Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Essex

Decision-Making
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 19 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 2 3 21
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.75% 2.40% 9.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 3.09% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 14
10th Percentile £523 - £325
25th Percentile £540 £463 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £475 £580
Median % change year-on-year +22.74% -18.10% -
75th Percentile £631 £488 £595
90th Percentile £649 - £600
East of England median daily rate £553 £475 £524
% change year-on-year +16.42% -9.31% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £16.38 £28.82
25th Percentile - £16.99 £38.93
Median hourly rate - £17.99 £56.81
Median % change year-on-year - -68.33% -
75th Percentile - £19.00 £73.65
90th Percentile - £19.60 £83.12
East of England median hourly rate £30.65 £27.50 £56.81
% change year-on-year +11.46% -51.59% +170.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 98 97 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 85.96% 77.60% 84.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 43 125
10th Percentile £156 £176 £173
25th Percentile £225 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £300 £488
Median % change year-on-year +34.58% -38.46% -
75th Percentile £524 £450 £575
90th Percentile £606 £555 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 14 16
10th Percentile £13.25 £17.19 £20.50
25th Percentile - £23.44 £21.69
Median hourly rate £18.87 £29.17 £55.53
Median % change year-on-year -35.31% -47.47% +11.62%
75th Percentile £39.69 £76.44 £76.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £79.75
East of England median hourly rate £21.14 £27.67 £19.81
% change year-on-year -23.60% +39.68% -5.67%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Essex

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Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Decision-Making

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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Decision-Making

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 (50.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Maximo
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft