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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 39 54
Rank change year-on-year +14 +15 +34
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 194 113 84
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 7.74% 5.64% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.72% 6.01% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 79 57
10th Percentile £413 £353 £412
25th Percentile £509 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £741 £638 £675
90th Percentile £873 £725 £738
London median daily rate £563 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% -6.50%
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 £32.50 £34.23 £47.50
% change year-on-year -5.05% -27.94% +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 2,224 1,881 2,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.71% 93.91% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,533 1,254 1,409
10th Percentile £368 £317 £375
25th Percentile £460 £419 £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 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 33 21
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +7.67% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.56 £50.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -12.33% -8.75%

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 31 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 31 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 +15 176 £625 +13.64% 116
West End of London - 6 - - 28
City of Westminster -6 4 £725 +77.26% 55
Kensington and Chelsea - 4 £713 - 1
Southwark -4 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 8 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.03%) Confluence
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.58%) BambooHR
2 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.52%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.92%) Azure
2 24 (12.37%) Power Platform
3 17 (8.76%) AWS
4 16 (8.25%) Snowflake
5 11 (5.67%) dbt
6 7 (3.61%) GCP
7 6 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (2.58%) Dagster
8 5 (2.58%) Prefect
9 4 (2.06%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.06%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.55%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.03%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.03%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.58%) Network Security
2 3 (1.55%) Firewall
3 2 (1.03%) Broadband
3 2 (1.03%) LAN
3 2 (1.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.82%) Power BI
2 18 (9.28%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.64%) Tableau
4 8 (4.12%) Looker
5 7 (3.61%) BigQuery
5 7 (3.61%) Metadata
6 6 (3.09%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (2.06%) Data Mart
7 4 (2.06%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.06%) Power Query
8 3 (1.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.55%) Star Schema
9 2 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.03%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (2.06%) JIRA
2 2 (1.03%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.03%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.52%) Gatling
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) JUnit
3 1 (0.52%) Mockito
General
1 81 (41.75%) Finance
2 60 (30.93%) Social Skills
3 36 (18.56%) Banking
4 30 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (13.40%) Public Sector
6 20 (10.31%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (7.22%) Retail
8 11 (5.67%) Legal
9 10 (5.15%) Marketing
10 8 (4.12%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (3.09%) Investment Banking
12 6 (3.09%) Military
13 5 (2.58%) Local Government
13 5 (2.58%) Police
14 4 (2.06%) Retail Banking
15 3 (1.55%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (1.55%) Electronics
15 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (18.04%) Lead
2 34 (17.53%) Senior
3 31 (15.98%) Analyst
4 26 (13.40%) Architect
5 24 (12.37%) Project Manager
6 14 (7.22%) Business Analyst
7 10 (5.15%) Consultant
7 10 (5.15%) Product Manager
8 9 (4.64%) Data Analyst
8 9 (4.64%) Senior Manager
9 8 (4.12%) Data Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) Developer
10 7 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (3.61%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (3.61%) Transformation Manager
10 7 (3.61%) Transformation Project Manager
11 6 (3.09%) Finance Manager
11 6 (3.09%) Finance Project Manager
11 6 (3.09%) Security Architect
12 5 (2.58%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.09%) Terraform
2 5 (2.58%) React
3 3 (1.55%) PySpark
3 3 (1.55%) REST
4 2 (1.03%) .NET
4 2 (1.03%) ATL
4 2 (1.03%) Kafka
4 2 (1.03%) Middleware
4 2 (1.03%) Playwright
4 2 (1.03%) scikit-learn
4 2 (1.03%) Spring
4 2 (1.03%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.52%) ADO
5 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.52%) Node.js
5 1 (0.52%) NumPy
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.52%) Pandas
5 1 (0.52%) Swagger
5 1 (0.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.86%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.55%) NHS
5 3 (1.55%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.03%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.03%) CMDB
6 2 (1.03%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.03%) FMCG
6 2 (1.03%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.03%) Social Media
6 2 (1.03%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (32.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (28.87%) Analytics
3 52 (26.80%) AI
4 48 (24.74%) Agile
5 37 (19.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (19.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 31 (15.98%) Data Modelling
6 31 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (13.92%) Roadmaps
8 26 (13.40%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (12.37%) Data Engineering
10 21 (10.82%) Machine Learning
11 19 (9.79%) DevOps
11 19 (9.79%) Migration
11 19 (9.79%) Project Management
12 18 (9.28%) CI/CD
12 18 (9.28%) Data Governance
12 18 (9.28%) ETL
12 18 (9.28%) Project Delivery
13 17 (8.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.59%) SQL
2 29 (14.95%) Python
3 11 (5.67%) Java
4 6 (3.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.06%) C#
6 3 (1.55%) Bicep
7 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.03%) LookML
7 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.52%) COBOL
8 1 (0.52%) Cypher
8 1 (0.52%) Gremlin
8 1 (0.52%) R
8 1 (0.52%) RPG
8 1 (0.52%) Scala
8 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (11.34%) Security Cleared
2 16 (8.25%) PMI Certification
2 16 (8.25%) PMP
3 14 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.64%) Degree
5 6 (3.09%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.03%) CISM
7 2 (1.03%) CISSP
7 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.52%) ACCA
8 1 (0.52%) CIMA
8 1 (0.52%) MOS
8 1 (0.52%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.52%) NVQ Level 4
8 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.89%) Data Quality
2 17 (8.76%) GDPR
3 11 (5.67%) QA
4 9 (4.64%) PMO
5 8 (4.12%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.55%) GRC
6 3 (1.55%) NIST
7 2 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (1.03%) WCAG
8 1 (0.52%) Basel III
8 1 (0.52%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.52%) IFRS
8 1 (0.52%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.52%) NCSC
8 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.03%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Firmware
2 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.52%) Ansible
2 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 25 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.34%) Databricks
3 8 (4.12%) Workday
4 6 (3.09%) Oracle
5 5 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.03%) Foundry
7 2 (1.03%) Google
7 2 (1.03%) SAP
8 1 (0.52%) Adobe
8 1 (0.52%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.52%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.52%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.52%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.52%) IBM
8 1 (0.52%) Informatica
8 1 (0.52%) Lotus
8 1 (0.52%) Splunk
8 1 (0.52%) Teradata
8 1 (0.52%) Virgin Media