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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 54 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 -5 +18
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 85 43 47
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.53% 3.26% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 3.61% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 15
10th Percentile £404 £343 £167
25th Percentile £481 £408 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +57.14% -30.00%
75th Percentile £633 £625 £494
90th Percentile £750 £695 £538
England median daily rate £546 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 5
10th Percentile £15.60 £19.06 £17.59
25th Percentile £35.53 £26.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.65 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.05% -12.42% -38.39%
75th Percentile £69.63 £31.20 -
90th Percentile £71.00 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £54.40 £31.20 £39.68
% change year-on-year +74.36% -21.37% -13.51%

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 1,894 1,190 1,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.59% 90.15% 81.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 521 455
10th Percentile £190 £200 £208
25th Percentile £363 £393 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +13.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £558
90th Percentile £694 £688 £638
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 320 336
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.14 £16.05 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £22.57 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.48% -43.58% +101.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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
Hertfordshire -16 29 £600 +9.09% 133
Cambridgeshire +9 18 £509 +24.91% 111
Bedfordshire +4 18 £538 -10.42% 43
Essex -5 13 £488 -16.38% 43
Suffolk -13 6 £713 +29.55% 24
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 3 (3.53%) Confluence
2 1 (1.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (2.35%) Primavera
2 2 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.94%) Power Platform
2 10 (11.76%) Azure
2 10 (11.76%) SaaS
3 7 (8.24%) AWS
4 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.53%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.35%) GCP
6 2 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.18%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.18%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.18%) GitHub
7 1 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.18%) OCI
7 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.35%) Firewall
1 2 (2.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.41%) Power BI
2 6 (7.06%) Metadata
3 2 (2.35%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.35%) Tableau
4 1 (1.18%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.18%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.18%) Looker
4 1 (1.18%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) JIRA
2 3 (3.53%) Git
General
1 33 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 22 (25.88%) Finance
3 11 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.76%) Retail
5 8 (9.41%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.71%) Legal
8 3 (3.53%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.53%) Local Government
8 3 (3.53%) Marketing
8 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.35%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.18%) Billing
10 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.18%) Law
10 1 (1.18%) Military
10 1 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (16.47%) Lead
2 11 (12.94%) Analyst
3 10 (11.76%) Architect
4 8 (9.41%) Business Development Manager
4 8 (9.41%) Business Manager
4 8 (9.41%) Development Manager
5 5 (5.88%) Developer
5 5 (5.88%) Project Controller
5 5 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.71%) Consultant
6 4 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.53%) Administrator
7 3 (3.53%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.53%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.53%) Firmware Engineer
7 3 (3.53%) Head of AI
7 3 (3.53%) Lead Architect
7 3 (3.53%) Product Manager
7 3 (3.53%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.53%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) EDI
1 1 (1.18%) Flash
1 1 (1.18%) Playwright
1 1 (1.18%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.18%) REST
1 1 (1.18%) RESTful
1 1 (1.18%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.18%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.18%) TensorFlow
1 1 (1.18%) Terraform
1 1 (1.18%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.41%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.88%) AI Agents
3 5 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.71%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.53%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.53%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.53%) FPGA
5 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.53%) Verilog
5 3 (3.53%) VHDL
5 3 (3.53%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.35%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.18%) CMDB
7 1 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.18%) Lidar
7 1 (1.18%) Life Science
7 1 (1.18%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.35%) Linux
2 1 (1.18%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (27.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (24.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 17 (20.00%) Agile
5 16 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (17.65%) Analytics
7 13 (15.29%) Data Governance
8 12 (14.12%) Roadmaps
9 11 (12.94%) Risk Management
9 11 (12.94%) Workshop Facilitation
10 10 (11.76%) AI
10 10 (11.76%) Business Development
10 10 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (11.76%) Validation
11 9 (10.59%) Data Management
11 9 (10.59%) Data Modelling
11 9 (10.59%) Programme Delivery
12 8 (9.41%) Change Management
12 8 (9.41%) Project Delivery
12 8 (9.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.06%) Python
1 6 (7.06%) SQL
2 3 (3.53%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (1.18%) C++
3 1 (1.18%) Google Apps Script
3 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.18%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (10.59%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.06%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.88%) Degree
4 4 (4.71%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (3.53%) CISSP
5 3 (3.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.35%) CISM
6 2 (2.35%) PMP
7 1 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.18%) ACCA
7 1 (1.18%) APMG
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.18%) CBAP
7 1 (1.18%) CIMA
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.18%) ISACA
7 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.88%) PMO
3 3 (3.53%) DO-254
3 3 (3.53%) QA
4 2 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.35%) GDPR
4 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.35%) SLA
5 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.18%) GRC
5 1 (1.18%) IFRS
5 1 (1.18%) NIST
5 1 (1.18%) P3O
5 1 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (3.53%) Firmware
2 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.59%) SAP
3 4 (4.71%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.53%) Actel
4 3 (3.53%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 3 (3.53%) Microsemi
4 3 (3.53%) Planon
4 3 (3.53%) Siemens
4 3 (3.53%) Xilinx
5 2 (2.35%) Databricks
5 2 (2.35%) Oracle
5 2 (2.35%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.35%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.18%) Google
6 1 (1.18%) IFS
6 1 (1.18%) NetApp
6 1 (1.18%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.18%) Remedy