Decision-Making Contracts in England

Decision-Making
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 60 92
Rank change year-on-year +12 +32 -9
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,090 1,223 1,213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.53% 3.33% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 3.87% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 762 750
10th Percentile £349 £276 £329
25th Percentile £412 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £513 £545
% change year-on-year +0.49% -5.96% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 129 53
10th Percentile £20.77 £10.95 £19.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £14.54 £22.16
Median hourly rate £31.08 £19.38 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.39% -59.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.01 £40.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.30 £51.50 £68.15
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £19.38 £43.86
% change year-on-year +63.30% -55.83% -2.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,947 31,578 42,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.31% 85.86% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,275 20,635 30,003
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 956 2,303 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.81
Median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.93 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 +24 574 £550 +4.76% 1,637
North of England +6 172 £499 -1.77% 2,470
Midlands -1 106 £408 -4.12% 2,115
South East -4 96 £501 -9.00% 3,384
North West -8 92 £501 +8.32% 1,179
West Midlands +5 71 £400 -11.11% 1,153
South West +1 67 £550 - 1,277
Yorkshire +41 62 £463 -15.91% 993
East of England +17 37 £550 +4.76% 1,586
East Midlands +6 33 £420 +55.56% 824
North East +7 16 £550 +3.29% 308
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 45 (4.13%) Confluence
2 29 (2.66%) Apache Spark
3 21 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.56%) CMS
5 16 (1.47%) Apache
6 14 (1.28%) Headless CMS
7 13 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.73%) IBM Domino
10 5 (0.46%) SAS
11 4 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.18%) IIS
12 2 (0.18%) nginx
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.092%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.092%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.092%) JBoss
13 1 (0.092%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.092%) Umbraco
Applications
1 80 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 45 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
4 27 (2.48%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.64%) Trello
8 4 (0.37%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.092%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.092%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.092%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.092%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.092%) Sketch
10 1 (0.092%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.37%) iTrent
4 4 (0.37%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
5 3 (0.28%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.18%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.092%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.092%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 170 (15.60%) Azure
2 154 (14.13%) Power Platform
3 150 (13.76%) AWS
4 69 (6.33%) GCP
5 39 (3.58%) Snowflake
6 34 (3.12%) SaaS
7 21 (1.93%) Amazon S3
7 21 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.65%) GitHub
10 13 (1.19%) dbt
11 11 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (1.01%) Serverless
11 11 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
12 10 (0.92%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.73%) Entra ID
13 8 (0.73%) Figma
13 8 (0.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.65%) Firewall
2 17 (1.56%) Network Security
3 11 (1.01%) WAN
4 10 (0.92%) VPN
5 8 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (0.64%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.55%) BGP
7 6 (0.55%) DNS
7 6 (0.55%) IPsec
7 6 (0.55%) OSPF
7 6 (0.55%) SSL
8 5 (0.46%) MPLS
8 5 (0.46%) Wireless
9 4 (0.37%) Internet
9 4 (0.37%) Multicast
9 4 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.28%) 5G
10 3 (0.28%) DWDM
10 3 (0.28%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (13.58%) Power BI
2 89 (8.17%) Tableau
3 58 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.20%) Big Data
4 24 (2.20%) NoSQL
5 21 (1.93%) Hadoop
5 21 (1.93%) Metadata
6 19 (1.74%) Power Query
6 19 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.65%) SQL Server
8 17 (1.56%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.56%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.56%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.38%) Looker
10 14 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
11 13 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (0.92%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (0.83%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 97 (8.90%) JIRA
2 26 (2.39%) Git
3 23 (2.11%) GitLab
4 18 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.10%) SonarQube
6 11 (1.01%) Selenium
7 10 (0.92%) Maven
8 9 (0.83%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.83%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.64%) ERwin
10 6 (0.55%) JUnit
11 5 (0.46%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (0.46%) DbUnit
11 5 (0.46%) jMock
11 5 (0.46%) Mockito
12 3 (0.28%) Liquibase
12 3 (0.28%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.18%) MagicDraw
13 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 471 (43.21%) Social Skills
2 342 (31.38%) Finance
3 321 (29.45%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.63%) Banking
5 104 (9.54%) Public Sector
6 71 (6.51%) Marketing
7 55 (5.05%) Legal
8 53 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (3.85%) Retail
10 39 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.21%) Investment Banking
12 34 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (3.12%) Local Government
13 29 (2.66%) Manufacturing
14 28 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 22 (2.02%) Police
15 22 (2.02%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.83%) Front Office
16 20 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
16 20 (1.83%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 237 (21.74%) Analyst
2 123 (11.28%) Architect
3 120 (11.01%) Business Analyst
4 112 (10.28%) Senior
5 108 (9.91%) Developer
6 97 (8.90%) Lead
7 67 (6.15%) Data Analyst
8 57 (5.23%) Project Manager
9 49 (4.50%) Data Engineer
10 47 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (3.12%) Consultant
12 24 (2.20%) Data Scientist
13 23 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
14 21 (1.93%) Data Architect
14 21 (1.93%) Programme Manager
14 21 (1.93%) Senior Developer
15 20 (1.83%) Data Business Analyst
15 20 (1.83%) Product Manager
16 19 (1.74%) Python Developer
17 18 (1.65%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.03%) REST
2 30 (2.75%) Kafka
3 27 (2.48%) TensorFlow
4 25 (2.29%) Pandas
5 22 (2.02%) PyTorch
6 21 (1.93%) AngularJS
6 21 (1.93%) NumPy
6 21 (1.93%) scikit-learn
7 20 (1.83%) React
8 16 (1.47%) Next.js
8 16 (1.47%) PySpark
9 15 (1.38%) Vue
10 14 (1.28%) Matplotlib
11 12 (1.10%) RESTful
11 12 (1.10%) Seaborn
12 11 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (1.01%) SOAP
13 9 (0.83%) Apache NiFi
13 9 (0.83%) HTML
13 9 (0.83%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 77 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 53 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 47 (4.31%) Algorithms
4 34 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 32 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 19 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 19 (1.74%) Data Structures
7 16 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.92%) Equities
14 9 (0.83%) CMDB
14 9 (0.83%) IoT
14 9 (0.83%) Life Science
15 8 (0.73%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.20%) Linux
2 16 (1.47%) Windows
3 5 (0.46%) Unix
4 4 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.092%) Android
7 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.092%) Solaris
7 1 (0.092%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (34.68%) Problem-Solving
2 272 (24.95%) Agile
3 248 (22.75%) Analytics
4 222 (20.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 191 (17.52%) Business Intelligence
6 184 (16.88%) Data Analysis
7 178 (16.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 168 (15.41%) Visualisation
9 163 (14.95%) Project Management
10 151 (13.85%) Risk Management
11 129 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 125 (11.47%) Data Modelling
13 123 (11.28%) Roadmaps
14 107 (9.82%) Artificial Intelligence
15 104 (9.54%) Actionable Insight
16 103 (9.45%) DevOps
17 101 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 91 (8.35%) Change Management
18 91 (8.35%) Data Visualisation
19 85 (7.80%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 207 (18.99%) SQL
2 187 (17.16%) Python
3 48 (4.40%) Java
4 46 (4.22%) R
5 28 (2.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (1.47%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.92%) Bash
8 10 (0.92%) Scala
9 9 (0.83%) VBA
10 8 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.64%) C#
11 7 (0.64%) C++
11 7 (0.64%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.46%) C
12 5 (0.46%) Perl
13 4 (0.37%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.28%) Go
14 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 161 (14.77%) Degree
3 117 (10.73%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.30%) DV Cleared
5 34 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.94%) Master's Degree
7 26 (2.39%) PMI Certification
7 26 (2.39%) PMP
8 15 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.19%) CISM
9 13 (1.19%) CISSP
9 13 (1.19%) PhD
10 9 (0.83%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.73%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.64%) CCNP
12 7 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.46%) CCIE
13 5 (0.46%) CRISC
13 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.98%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.13%) Accessibility
3 42 (3.85%) QA
4 38 (3.49%) PMO
5 31 (2.84%) GDPR
6 22 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.65%) NCSC
8 16 (1.47%) NIST
9 12 (1.10%) SLA
10 9 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.73%) GRC
12 5 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.37%) P3O
13 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.37%) WCAG
14 3 (0.28%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.18%) COBIT
15 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.18%) GMP
16 1 (0.092%) GLP
System Software
1 43 (3.94%) Docker
2 17 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.46%) Postfix
6 4 (0.37%) Firmware
6 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) RACF
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.75%) Terraform
3 27 (2.48%) Ansible
4 12 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.92%) Grafana
5 10 (0.92%) Kibana
6 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.55%) Podman
8 5 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.46%) logstash
8 5 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.37%) Packer
10 3 (0.28%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.18%) NetApp OnCommand
11 2 (0.18%) vMotion
11 2 (0.18%) WSUS
12 1 (0.092%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 125 (11.47%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.69%) SAP
3 37 (3.39%) ServiceNow
4 36 (3.30%) Oracle
5 35 (3.21%) Google
5 35 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.84%) Databricks
7 15 (1.38%) Cisco
8 14 (1.28%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.73%) Adobe
9 8 (0.73%) Fortinet
9 8 (0.73%) Splunk
9 8 (0.73%) VMware
10 7 (0.64%) Ariba
10 7 (0.64%) Foundry
10 7 (0.64%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.64%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.64%) Workday
11 6 (0.55%) IBM
11 6 (0.55%) Talend