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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 330 370
Rank change year-on-year -45 +40 +106
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 56 31 25
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.53% 1.35% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 19 17
10th Percentile £276 £397 £269
25th Percentile £419 £423 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £516
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.95% -4.88%
75th Percentile £596 £588 £638
90th Percentile £821 £705 £685
England median daily rate £500 £460 £550
% change year-on-year +8.70% -16.36% +6.02%
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 3,649 2,292 2,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.41% 16.90% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,448 1,530 1,614
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
England median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.47% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 34 51
10th Percentile £21.02 £22.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £18.13
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.49 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -17.22% +42.64% -38.66%
75th Percentile £54.19 £46.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.87 £56.23 £55.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £31.64 £25.77
% change year-on-year +18.52% +22.80% -39.38%

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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 22 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 22 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 -6 6 £450 -10.00% 3
Central London -17 3 £465 -7.00% 10
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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 2 (3.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (3.57%) CMS
1 2 (3.57%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) CPLEX
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.79%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Shopify
2 1 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Azure
2 5 (8.93%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.14%) AWS
4 3 (5.36%) GitHub
5 2 (3.57%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.57%) Collibra
5 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.57%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (3.57%) Google Analytics
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.57%) SaaS
5 2 (3.57%) Siteimprove
6 1 (1.79%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Einstein
6 1 (1.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Network Security
2 2 (3.57%) Firewall
3 1 (1.79%) Broadband
3 1 (1.79%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Power BI
2 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.36%) Tableau
4 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.57%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.79%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
1 2 (3.57%) PowerBuilder
1 2 (3.57%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 1 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (1.79%) MLflow
General
1 27 (48.21%) Analytical Skills
1 27 (48.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Finance
2 9 (16.07%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.71%) Marketing
4 5 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Aviation
5 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.36%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.36%) Retail
7 2 (3.57%) Legal
7 2 (3.57%) Publishing
8 1 (1.79%) Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Billing
8 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.79%) Military
8 1 (1.79%) Police
8 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (19.64%) Consultant
2 9 (16.07%) Analyst
3 7 (12.50%) Data Scientist
4 6 (10.71%) User Researcher
5 4 (7.14%) Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Senior
6 3 (5.36%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.36%) SEO Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Lead
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Senior User Researcher
7 2 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.79%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 1 (1.79%) Audit Consultant
8 1 (1.79%) Data Analysis Business Analyst
8 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) PyTorch
1 3 (5.36%) REST
1 3 (5.36%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.57%) CSS
2 2 (3.57%) HTML
2 2 (3.57%) Middleware
2 2 (3.57%) Pandas
3 1 (1.79%) ATL
3 1 (1.79%) Django
3 1 (1.79%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.79%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.36%) NHS
3 3 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.57%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.57%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.79%) FMCG
5 1 (1.79%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) PMI
5 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.79%) Social Media
5 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 17 (30.36%) Decision-Making
3 15 (26.79%) Agile
3 15 (26.79%) AI
3 15 (26.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (25.00%) Analytics
4 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 11 (19.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (16.07%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (16.07%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (14.29%) Data Science
9 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 7 (12.50%) User Research
10 6 (10.71%) Data Protection
10 6 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
10 6 (10.71%) User Experience
11 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (8.93%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.21%) Python
2 11 (19.64%) SQL
3 3 (5.36%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.36%) R
4 2 (3.57%) Java
5 1 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (1.79%) CISA
4 1 (1.79%) CISSP
4 1 (1.79%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (1.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) Data Quality
1 5 (8.93%) GDPR
1 5 (8.93%) QA
2 4 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.36%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.57%) PMO
5 1 (1.79%) GRC
5 1 (1.79%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.79%) NCSC
5 1 (1.79%) NIST
5 1 (1.79%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Oracle
3 3 (5.36%) Google
4 2 (3.57%) Adobe
4 2 (3.57%) Amplitude
4 2 (3.57%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.57%) Optimizely
4 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.57%) Sitecore
4 2 (3.57%) Tealium
5 1 (1.79%) Avid
5 1 (1.79%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.79%) Databricks
5 1 (1.79%) Foundry
5 1 (1.79%) Pardot
5 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) Wrike