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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 32 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +26
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 32 21 30
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.82% 4.72% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.75% 5.20% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 4
10th Percentile £366 £244 -
25th Percentile £463 £400 £104
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £227
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +142.21% -58.71%
75th Percentile £666 £575 £397
90th Percentile £758 £600 £481
East of England median daily rate £550 £550 £350
% change year-on-year - +57.14% -36.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £13.02 £17.80 -
25th Percentile £13.64 £22.99 -
Median hourly rate £15.70 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.38% -9.60% -46.15%
75th Percentile £17.22 - £47.50
90th Percentile £17.53 - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £62.00 £31.20 £35.00
% change year-on-year +98.72% -10.86% -21.50%

All Process & 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 674 404 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 80.53% 90.79% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 185 190
10th Percentile £200 £244 £213
25th Percentile £406 £446 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £531 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% +32.75% -25.58%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £559
90th Percentile £738 £678 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 121 272
10th Percentile £15.99 £16.95 £25.10
25th Percentile £30.63 £30.61 £38.12
Median hourly rate £63.25 £54.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.13% +8.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.25 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £42.16
% change year-on-year +26.67% -11.04% +112.80%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend 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 16 August 2026.

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
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 16 August 2026. 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 +4 8 £500 -23.08% 5
Stevenage -3 6 £425 - 14
Watford -3 6 £525 +27.43% 12
Broxbourne - 4 - -
Welwyn Garden City -1 2 £600 - 5
Hemel Hempstead -12 2 £588 +6.82%
Rickmansworth - 2 £475 -
Decision-Making
East of England

Decision-Making
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (3.13%) Primavera
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (9.38%) QlikView
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 11 (34.38%) Finance
2 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (6.25%) Automotive
5 2 (6.25%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Billing
6 1 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Telesales Executive
3 3 (9.38%) Administrator
3 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Data Scientist
3 3 (9.38%) Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
3 3 (9.38%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) Data Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Qlik Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Product Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Programme Planner
5 1 (3.13%) Project Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (3.13%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) EDI
1 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.13%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.13%) scikit-learn
1 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
1 1 (3.13%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.25%) Digital Media
2 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (3.13%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.13%) Lidar
3 1 (3.13%) Life Science
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) PMI
3 1 (3.13%) Robotics
3 1 (3.13%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.88%) CRM
4 6 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (18.75%) Agile
4 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (15.63%) Change Management
5 5 (15.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 5 (15.63%) Validation
6 4 (12.50%) Analytics
6 4 (12.50%) Business Case
6 4 (12.50%) Coaching
6 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.50%) Data Governance
6 4 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (12.50%) Lead Generation
6 4 (12.50%) Telesales
6 4 (12.50%) Time Management
6 4 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) C++
3 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.13%) PhD
3 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.25%) PMO
2 2 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) GxP
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.13%) P3O
3 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) IFS
4 1 (3.13%) Planon
4 1 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow