Actionable Recommendations Contract Job Trends in London

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England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 341 360
Rank change year-on-year -34 +19 +100
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 62 31 27
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.66% 1.34% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 19 19
10th Percentile £320 £397 £297
25th Percentile £431 £423 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -13.64% +1.38%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £656
90th Percentile £819 £615 £675
England median daily rate £500 £463 £575
% change year-on-year +8.11% -19.57% +10.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £57.36 - £22.30
25th Percentile £58.27 - £23.88
Median hourly rate £61.95 - £28.00
75th Percentile £66.05 - £36.63
90th Percentile £67.21 - £40.90
England median hourly rate £58.50 - £28.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,742 2,307 2,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.64% 16.96% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,519 1,551 1,558
10th Percentile £350 £320 £350
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £652 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £789
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 37 45
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.75 £17.12
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.48 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +29.82% -32.62%
75th Percentile £47.59 £44.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £55.70 £58.00
England median hourly rate £38.86 £31.50 £26.68
% change year-on-year +23.37% +18.07% -36.13%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Actionable Recommendations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Recommendations

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in London over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Recommendations

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the London region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
West London -9 7 £450 -10.00% 2
Central London -15 3 £465 -7.00% 4
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (4.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (4.84%) CMS
1 3 (4.84%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) CPLEX
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.61%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Shopify
2 1 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.52%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.45%) AWS
4 3 (4.84%) Adobe Analytics
4 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.84%) GitHub
4 3 (4.84%) Google Analytics
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.84%) SaaS
4 3 (4.84%) Siteimprove
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.23%) Collibra
5 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.61%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.61%) GCP
6 1 (1.61%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Network Security
2 2 (3.23%) Broadband
2 2 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (1.61%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) Power BI
2 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.23%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.23%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.23%) Tableau
4 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.61%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.61%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 2 (3.23%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (1.61%) Git
3 1 (1.61%) JIRA
3 1 (1.61%) MLflow
General
1 29 (46.77%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (43.55%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Finance
3 10 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.29%) Marketing
5 5 (8.06%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.45%) Aviation
7 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Financial Institution
7 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.84%) Publishing
7 3 (4.84%) Retail
8 2 (3.23%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Banking
9 1 (1.61%) Billing
9 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.61%) Military
9 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (17.74%) Consultant
2 10 (16.13%) Analyst
3 8 (12.90%) Data Scientist
4 7 (11.29%) Senior
5 6 (9.68%) User Researcher
6 4 (6.45%) Architect
6 4 (6.45%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Lead
7 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.84%) SEO Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Data Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) Digital Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Senior User Researcher
8 2 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.61%) Deployment Manager
9 1 (1.61%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) CSS
1 3 (4.84%) HTML
1 3 (4.84%) PyTorch
1 3 (4.84%) REST
1 3 (4.84%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.23%) ATL
2 2 (3.23%) Middleware
2 2 (3.23%) Pandas
3 1 (1.61%) Django
3 1 (1.61%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.61%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 4 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.84%) NHS
3 3 (4.84%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.23%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.23%) Social Media
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.61%) FMCG
5 1 (1.61%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) PMI
5 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 21 (33.87%) Decision-Making
3 18 (29.03%) Analytics
4 16 (25.81%) Agile
4 16 (25.81%) AI
4 16 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (25.81%) Roadmaps
5 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (17.74%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (14.52%) Data Science
9 8 (12.90%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (12.90%) User Research
10 7 (11.29%) Risk Management
11 6 (9.68%) A/B Testing
11 6 (9.68%) Data Protection
11 6 (9.68%) GAP Analysis
11 6 (9.68%) User Experience
12 5 (8.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.81%) Python
2 15 (24.19%) SQL
3 4 (6.45%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.84%) R
5 2 (3.23%) Java
6 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) Degree
2 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.23%) PMP
4 1 (1.61%) CISA
4 1 (1.61%) CISSP
4 1 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.61%) PhD
4 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) Data Quality
1 6 (9.68%) QA
2 5 (8.06%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.06%) GDPR
3 4 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.84%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.23%) PMO
6 1 (1.61%) GRC
6 1 (1.61%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.61%) NCSC
6 1 (1.61%) NIST
6 1 (1.61%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) Oracle
3 4 (6.45%) Amplitude
4 3 (4.84%) Adobe
4 3 (4.84%) Google
4 3 (4.84%) Optimizely
4 3 (4.84%) Sitecore
4 3 (4.84%) Tealium
5 2 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.61%) Avid
6 1 (1.61%) Cognizant
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks
6 1 (1.61%) Foundry
6 1 (1.61%) Pardot
6 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.61%) SAP
6 1 (1.61%) Wrike