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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 32 51
Rank change year-on-year +16 +19 -12
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 94 35 25
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 6.93% 4.74% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.01% 5.12% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 19 10
10th Percentile £323 £291 £216
25th Percentile £450 £400 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.82% -39.25%
75th Percentile £638 £606 £500
90th Percentile £675 £716 £514
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 8
10th Percentile - £26.59 £25.26
25th Percentile £17.17 £35.50 £39.13
Median hourly rate £54.40 £50.33 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +4.85% +61.15%
75th Percentile £62.88 £65.17 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.59 £74.07 £58.00
South West median hourly rate £54.40 £63.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -13.65% +32.63% +5.56%

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 1,043 684 740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 76.86% 92.56% 82.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 344 388
10th Percentile £325 £251 £298
25th Percentile £450 £379 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £590
90th Percentile £675 £734 £714
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 151 138
10th Percentile £21.19 £12.82 £48.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £18.87 £64.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £70.00 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +7.57%

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 September 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 26 September 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 1 (1.06%) Apache
1 1 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.06%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) SAP HR
2 3 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.06%) SAP EHS
3 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.06%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.77%) Power Platform
2 11 (11.70%) Azure
3 9 (9.57%) AWS
4 4 (4.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (4.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (4.26%) Azure Functions
4 4 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
4 4 (4.26%) Azure Storage
4 4 (4.26%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.26%) Power Automate
4 4 (4.26%) PowerApps
4 4 (4.26%) Serverless
5 3 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.13%) dbt
6 2 (2.13%) GCP
6 2 (2.13%) GitHub
6 2 (2.13%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.06%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.26%) DNS
1 4 (4.26%) WAN
2 1 (1.06%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.77%) Power BI
2 5 (5.32%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (4.26%) Data Lake
3 4 (4.26%) GIS
4 3 (3.19%) Metadata
4 3 (3.19%) Tableau
5 2 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.13%) Spatial Data
6 1 (1.06%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.32%) JIRA
2 1 (1.06%) GitLab
General
1 29 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (14.89%) Finance
4 13 (13.83%) Influencing Skills
4 13 (13.83%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.45%) Aerospace
6 6 (6.38%) Banking
7 5 (5.32%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.26%) Local Government
9 3 (3.19%) Marketing
9 3 (3.19%) Military
9 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.13%) Retail
11 1 (1.06%) Advertising
11 1 (1.06%) Billing
11 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.06%) Legal
11 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (13.83%) Analyst
1 13 (13.83%) Senior
2 11 (11.70%) Product Owner
3 8 (8.51%) Architect
4 6 (6.38%) Data Engineer
4 6 (6.38%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.32%) Administrator
5 5 (5.32%) Data Analyst
5 5 (5.32%) Risk Manager
5 5 (5.32%) Senior Product Owner
6 4 (4.26%) Business Analyst
6 4 (4.26%) Data Architect
6 4 (4.26%) Designer
6 4 (4.26%) Lead
6 4 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (4.26%) Service Designer
7 3 (3.19%) Consultant
7 3 (3.19%) Technical Architect
7 3 (3.19%) Technical Specialist
8 2 (2.13%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.26%) HTML
1 4 (4.26%) React
2 2 (2.13%) Gherkin
2 2 (2.13%) Next.js
2 2 (2.13%) Node.js
2 2 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.13%) Playwright
2 2 (2.13%) React Native
3 1 (1.06%) .NET
3 1 (1.06%) Kafka
3 1 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.06%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.83%) Product Ownership
2 12 (12.77%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.45%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.13%) Blog
6 2 (2.13%) PMI
7 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.06%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.06%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.06%) Linux
1 1 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (31.91%) Agile
3 29 (30.85%) Analytics
4 25 (26.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (25.53%) Roadmaps
6 23 (24.47%) AI
7 18 (19.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (15.96%) Generative AI
9 13 (13.83%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (12.77%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 12 (12.77%) Data Governance
10 12 (12.77%) Product Backlog
10 12 (12.77%) Project Management
11 10 (10.64%) Machine Learning
11 10 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (10.64%) Workshop Facilitation
12 9 (9.57%) Data Modelling
12 9 (9.57%) Dependency Management
12 9 (9.57%) Risk Management
12 9 (9.57%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.28%) SQL
2 7 (7.45%) Python
3 6 (6.38%) JavaScript
4 5 (5.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (4.26%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.13%) Java
6 2 (2.13%) PHP
7 1 (1.06%) C#
7 1 (1.06%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (35.11%) Security Cleared
2 28 (29.79%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.38%) Degree
3 6 (6.38%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.32%) CIPD
5 4 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.13%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.13%) PMP
7 1 (1.06%) CISM
7 1 (1.06%) CISSP
7 1 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.06%) CRISC
7 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.06%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (1.06%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.96%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.70%) GDPR
3 6 (6.38%) QA
4 5 (5.32%) PMO
5 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.13%) GRC
6 2 (2.13%) NIST
7 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.06%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (4.26%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.06%) Ansible
1 1 (1.06%) Grafana
1 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.06%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.57%) Oracle
3 8 (8.51%) SAP
4 5 (5.32%) Pega
4 5 (5.32%) Workday
5 4 (4.26%) Databricks
6 1 (1.06%) Ariba
6 1 (1.06%) BT
6 1 (1.06%) Domo
6 1 (1.06%) Siemens