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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 311 363
Rank change year-on-year -35 +52 +143
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 66 35 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.28% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.11% 1.81% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 23 18
10th Percentile £300 £360 £404
25th Percentile £394 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £598
90th Percentile £750 £713 £665
England median daily rate £473 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.50% +2.56% -9.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.75 - £26.50
Median hourly rate £58.50 - £28.00
75th Percentile £60.25 - £29.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £58.70 - £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 3,125 1,931 2,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.76% 15.25% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,077 1,280 1,728
10th Percentile £350 £313 £363
25th Percentile £425 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 57
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.11 £23.23 £17.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.04 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year -33.12% +48.78% -40.17%
75th Percentile £57.13 £78.40 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.68 £93.75 £59.20
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -14.06% +36.17% -44.71%

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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 25 March 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 25 March 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
Central London -9 4 £385 -33.76% 10
East London - 2 £600 - 1
North London - 2 £563 -
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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 (3.03%) Apache Spark
1 2 (3.03%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
2 6 (9.09%) Google Workspace
2 6 (9.09%) Slack
3 5 (7.58%) SaaS
4 3 (4.55%) Azure
4 3 (4.55%) GitHub
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.03%) Collibra
5 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.03%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.52%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Network Security
2 3 (4.55%) Firewall
3 1 (1.52%) NGFW
3 1 (1.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) Tableau
2 7 (10.61%) Power BI
3 2 (3.03%) Big Data
3 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.03%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.52%) Essbase
4 1 (1.52%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) JIRA
General
1 27 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
1 27 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.24%) Finance
3 12 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.58%) Local Government
4 5 (7.58%) Marketing
4 5 (7.58%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.06%) Financial Institution
5 4 (6.06%) Retail
6 2 (3.03%) Aviation
6 2 (3.03%) Banking
6 2 (3.03%) Social Science
7 1 (1.52%) Billing
7 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.52%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 28 (42.42%) Analyst
2 9 (13.64%) User Researcher
3 8 (12.12%) Consultant
4 7 (10.61%) Senior
5 6 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 6 (9.09%) Data Analyst
5 6 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) Salesforce Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Data Scientist
7 4 (6.06%) Incident Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Lead
7 4 (6.06%) Operational Support Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Operations Support Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Salesforce Support
7 4 (6.06%) Senior User Researcher
8 3 (4.55%) Information Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) SEO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) Middleware
1 2 (3.03%) PyTorch
1 2 (3.03%) REST
1 2 (3.03%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.52%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.52%) FMCG
4 1 (1.52%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.52%) NHS
4 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 21 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (22.73%) AI
4 13 (19.70%) Decision-Making
4 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 12 (18.18%) User Research
6 11 (16.67%) Analytics
7 10 (15.15%) Agile
7 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
8 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (12.12%) Visualisation
10 7 (10.61%) Dashboard Development
10 7 (10.61%) Data Science
10 7 (10.61%) Incident Management
10 7 (10.61%) Validation
10 7 (10.61%) Workflow
11 6 (9.09%) Information Security
11 6 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) Python
1 11 (16.67%) SQL
2 6 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) Degree
1 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.52%) CFA
4 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.52%) MBA
4 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.58%) GRC
4 3 (4.55%) GDPR
4 3 (4.55%) NIST
4 3 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.55%) QA
5 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.03%) COBIT
5 2 (3.03%) ITGC
5 2 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (3.03%) SOX 404
6 1 (1.52%) NCSC
6 1 (1.52%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (10.61%) Salesforce
2 6 (9.09%) Google
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.06%) Oracle
4 2 (3.03%) Databricks
4 2 (3.03%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.03%) SAP
4 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.52%) Avid
5 1 (1.52%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.52%) Murex
5 1 (1.52%) NEC
5 1 (1.52%) Northgate
5 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.52%) Workday