Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Decision-Making
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -26 +5 +28
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 32 35 40
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.74% 6.70% 5.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 7.46% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 30
10th Percentile £323 £264 £211
25th Percentile £381 £356 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £415
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +8.43% -20.95%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £438
90th Percentile £638 - £467
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £17.59 £28.25
% change year-on-year +70.58% -37.74% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 728 469 636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 85.05% 89.85% 83.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 336 417
10th Percentile £306 £190 £250
25th Percentile £405 £386 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% +11.28% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £575
90th Percentile £658 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 14 44
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.20
25th Percentile £16.07 £12.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £18.85 £18.35 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -32.66% +67.33%
75th Percentile £25.00 £29.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £67.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.26 £18.13 £23.00
% change year-on-year +22.75% -21.17% +29.80%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Decision-Making

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Birmingham over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Birmingham

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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Decision-Making

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 3 (9.38%) Copilot Studio
3 3 (9.38%) Power Automate
3 3 (9.38%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.25%) OpenShift
5 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.13%) Google Analytics
5 1 (3.13%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) Power BI
2 5 (15.63%) Power Query
3 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.25%) Tableau
4 1 (3.13%) Delta Lake
4 1 (3.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Selenium
General
1 12 (37.50%) Finance
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Banking
3 4 (12.50%) Local Government
4 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Data Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Data Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Senior
4 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Consultant
4 3 (9.38%) Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Power BI Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Change Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Data Governance Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Data Governance Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Governance Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Platform Manager
5 2 (6.25%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Report Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Power BI Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Analytics
1 11 (34.38%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (31.25%) Agile
2 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 6 (18.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (15.63%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
6 5 (15.63%) Roadmaps
6 5 (15.63%) Visualisation
7 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.50%) Coaching
7 4 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (12.50%) Project Management
8 3 (9.38%) Business Case
8 3 (9.38%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) Python
1 6 (18.75%) SQL
2 5 (15.63%) R
3 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 3 (9.38%) GDPR
2 3 (9.38%) PMO
2 3 (9.38%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.13%) NIST
3 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.13%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Databricks
2 2 (6.25%) Informatica
2 2 (6.25%) Planview
3 1 (3.13%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) Splunk