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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 33 26
Rank change year-on-year -10 -7 +33
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 30 20 31
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.20% 4.41% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 4.80% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 5
10th Percentile £305 £268 -
25th Percentile £513 £438 £104
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £275
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +100.00% -41.49%
75th Percentile £713 £600 £350
90th Percentile £823 £795 £463
East of England median daily rate £550 £550 £350
% change year-on-year - +57.14% -33.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £13.02 - -
25th Percentile £13.64 £14.34 -
Median hourly rate £15.70 £14.87 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% -57.53% -
75th Percentile £17.22 £15.39 £47.50
90th Percentile £17.53 - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £62.00 £30.65 £35.00
% change year-on-year +102.27% -12.42% -38.39%

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 770 417 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 82.09% 91.85% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 200 156
10th Percentile £193 £225 £240
25th Percentile £406 £411 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +33.33% -24.66%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £575
90th Percentile £773 £689 £638
East of England median daily rate £500 £501 £442
% change year-on-year -0.10% +13.24% -11.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 122 166
10th Percentile £16.40 £16.46 £15.30
25th Percentile £40.00 £22.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +120.95% -46.75% +114.54%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +6 9 £500 -23.08% 17
Stevenage -9 7 £463 -42.19% 22
Watford -4 6 £613 +48.67% 20
Welwyn Garden City +1 2 £600 - 9
Hemel Hempstead -13 2 £588 +6.82% 9
Broxbourne - 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (3.33%) Primavera
1 1 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) Azure
4 1 (3.33%) GCP
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.33%) Looker
2 1 (3.33%) Metadata
2 1 (3.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Git
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.67%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Legal
5 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Retail
5 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.33%) Billing
6 1 (3.33%) Law
6 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Analyst
2 3 (10.00%) Administrator
2 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (10.00%) Developer
2 3 (10.00%) Lead
2 3 (10.00%) Programme Manager
2 3 (10.00%) Senior
3 2 (6.67%) Data Analyst
3 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (6.67%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (6.67%) Telesales Executive
4 1 (3.33%) Programme Coordinator
4 1 (3.33%) Report Developer
4 1 (3.33%) SAP Manager
4 1 (3.33%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Supply Chain Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Supply Chain Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) EDI
1 1 (3.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.33%) REST
1 1 (3.33%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (3.33%) TensorFlow
1 1 (3.33%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.67%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.33%) CMDB
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (3.33%) Fat Client
4 1 (3.33%) Lidar
4 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) PMI
4 1 (3.33%) Robotics
4 1 (3.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (20.00%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) Analytics
3 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (16.67%) Validation
5 4 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (13.33%) Data Governance
5 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 3 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (10.00%) AI
6 3 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 3 (10.00%) Business Case
6 3 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (10.00%) Programme Governance
6 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.00%) User Stories
6 3 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) Python
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) C++
2 1 (3.33%) Google Apps Script
2 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) PhD
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) PMO
2 2 (6.67%) SLA
3 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) GRC
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) P3O
3 1 (3.33%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) SAP
2 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Google
3 1 (3.33%) IFS
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) Planon
3 1 (3.33%) Remedy