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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 31 51
Rank change year-on-year +14 +20 -18
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 98 39 26
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 7.23% 5.19% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.27% 5.64% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 22 11
10th Percentile £382 £300 £220
25th Percentile £462 £375 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £641 £638 -
90th Percentile £675 £716 £638
South West median daily rate £550 £520 £568
% change year-on-year +5.77% -8.37% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 8
10th Percentile - £26.59 £25.26
25th Percentile £17.17 £35.50 £39.13
Median hourly rate £54.40 £50.33 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +4.85% +61.15%
75th Percentile £62.63 £65.17 £55.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.07 £58.00
South West median hourly rate £54.40 £63.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -13.65% +32.63% +5.56%

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 1,057 692 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 77.95% 92.02% 82.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 341 369
10th Percentile £332 £250 £249
25th Percentile £450 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +1.89% -9.52%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £590
90th Percentile £688 £750 £725
South West median daily rate £538 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +5.91% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 151 133
10th Percentile £20.53 £12.82 £44.60
25th Percentile £46.25 £18.87 £62.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £70.00 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +12.50%

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 15 October 2026.

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

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 October 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 1 (1.02%) Apache
1 1 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.02%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.10%) SAP HR
2 3 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.02%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (1.02%) Primavera
3 1 (1.02%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.27%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.18%) Azure
3 8 (8.16%) AWS
4 4 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (4.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (4.08%) Azure Functions
4 4 (4.08%) Azure Key Vault
4 4 (4.08%) Azure Storage
4 4 (4.08%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.08%) Power Automate
4 4 (4.08%) PowerApps
4 4 (4.08%) Serverless
5 3 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.04%) dbt
6 2 (2.04%) GCP
6 2 (2.04%) GitHub
6 2 (2.04%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.02%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.08%) DNS
1 4 (4.08%) WAN
2 1 (1.02%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.27%) Power BI
2 5 (5.10%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (4.08%) Data Lake
3 4 (4.08%) GIS
4 2 (2.04%) Metadata
4 2 (2.04%) Spatial Data
4 2 (2.04%) Tableau
5 1 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.02%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (1.02%) GitLab
General
1 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.33%) Influencing Skills
4 14 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 13 (13.27%) Finance
6 7 (7.14%) Aerospace
6 7 (7.14%) Banking
7 5 (5.10%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.08%) Local Government
9 3 (3.06%) Military
9 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.04%) Marketing
10 2 (2.04%) Retail
11 1 (1.02%) Billing
11 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.02%) Legal
11 1 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (14.29%) Analyst
1 14 (14.29%) Product Owner
2 12 (12.24%) Senior
3 8 (8.16%) Architect
4 7 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 6 (6.12%) Data Engineer
5 6 (6.12%) Risk Manager
6 5 (5.10%) Administrator
6 5 (5.10%) Lead
7 4 (4.08%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.08%) Data Analyst
7 4 (4.08%) Data Architect
7 4 (4.08%) Designer
7 4 (4.08%) PMO Analyst
7 4 (4.08%) Report Analyst
7 4 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.08%) Service Designer
8 3 (3.06%) Operations Manager
8 3 (3.06%) Senior Product Owner
8 3 (3.06%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) HTML
1 4 (4.08%) React
2 2 (2.04%) Gherkin
2 2 (2.04%) Next.js
2 2 (2.04%) Node.js
2 2 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.04%) Playwright
2 2 (2.04%) React Native
3 1 (1.02%) Kafka
3 1 (1.02%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.33%) Product Ownership
2 13 (13.27%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.12%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.06%) PMI
7 2 (2.04%) Blog
8 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.02%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.02%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 31 (31.63%) Agile
3 28 (28.57%) Analytics
4 26 (26.53%) AI
5 24 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (22.45%) Roadmaps
6 22 (22.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (18.37%) Generative AI
8 17 (17.35%) Project Management
9 15 (15.31%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 14 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (12.24%) Product Backlog
12 11 (11.22%) Data Governance
12 11 (11.22%) Dependency Management
13 10 (10.20%) Backlog Management
13 10 (10.20%) Business Strategy
13 10 (10.20%) Migration
13 10 (10.20%) Risk Management
14 9 (9.18%) Epics
14 9 (9.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.35%) SQL
2 6 (6.12%) JavaScript
2 6 (6.12%) Python
3 4 (4.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (4.08%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.04%) Java
4 2 (2.04%) PHP
5 1 (1.02%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (32.65%) Security Cleared
2 27 (27.55%) SC Cleared
3 7 (7.14%) Degree
4 5 (5.10%) CIPD
5 4 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.06%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.04%) PMP
8 1 (1.02%) APMG
8 1 (1.02%) CISM
8 1 (1.02%) CISSP
8 1 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.02%) CRISC
8 1 (1.02%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.02%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (1.02%) NVQ Level 4
8 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.27%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.22%) GDPR
3 7 (7.14%) PMO
4 6 (6.12%) QA
5 3 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.04%) GRC
6 2 (2.04%) NIST
7 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.02%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Ansible
1 1 (1.02%) Grafana
1 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.20%) Oracle
2 10 (10.20%) Pega
3 6 (6.12%) SAP
4 5 (5.10%) Workday
5 3 (3.06%) Databricks
6 1 (1.02%) Ariba
6 1 (1.02%) BT
6 1 (1.02%) Planon
6 1 (1.02%) Siemens