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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 30 55
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 -1
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 16 16 16
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.47% 4.15% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 4.72% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 10
10th Percentile £531 £476 £363
25th Percentile £553 £531 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £440
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +47.73% -33.58%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £460
90th Percentile £825 £676 £508
East of England median daily rate £588 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +6.82% +10.00% +5.26%

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 556 339 623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 85.67% 87.82% 87.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 139 309
10th Percentile £195 £287 £285
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £713 £678 £750
East of England median daily rate £475 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -0.58% -4.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 83 163
10th Percentile £16.48 £17.77 £36.18
25th Percentile £18.50 £46.91 £49.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.61% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £67.44 £75.00 £74.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.09 £40.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year -49.78% +61.62% +12.50%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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
Hemel Hempstead +2 4 £463 -11.90% 29
Hatfield - 4 £553 - 4
Watford 0 2 £588 - 22
St Albans - 2 - -
Welwyn Garden City 0 1 £650 - 3
Stevenage -7 1 £800 +60.00% 19
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 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) dbt
2 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DWDM
1 2 (12.50%) SDH
2 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SAP BW
1 2 (12.50%) Semantic Layer
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.25%) Metadata
2 1 (6.25%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (6.25%) SAP HANA
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
5 2 (12.50%) Electronics
5 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 1 (6.25%) Finance
6 1 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (6.25%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
1 5 (31.25%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Data Modeller
4 1 (6.25%) Finance Manager
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (12.50%) ASIC
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) FPGA
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (12.50%) Verilog
2 2 (12.50%) VHDL
3 1 (6.25%) IoT
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (25.00%) Time Management
3 4 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance
4 3 (18.75%) Information Security
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) Open Source
4 3 (18.75%) OSINT
4 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
4 3 (18.75%) Threat Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Threat Detection
4 3 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) PHP
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (18.75%) GDPR
1 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (18.75%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) Computacenter
2 2 (12.50%) F5
2 2 (12.50%) IBM
2 2 (12.50%) Juniper
2 2 (12.50%) Nokia
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 2 (12.50%) SAP