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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 57
Rank change year-on-year +20 +22 -17
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 92 33 20
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 6.87% 4.77% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.01% 5.20% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 18 11
10th Percentile £260 £290 £220
25th Percentile £410 £425 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +16.13% -35.42%
75th Percentile £600 £571 £500
90th Percentile £670 £709 -
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +6.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £44.86 £78.96 £45.88
25th Percentile £61.75 £79.35 £49.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +45.45% +84.66%
75th Percentile £71.85 £81.48 £62.50
90th Percentile £79.22 £82.37 £71.25
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £80.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -21.88% +66.67% -10.56%

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 1,021 635 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 76.19% 91.76% 82.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 328 431
10th Percentile £325 £235 £263
25th Percentile £425 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -10.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £590
90th Percentile £650 £650 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 112 154
10th Percentile £20.96 £12.82 £52.00
25th Percentile £45.94 £18.51 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -60.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.25 £74.86
90th Percentile £72.54 £73.75 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £62.25 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +147.51% -62.74% +3.85%

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 26 August 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 26 August 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 2 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.09%) Apache
2 1 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.17%) SAP EHS
4 1 (1.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.04%) Azure
2 10 (10.87%) Power Platform
3 8 (8.70%) AWS
4 4 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (4.35%) Azure Functions
4 4 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
4 4 (4.35%) Azure Storage
4 4 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.35%) Power Automate
4 4 (4.35%) PowerApps
4 4 (4.35%) Serverless
5 3 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.26%) GCP
6 2 (2.17%) GitHub
7 1 (1.09%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.35%) DNS
1 4 (4.35%) WAN
2 1 (1.09%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.87%) Power BI
2 4 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (4.35%) Data Lake
2 4 (4.35%) GIS
3 3 (3.26%) Metadata
4 2 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.17%) Spatial Data
4 2 (2.17%) Tableau
5 1 (1.09%) Big Data
5 1 (1.09%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.09%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) MLflow
General
1 25 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (16.30%) Finance
4 13 (14.13%) Public Sector
5 10 (10.87%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (6.52%) Banking
7 5 (5.43%) Local Government
8 4 (4.35%) Advertising
9 3 (3.26%) Legal
9 3 (3.26%) Marketing
9 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.17%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.17%) Military
10 2 (2.17%) Retail
11 1 (1.09%) Billing
11 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.09%) Police
11 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (16.30%) Analyst
2 11 (11.96%) Senior
3 9 (9.78%) Architect
4 8 (8.70%) Product Owner
5 7 (7.61%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.52%) Data Analyst
6 6 (6.52%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Risk Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Senior Product Owner
8 4 (4.35%) Data Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Data Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Designer
8 4 (4.35%) Service Designer
9 3 (3.26%) Consultant
9 3 (3.26%) Lead
9 3 (3.26%) Performance Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.26%) Technical Specialist
10 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) HTML
1 4 (4.35%) React
1 4 (4.35%) SAP Basis
2 2 (2.17%) Gherkin
2 2 (2.17%) Next.js
2 2 (2.17%) Node.js
2 2 (2.17%) Playwright
2 2 (2.17%) React Native
3 1 (1.09%) .NET
3 1 (1.09%) Kafka
3 1 (1.09%) NumPy
3 1 (1.09%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.09%) Pandas
3 1 (1.09%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.09%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.09%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.61%) Cloud Native
2 7 (7.61%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.17%) PMI
5 1 (1.09%) Blog
5 1 (1.09%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.09%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.09%) Linux
1 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.17%) Agile
1 25 (27.17%) Continuous Improvement
1 25 (27.17%) Roadmaps
2 24 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (22.83%) Analytics
4 20 (21.74%) AI
5 18 (19.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (18.48%) Data Governance
7 14 (15.22%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (14.13%) Generative AI
8 13 (14.13%) Project Management
9 12 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (11.96%) Workshop Facilitation
11 10 (10.87%) Machine Learning
11 10 (10.87%) Product Backlog
12 9 (9.78%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 9 (9.78%) Risk Management
12 9 (9.78%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 9 (9.78%) User Stories
13 8 (8.70%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.65%) SQL
2 8 (8.70%) Python
3 6 (6.52%) JavaScript
4 5 (5.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.17%) Java
6 2 (2.17%) PHP
7 1 (1.09%) C#
7 1 (1.09%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 26 (28.26%) SC Cleared
3 7 (7.61%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.52%) Degree
5 4 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.17%) PMP
7 1 (1.09%) CISM
7 1 (1.09%) CISSP
7 1 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.09%) CRISC
7 1 (1.09%) ISEB
7 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.09%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (1.09%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.78%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.61%) QA
3 6 (6.52%) GDPR
4 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.17%) GRC
5 2 (2.17%) NIST
5 2 (2.17%) PMO
6 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.09%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.09%) Ansible
2 1 (1.09%) Grafana
2 1 (1.09%) Kubeflow
2 1 (1.09%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.52%) SAP
3 5 (5.43%) Databricks
4 3 (3.26%) Civica
4 3 (3.26%) Oracle
5 2 (2.17%) Pega
6 1 (1.09%) Ariba
6 1 (1.09%) BT
6 1 (1.09%) Siemens