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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 40 62
Rank change year-on-year -2 +22 +16
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 73 42 50
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.30% 4.48% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 5.02% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 22 28
10th Percentile £331 £444 £260
25th Percentile £463 £500 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £526
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +6.99% +10.68%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £575
90th Percentile £748 - £615
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - £18.00 -
25th Percentile - £20.26 -
Median hourly rate £12.60 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -40.00% -46.56%
75th Percentile - £31.64 £47.50
90th Percentile - £32.31 £55.00
England median hourly rate £60.25 £30.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +100.83% +62.16% -64.12%

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 1,709 837 1,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 77.30% 89.23% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 432 704
10th Percentile £200 £225 £207
25th Percentile £363 £400 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 177 607
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.95 £15.39
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +6.25% +62.47%
75th Percentile £65.44 £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%

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 1 May 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
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 1 May 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 +4 25 £538 +7.50% 15
Hertfordshire -23 22 £538 -17.31% 44
Cambridgeshire +17 12 £509 +24.91% 25
Suffolk +2 8 £750 - 14
Essex -9 3 £488 - 19
Norfolk - 3 £411 - 14
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 (1.37%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.37%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.37%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.37%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.37%) Camtasia
4 1 (1.37%) CATIA
4 1 (1.37%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.37%) NEC Housing
1 1 (1.37%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.85%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.48%) AWS
3 3 (4.11%) Azure
4 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.37%) OCI
5 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.44%) Ethernet
1 12 (16.44%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.37%) Internet
2 1 (1.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.22%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (8.22%) Metadata
2 5 (6.85%) Power BI
3 4 (5.48%) QlikView
4 3 (4.11%) Tableau
5 2 (2.74%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (2.74%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.37%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) JIRA
General
1 31 (42.47%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.92%) Presentation Skills
3 12 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (16.44%) Finance
3 12 (16.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.85%) Local Government
5 5 (6.85%) Retail
6 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Automotive
8 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.74%) Marketing
8 2 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Games
9 1 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (16.44%) Systems Engineer
1 12 (16.44%) Technical Engineer
2 9 (12.33%) Architect
3 7 (9.59%) Analyst
4 6 (8.22%) Developer
4 6 (8.22%) Head of AI
5 5 (6.85%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.85%) Senior
6 4 (5.48%) Lead
6 4 (5.48%) Programme Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Risk Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.48%) Telesales Executive
7 3 (4.11%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.74%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.74%) Data Architect
8 2 (2.74%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (2.74%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (2.74%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) .NET
1 1 (1.37%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Industry 4.0
1 12 (16.44%) Robotics
2 8 (10.96%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.96%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.85%) AI Agents
3 5 (6.85%) NHS
4 2 (2.74%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.74%) Life Science
4 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.37%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.37%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.37%) IoT
5 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) SystemC
5 1 (1.37%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.03%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (26.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 16 (21.92%) Agile
4 15 (20.55%) Customer Service
5 14 (19.18%) Risk Management
6 13 (17.81%) Risk Assessment
7 12 (16.44%) Analytics
7 12 (16.44%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (16.44%) Creative Thinking
7 12 (16.44%) Data Governance
7 12 (16.44%) Fault Analysis
7 12 (16.44%) Mechatronics
7 12 (16.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (13.70%) Data Architecture
9 8 (10.96%) AI
9 8 (10.96%) Change Management
9 8 (10.96%) CRM
9 8 (10.96%) Data Protection
9 8 (10.96%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) SQL
2 2 (2.74%) Python
2 2 (2.74%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.37%) C#
3 1 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.37%) PHP
3 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Degree
2 5 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) CISSP
3 2 (2.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.37%) CCSP
4 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.37%) CISM
4 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.37%) MBA
4 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.48%) GDPR
2 4 (5.48%) GRC
2 4 (5.48%) QA
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.74%) NIST
4 1 (1.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.37%) GxP
4 1 (1.37%) PMO
4 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (16.44%) Siemens
2 10 (13.70%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.48%) Oracle
3 4 (5.48%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.74%) Databricks
6 1 (1.37%) Adobe
6 1 (1.37%) Cerner
6 1 (1.37%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (1.37%) NEC