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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 25 62
Rank change year-on-year -27 +37 -7
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 19 18 10
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.42% 4.90% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 5.71% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 6
10th Percentile £404 £591 £391
25th Percentile £453 £625 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £441
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +47.31% -16.94%
75th Percentile £553 £675 £490
90th Percentile £671 - £538
East of England median daily rate £509 £650 £528
% change year-on-year -21.69% +23.05% +11.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £31.64 -
East of England median hourly rate - £21.00 -

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 625 315 706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 79.52% 85.83% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 151 306
10th Percentile £275 £306 £266
25th Percentile £413 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £613
90th Percentile £733 £688 £725
East of England median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -2.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 97 254
10th Percentile £16.39 £19.43 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £45.00 £38.12
Median hourly rate £22.63 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.18% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £76.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.00 £52.75 £38.12
% change year-on-year -58.29% +38.38% +45.91%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 £553 - 4
Watford - 3 £463 - 7
Rickmansworth -1 2 £475 -
Welwyn Garden City -2 2 £500 - 1
Hemel Hempstead -6 2 - - 2
Broxbourne - 2 - - 2
St Albans - 2 - - 1
Stevenage -18 1 £425 -15.00% 6
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 (5.26%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (5.26%) Camtasia
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DWDM
1 2 (10.53%) SDH
2 1 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.53%) QlikView
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.26%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
5 3 (15.79%) Finance
5 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
6 2 (10.53%) Automotive
6 2 (10.53%) Electronics
6 2 (10.53%) Marketing
7 1 (5.26%) Games
7 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (5.26%) Publishing
7 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (15.79%) Architect
1 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (10.53%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Data Scientist
2 2 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms Architect
2 2 (10.53%) Telesales Executive
2 2 (10.53%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Verification Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Consultant
3 1 (5.26%) e-Learning Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Finance Manager
3 1 (5.26%) IoT Architect
3 1 (5.26%) Lead
3 1 (5.26%) Product Owner
3 1 (5.26%) Qlik Developer
3 1 (5.26%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (5.26%) Video Content Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (15.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
3 2 (10.53%) ASIC
3 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Media
3 2 (10.53%) FPGA
3 2 (10.53%) Verilog
3 2 (10.53%) VHDL
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
4 1 (5.26%) IoT
4 1 (5.26%) Life Science
4 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Actionable Insight
1 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (26.32%) Time Management
2 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (21.05%) CRM
2 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
2 4 (21.05%) Information Security
3 3 (15.79%) Change Management
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
3 3 (15.79%) Information Assurance
3 3 (15.79%) Open Source
3 3 (15.79%) OSINT
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Threat Analysis
3 3 (15.79%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (15.79%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) PHP
2 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
1 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (15.79%) NIST
1 3 (15.79%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (5.26%) GxP
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco
1 2 (10.53%) Computacenter
1 2 (10.53%) F5
1 2 (10.53%) IBM
1 2 (10.53%) Juniper
1 2 (10.53%) Nokia
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
1 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
1 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe
2 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow