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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 36 59
Rank change year-on-year +12 +23 +37
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 187 119 80
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 7.32% 5.77% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.30% 6.15% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 82 54
10th Percentile £396 £363 £408
25th Percentile £488 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £544
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +1.15% -2.90%
75th Percentile £750 £647 £682
90th Percentile £871 £725 £738
London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -5.58%
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 £34.87 £37.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -7.63% -20.54% +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 2,253 1,935 2,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.25% 93.84% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 1,280 1,433
10th Percentile £364 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £423 £470
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 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 34 20
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.14 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.43
Median hourly rate £24.65 £29.07 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +8.55% -23.49%
75th Percentile £45.37 £49.22 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.88 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%

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 17 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 17 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 +11 171 £625 +13.64% 177
City of Westminster -7 4 £725 +77.26% 12
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £713 - 1
West End of London - 4 - - 12
Southwark -3 1 £650 -
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 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.07%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.07%) Confluence
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.67%) BambooHR
2 2 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.53%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.44%) Azure
2 26 (13.90%) Power Platform
3 17 (9.09%) AWS
4 12 (6.42%) Snowflake
5 10 (5.35%) GCP
6 8 (4.28%) dbt
7 7 (3.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.67%) Dagster
9 5 (2.67%) Prefect
10 4 (2.14%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.60%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.60%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.07%) Adobe Analytics
12 2 (1.07%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.07%) Google Analytics
12 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (1.07%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.14%) Network Security
2 2 (1.07%) Firewall
2 2 (1.07%) LAN
2 2 (1.07%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.30%) Power BI
2 18 (9.63%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.35%) Tableau
4 8 (4.28%) BigQuery
5 7 (3.74%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (3.74%) Looker
5 7 (3.74%) Metadata
6 5 (2.67%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.14%) Data Mart
7 4 (2.14%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.14%) Power Query
8 3 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.60%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.60%) Star Schema
9 2 (1.07%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.07%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.07%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.67%) JIRA
2 2 (1.07%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.53%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.53%) Gatling
3 1 (0.53%) Git
3 1 (0.53%) GitLab
3 1 (0.53%) JUnit
3 1 (0.53%) Mockito
General
1 82 (43.85%) Finance
2 54 (28.88%) Social Skills
3 34 (18.18%) Banking
4 30 (16.04%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (12.30%) Public Sector
6 15 (8.02%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (6.95%) Retail
8 10 (5.35%) Legal
9 9 (4.81%) Marketing
10 8 (4.28%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.67%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.67%) Police
12 5 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (2.14%) Financial Institution
13 4 (2.14%) Local Government
13 4 (2.14%) Military
13 4 (2.14%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.60%) Electronics
14 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (17.65%) Analyst
2 31 (16.58%) Senior
3 29 (15.51%) Lead
4 25 (13.37%) Architect
5 23 (12.30%) Project Manager
6 15 (8.02%) Business Analyst
7 12 (6.42%) Product Manager
8 10 (5.35%) Consultant
8 10 (5.35%) Data Analyst
8 10 (5.35%) Data Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) Senior Manager
10 8 (4.28%) Developer
10 8 (4.28%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.74%) Finance Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Finance Project Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Senior Project Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Transformation Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Transformation Project Manager
12 5 (2.67%) Security Architect
13 4 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.21%) React
2 3 (1.60%) Middleware
2 3 (1.60%) PySpark
2 3 (1.60%) REST
2 3 (1.60%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.07%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.07%) Kafka
3 2 (1.07%) Pandas
3 2 (1.07%) Playwright
3 2 (1.07%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.07%) Spring
3 2 (1.07%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.07%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.53%) JSON
4 1 (0.53%) NumPy
4 1 (0.53%) OAuth
4 1 (0.53%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.53%) RESTful
4 1 (0.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.83%) Product Ownership
2 17 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.60%) CMDB
6 3 (1.60%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.07%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.07%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.07%) FMCG
7 2 (1.07%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.07%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.07%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.07%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.62%) Analytics
2 56 (29.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (25.67%) AI
4 47 (25.13%) Agile
5 37 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (16.58%) Data Modelling
8 28 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (13.90%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (13.90%) Roadmaps
10 22 (11.76%) Data Engineering
10 22 (11.76%) Machine Learning
11 20 (10.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 19 (10.16%) Data Governance
12 19 (10.16%) ETL
13 18 (9.63%) Migration
14 17 (9.09%) CI/CD
14 17 (9.09%) DevOps
15 16 (8.56%) Project Delivery
16 15 (8.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (20.86%) SQL
2 30 (16.04%) Python
3 10 (5.35%) Java
4 6 (3.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.60%) C#
5 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.07%) Bicep
6 2 (1.07%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.53%) COBOL
7 1 (0.53%) Cypher
7 1 (0.53%) Gremlin
7 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.53%) R
7 1 (0.53%) RPG
7 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (10.70%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.02%) PMI Certification
2 15 (8.02%) PMP
2 15 (8.02%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.21%) Degree
3 6 (3.21%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.07%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.07%) CISM
4 2 (1.07%) CISSP
4 2 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.07%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.53%) ACCA
5 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.53%) CIMA
5 1 (0.53%) CSPO
5 1 (0.53%) MOS
5 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 15 (8.02%) GDPR
3 10 (5.35%) PMO
3 10 (5.35%) QA
4 8 (4.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.60%) GRC
5 3 (1.60%) NIST
6 2 (1.07%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.53%) Basel III
7 1 (0.53%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.53%) IFRS
7 1 (0.53%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.53%) NCSC
7 1 (0.53%) SLA
7 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Firmware
2 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.14%) Terraform
2 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.53%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 26 (13.90%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.63%) Databricks
3 8 (4.28%) Workday
4 6 (3.21%) Oracle
5 5 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.60%) Google
8 2 (1.07%) Adobe
8 2 (1.07%) Amplitude
8 2 (1.07%) Planview
8 2 (1.07%) SAP
9 1 (0.53%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.53%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.53%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.53%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.53%) eFront
9 1 (0.53%) Nexthink
9 1 (0.53%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.53%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.53%) Zscaler