Actionable Recommendations Contract Job Trends in London

Actionable Recommendations
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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 344 366
Rank change year-on-year -31 +22 +63
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 72 28 24
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.84% 1.21% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 17 14
10th Percentile £375 £290 £219
25th Percentile £433 £385 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.28% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £675
90th Percentile £775 £595 -
England median daily rate £500 £460 £575
% change year-on-year +8.70% -20.00% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile £62.82 - £23.88
Median hourly rate £65.40 - £28.00
75th Percentile £67.98 - £36.63
90th Percentile - - £40.90
England median hourly rate £33.98 £25.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +35.92% -10.71% -

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 3,912 2,323 2,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.24% 17.20% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,634 1,536 1,454
10th Percentile £350 £325 £335
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £686
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 51 42
10th Percentile £15.93 - £18.13
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.15 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.00 £29.81
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +14.06% -14.83%
75th Percentile £40.00 £43.98 £49.69
90th Percentile £57.75 £55.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £33.60 £31.82 £29.00
% change year-on-year +5.59% +9.72% -17.14%

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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 11 September 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 11 September 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 - 15 £725 - 7
Central London -19 6 £465 +14.11% 18
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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 6 (8.33%) CMS
2 4 (5.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (5.56%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) CPLEX
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.39%) Trello
3 1 (1.39%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Shopify
2 1 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.67%) Azure
2 8 (11.11%) AWS
3 5 (6.94%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.56%) Adobe Analytics
4 4 (5.56%) Google Analytics
4 4 (5.56%) Siteimprove
5 3 (4.17%) Anthropic Claude
5 3 (4.17%) ChatGPT
5 3 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.17%) GCP
5 3 (4.17%) GitHub
5 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.17%) SaaS
6 2 (2.78%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.78%) Google Gemini
6 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.78%) OCI
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.39%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.89%) Broadband
2 2 (2.78%) Network Security
3 1 (1.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) Power BI
1 4 (5.56%) Tableau
2 3 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.39%) Big Data
3 1 (1.39%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.39%) Looker
3 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Git
2 4 (5.56%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (2.78%) Gatling
3 2 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.78%) JMeter
3 2 (2.78%) LoadRunner
3 2 (2.78%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (1.39%) eggPlant
4 1 (1.39%) JIRA
4 1 (1.39%) MLflow
General
1 28 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 27 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (18.06%) Influencing Skills
3 13 (18.06%) Marketing
4 9 (12.50%) Finance
5 8 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.94%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.94%) Retail
7 4 (5.56%) Aviation
7 4 (5.56%) Legal
7 4 (5.56%) Publishing
8 3 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Law
9 2 (2.78%) Legal Technology
9 2 (2.78%) Military
9 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.39%) Electronics
10 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (19.44%) Lead
2 11 (15.28%) Analyst
3 7 (9.72%) Consultant
3 7 (9.72%) Senior
4 6 (8.33%) Data Scientist
5 4 (5.56%) Architect
5 4 (5.56%) User Researcher
6 3 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.17%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Research Scientist
6 3 (4.17%) Senior Data Scientist
7 2 (2.78%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 2 (2.78%) Insight Analyst
7 2 (2.78%) Lead Data Scientist
7 2 (2.78%) Performance Test Engineer
7 2 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (2.78%) Senior User Researcher
7 2 (2.78%) SEO Specialist
7 2 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.89%) ATL
2 4 (5.56%) CSS
2 4 (5.56%) HTML
3 3 (4.17%) Middleware
3 3 (4.17%) Terraform
4 2 (2.78%) ARM Templates
4 2 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (2.78%) Kafka
4 2 (2.78%) Pandas
4 2 (2.78%) REST
5 1 (1.39%) Django
5 1 (1.39%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.39%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.89%) Social Media
2 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.17%) NHS
4 2 (2.78%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.78%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.39%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.39%) FMCG
5 1 (1.39%) PMI
5 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 30 (41.67%) Decision-Making
3 20 (27.78%) Analytics
3 20 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 17 (23.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (22.22%) Agile
6 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (18.06%) Business Strategy
7 13 (18.06%) Statistical Analysis
7 13 (18.06%) Technical Leadership
8 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (15.28%) AI
9 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (13.89%) Digital Marketing
10 10 (13.89%) Econometric Modelling
10 10 (13.89%) Econometrics
10 10 (13.89%) Experimental Design
11 7 (9.72%) Data Science
11 7 (9.72%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 26 (36.11%) Python
2 20 (27.78%) SQL
3 7 (9.72%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.78%) Bicep
4 2 (2.78%) Java
4 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.78%) R
5 1 (1.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Degree
1 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.72%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.39%) CISA
3 1 (1.39%) CISSP
3 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.39%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.39%) PhD
3 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.39%) PMP
3 1 (1.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 6 (8.33%) QA
2 5 (6.94%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.56%) GDPR
4 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.78%) GRC
5 2 (2.78%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.39%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.39%) NCSC
6 1 (1.39%) NIST
6 1 (1.39%) PERC
6 1 (1.39%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) Docker
2 2 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.78%) Grafana
3 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) Google
3 5 (6.94%) Amplitude
4 4 (5.56%) Adobe
4 4 (5.56%) Optimizely
4 4 (5.56%) Oracle
4 4 (5.56%) Sitecore
4 4 (5.56%) Tealium
5 3 (4.17%) Databricks
6 2 (2.78%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.78%) IBM
6 2 (2.78%) New Relic
6 2 (2.78%) Splunk
7 1 (1.39%) Avid
7 1 (1.39%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.39%) Foundry
7 1 (1.39%) Pardot
7 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (1.39%) SAP