Decision-Making Contracts in England

Decision-Making
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Decision-Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Decision-Making over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 94 81
Rank change year-on-year +35 -13 +18
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,242 1,247 2,172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.41% 2.59% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 2.87% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 763 1,338
10th Percentile £287 £346 £338
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £637 £663 £646
90th Percentile £725 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £523 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.79% -0.46% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 55 103
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £14.54 £22.16 £25.57
Median hourly rate £18.00 £47.50 £44.73
Median % change year-on-year -62.11% +6.20% +59.62%
75th Percentile £37.50 £64.38 £51.61
90th Percentile £51.00 £65.75 £57.34
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £43.86 £44.96
% change year-on-year -55.83% -2.45% +52.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Decision-Making is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in England.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in England.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +29 551 £525 -11.39% 648
South East +22 184 £550 +9.78% 282
North of England +42 173 £515 - 277
North West +41 131 £463 -7.50% 163
South West +25 124 £550 - 147
Midlands +44 119 £425 -19.05% 192
West Midlands +33 80 £450 -14.29% 117
East of England +27 59 £513 +7.89% 96
East Midlands +29 38 £270 -43.16% 75
Yorkshire -1 34 £550 +5.77% 87
North East +13 8 £533 -9.36% 32
Decision-Making
UK

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.61%) Confluence
3 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.56%) Apache
5 6 (0.48%) CMS
6 5 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.40%) govService
6 5 (0.40%) SAS
7 4 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.32%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.32%) WordPress
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.081%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.081%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.081%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 114 (9.18%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
5 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.89%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.32%) SPSS
8 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.16%) Revit
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.081%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.081%) FileZilla
9 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.081%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.081%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.72%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.56%) Primavera
4 6 (0.48%) Shopify
5 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.24%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.16%) Endur
8 2 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.081%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.081%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.081%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 146 (11.76%) Azure
2 106 (8.53%) AWS
3 98 (7.89%) Power Platform
4 43 (3.46%) SaaS
5 42 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (2.42%) GCP
7 29 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (2.01%) Snowflake
9 20 (1.61%) PaaS
9 20 (1.61%) Taleo
10 17 (1.37%) Serverless
11 15 (1.21%) Google Analytics
12 12 (0.97%) GitHub
12 12 (0.97%) Google Workspace
13 10 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 10 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
13 10 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (0.81%) IaaS
14 9 (0.72%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.50%) Firewall
2 30 (2.42%) WAN
3 22 (1.77%) LAN
4 21 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.29%) VoIP
6 13 (1.05%) Network Security
7 12 (0.97%) DNS
7 12 (0.97%) SAN
7 12 (0.97%) VPN
8 11 (0.89%) DHCP
8 11 (0.89%) MPLS
9 9 (0.72%) VLAN
10 8 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
10 8 (0.64%) Radio Access Network
10 8 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (0.56%) 4G
11 7 (0.56%) 5G
11 7 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (0.56%) Internet
11 7 (0.56%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (7.49%) Power BI
2 69 (5.56%) Tableau
3 46 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 43 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (1.85%) Big Data
6 20 (1.61%) Data Mining
7 18 (1.45%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.13%) Looker
8 14 (1.13%) Metadata
9 12 (0.97%) Data Lake
9 12 (0.97%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.81%) Power Query
11 9 (0.72%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.64%) MySQL
13 7 (0.56%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.40%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 53 (4.27%) JIRA
2 29 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.01%) Cucumber
3 25 (2.01%) Selenium
3 25 (2.01%) SonarQube
4 24 (1.93%) REST Assured
5 19 (1.53%) GitLab
6 15 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (1.13%) Git
8 7 (0.56%) RStudio
9 6 (0.48%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.32%) Maven
12 2 (0.16%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.16%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.081%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.081%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.081%) GoCD
13 1 (0.081%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 546 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 333 (26.81%) Finance
3 296 (23.83%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 107 (8.62%) Presentation Skills
6 75 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
7 66 (5.31%) Marketing
8 60 (4.83%) Banking
9 58 (4.67%) Retail
10 54 (4.35%) Telecoms
11 52 (4.19%) Legal
12 47 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.42%) Local Government
14 29 (2.33%) Law
15 26 (2.09%) Manufacturing
15 26 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
16 21 (1.69%) Front Office
16 21 (1.69%) Police
17 20 (1.61%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 193 (15.54%) Analyst
2 133 (10.71%) Project Manager
3 115 (9.26%) Senior
4 113 (9.10%) Architect
5 106 (8.53%) Lead
6 64 (5.15%) Developer
7 59 (4.75%) Consultant
8 54 (4.35%) Business Analyst
9 49 (3.95%) Data Analyst
10 39 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
11 37 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
12 36 (2.90%) IT Manager
13 32 (2.58%) Senior Manager
14 31 (2.50%) Data Engineer
15 25 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
16 24 (1.93%) Support Engineer
17 20 (1.61%) Product Manager
17 20 (1.61%) Senior Project Manager
18 19 (1.53%) Business Manager
18 19 (1.53%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.14%) REST
2 25 (2.01%) Java EE
3 24 (1.93%) .NET
4 12 (0.97%) .NET Core
4 12 (0.97%) ARM Templates
5 11 (0.89%) Node.js
5 11 (0.89%) RESTful
6 10 (0.81%) AngularJS
6 10 (0.81%) Kafka
6 10 (0.81%) scikit-learn
6 10 (0.81%) YAML
7 9 (0.72%) Pandas
7 9 (0.72%) React
8 7 (0.56%) Middleware
8 7 (0.56%) TensorFlow
9 6 (0.48%) CSS
9 6 (0.48%) HTML
9 6 (0.48%) Web Services
10 5 (0.40%) ADO
10 5 (0.40%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.44%) Management Information System
2 53 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 30 (2.42%) Data Centre
4 29 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (1.61%) Clustering
6 18 (1.45%) Credit Risk
6 18 (1.45%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.29%) Algorithms
8 16 (1.29%) Life Science
8 16 (1.29%) NHS
9 11 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (0.89%) Driving Licence
9 11 (0.89%) Mobile App
9 11 (0.89%) Virtual Team
10 10 (0.81%) Client/Server
11 9 (0.72%) Derivative
11 9 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.64%) FMCG
12 8 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 83 (6.68%) Windows
2 37 (2.98%) Windows 10
3 29 (2.33%) Linux
4 20 (1.61%) Unix
5 13 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.40%) Android
9 5 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.16%) zOS
11 1 (0.081%) CentOS
11 1 (0.081%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.081%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (33.74%) Problem-Solving
2 289 (23.27%) Agile
3 253 (20.37%) Project Management
4 171 (13.77%) Analytics
5 160 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 148 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 141 (11.35%) Time Management
8 128 (10.31%) Data Analysis
9 116 (9.34%) Roadmaps
10 114 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
11 112 (9.02%) Change Management
11 112 (9.02%) DevOps
12 111 (8.94%) Visualisation
13 109 (8.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 103 (8.29%) PRINCE2
15 97 (7.81%) Project Delivery
16 96 (7.73%) Actionable Insight
17 92 (7.41%) Migration
17 92 (7.41%) Risk Management
18 89 (7.17%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 133 (10.71%) SQL
2 85 (6.84%) Python
3 56 (4.51%) Java
4 28 (2.25%) PowerShell
5 27 (2.17%) C#
6 19 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (0.81%) R
9 9 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.64%) Bicep
10 8 (0.64%) Swift
11 6 (0.48%) Go
11 6 (0.48%) VBA
12 5 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.32%) Ruby
14 3 (0.24%) Bash
14 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.24%) Perl
14 3 (0.24%) Scala
14 3 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 252 (20.29%) Security Cleared
2 227 (18.28%) Degree
3 188 (15.14%) SC Cleared
4 77 (6.20%) DV Cleared
5 45 (3.62%) PMI Certification
6 44 (3.54%) PMP
7 43 (3.46%) Master's Degree
8 26 (2.09%) CISM
8 26 (2.09%) HND
8 26 (2.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 25 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 25 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.93%) CISSP
11 18 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.21%) HNC
13 14 (1.13%) CCNP
13 14 (1.13%) PhD
14 11 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
15 9 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
16 8 (0.64%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (6.04%) Data Quality
2 45 (3.62%) PMO
3 44 (3.54%) QA
4 26 (2.09%) Disclosure Scotland
5 24 (1.93%) SLA
6 21 (1.69%) GDPR
7 20 (1.61%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.13%) NIST
9 12 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.81%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.48%) COBIT
13 5 (0.40%) GMP
13 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
14 4 (0.32%) GxP
14 4 (0.32%) MiFID
14 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.24%) ISO 20022
15 3 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 42 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.50%) Docker
3 28 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.16%) Firmware
6 2 (0.16%) KVM
6 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.081%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.081%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 37 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.58%) Ansible
2 32 (2.58%) Terraform
3 17 (1.37%) SCCM
4 12 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (0.97%) Podman
5 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.64%) Nagios
6 8 (0.64%) Nessus
6 8 (0.64%) NetBackup
7 6 (0.48%) Autotask
7 6 (0.48%) VxRail
8 3 (0.24%) MOM
9 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.16%) SCOM
9 2 (0.16%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 216 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 45 (3.62%) SAP
3 40 (3.22%) Google
4 37 (2.98%) VMware
5 36 (2.90%) Cisco
6 30 (2.42%) Oracle
7 29 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 25 (2.01%) Juniper
9 23 (1.85%) Alteryx
9 23 (1.85%) Salesforce
10 21 (1.69%) Informatica
11 19 (1.53%) Nokia
12 18 (1.45%) IBM
13 16 (1.29%) Databricks
14 14 (1.13%) Adobe
15 12 (0.97%) Palo Alto
16 10 (0.81%) Citrix
17 9 (0.72%) Okta
18 8 (0.64%) Facebook
18 8 (0.64%) Instagram