Decision-Making Contracts in the City of London

Decision-Making
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 59 100
Rank change year-on-year +18 +41 -14
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 92 68 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.24% 3.10% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% 3.42% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 41 45
10th Percentile £290 £363 £265
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £800 £860
Central London median daily rate £538 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +10.26% -7.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £34.65 - -
25th Percentile £45.54 - -
Median hourly rate £64.08 - -
75th Percentile £82.23 - -
90th Percentile £92.89 - -
Central London median hourly rate £64.08 £27.81 -
% change year-on-year +130.40% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the City of London

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in the City of London

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the City of London

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in the City of London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the City of London

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Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Moorgate - 1 £230 -
London Bridge - 1 - -
Decision-Making
Central London

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (7.61%) Confluence
2 5 (5.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.09%) CMS
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.09%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Actimize
2 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.09%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.09%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.91%) Azure
2 20 (21.74%) Power Platform
3 14 (15.22%) AWS
4 5 (5.43%) GCP
4 5 (5.43%) Snowflake
5 3 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.26%) dbt
5 3 (3.26%) GitHub
5 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.26%) SaaS
6 2 (2.17%) OCI
6 2 (2.17%) Slack
6 2 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.09%) Alation
7 1 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.09%) Kong
7 1 (1.09%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.09%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) Intranet
1 1 (1.09%) Kerberos
1 1 (1.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.39%) Power BI
2 11 (11.96%) Tableau
3 7 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (5.43%) Metadata
5 3 (3.26%) Big Data
5 3 (3.26%) BigQuery
5 3 (3.26%) Data Mining
5 3 (3.26%) Looker
5 3 (3.26%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.26%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.17%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.17%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.17%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (1.09%) MS Access
7 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (1.09%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 10 (10.87%) JIRA
2 2 (2.17%) Git
3 1 (1.09%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.09%) GitLab
3 1 (1.09%) Jasmine
3 1 (1.09%) JUnit
3 1 (1.09%) Serena SBM
3 1 (1.09%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.09%) Subversion
3 1 (1.09%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.09%) Terragrunt
General
1 41 (44.57%) Finance
2 37 (40.22%) Social Skills
3 35 (38.04%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (18.48%) Banking
5 10 (10.87%) Public Sector
6 8 (8.70%) Police
6 8 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (7.61%) Investment Banking
8 6 (6.52%) Retail
9 4 (4.35%) Marketing
9 4 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.35%) Retail Banking
10 3 (3.26%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (2.17%) Advertising
11 2 (2.17%) Financial Institution
11 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.17%) Law
11 2 (2.17%) Legal
12 1 (1.09%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 25 (27.17%) Analyst
2 17 (18.48%) Business Analyst
3 12 (13.04%) Data Engineer
4 9 (9.78%) Project Manager
5 8 (8.70%) Data Analyst
6 6 (6.52%) Data Business Analyst
7 5 (5.43%) Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.26%) AWS Data Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) AWS Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Business Manager
9 3 (3.26%) Consultant
9 3 (3.26%) Data Modeller
9 3 (3.26%) Data Scientist
9 3 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (3.26%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Junior
9 3 (3.26%) Lead
9 3 (3.26%) Python Data Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) PySpark
2 3 (3.26%) Kafka
2 3 (3.26%) Pandas
2 3 (3.26%) scikit-learn
2 3 (3.26%) TensorFlow
3 2 (2.17%) Swagger
4 1 (1.09%) .NET
4 1 (1.09%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.09%) CSS
4 1 (1.09%) FHIR
4 1 (1.09%) HTML
4 1 (1.09%) LDAP
4 1 (1.09%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.09%) REST
4 1 (1.09%) RESTful
4 1 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.09%) Spring
4 1 (1.09%) Spring Batch
4 1 (1.09%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.09%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.26%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.26%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.17%) Derivative
4 2 (2.17%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.17%) Equities
4 2 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.17%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.17%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.17%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.09%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.09%) NHS
5 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.09%) Replication
5 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.09%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.26%) Linux
1 3 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (3.26%) Windows
2 1 (1.09%) Solaris
2 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (32.61%) Analytics
3 24 (26.09%) Agile
4 19 (20.65%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (18.48%) Project Management
6 15 (16.30%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 15 (16.30%) Risk Management
6 15 (16.30%) Visualisation
7 14 (15.22%) Actionable Insight
7 14 (15.22%) Data Analysis
7 14 (15.22%) Data Engineering
8 13 (14.13%) Data Science
8 13 (14.13%) Data Visualisation
9 12 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (13.04%) Data Governance
9 12 (13.04%) Data Modelling
9 12 (13.04%) Data Pipeline
9 12 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (11.96%) Data Analytics
10 11 (11.96%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.26%) SQL
2 19 (20.65%) Python
3 5 (5.43%) Java
4 3 (3.26%) R
5 2 (2.17%) Bash
5 2 (2.17%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.09%) Ada
6 1 (1.09%) C#
6 1 (1.09%) C++
6 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.09%) Perl
6 1 (1.09%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.09%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (14.13%) Degree
2 11 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.17%) CISM
4 2 (2.17%) CISSP
4 2 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.17%) CRISC
4 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.17%) PMP
5 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.09%) CBAP
5 1 (1.09%) CCAB
5 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.52%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.43%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.43%) GDPR
3 4 (4.35%) PMO
4 2 (2.17%) Dodd-Frank
4 2 (2.17%) EMIR
4 2 (2.17%) MiFID
4 2 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.09%) COBIT
5 1 (1.09%) GRC
5 1 (1.09%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.09%) ITGC
5 1 (1.09%) NIST
5 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.26%) Docker
2 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) Terraform
2 3 (3.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.09%) Ansible
3 1 (1.09%) Control-M
3 1 (1.09%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.09%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 1 (1.09%) Istio
3 1 (1.09%) Podman
3 1 (1.09%) QRadar
3 1 (1.09%) RSA Archer
3 1 (1.09%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.09%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 9 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.52%) Oracle
3 5 (5.43%) SAP
4 4 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.26%) Databricks
5 3 (3.26%) Google
6 2 (2.17%) Planview
6 2 (2.17%) Qualys
6 2 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.17%) Workday
7 1 (1.09%) Ariba
7 1 (1.09%) Aruba
7 1 (1.09%) BMC
7 1 (1.09%) Cegedim Rx
7 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.09%) EMC
7 1 (1.09%) Pega
7 1 (1.09%) Serena
7 1 (1.09%) Splunk
7 1 (1.09%) VMware