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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 50 60
Rank change year-on-year +12 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 85 38 54
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.83% 3.76% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 4.18% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 20 22
10th Percentile £338 £379 £260
25th Percentile £463 £500 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £563 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +9.76% +13.89%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £572
90th Percentile £745 - £600
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 4
10th Percentile £14.27 £19.89 £21.69
25th Percentile £17.73 £26.10 £30.25
Median hourly rate £35.53 £31.20 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -10.86% -19.24%
75th Percentile £71.00 £31.64 £41.25
90th Percentile - £32.98 £52.50
England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.20 £18.50
% change year-on-year +13.88% +68.65% -57.82%

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 1,751 910 1,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.98% 90.10% 83.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 459 662
10th Percentile £196 £225 £201
25th Percentile £391 £377 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £442
Median % change year-on-year - +13.12% -7.43%
75th Percentile £592 £584 £575
90th Percentile £681 £675 £652
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 181 615
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.95 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.96 £38.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.42% -5.00% +88.50%
75th Percentile £68.54 £72.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +9 26 £531 -3.41% 12
Hertfordshire -13 25 £500 -16.67% 36
Cambridgeshire +16 14 £509 +3.61% 22
Essex -6 9 £475 - 26
Suffolk +1 8 £750 - 6
Norfolk -17 3 £411 - 11
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 (1.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 15 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.18%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.18%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.18%) Camtasia
4 1 (1.18%) CATIA
4 1 (1.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.18%) Primavera
1 1 (1.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.24%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.71%) AWS
3 3 (3.53%) Azure
4 2 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.35%) OCI
4 2 (2.35%) SaaS
5 1 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.12%) Ethernet
1 12 (14.12%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.18%) Internet
2 1 (1.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (7.06%) Metadata
1 6 (7.06%) Power BI
2 4 (4.71%) QlikView
3 2 (2.35%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (2.35%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.35%) Tableau
4 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.18%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) JIRA
General
1 31 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Finance
3 16 (18.82%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (14.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
7 7 (8.24%) Local Government
8 5 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (5.88%) Retail
9 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.35%) Automotive
10 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.35%) General Ledger
10 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.35%) Marketing
10 2 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.18%) Legal
11 1 (1.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (14.12%) Systems Engineer
1 12 (14.12%) Technical Engineer
2 10 (11.76%) Analyst
3 8 (9.41%) Architect
4 7 (8.24%) Developer
4 7 (8.24%) Project Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Business Analyst
5 6 (7.06%) Head of AI
6 5 (5.88%) Lead
7 4 (4.71%) Risk Manager
7 4 (4.71%) Senior
7 4 (4.71%) Telesales Executive
8 3 (3.53%) Administrator
8 3 (3.53%) Firmware Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.35%) IT Manager
9 2 (2.35%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (2.35%) Senior Manager
9 2 (2.35%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) .NET
1 1 (1.18%) Flash
1 1 (1.18%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.12%) Industry 4.0
1 12 (14.12%) Robotics
2 8 (9.41%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.88%) AI Agents
4 5 (5.88%) NHS
5 3 (3.53%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.53%) FPGA
5 3 (3.53%) Verilog
5 3 (3.53%) VHDL
6 2 (2.35%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.35%) Digital Media
6 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.35%) Life Science
6 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.35%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 17 (20.00%) Agile
5 16 (18.82%) Customer Service
5 16 (18.82%) Risk Management
6 14 (16.47%) Analytics
7 13 (15.29%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (15.29%) Project Management
7 13 (15.29%) Risk Assessment
8 12 (14.12%) Creative Thinking
8 12 (14.12%) Data Governance
8 12 (14.12%) Fault Analysis
8 12 (14.12%) Mechatronics
8 12 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (10.59%) Data Architecture
9 9 (10.59%) Data Protection
10 8 (9.41%) Change Management
10 8 (9.41%) Information Security
10 8 (9.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) SQL
2 3 (3.53%) Python
2 3 (3.53%) SystemVerilog
3 2 (2.35%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.18%) C#
4 1 (1.18%) PHP
4 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (23.53%) Degree
2 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.35%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.18%) ACCA
5 1 (1.18%) APMG
5 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.18%) CCSP
5 1 (1.18%) CIMA
5 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.18%) CISSP
5 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.18%) PMP
5 1 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.88%) QA
3 4 (4.71%) GDPR
3 4 (4.71%) GRC
4 3 (3.53%) DO-254
5 2 (2.35%) PMO
6 1 (1.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.18%) GxP
6 1 (1.18%) IFRS
6 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.18%) NIST
6 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (3.53%) Firmware
2 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (17.65%) Siemens
2 13 (15.29%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.88%) Oracle
4 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.53%) Actel
5 3 (3.53%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 3 (3.53%) Microsemi
5 3 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.53%) Xilinx
6 2 (2.35%) SAP
7 1 (1.18%) Adobe
7 1 (1.18%) Cerner
7 1 (1.18%) Databricks