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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 34 55
Rank change year-on-year +10 +21 -13
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 78 33 20
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.94% 4.82% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.65% 5.25% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 21 12
10th Percentile £250 £293 £260
25th Percentile £418 £425 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -6.25% -23.20%
75th Percentile £590 £562 £500
90th Percentile £638 £706 £541
South West median daily rate £480 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -7.69% +0.97% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £32.27 £78.96 £46.88
25th Percentile £49.68 £79.35 £51.25
Median hourly rate £78.70 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% +45.45% +84.66%
75th Percentile £79.35 £81.48 £62.50
90th Percentile £79.74 £82.37 £71.25
South West median hourly rate £78.70 £80.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.63% +60.00% +1.35%

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 1,019 629 802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 77.55% 91.82% 82.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 326 436
10th Percentile £325 £235 £260
25th Percentile £425 £361 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% -10.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £588
90th Percentile £638 £641 £713
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 103 191
10th Percentile £19.29 £12.82 £43.75
25th Percentile £45.31 £18.87 £55.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

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 2 August 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

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 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 (2.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.28%) Apache
2 1 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.56%) SAP EHS
3 1 (1.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.38%) Azure
2 7 (8.97%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.69%) AWS
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (5.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Functions
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Storage
4 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.13%) Serverless
5 3 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.56%) GCP
6 2 (2.56%) GitHub
6 2 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) DNS
1 4 (5.13%) WAN
2 1 (1.28%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.97%) Power BI
2 4 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.13%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.56%) GIS
3 2 (2.56%) Metadata
4 1 (1.28%) Big Data
4 1 (1.28%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) MLflow
General
1 19 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (16.67%) Finance
4 11 (14.10%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.41%) Banking
6 4 (5.13%) Advertising
6 4 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Legal
7 3 (3.85%) Local Government
7 3 (3.85%) Marketing
8 2 (2.56%) Retail
9 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.28%) Billing
9 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.28%) Police
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.82%) Analyst
2 8 (10.26%) Architect
2 8 (10.26%) Senior
3 7 (8.97%) Product Owner
4 6 (7.69%) Performance Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Risk Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Senior Product Owner
6 4 (5.13%) Data Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Data Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Consultant
7 3 (3.85%) Data Architect
7 3 (3.85%) Technical Architect
7 3 (3.85%) Technical Specialist
8 2 (2.56%) Developer
8 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (2.56%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.56%) Product Manager
8 2 (2.56%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) SAP Basis
2 3 (3.85%) React
3 2 (2.56%) Gherkin
3 2 (2.56%) HTML
3 2 (2.56%) Next.js
3 2 (2.56%) Node.js
3 2 (2.56%) Playwright
3 2 (2.56%) React Native
4 1 (1.28%) .NET
4 1 (1.28%) Kafka
4 1 (1.28%) NumPy
4 1 (1.28%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.28%) Pandas
4 1 (1.28%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.28%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.56%) PMI
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Linux
1 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.21%) Analytics
2 21 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 21 (26.92%) Roadmaps
3 18 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (20.51%) Data Governance
5 15 (19.23%) Agile
5 15 (19.23%) AI
6 14 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (14.10%) Project Management
9 10 (12.82%) Generative AI
10 9 (11.54%) Machine Learning
10 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (11.54%) Product Backlog
11 8 (10.26%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 8 (10.26%) Data Engineering
11 8 (10.26%) Data Science
11 8 (10.26%) Dependency Management
11 8 (10.26%) Mentoring
12 7 (8.97%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.51%) SQL
2 7 (8.97%) Python
3 4 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (3.85%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.28%) C#
5 1 (1.28%) Java
5 1 (1.28%) PHP
5 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.28%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (26.92%) SC Cleared
1 21 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 4 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (5.13%) Degree
4 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.28%) CISM
5 1 (1.28%) CISSP
5 1 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.28%) CRISC
5 1 (1.28%) ISEB
5 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.13%) GDPR
3 2 (2.56%) GRC
3 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.56%) NIST
3 2 (2.56%) QA
4 1 (1.28%) PERC
4 1 (1.28%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.56%) Docker
3 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) Ansible
2 1 (1.28%) Grafana
2 1 (1.28%) Kubeflow
2 1 (1.28%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) SAP
3 5 (6.41%) Databricks
4 3 (3.85%) Civica
5 2 (2.56%) Oracle
6 1 (1.28%) Ariba
6 1 (1.28%) Pega
6 1 (1.28%) Siemens