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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 42 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 -8 +21
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 44 22 47
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.15% 3.36% 4.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 3.74% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 9 32
10th Percentile £315 £308 £376
25th Percentile £359 £350 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +22.73%
75th Percentile £647 £588 £700
90th Percentile £725 £828 £793
South West median daily rate £450 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -21.74% -4.17% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £26.49 - -
25th Percentile £35.25 £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £49.83 £27.13 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year +83.71% -41.53% -28.63%
75th Percentile £64.42 £48.00 -
90th Percentile £73.17 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.17 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +117.24% -33.33% -30.77%

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 732 589 811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.71% 89.92% 84.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 327 506
10th Percentile £263 £213 £288
25th Percentile £400 £375 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £533
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.80% +6.50%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £740 £717 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 73 114
10th Percentile £15.62 £35.00 £41.50
25th Percentile £22.48 £58.00 £59.06
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £66.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.62% +6.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £79.06
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -2.44%

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 January 2026.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 8 January 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 6 (13.64%) Apache
2 3 (6.82%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) AWS
2 4 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.82%) GCP
4 2 (4.55%) Google Ads
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon Bedrock
5 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.27%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.27%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) DNS
1 1 (2.27%) LAN
1 1 (2.27%) VoIP
1 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.55%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.27%) Big Data
3 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (20.45%) JIRA
2 3 (6.82%) Artifactory
2 3 (6.82%) GitLab
3 1 (2.27%) Git
General
1 12 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 11 (25.00%) Finance
2 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.91%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (13.64%) Financial Institution
6 3 (6.82%) Aerospace
7 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.55%) Military
8 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Law
8 1 (2.27%) Local Government
8 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (13.64%) Analyst
2 5 (11.36%) Lead
3 4 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (9.09%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 4 (9.09%) Technical Manager
3 4 (9.09%) User Researcher
4 3 (6.82%) Architect
4 3 (6.82%) Data Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Performance Analyst
4 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 2 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (4.55%) Change Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Contracts Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.55%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Power BI Specialist
5 2 (4.55%) Project Change Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (4.55%) Project Support Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (6.82%) Kafka
2 3 (6.82%) REST
3 2 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (4.55%) HTML
3 2 (4.55%) HTML5
3 2 (4.55%) SVG
4 1 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (2.27%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Android
2 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (38.64%) Analytics
2 14 (31.82%) Agile
3 10 (22.73%) Project Management
3 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.45%) User Experience
5 7 (15.91%) Roadmaps
6 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.64%) Design Thinking
6 6 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (13.64%) ERP
6 6 (13.64%) Fintech
6 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (13.64%) Systems Thinking
6 6 (13.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (13.64%) UX Design
6 6 (13.64%) UX Research
6 6 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (11.36%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) Python
2 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.27%) Bash
4 1 (2.27%) C#
4 1 (2.27%) Go
4 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.27%) SAPscript
4 1 (2.27%) SQL
4 1 (2.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) Degree
4 5 (11.36%) APMP
5 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 4 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.27%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) COBIT
2 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
3 1 (2.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Terraform
2 6 (13.64%) Ansible
3 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
4 3 (6.82%) Grafana
4 3 (6.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (4.55%) Kibana
5 2 (4.55%) logstash
Vendors
1 3 (6.82%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.55%) BT
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Cognos
3 1 (2.27%) Foundry
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle
3 1 (2.27%) SAP