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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 24 62
Rank change year-on-year -22 +38 -3
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 22 20 8
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.71% 5.68% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 6.69% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 4
10th Percentile £413 £558 £424
25th Percentile £456 £625 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £471
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +37.93% -8.05%
75th Percentile £681 £675 £519
90th Percentile £713 - £553
East of England median daily rate £525 £650 £527
% change year-on-year -19.23% +23.46% +10.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £31.64 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -47.27% -8.40%
East of England median hourly rate - £21.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - -65.00% -8.40%

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 640 299 693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 78.72% 84.94% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 139 290
10th Percentile £306 £306 £240
25th Percentile £413 £419 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £530 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +24.71% -19.05%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £600
90th Percentile £738 £675 £714
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 95 263
10th Percentile £16.35 £27.30 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £47.50 £38.12
Median hourly rate £24.55 £65.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.52% +31.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £67.75 £76.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £80.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.29 £53.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -57.94% +39.03% +15.87%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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
Broxbourne - 4 - - 2
Hatfield - 4 £689 - 4
Watford - 3 £463 - 7
Welwyn Garden City 0 2 £500 - 1
Rickmansworth -1 2 £475 -
Stevenage -17 2 £550 +10.00% 6
St Albans - 2 - - 1
Hemel Hempstead -7 1 - - 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (4.55%) Camtasia
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DWDM
1 1 (4.55%) Internet
1 1 (4.55%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.09%) QlikView
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.55%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Telecoms
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Automotive
6 2 (9.09%) Electronics
6 2 (9.09%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Games
7 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.55%) Publishing
7 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Telesales Executive
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Data Scientist
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Lead
4 1 (4.55%) Product Owner
4 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Qlik Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Strategy Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.09%) ASIC
2 2 (9.09%) Digital Media
2 2 (9.09%) FPGA
2 2 (9.09%) Verilog
2 2 (9.09%) VHDL
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.55%) IoT
3 1 (4.55%) Life Science
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
1 6 (27.27%) CRM
2 5 (22.73%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Time Management
3 4 (18.18%) Coaching
3 4 (18.18%) Lead Generation
3 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Telesales
4 3 (13.64%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (13.64%) Business Case
4 3 (13.64%) Change Management
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
4 3 (13.64%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 2 (9.09%) Data Design
5 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.09%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) C#
2 1 (4.55%) PHP
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) GxP
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle
1 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco
2 1 (4.55%) Computacenter
2 1 (4.55%) F5
2 1 (4.55%) IBM
2 1 (4.55%) Juniper
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Nokia
2 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow