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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 47 39
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 +17
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 37 22 44
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.76% 2.65% 4.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.20% 3.21% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 29
10th Percentile £293 £216 £385
25th Percentile £375 £335 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% -39.25% +27.27%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £800
90th Percentile £716 £656 £818
South West median daily rate £513 £575 £583
% change year-on-year -10.87% -1.29% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £26.59 - -
25th Percentile £35.50 £25.26 £14.57
Median hourly rate £50.33 £48.00 £29.79
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% +61.15% -45.55%
75th Percentile £65.17 - £45.00
90th Percentile £74.07 £52.20 -
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +110.00% -33.33% -20.09%

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 712 686 912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.63% 82.75% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 364 588
10th Percentile £247 £232 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £645
90th Percentile £750 £723 £702
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 108 127
10th Percentile £12.82 £38.80 £26.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £61.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -6.05%

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 25 October 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in Bristol

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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 4 (10.81%) Apache
2 1 (2.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.70%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
2 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Google Sheets
2 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.41%) Akamai
4 1 (2.70%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub
4 1 (2.70%) iPaaS
4 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Network Security
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) VoIP
2 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Power BI
2 2 (5.41%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.70%) Big Data
3 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.70%) Metadata
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Artifactory
1 2 (5.41%) GitLab
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 16 (43.24%) Public Sector
2 11 (29.73%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Financial Institution
4 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Local Government
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Electronics
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Military
7 1 (2.70%) Social Housing
7 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Architect
2 7 (18.92%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Lead
5 4 (10.81%) User Researcher
6 3 (8.11%) Operations Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Performance Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Data Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Security Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Operations Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Power BI Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Power BI Specialist
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (5.41%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (5.41%) Kafka
2 2 (5.41%) REST
2 2 (5.41%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.70%) FMCG
2 1 (2.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Android
2 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Agile
1 11 (29.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (27.03%) Analytics
3 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (21.62%) User Experience
5 7 (18.92%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (16.22%) Data Analysis
6 6 (16.22%) Fintech
6 6 (16.22%) Performance Management
6 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
6 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (16.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (16.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (16.22%) UX Design
6 6 (16.22%) UX Research
7 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (13.51%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (10.81%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) C#
3 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) SAPscript
3 1 (2.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) Degree
5 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) NIST
2 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.41%) GRC
2 2 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Ansible
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
1 3 (8.11%) Terraform
2 2 (5.41%) Grafana
2 2 (5.41%) Kibana
2 2 (5.41%) logstash
2 2 (5.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Google
3 3 (8.11%) Oracle
3 3 (8.11%) SAP
4 2 (5.41%) F5
4 2 (5.41%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.70%) Aareon
5 1 (2.70%) Capita
5 1 (2.70%) Civica
5 1 (2.70%) Cognos
5 1 (2.70%) Foundry
5 1 (2.70%) NEC
5 1 (2.70%) Northgate
5 1 (2.70%) Orchard
5 1 (2.70%) webMethods