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 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 40 34
Rank change year-on-year -16 -6 +20
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 24 14 31
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.58% 2.61% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 2.99% 5.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 26
10th Percentile £325 £295 £195
25th Percentile £441 £388 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +15.15% -21.43%
75th Percentile £669 £556 £455
90th Percentile £721 £658 £550
West Midlands median daily rate £477 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.25 - -
25th Percentile £23.46 - -
Median hourly rate £24.06 - -
75th Percentile £24.90 - -
90th Percentile £25.26 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.08 £18.74 £33.93
% change year-on-year -30.20% -44.77% -

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 779 468 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.85% 87.31% 79.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 314 418
10th Percentile £313 £163 £231
25th Percentile £400 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £592
90th Percentile £685 £689 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 39 35
10th Percentile £15.03 - £13.55
25th Percentile £22.31 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.87 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.48% -27.42% +23.99%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.13 £43.63
90th Percentile - £27.27 £55.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £23.36 £19.95
% change year-on-year +45.51% +17.09% -20.20%

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 5 July 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 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Google Analytics
4 1 (4.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (4.17%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.33%) Power Query
2 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.17%) GIS
3 1 (4.17%) Metadata
3 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Local Government
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Lead
2 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Data Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Information Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Risk Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) .NET
1 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.17%) Django
1 1 (4.17%) React
1 1 (4.17%) React Native
1 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (8.33%) IoT
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.17%) Blog
2 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Code
2 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.17%) NHS
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Agile
2 5 (20.83%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (16.67%) Analytics
3 4 (16.67%) Change Management
3 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (12.50%) Data Collection
4 3 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (4.17%) Go
3 1 (4.17%) Java
3 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.17%) Postgraduate
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (8.33%) GDPR
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Argo
1 1 (4.17%) Grafana
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Kustomize
1 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Google
2 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Planon
3 1 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk