Decision-Making Contracts in England

Decision-Making
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 94 81
Rank change year-on-year +35 -13 +21
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,203 1,206 2,153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.21% 2.56% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 2.85% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 746 760 1,329
10th Percentile £275 £338 £346
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £714 £775 £740
UK median daily rate £504 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 45 85
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £14.54 £22.16 £24.25
Median hourly rate £18.50 £43.86 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.82% -2.53% +69.94%
75th Percentile £37.50 £56.40 £51.75
90th Percentile £51.35 £71.90 £57.18
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £41.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -53.22% -7.97% +55.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,009 42,303 63,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.42% 89.91% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,803 29,700 45,505
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,367 1,525 1,690
10th Percentile £12.80 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in England.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in England.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. 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
London +18 526 £517 -12.22% 669
North of England +55 181 £515 -0.96% 273
South East +17 177 £540 +3.85% 235
North West +47 136 £463 -11.06% 172
Midlands +41 123 £431 -17.86% 199
South West +23 110 £550 - 132
West Midlands +19 85 £475 -10.59% 127
East of England +20 54 £513 +13.89% 98
East Midlands +26 37 £270 -43.16% 72
Yorkshire -3 33 £550 +5.26% 78
North East +16 12 £525 +13.51% 24
Decision-Making
UK

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.83%) Confluence
3 14 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.83%) Apache
5 8 (0.67%) SAS
6 7 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.50%) CMS
8 5 (0.42%) govService
9 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.33%) WordPress
10 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.083%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.083%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.083%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.083%) Mule
11 1 (0.083%) nginx
11 1 (0.083%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 105 (8.73%) Microsoft Office
2 87 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.42%) SPSS
8 4 (0.33%) Trello
9 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.17%) Revit
10 1 (0.083%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.083%) FileZilla
10 1 (0.083%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.083%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.50%) Shopify
3 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.33%) Endur
4 4 (0.33%) Primavera
5 3 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.25%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.25%) MIS ActiveH
5 3 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.083%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.083%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.083%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.083%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.083%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.083%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 151 (12.55%) Azure
2 113 (9.39%) AWS
3 106 (8.81%) Power Platform
4 47 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (3.66%) SaaS
6 28 (2.33%) GCP
7 26 (2.16%) Snowflake
8 24 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (1.66%) Taleo
10 19 (1.58%) PaaS
11 17 (1.41%) Serverless
12 15 (1.25%) Google Analytics
13 13 (1.08%) GitHub
14 12 (1.00%) Google Workspace
15 11 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (0.83%) IaaS
16 10 (0.83%) Power Automate
16 10 (0.83%) PowerApps
17 9 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.74%) Firewall
2 31 (2.58%) WAN
3 24 (2.00%) LAN
4 22 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (1.41%) VoIP
6 14 (1.16%) DNS
7 13 (1.08%) VPN
8 12 (1.00%) SAN
9 11 (0.91%) DHCP
9 11 (0.91%) MPLS
9 11 (0.91%) Network Security
10 10 (0.83%) VLAN
11 8 (0.67%) Internet
11 8 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (0.58%) 3G
12 7 (0.58%) 4G
12 7 (0.58%) 5G
12 7 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (0.58%) PBX
12 7 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (8.40%) Power BI
2 73 (6.07%) Tableau
3 49 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (3.49%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.83%) Data Mining
6 21 (1.75%) Big Data
6 21 (1.75%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.33%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.16%) Looker
9 12 (1.00%) Metadata
9 12 (1.00%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.83%) Power Query
11 9 (0.75%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.67%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.67%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.67%) MySQL
13 7 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (4.07%) JIRA
2 29 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.08%) Cucumber
3 25 (2.08%) Selenium
3 25 (2.08%) SonarQube
4 24 (2.00%) REST Assured
5 23 (1.91%) GitLab
6 16 (1.33%) Git
7 15 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.58%) RStudio
9 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.25%) Maven
11 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.083%) ERwin
12 1 (0.083%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.083%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.083%) Visual LANSA
General
1 538 (44.72%) Social Skills
2 322 (26.77%) Finance
3 303 (25.19%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (8.81%) Presentation Skills
4 106 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
6 65 (5.40%) Marketing
7 61 (5.07%) Retail
8 56 (4.66%) Banking
9 55 (4.57%) Telecoms
10 52 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (3.74%) Legal
12 27 (2.24%) Law
12 27 (2.24%) Local Government
13 23 (1.91%) Front Office
13 23 (1.91%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.75%) Police
15 20 (1.66%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 198 (16.46%) Analyst
2 116 (9.64%) Project Manager
3 110 (9.14%) Architect
4 109 (9.06%) Senior
5 95 (7.90%) Lead
6 67 (5.57%) Developer
7 63 (5.24%) Consultant
8 56 (4.66%) Business Analyst
9 54 (4.49%) Data Analyst
10 39 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (2.66%) Data Engineer
11 32 (2.66%) Delivery Manager
11 32 (2.66%) IT Manager
12 29 (2.41%) Senior Manager
13 27 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (2.00%) Support Engineer
15 21 (1.75%) DevOps Engineer
16 19 (1.58%) Product Manager
16 19 (1.58%) Senior Project Manager
17 18 (1.50%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.33%) REST
2 25 (2.08%) Java EE
3 21 (1.75%) .NET
4 14 (1.16%) Kafka
5 12 (1.00%) ARM Templates
6 11 (0.91%) Node.js
6 11 (0.91%) RESTful
7 9 (0.75%) AngularJS
7 9 (0.75%) scikit-learn
8 8 (0.67%) Middleware
9 7 (0.58%) Pandas
9 7 (0.58%) React
10 6 (0.50%) Spring
10 6 (0.50%) TensorFlow
11 5 (0.42%) ADO
11 5 (0.42%) CSS
11 5 (0.42%) HTML
11 5 (0.42%) LDAP
11 5 (0.42%) VML
11 5 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.23%) Management Information System
2 48 (3.99%) Product Ownership
3 31 (2.58%) Data Centre
4 28 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (1.75%) Clustering
6 18 (1.50%) Credit Risk
6 18 (1.50%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.41%) Algorithms
8 16 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.25%) NHS
10 12 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.00%) Life Science
10 12 (1.00%) Mobile App
11 10 (0.83%) Client/Server
11 10 (0.83%) FMCG
11 10 (0.83%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (0.67%) Digital Media
13 8 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (7.23%) Windows
2 37 (3.08%) Windows 10
3 29 (2.41%) Linux
4 20 (1.66%) Unix
5 14 (1.16%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.42%) Android
9 5 (0.42%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.17%) zOS
12 1 (0.083%) CentOS
12 1 (0.083%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.083%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (34.16%) Problem-Solving
2 260 (21.61%) Agile
3 218 (18.12%) Project Management
4 184 (15.30%) Analytics
5 143 (11.89%) Time Management
6 140 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 138 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 133 (11.06%) Data Analysis
9 124 (10.31%) Business Intelligence
10 115 (9.56%) Roadmaps
11 114 (9.48%) DevOps
11 114 (9.48%) Visualisation
12 108 (8.98%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 103 (8.56%) Actionable Insight
14 96 (7.98%) Change Management
15 93 (7.73%) Data Modelling
16 91 (7.56%) Computer Science
17 89 (7.40%) Project Delivery
18 88 (7.32%) Migration
19 85 (7.07%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 147 (12.22%) SQL
2 90 (7.48%) Python
3 56 (4.66%) Java
4 30 (2.49%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.75%) C#
6 17 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.33%) R
8 13 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (0.67%) Swift
9 8 (0.67%) VBA
10 7 (0.58%) Go
11 6 (0.50%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.33%) Bicep
13 4 (0.33%) Ruby
14 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.25%) Scala
14 3 (0.25%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.17%) Bash
15 2 (0.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 237 (19.70%) Degree
2 224 (18.62%) Security Cleared
3 172 (14.30%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.24%) DV Cleared
5 48 (3.99%) Master's Degree
6 44 (3.66%) PMI Certification
7 43 (3.57%) PMP
8 36 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (2.16%) HND
10 18 (1.50%) CISM
11 17 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.41%) CISSP
11 17 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 15 (1.25%) HNC
13 13 (1.08%) CCNP
14 12 (1.00%) PhD
15 11 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.83%) MBA
17 9 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.15%) Data Quality
2 53 (4.41%) QA
3 32 (2.66%) PMO
4 26 (2.16%) Disclosure Scotland
5 23 (1.91%) GDPR
6 20 (1.66%) SLA
7 17 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.67%) NIST
12 5 (0.42%) GMP
13 4 (0.33%) Dodd-Frank
13 4 (0.33%) MiFID
13 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.25%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.25%) NCSC
14 3 (0.25%) P3O
15 2 (0.17%) IFRS
System Software
1 36 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.58%) Docker
3 28 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) HDFS
7 2 (0.17%) KVM
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.083%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 39 (3.24%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.08%) Ansible
3 36 (2.99%) Terraform
4 18 (1.50%) SCCM
5 13 (1.08%) Podman
6 12 (1.00%) Docker Swarm
7 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.75%) Nagios
9 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (0.67%) NetBackup
10 7 (0.58%) Autotask
10 7 (0.58%) Nessus
11 6 (0.50%) VxRail
12 3 (0.25%) MOM
13 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.17%) SCOM
13 2 (0.17%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 204 (16.96%) Microsoft
2 43 (3.57%) Google
3 40 (3.33%) SAP
4 36 (2.99%) VMware
5 35 (2.91%) Cisco
6 32 (2.66%) Salesforce
7 31 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 27 (2.24%) Oracle
9 26 (2.16%) Alteryx
10 24 (2.00%) Juniper
11 21 (1.75%) Informatica
12 20 (1.66%) Nokia
13 17 (1.41%) IBM
14 14 (1.16%) Databricks
15 13 (1.08%) Adobe
16 12 (1.00%) Citrix
17 11 (0.91%) Palo Alto
18 10 (0.83%) Apple
19 9 (0.75%) Okta
20 8 (0.67%) Instagram