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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 +22
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 32 24 46
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.03% 3.08% 4.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 3.64% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 28
10th Percentile £291 £216 £353
25th Percentile £375 £335 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £688
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% -41.78% +25.00%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £700
90th Percentile £725 £656 £800
South West median daily rate £488 £500 £583
% change year-on-year -2.50% -14.16% +5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £20.66
25th Percentile - £25.26 £29.79
Median hourly rate £20.66 £27.13 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% -39.72% -30.77%
75th Percentile - £48.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £41.83 £30.00 £49.33
% change year-on-year +39.43% -39.19% -24.10%

All Process and 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 692 659 908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 87.15% 84.70% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 348 569
10th Percentile £248 £224 £300
25th Percentile £390 £386 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% +7.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 95 120
10th Percentile £15.12 £35.40 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Bristol

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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

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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 (9.38%) Apache
2 1 (3.13%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) Google Sheets
2 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.25%) Akamai
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (3.13%) Azure AI
4 1 (3.13%) Datadog
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) DNS
2 1 (3.13%) LAN
2 1 (3.13%) VoIP
2 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Big Data
2 1 (3.13%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (3.13%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.13%) Metadata
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Artifactory
1 2 (6.25%) GitLab
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 14 (43.75%) Public Sector
2 11 (34.38%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Financial Institution
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 2 (6.25%) Legal
5 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Local Government
6 1 (3.13%) Military
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Analyst
1 6 (18.75%) Lead
2 5 (15.63%) Architect
2 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 4 (12.50%) User Researcher
4 3 (9.38%) Operations Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Performance Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Operations Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Lead Test Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Product Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Programme Director
6 1 (3.13%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (6.25%) REST
2 2 (6.25%) SailPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (3.13%) Kafka
3 1 (3.13%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (3.13%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Agile
1 11 (34.38%) Analytics
2 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (25.00%) User Experience
3 6 (18.75%) Data Analysis
3 6 (18.75%) Fintech
3 6 (18.75%) Performance Management
3 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
3 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 6 (18.75%) UX Design
3 6 (18.75%) UX Research
3 6 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
4 5 (15.63%) Project Management
5 4 (12.50%) AI
5 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (12.50%) Objectives and Key Results
5 4 (12.50%) User Research
6 3 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) C#
3 1 (3.13%) Go
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) SAPscript
3 1 (3.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) GRC
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Ansible
1 4 (12.50%) Terraform
2 3 (9.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.25%) Grafana
3 2 (6.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.13%) Kibana
4 1 (3.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Google
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
3 2 (6.25%) F5
3 2 (6.25%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.13%) Cognos
4 1 (3.13%) Foundry
4 1 (3.13%) SAP