Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Decision-Making
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 35 34
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +20
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 78 30 46
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.83% 4.79% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 5.22% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 20 30
10th Percentile £306 £425 £296
25th Percentile £407 £444 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £498
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.13% -17.00%
75th Percentile £522 £573 £646
90th Percentile £619 £707 £650
South West median daily rate £450 £520 £530
% change year-on-year -13.46% -1.89% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £26.59 £78.96 £48.13
25th Percentile £35.50 £79.35 £50.00
Median hourly rate £50.33 £80.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.09% +52.38% +76.26%
75th Percentile £65.17 £81.48 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.07 £82.37 £68.75
South West median hourly rate £50.33 £80.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.09% +100.00% -25.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,048 575 904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.33% 91.85% 80.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 297 492
10th Percentile £350 £235 £260
25th Percentile £416 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% -10.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £562 £600
90th Percentile £638 £646 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 92 212
10th Percentile £19.31 £18.17 £40.00
25th Percentile £51.59 £18.87 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £44.65 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.58% -36.21% +13.82%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.51 £74.50 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £28.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year +101.40% -48.09% -8.33%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Bristol

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Bristol

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in Bristol

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 (3.85%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.56%) Apache
2 2 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.56%) SAP EHS
3 1 (1.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.38%) Azure
2 8 (10.26%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.69%) AWS
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (5.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Functions
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Storage
4 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.13%) Serverless
5 3 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.85%) GCP
6 2 (2.56%) GitHub
7 1 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) DNS
1 4 (5.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.26%) Power BI
2 4 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.13%) Data Lake
2 4 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.56%) Metadata
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.28%) Big Data
4 1 (1.28%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Git
2 1 (1.28%) GitLab
2 1 (1.28%) MLflow
General
1 18 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Finance
2 15 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.41%) Banking
5 4 (5.13%) Advertising
5 4 (5.13%) Legal
6 3 (3.85%) Marketing
7 2 (2.56%) Billing
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Local Government
8 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Police
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (14.10%) Analyst
2 7 (8.97%) Performance Engineer
3 6 (7.69%) Architect
3 6 (7.69%) Product Owner
3 6 (7.69%) Senior
4 5 (6.41%) Business Analyst
4 5 (6.41%) Data Engineer
4 5 (6.41%) Risk Manager
4 5 (6.41%) Senior Product Owner
5 4 (5.13%) Data Analyst
5 4 (5.13%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Technical Architect
6 3 (3.85%) Technical Specialist
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Architect
7 2 (2.56%) Change Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Consultant
7 2 (2.56%) Developer
7 2 (2.56%) IT Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) SAP Basis
2 2 (2.56%) Gherkin
2 2 (2.56%) Kafka
2 2 (2.56%) Next.js
2 2 (2.56%) Node.js
2 2 (2.56%) Pandas
2 2 (2.56%) Playwright
2 2 (2.56%) React
2 2 (2.56%) React Native
3 1 (1.28%) .NET
3 1 (1.28%) HTML
3 1 (1.28%) HTML5
3 1 (1.28%) NumPy
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.28%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.28%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.28%) SVG
3 1 (1.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.28%) PMI
4 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Linux
1 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (28.21%) Analytics
3 20 (25.64%) Roadmaps
4 17 (21.79%) Agile
5 15 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (19.23%) Data Governance
6 14 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (15.38%) AI
9 10 (12.82%) Data Engineering
9 10 (12.82%) Generative AI
9 10 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (11.54%) Data Science
10 9 (11.54%) Project Management
11 8 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (10.26%) Data Modelling
11 8 (10.26%) Dependency Management
11 8 (10.26%) Machine Learning
11 8 (10.26%) Mentoring
11 8 (10.26%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.79%) SQL
2 10 (12.82%) Python
3 3 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.56%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.28%) C#
5 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.28%) R
5 1 (1.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 27 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 26 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.85%) Degree
5 1 (1.28%) CISA
5 1 (1.28%) CISM
5 1 (1.28%) CRISC
5 1 (1.28%) ISEB
5 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.97%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.85%) GDPR
2 3 (3.85%) GRC
3 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.56%) QA
4 1 (1.28%) NCSC
4 1 (1.28%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) Kubeflow
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) SAP
3 4 (5.13%) Databricks
4 3 (3.85%) Civica
5 1 (1.28%) Ariba
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle
5 1 (1.28%) Siemens