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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 44 35
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 +23
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 36 23 47
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.48% 3.08% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 3.55% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 28
10th Percentile £292 £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 £653 £500 £700
90th Percentile £726 £656 £800
South West median daily rate £488 £560 £583
% change year-on-year -12.95% -3.86% +5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - £23.70
25th Percentile - £25.26 £37.39
Median hourly rate £20.66 £27.13 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% -39.72% -30.77%
75th Percentile - £48.00 £45.35
90th Percentile - - £45.97
South West median hourly rate £41.83 £30.00 £45.70
% change year-on-year +39.43% -34.35% -26.70%

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 697 647 898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.69% 86.61% 86.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 358 562
10th Percentile £256 £225 £308
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -13.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £650
90th Percentile £725 £746 £706
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 89 120
10th Percentile £14.72 £45.20 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £77.19
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.62% -7.94%

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 8 December 2025.

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
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 (11.11%) Apache
2 2 (5.56%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) GCP
3 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) Akamai
4 1 (2.78%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.78%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.78%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) DNS
1 1 (2.78%) LAN
1 1 (2.78%) Network Security
1 1 (2.78%) VoIP
1 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.78%) Big Data
2 1 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.78%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.78%) Metadata
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) JIRA
2 2 (5.56%) Artifactory
2 2 (5.56%) GitLab
3 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 13 (36.11%) Public Sector
2 11 (30.56%) Finance
2 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 6 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.56%) Military
6 1 (2.78%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Law
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Analyst
1 6 (16.67%) Lead
2 4 (11.11%) Architect
2 4 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (11.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 4 (11.11%) Technical Manager
2 4 (11.11%) User Researcher
3 3 (8.33%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (5.56%) Change Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Contracts Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Data Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Project Change Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Senior Architect
5 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (2.78%) Product Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Programme Director
5 1 (2.78%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (5.56%) Kafka
2 2 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.78%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.78%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.78%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Android
2 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Analytics
2 14 (38.89%) Agile
3 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (25.00%) Project Management
4 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (22.22%) User Experience
6 7 (19.44%) ERP
6 7 (19.44%) Roadmaps
7 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (16.67%) Fintech
7 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (16.67%) UX Design
7 6 (16.67%) UX Research
7 6 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (13.89%) Data Analysis
8 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2
8 5 (13.89%) Process Improvement
8 5 (13.89%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.78%) Bash
3 1 (2.78%) C#
3 1 (2.78%) Go
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.78%) SAPscript
3 1 (2.78%) SQL
3 1 (2.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 7 (19.44%) Degree
4 5 (13.89%) APMP
5 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.78%) ISTQB
8 1 (2.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) GRC
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Terraform
2 4 (11.11%) Ansible
3 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.56%) Grafana
4 2 (5.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.78%) Kibana
5 1 (2.78%) logstash
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle
1 2 (5.56%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.78%) Cognos
2 1 (2.78%) F5
2 1 (2.78%) Foundry
2 1 (2.78%) Google
2 1 (2.78%) SAP