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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 58 51
Rank change year-on-year +24 -7 +12
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 90 38 53
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.11% 3.02% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.23% 3.39% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 18 20
10th Percentile £456 £309 £244
25th Percentile £481 £379 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +57.14% -36.07%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £538
90th Percentile £750 £658 £566
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 5
10th Percentile £14.69 £17.67 £17.59
25th Percentile £26.63 £23.55 £20.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £31.20 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.72% -10.86% +44.78%
75th Percentile £69.75 £31.53 -
90th Percentile £71.00 £31.64 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.20 £20.00
% change year-on-year +13.88% +56.00% -56.41%

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 1,722 1,120 1,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.56% 89.03% 82.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 505 500
10th Percentile £190 £200 £200
25th Percentile £385 £363 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 276 456
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.84 £14.52
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.35 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £34.37 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +38.21% -19.61% +115.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.35 £70.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -3 32 £525 -4.55% 36
Bedfordshire +18 19 £525 -12.50% 10
Cambridgeshire +18 19 £530 +29.94% 29
Essex -8 11 £488 - 31
Suffolk -5 8 £750 - 6
Norfolk -14 1 £625 - 15
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 (1.11%) Confluence
1 1 (1.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Primavera
1 2 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.22%) SaaS
2 8 (8.89%) Azure
3 6 (6.67%) AWS
3 6 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.22%) OCI
7 1 (1.11%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.22%) Network Security
2 1 (1.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.67%) Metadata
2 3 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.33%) Power BI
2 3 (3.33%) QlikView
3 2 (2.22%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.11%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.11%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.11%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.33%) JIRA
2 2 (2.22%) Git
General
1 25 (27.78%) Finance
1 25 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.89%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.67%) Retail
5 4 (4.44%) Local Government
5 4 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.44%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.33%) Legal
6 3 (3.33%) Marketing
7 2 (2.22%) Automotive
7 2 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.22%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.11%) Billing
8 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (12.22%) Analyst
2 9 (10.00%) Lead
3 8 (8.89%) Architect
3 8 (8.89%) Business Development Manager
3 8 (8.89%) Business Manager
3 8 (8.89%) Development Manager
4 7 (7.78%) Project Manager
5 6 (6.67%) Developer
5 6 (6.67%) Senior
6 5 (5.56%) Head of AI
6 5 (5.56%) Project Controller
7 4 (4.44%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.44%) Consultant
7 4 (4.44%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.44%) Telesales Executive
8 3 (3.33%) Administrator
8 3 (3.33%) Data Scientist
8 3 (3.33%) Firmware Engineer
8 3 (3.33%) Product Manager
8 3 (3.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.11%) EDI
1 1 (1.11%) Flash
1 1 (1.11%) Playwright
1 1 (1.11%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.11%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.11%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.11%) TensorFlow
1 1 (1.11%) Terraform
1 1 (1.11%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.89%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (6.67%) AI Agents
3 4 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.44%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (3.33%) FPGA
4 3 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.33%) Verilog
4 3 (3.33%) VHDL
5 2 (2.22%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.22%) Life Science
6 1 (1.11%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.11%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.11%) NHS
6 1 (1.11%) PMI
6 1 (1.11%) Robotics
6 1 (1.11%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Linux
2 1 (1.11%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (1.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.56%) Continuous Improvement
1 23 (25.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (24.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 18 (20.00%) Agile
4 16 (17.78%) Analytics
5 14 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (14.44%) Risk Management
7 12 (13.33%) Data Governance
7 12 (13.33%) Project Management
7 12 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 10 (11.11%) Change Management
8 10 (11.11%) CRM
8 10 (11.11%) Migration
9 9 (10.00%) AI
9 9 (10.00%) Data Management
9 9 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (8.89%) Business Development
10 8 (8.89%) Data Protection
10 8 (8.89%) ERP
10 8 (8.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.89%) SQL
2 4 (4.44%) Python
3 3 (3.33%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (1.11%) C++
4 1 (1.11%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (7.78%) Degree
2 6 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.33%) CISSP
3 3 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.22%) CISM
4 2 (2.22%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.11%) ACCA
5 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.11%) CBAP
5 1 (1.11%) CCSP
5 1 (1.11%) CIMA
5 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.11%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.11%) PhD
5 1 (1.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.44%) PMO
2 4 (4.44%) QA
3 3 (3.33%) DO-254
3 3 (3.33%) GDPR
4 2 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.11%) GRC
5 1 (1.11%) GxP
5 1 (1.11%) IFRS
5 1 (1.11%) NIST
5 1 (1.11%) P3O
5 1 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (3.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.78%) SAP
3 6 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 5 (5.56%) Oracle
5 3 (3.33%) Actel
5 3 (3.33%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 3 (3.33%) Microsemi
5 3 (3.33%) Siemens
5 3 (3.33%) Xilinx
6 2 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.22%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.11%) Databricks
7 1 (1.11%) IFS
7 1 (1.11%) NetApp
7 1 (1.11%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.11%) Planon