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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 24 44
Rank change year-on-year -18 +20 +22
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 25 21 28
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.01% 6.25% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 6.80% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 3
10th Percentile £420 £456 -
25th Percentile £463 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £104
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +476.04% -79.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £227
90th Percentile £713 - £301
East of England median daily rate £525 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £13.02 - -
25th Percentile £13.64 - -
Median hourly rate £15.70 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.38% -9.60% -46.36%
75th Percentile £17.22 - £47.50
90th Percentile £17.53 - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.42 £35.00
% change year-on-year +13.08% -10.23% -46.15%

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 660 309 737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 79.42% 91.96% 87.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 158 257
10th Percentile £206 £348 £220
25th Percentile £406 £450 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £420
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +30.95% -16.00%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £588
90th Percentile £750 £675 £700
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 76 314
10th Percentile £16.26 £17.48 £38.12
25th Percentile £18.50 £34.91 £40.13
Median hourly rate £45.75 £62.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.21% +24.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.50 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.56% -8.13% +81.82%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 - 7 £663 - 2
Watford -5 4 £463 +85.74% 9
Broxbourne - 4 - - 2
Welwyn Garden City +1 2 £475 -
Hemel Hempstead -12 2 £588 +6.82% 4
Stevenage -12 2 £550 +10.00% 5
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (4.00%) Camtasia
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (12.00%) QlikView
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.00%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (28.00%) Finance
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Automotive
4 2 (8.00%) General Ledger
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Games
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Publishing
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Telesales Executive
3 3 (12.00%) Administrator
3 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Data Scientist
4 2 (8.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Qlik Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) e-Learning Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) IoT Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Product Owner
5 1 (4.00%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Supply Chain Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Supply Chain Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Video Content Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.00%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.00%) IoT
3 1 (4.00%) Life Science
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) PMI
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) CRM
1 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (16.00%) Agile
3 4 (16.00%) Business Case
3 4 (16.00%) Coaching
3 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
3 4 (16.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (16.00%) Lead Generation
3 4 (16.00%) Telesales
3 4 (16.00%) Time Management
4 3 (12.00%) Change Management
4 3 (12.00%) Data Design
4 3 (12.00%) ETL
4 3 (12.00%) Storage Management
4 3 (12.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) C#
2 1 (4.00%) PHP
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) QA
2 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (4.00%) GxP
3 1 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow