Decision-Making Contracts in the South West

Decision-Making
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Decision-Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Decision-Making over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 77 49
Rank change year-on-year +30 -28 +5
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 126 109 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.98% 2.99% 4.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 3.34% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 69 89
10th Percentile £334 £303 £373
25th Percentile £463 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £650 £600 £600
90th Percentile £691 £723 £666
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +13.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 27
10th Percentile £13.21 £50.05 £30.55
25th Percentile £14.54 £52.39 £44.34
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +36.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £54.30
90th Percentile £60.00 - £60.15
England median hourly rate £18.25 £51.57 £42.50
% change year-on-year -64.61% +21.33% +44.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Decision-Making is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the South West

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in the South West

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the South West

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in the South West

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the South West

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bristol +39 57 £530 -9.79% 39
Wiltshire -14 28 £600 +6.67% 12
Somerset +19 17 £540 +16.76% 20
Gloucestershire 0 12 £563 +40.63% 10
Devon -9 6 £465 - 21
Dorset +6 3 - - 6
Cornwall - 1 - - 4
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (2.38%) Confluence
2 3 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.38%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.79%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Primavera
1 1 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.35%) AWS
2 7 (5.56%) PaaS
2 7 (5.56%) SaaS
3 4 (3.17%) Azure
4 3 (2.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.38%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.49%) WAN
2 11 (8.73%) LAN
3 8 (6.35%) DHCP
3 8 (6.35%) DNS
3 8 (6.35%) MPLS
3 8 (6.35%) SAN
3 8 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (5.56%) PBX
4 7 (5.56%) SDH
4 7 (5.56%) VoIP
5 5 (3.97%) Junos
6 4 (3.17%) Firewall
7 3 (2.38%) Internet
7 3 (2.38%) Skype
8 2 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.79%) ISDN
9 1 (0.79%) Network Security
9 1 (0.79%) PSTN
9 1 (0.79%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (11.90%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.79%) GitLab
General
1 63 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.43%) Finance
3 20 (15.87%) Telecoms
4 19 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.08%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (12.70%) Aerospace
6 15 (11.90%) Public Sector
7 13 (10.32%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (5.56%) Digital Economy
9 7 (5.56%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.97%) Police
11 4 (3.17%) Aeronautics
12 3 (2.38%) Banking
12 3 (2.38%) Billing
12 3 (2.38%) Law
12 3 (2.38%) Marketing
13 1 (0.79%) Advertising
13 1 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (19.84%) Architect
2 21 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 20 (15.87%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (15.08%) Analyst
5 8 (6.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (6.35%) IT Analyst
5 8 (6.35%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 5 (3.97%) Lead
9 4 (3.17%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.17%) Contracts Manager
9 4 (3.17%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.17%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 4 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 4 (3.17%) QA Specialist
10 3 (2.38%) Business Architect
10 3 (2.38%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.38%) IT Support Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Problem Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (0.79%) ModSecurity
1 1 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.46%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.73%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.35%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.35%) Clustering
5 7 (5.56%) Blackberry
5 7 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (3.97%) Life Science
6 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.38%) Housing Association
8 3 (2.38%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.59%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.79%) PMI
10 1 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.49%) Windows
2 8 (6.35%) Unix
3 2 (1.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.16%) Project Management
2 30 (23.81%) Agile
3 28 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (19.05%) Roadmaps
5 23 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (17.46%) ITIL
7 21 (16.67%) Change Management
7 21 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 20 (15.87%) Enterprise Architecture
8 20 (15.87%) TOGAF
9 19 (15.08%) Strategic Roadmap
10 18 (14.29%) ArchiMate
10 18 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
11 17 (13.49%) Business Case
12 16 (12.70%) Migration
13 15 (11.90%) Time Management
14 14 (11.11%) BPMN
14 14 (11.11%) Business Analysis
15 13 (10.32%) Customer Engagement
16 12 (9.52%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.73%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.59%) Python
3 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.79%) R
3 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 36 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 33 (26.19%) DV Cleared
4 31 (24.60%) Degree
5 11 (8.73%) HND
5 11 (8.73%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (5.56%) CCNP
8 5 (3.97%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.38%) MCP
9 3 (2.38%) PMP
9 3 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.59%) CISM
10 2 (1.59%) CISSP
10 2 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.79%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.14%) PMO
2 8 (6.35%) QA
3 7 (5.56%) SLA
4 4 (3.17%) GMP
5 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.59%) NIST
6 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.79%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.79%) RMADS
System Software
1 16 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.35%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (6.35%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (1.59%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 11 (8.73%) SCCM
2 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (6.35%) Nagios
2 8 (6.35%) NetBackup
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.59%) Ansible
4 2 (1.59%) MOM
4 2 (1.59%) VxRail
5 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.67%) Cisco
3 19 (15.08%) VMware
4 18 (14.29%) Juniper
4 18 (14.29%) Nokia
5 15 (11.90%) IBM
6 8 (6.35%) Google
6 8 (6.35%) Hitachi
6 8 (6.35%) NetApp
7 7 (5.56%) Avaya
7 7 (5.56%) Ericsson
7 7 (5.56%) Ribbon
8 5 (3.97%) Adobe
8 5 (3.97%) Ciena
8 5 (3.97%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.17%) Citrix
9 4 (3.17%) SAP
10 2 (1.59%) Dell
10 2 (1.59%) Remedy
11 1 (0.79%) Red Hat