Minimum Viable Product Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Minimum Viable Product
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Minimum Viable Product skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 42 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing Minimum Viable Product 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.23% 0.31% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £475 -
% change year-on-year +26.32% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Minimum Viable Product 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 680 288 749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 78.34% 88.89% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 141 266
10th Percentile £230 £399 £233
25th Percentile £413 £446 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £600
90th Percentile £738 £675 £713
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £458
% change year-on-year -1.00% +9.29% -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 83 317
10th Percentile £16.35 £21.44 £38.12
25th Percentile £18.50 £46.91 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +30.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £68.00 £81.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £80.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.66 £41.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -45.08% +3.13% +81.82%

Minimum Viable Product
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Minimum Viable Product relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Minimum Viable Product job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Minimum Viable Product
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Minimum Viable Product.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Minimum Viable Product

Minimum Viable Product
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 Minimum Viable Product within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £600 - 3
Minimum Viable Product
East of England

Minimum Viable Product
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Epics
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Multichannel Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
1 2 (100.00%) Supply Chain Planning
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making