Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Kensington and Chelsea

Decision-Making
Central London > Kensington and Chelsea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kensington and Chelsea requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington and Chelsea 25.00% - 40.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £478 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £400
75th Percentile £900 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £625 £540 £544
% change year-on-year +15.74% -0.69% -3.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington and Chelsea 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile £150 - £202
25th Percentile £356 £425 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £290
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +55.17% +45.00%
75th Percentile £642 £475 £345
90th Percentile £900 - £378
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £27.20
25th Percentile - £29.07 £28.17
Median hourly rate £27.00 £31.78 £29.78
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +6.70% -
75th Percentile - £34.48 £31.39
90th Percentile - - £32.36
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Kensington and Chelsea

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Kensington and Chelsea

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Kensington and Chelsea

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington and Chelsea citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington and Chelsea citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in Kensington and Chelsea

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Kensington and Chelsea over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Kensington and Chelsea

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea region over the 6 months to 11 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
Chelsea - 4 £713 -
Kensington - 4 £713 - 1
Decision-Making
Central London

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington and Chelsea 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Local Government
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Network Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Database Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA