%) GRC
2 2 (8.70%) PMO
2 2 (8.70%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) P3O
3 1 (4.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Planview