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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 349 401
Rank change year-on-year +13 +52 +151
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 45 28 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.18% 0.041%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.74% 1.33% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 20 6
10th Percentile £290 £395 £394
25th Percentile £401 £538 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £629 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.30% +25.75% -13.79%
75th Percentile £644 £713 £572
90th Percentile £753 £905 £591
England median daily rate £488 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -18.75% +26.32% -17.75%

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 2,593 2,098 2,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.14% 13.45% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 1,290 2,042
10th Percentile £325 £306 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.65%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £689
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 28 46
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.70 £18.58
25th Percentile £25.15 £32.84 £22.07
Median hourly rate £31.49 £40.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.72% +25.38% +5.69%
75th Percentile £43.60 £79.60 £50.33
90th Percentile £68.12 £95.75 £66.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £35.79
% change year-on-year -13.28% -18.97% +59.07%

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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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 2025. 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 +2 3 £408 -31.08% 6
East London - 2 £600 -
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 1 (2.22%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) Power Platform
1 4 (8.89%) SaaS
2 1 (2.22%) AWS
2 1 (2.22%) dbt
2 1 (2.22%) GCP
2 1 (2.22%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.22%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.22%) Essbase
2 1 (2.22%) Looker
2 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Git
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 13 (28.89%) Finance
2 11 (24.44%) Public Sector
3 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Local Government
6 3 (6.67%) Retail
7 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Marketing
8 1 (2.22%) Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Analyst
2 6 (13.33%) Senior
3 5 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Consultant
4 4 (8.89%) Lead
4 4 (8.89%) User Researcher
5 3 (6.67%) Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Information Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.67%) User Experience Researcher
6 2 (4.44%) Analytics Developer
6 2 (4.44%) Developer
6 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.44%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Senior User Researcher
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Streamlit
2 1 (2.22%) .NET
2 1 (2.22%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.22%) FMCG
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.22%) Replication
2 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 11 (24.44%) Analytics
2 11 (24.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (20.00%) Agile
3 9 (20.00%) User Research
4 8 (17.78%) Decision-Making
5 6 (13.33%) Dashboard Development
5 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (13.33%) User Experience
6 5 (11.11%) AI
6 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 5 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 4 (8.89%) Data Analysis
7 4 (8.89%) Data Strategy
7 4 (8.89%) Product Strategy
7 4 (8.89%) Quantitative Research
7 4 (8.89%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) Python
1 6 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) R
3 1 (2.22%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
3 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.22%) CAPM
4 1 (2.22%) CFA
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) MBA
4 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.44%) COBIT
2 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.44%) ITGC
2 2 (4.44%) NIST
2 2 (4.44%) QA
2 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (4.44%) SOX 404
3 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) GDPR
3 1 (2.22%) GRC
3 1 (2.22%) NCSC
3 1 (2.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle
2 3 (6.67%) SAP
3 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.22%) Murex
4 1 (2.22%) NEC
4 1 (2.22%) Northgate
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) Workday