Decision-Making Contracts in Central London

Decision-Making
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 59 104
Rank change year-on-year +28 +45 -16
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 117 79 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 6.14% 3.30% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.57% 3.63% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 43 46
10th Percentile £363 £353 £276
25th Percentile £453 £419 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £534
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -11.01% -4.69%
75th Percentile £663 £556 £666
90th Percentile £735 £682 £856
London median daily rate £550 £525 £590
% change year-on-year +4.76% -11.02% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £18.68 - -
25th Percentile £21.95 - £37.34
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.81 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% -30.18% -
75th Percentile £64.46 - £42.32
90th Percentile £85.78 - -
London median hourly rate £32.00 £29.16 £43.86
% change year-on-year +9.76% -33.53% +10.62%

All Process and 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 1,782 2,175 3,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.45% 90.93% 91.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 1,539 2,277
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
75th Percentile £679 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 26
10th Percentile £19.04 £20.22 £14.75
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.00 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £29.38 £53.50
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year +14.29% -29.34% +11.62%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in Central London

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in Central London

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 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Central London

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in Central London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in Central London

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 May 2025. 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 +28 101 £553 +16.32% 76
City of Westminster +8 6 £409 - 11
Southwark - 3 £375 -
West End of London - 2 £573 - 10
Decision-Making
London

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.13%) Confluence
2 5 (4.27%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (4.27%) CMS
3 4 (3.42%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.42%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.85%) Actimize
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.37%) Azure
2 24 (20.51%) Power Platform
3 17 (14.53%) AWS
4 6 (5.13%) Snowflake
5 5 (4.27%) GCP
5 5 (4.27%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (3.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (3.42%) SaaS
7 3 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.56%) dbt
7 3 (2.56%) GitHub
7 3 (2.56%) OCI
8 2 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.71%) Social Studio
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.85%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Intranet
1 1 (0.85%) Kerberos
1 1 (0.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (19.66%) Power BI
2 13 (11.11%) Tableau
3 9 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.98%) Metadata
5 5 (4.27%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.42%) Data Mining
6 4 (3.42%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.56%) Big Data
7 3 (2.56%) BigQuery
7 3 (2.56%) Looker
7 3 (2.56%) Oracle Database
7 3 (2.56%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.71%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.85%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.85%) MS Access
9 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (8.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
2 1 (0.85%) Serena SBM
2 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.85%) Subversion
2 1 (0.85%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.85%) Terragrunt
General
1 55 (47.01%) Finance
2 51 (43.59%) Social Skills
3 48 (41.03%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (14.53%) Banking
5 10 (8.55%) Police
5 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.98%) Investment Banking
8 6 (5.13%) Financial Institution
9 5 (4.27%) Marketing
9 5 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.42%) Back Office
10 4 (3.42%) Local Government
10 4 (3.42%) Retail
10 4 (3.42%) Retail Banking
11 3 (2.56%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.71%) Advertising
12 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (24.79%) Analyst
2 19 (16.24%) Business Analyst
3 13 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 10 (8.55%) Data Analyst
5 9 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
6 8 (6.84%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.98%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (5.98%) Developer
8 6 (5.13%) Architect
8 6 (5.13%) Business Manager
8 6 (5.13%) Lead
9 5 (4.27%) Data Scientist
10 4 (3.42%) ERP Manager
10 4 (3.42%) HR Manager
10 4 (3.42%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) Senior
10 4 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.56%) Consultant
11 3 (2.56%) Data Modeller
11 3 (2.56%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) Pandas
1 5 (4.27%) scikit-learn
1 5 (4.27%) TensorFlow
2 4 (3.42%) AngularJS
2 4 (3.42%) Kafka
2 4 (3.42%) Next.js
2 4 (3.42%) PySpark
2 4 (3.42%) React
2 4 (3.42%) Vue
3 3 (2.56%) CSS
3 3 (2.56%) HTML
4 2 (1.71%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.85%) LDAP
5 1 (0.85%) NumPy
5 1 (0.85%) OpenCV
5 1 (0.85%) pydantic
5 1 (0.85%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.85%) SciPy
5 1 (0.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.55%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.27%) Algorithms
2 5 (4.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.56%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.71%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.85%) Clustering
5 1 (0.85%) Derivative
5 1 (0.85%) Equities
5 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.85%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.85%) Replication
5 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.71%) Linux
1 2 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (1.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.85%) Solaris
2 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (30.77%) Agile
2 36 (30.77%) Analytics
3 27 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (20.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 22 (18.80%) Project Management
5 22 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (17.09%) Visualisation
8 19 (16.24%) Risk Management
9 18 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
9 18 (15.38%) Data Analysis
10 17 (14.53%) Data Engineering
10 17 (14.53%) Data Modelling
11 16 (13.68%) Data Science
12 15 (12.82%) Data Management
12 15 (12.82%) Data Visualisation
13 14 (11.97%) Data Governance
13 14 (11.97%) Data Pipeline
13 14 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (31.62%) SQL
2 29 (24.79%) Python
3 5 (4.27%) Java
3 5 (4.27%) R
4 2 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.71%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.85%) Ada
5 1 (0.85%) Bash
5 1 (0.85%) C#
5 1 (0.85%) C++
5 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.85%) Perl
5 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (11.97%) Degree
2 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.42%) PMP
5 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.71%) CISM
5 2 (1.71%) CISSP
5 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.71%) CRISC
5 2 (1.71%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.85%) ACCA
6 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.85%) CBAP
6 1 (0.85%) CCAB
6 1 (0.85%) CIMA
6 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.98%) Accessibility
1 7 (5.98%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.42%) GDPR
2 4 (3.42%) PMO
3 2 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.85%) COBIT
4 1 (0.85%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (0.85%) EMIR
4 1 (0.85%) GRC
4 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.85%) ITGC
4 1 (0.85%) MiFID
4 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (1.71%) Docker
2 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Terraform
2 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Ansible
3 1 (0.85%) Control-M
3 1 (0.85%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 1 (0.85%) Istio
3 1 (0.85%) Podman
3 1 (0.85%) QRadar
3 1 (0.85%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.85%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 9 (7.69%) SAP
2 8 (6.84%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.84%) Oracle
3 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.42%) Databricks
4 4 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.56%) Google
6 2 (1.71%) FIS
6 2 (1.71%) Planview
6 2 (1.71%) Qualys
6 2 (1.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (1.71%) Workday
7 1 (0.85%) Aruba
7 1 (0.85%) Cegedim Rx
7 1 (0.85%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.85%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.85%) Pega
7 1 (0.85%) Serena
7 1 (0.85%) Splunk
7 1 (0.85%) VMware