Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Central London

Decision-Making
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 31 60
Rank change year-on-year +10 +29 +31
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 192 125 79
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 7.37% 6.04% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.39% 6.45% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 86 53
10th Percentile £375 £363 £403
25th Percentile £483 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £750 £664 £684
90th Percentile £875 £725 £738
London median daily rate £550 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% -10.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £51.98 £18.68 -
25th Percentile £52.69 £21.95 -
Median hourly rate £55.25 £28.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +96.27% - -
75th Percentile £57.69 £64.46 -
90th Percentile £58.33 £85.78 -
London median hourly rate £35.50 £44.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -20.22% -6.32% +8.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,289 1,939 2,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.90% 93.72% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,555 1,276 1,448
10th Percentile £363 £327 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £543 £550
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 33 19
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.15 £18.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +14.81% -22.86%
75th Percentile £54.50 £50.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.71 £29.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year +21.05% -16.90% -12.93%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Central London

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Central London over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Central London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +10 174 £625 +13.64% 224
West End of London -5 4 - - 8
City of Westminster -9 4 £725 +77.26% 26
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £713 -
Southwark -2 1 £650 - 2
Decision-Making
London

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Apache
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 11 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.60%) BambooHR
2 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.10%) Azure
2 27 (14.06%) Power Platform
3 16 (8.33%) AWS
4 13 (6.77%) GCP
4 13 (6.77%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.65%) dbt
6 6 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (2.60%) Dagster
7 5 (2.60%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.60%) Prefect
8 4 (2.08%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.56%) Azure AI
10 2 (1.04%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.04%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.04%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.04%) Google Gemini
10 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.08%) Network Security
2 2 (1.04%) Firewall
2 2 (1.04%) LAN
2 2 (1.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.50%) Power BI
2 18 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.69%) Tableau
4 8 (4.17%) BigQuery
5 7 (3.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (3.13%) Looker
7 5 (2.60%) Metadata
8 4 (2.08%) Data Lake
8 4 (2.08%) Data Mart
8 4 (2.08%) Oracle Database
8 4 (2.08%) Power Query
9 3 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (1.56%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.56%) Star Schema
10 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.04%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (1.04%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.52%) Gatling
3 1 (0.52%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) JUnit
3 1 (0.52%) Mockito
General
1 85 (44.27%) Finance
2 56 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (16.67%) Banking
5 23 (11.98%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.81%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (6.77%) Retail
8 10 (5.21%) Legal
8 10 (5.21%) Marketing
9 8 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.60%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.60%) Police
11 5 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.08%) Investment Banking
12 4 (2.08%) Local Government
12 4 (2.08%) Military
13 3 (1.56%) Electronics
13 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (16.15%) Analyst
1 31 (16.15%) Senior
2 29 (15.10%) Lead
3 26 (13.54%) Architect
4 23 (11.98%) Project Manager
5 15 (7.81%) Business Analyst
5 15 (7.81%) Data Engineer
6 12 (6.25%) Product Manager
7 9 (4.69%) Data Analyst
7 9 (4.69%) Senior Manager
8 8 (4.17%) Consultant
8 8 (4.17%) Developer
9 7 (3.65%) Finance Manager
9 7 (3.65%) Finance Project Manager
9 7 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (3.65%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (3.65%) Transformation Manager
9 7 (3.65%) Transformation Project Manager
10 6 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.13%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.13%) React
2 4 (2.08%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.56%) Middleware
3 3 (1.56%) Pandas
3 3 (1.56%) REST
4 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.04%) Kafka
4 2 (1.04%) NumPy
4 2 (1.04%) Playwright
4 2 (1.04%) PySpark
4 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.04%) Spring
4 2 (1.04%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.04%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.52%) AssertJ
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.52%) Node.js
5 1 (0.52%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.52%) Swagger
5 1 (0.52%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.42%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.60%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.08%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.56%) CMDB
6 3 (1.56%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.04%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.04%) FMCG
7 2 (1.04%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.04%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.04%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.52%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.52%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (33.33%) Analytics
2 58 (30.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (25.00%) Agile
4 46 (23.96%) AI
5 38 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 28 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
8 28 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (13.54%) Roadmaps
10 23 (11.98%) Data Engineering
11 22 (11.46%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 21 (10.94%) ETL
12 21 (10.94%) Machine Learning
13 18 (9.38%) Data Governance
14 17 (8.85%) CI/CD
14 17 (8.85%) Risk Management
15 16 (8.33%) Migration
15 16 (8.33%) Project Delivery
15 16 (8.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (20.31%) SQL
2 30 (15.63%) Python
3 9 (4.69%) Java
4 6 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.04%) C#
6 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.52%) COBOL
7 1 (0.52%) Cypher
7 1 (0.52%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.52%) Gremlin
7 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.52%) R
7 1 (0.52%) RPG
7 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (11.46%) Security Cleared
2 16 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.81%) PMI Certification
3 15 (7.81%) PMP
4 9 (4.69%) Degree
5 7 (3.65%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.08%) CISM
6 4 (2.08%) CISSP
6 4 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.52%) ACCA
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.52%) CIMA
8 1 (0.52%) CISA
8 1 (0.52%) CRISC
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.52%) MOS
8 1 (0.52%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.94%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.81%) GDPR
3 12 (6.25%) PMO
4 11 (5.73%) QA
5 7 (3.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.08%) GRC
7 3 (1.56%) NIST
8 2 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.52%) Basel III
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.52%) IFRS
9 1 (0.52%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.52%) NCSC
9 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.52%) SLA
9 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) Firmware
2 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.04%) Terraform
2 1 (0.52%) Ansible
2 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 26 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.81%) Databricks
3 8 (4.17%) Workday
4 5 (2.60%) Oracle
4 5 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.56%) Google
6 3 (1.56%) Planview
7 2 (1.04%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.04%) SAP
8 1 (0.52%) Adobe
8 1 (0.52%) Amplitude
8 1 (0.52%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco
8 1 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.52%) eFront
8 1 (0.52%) IBM
8 1 (0.52%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.52%) Zscaler