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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 47 54
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 +43
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 123 83 87
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.79% 4.02% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.50% 4.37% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 44 48
10th Percentile £319 £288 £331
25th Percentile £463 £391 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £507
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -6.31% -3.43%
75th Percentile £638 £591 £649
90th Percentile £786 £659 £761
London median daily rate £550 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £27.81
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £65.00
London median hourly rate £20.00 £34.75 £27.81
% change year-on-year -42.45% +24.96% -43.74%

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 1,892 1,899 2,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.04% 92.05% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,186 1,638
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £437 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £688
90th Percentile £773 £775 £811
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 27
10th Percentile £19.75 £21.85 £18.16
25th Percentile £24.85 £33.13 £21.36
Median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -24.74% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £41.00 £40.92
90th Percentile £55.30 £61.40 £65.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year -6.67% +24.34% -17.37%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 +22 113 £550 +15.79% 185
City of Westminster -1 2 £736 +61.11% 4
West End of London +1 1 £773 +44.93% 4
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 7 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.88%) Apache Spark
2 6 (4.88%) Confluence
3 2 (1.63%) Apache
3 2 (1.63%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.63%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.81%) Appian
4 1 (0.81%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.88%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.81%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.81%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.39%) Azure
2 18 (14.63%) Power Platform
3 17 (13.82%) AWS
4 14 (11.38%) GCP
5 5 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.25%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.25%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (2.44%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.44%) SaaS
7 3 (2.44%) Serverless
7 3 (2.44%) Snowflake
7 3 (2.44%) Vertex AI
8 2 (1.63%) dbt
8 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.63%) HTTP
2 1 (0.81%) Softphone
2 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.01%) Power BI
2 6 (4.88%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.25%) Big Data
3 4 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.25%) Metadata
3 4 (3.25%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.44%) MySQL
4 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.44%) Tableau
5 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.81%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.81%) OLAP
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.81%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (10.57%) JIRA
2 8 (6.50%) Git
3 3 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.63%) JUnit
5 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.81%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.81%) ERwin
5 1 (0.81%) GitLab
5 1 (0.81%) MLflow
5 1 (0.81%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.81%) Selenium
5 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
General
1 50 (40.65%) Finance
2 40 (32.52%) Social Skills
3 39 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Banking
5 14 (11.38%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.69%) Legal
7 6 (4.88%) Front Office
8 5 (4.07%) Retail
9 4 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.44%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.44%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.44%) Marketing
10 3 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.81%) Military
12 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (17.07%) Analyst
2 19 (15.45%) Senior
3 15 (12.20%) Lead
4 10 (8.13%) Consultant
4 10 (8.13%) Developer
5 9 (7.32%) Cloud Consultant
5 9 (7.32%) Data Engineer
5 9 (7.32%) Project Manager
6 8 (6.50%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.69%) Architect
7 7 (5.69%) Data Analyst
7 7 (5.69%) Oracle Consultant
7 7 (5.69%) Oracle Technical Consultant
7 7 (5.69%) Senior Consultant
7 7 (5.69%) Senior Oracle Consultant
7 7 (5.69%) Senior Oracle Technical Consultant
7 7 (5.69%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 7 (5.69%) Technical Consultant
8 5 (4.07%) Technical Leader
8 5 (4.07%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (5.69%) LangChain
3 5 (4.07%) PyTorch
4 4 (3.25%) LangGraph
4 4 (3.25%) NumPy
4 4 (3.25%) Pandas
4 4 (3.25%) scikit-learn
4 4 (3.25%) TensorFlow
5 3 (2.44%) Dask
5 3 (2.44%) Google JAX
5 3 (2.44%) JAX
5 3 (2.44%) LightGBM
5 3 (2.44%) REST
5 3 (2.44%) SciPy
5 3 (2.44%) XGBoost
6 2 (1.63%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.63%) gRPC
6 2 (1.63%) RESTful
6 2 (1.63%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.63%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.13%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (4.88%) AI Agents
4 6 (4.88%) Derivative
5 5 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.25%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.25%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.44%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.44%) Equities
7 3 (2.44%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.63%) AS400
8 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.63%) FMCG
8 2 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.81%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.63%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) VMS
2 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (30.08%) Analytics
2 33 (26.83%) Agile
3 25 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 22 (17.89%) AI
6 17 (13.82%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (13.82%) Data Modelling
7 15 (12.20%) Roadmaps
8 14 (11.38%) Actionable Insight
9 13 (10.57%) Data Science
9 13 (10.57%) Risk Management
10 12 (9.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 12 (9.76%) Machine Learning
10 12 (9.76%) Project Management
11 11 (8.94%) CI/CD
11 11 (8.94%) Data Governance
12 10 (8.13%) Change Management
12 10 (8.13%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.07%) Python
2 18 (14.63%) SQL
3 4 (3.25%) C++
3 4 (3.25%) Java
4 3 (2.44%) C#
4 3 (2.44%) Korn
5 2 (1.63%) Kotlin
5 2 (1.63%) R
5 2 (1.63%) RPG
5 2 (1.63%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.81%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.81%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.81%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (15.45%) Degree
2 17 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 14 (11.38%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.88%) Master's Degree
5 6 (4.88%) PMP
6 4 (3.25%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.44%) CISM
7 3 (2.44%) CISSP
7 3 (2.44%) PhD
8 2 (1.63%) CISA
8 2 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.81%) APMP
9 1 (0.81%) CBAP
9 1 (0.81%) CEH
9 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.81%) IIBA
9 1 (0.81%) MBA
9 1 (0.81%) RIBA
9 1 (0.81%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.88%) PMO
3 4 (3.25%) GDPR
4 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.44%) QA
5 2 (1.63%) GRC
5 2 (1.63%) NCSC
5 2 (1.63%) NIST
5 2 (1.63%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.81%) GMP
6 1 (0.81%) SLA
6 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.81%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (5.69%) Docker
2 2 (1.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.01%) Oracle
3 8 (6.50%) Databricks
4 7 (5.69%) Google
5 4 (3.25%) Planview
5 4 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.44%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.44%) SAP
6 3 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.44%) Workday
7 1 (0.81%) Adobe
7 1 (0.81%) Ariba
7 1 (0.81%) AVEVA
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) Foundry
7 1 (0.81%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.81%) Informatica
7 1 (0.81%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.81%) Polycom
7 1 (0.81%) Veracode