Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Decision-Making
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 55 55
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 +18
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 99 37 53
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.51% 3.03% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% 3.43% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 17 20
10th Percentile £396 £300 £244
25th Percentile £463 £379 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £419
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +31.34% -23.52%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £533
90th Percentile £750 - £566
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 5
10th Percentile £14.69 £16.67 £17.59
25th Percentile £26.63 £19.61 £20.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £31.20 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.72% -10.86% -44.00%
75th Percentile £69.75 £31.42 -
90th Percentile £71.00 £31.64 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £30.40 £16.06
% change year-on-year +16.87% +89.31% -64.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,726 1,078 1,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.70% 88.14% 83.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 513 584
10th Percentile £192 £200 £200
25th Percentile £399 £365 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £551
90th Percentile £679 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 247 538
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.51 £17.97 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.10 £82.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in the East of England

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the East of England

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the East of England

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
Bedfordshire +22 30 £525 -12.50% 16
Hertfordshire -4 28 £525 -4.55% 41
Cambridgeshire +20 22 £509 +24.91% 30
Suffolk +2 9 £731 - 8
Essex -10 9 £488 - 15
Norfolk -15 1 £625 - 16
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (1.01%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.01%) Confluence
1 1 (1.01%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.01%) CATIA
5 1 (1.01%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Primavera
2 1 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.01%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.09%) SaaS
2 7 (7.07%) Azure
3 6 (6.06%) AWS
3 6 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.02%) OCI
7 1 (1.01%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.01%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.12%) Ethernet
1 12 (12.12%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.02%) Network Security
3 1 (1.01%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.06%) Metadata
2 5 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (5.05%) Power BI
3 4 (4.04%) QlikView
4 2 (2.02%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.02%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.01%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.01%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (1.01%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) Git
General
1 36 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 22 (22.22%) Finance
3 15 (15.15%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (8.08%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 5 (5.05%) Local Government
8 5 (5.05%) Retail
9 4 (4.04%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.03%) Legal
11 2 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.02%) Automotive
11 2 (2.02%) General Ledger
11 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.02%) Marketing
11 2 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (1.01%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (13.13%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (12.12%) Analyst
2 12 (12.12%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (10.10%) Lead
4 7 (7.07%) Architect
4 7 (7.07%) Business Analyst
4 7 (7.07%) Developer
5 6 (6.06%) Business Development Manager
5 6 (6.06%) Business Manager
5 6 (6.06%) Development Manager
5 6 (6.06%) Head of AI
6 5 (5.05%) Project Controller
6 5 (5.05%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.05%) Senior
7 4 (4.04%) Telesales Executive
8 3 (3.03%) Administrator
8 3 (3.03%) Consultant
8 3 (3.03%) Firmware Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) Product Manager
8 3 (3.03%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) Flash
1 1 (1.01%) Playwright
1 1 (1.01%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Industry 4.0
1 12 (12.12%) Robotics
2 8 (8.08%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.06%) AI Agents
3 6 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.04%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.04%) Virtual Team
6 3 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (3.03%) FPGA
6 3 (3.03%) NHS
6 3 (3.03%) Verilog
6 3 (3.03%) VHDL
7 2 (2.02%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.02%) Digital Media
7 2 (2.02%) Life Science
8 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.01%) Fat Client
8 1 (1.01%) PMI
8 1 (1.01%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.01%) Linux
1 1 (1.01%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (23.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 21 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (18.18%) Agile
4 18 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (16.16%) Customer Service
6 14 (14.14%) Data Governance
7 13 (13.13%) Analytics
7 13 (13.13%) Project Management
7 13 (13.13%) Risk Management
8 12 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (12.12%) Creative Thinking
8 12 (12.12%) Fault Analysis
8 12 (12.12%) Mechatronics
8 12 (12.12%) Risk Assessment
8 12 (12.12%) Roadmaps
9 10 (10.10%) AI
9 10 (10.10%) Data Protection
9 10 (10.10%) Workshop Facilitation
10 9 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.08%) SQL
2 3 (3.03%) Python
2 3 (3.03%) SystemVerilog
3 2 (2.02%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (19.19%) Degree
2 6 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.03%) CISSP
3 3 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.02%) CISM
4 2 (2.02%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.01%) ACCA
5 1 (1.01%) APMG
5 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.01%) CBAP
5 1 (1.01%) CCSP
5 1 (1.01%) CIMA
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.01%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.01%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.01%) ISACA
5 1 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.08%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.04%) GDPR
2 4 (4.04%) PMO
3 3 (3.03%) DO-254
3 3 (3.03%) QA
4 2 (2.02%) GRC
4 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.01%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.01%) GxP
5 1 (1.01%) IFRS
5 1 (1.01%) NIST
5 1 (1.01%) P3O
5 1 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.01%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.01%) Ansible
2 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (17.17%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.15%) Siemens
3 5 (5.05%) Oracle
3 5 (5.05%) Salesforce
3 5 (5.05%) SAP
4 3 (3.03%) Actel
4 3 (3.03%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 3 (3.03%) Microsemi
4 3 (3.03%) Xilinx
5 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.02%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.01%) Databricks
6 1 (1.01%) IFS
6 1 (1.01%) NetApp
6 1 (1.01%) OpenAI