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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 334 365
Rank change year-on-year -45 +31 +64
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 76 28 23
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.94% 1.20% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 17 13
10th Percentile £375 £290 £207
25th Percentile £438 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% +9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £675
90th Percentile £775 £595 -
England median daily rate £500 £465 £575
% change year-on-year +7.53% -19.13% +10.84%
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 3,923 2,326 2,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.28% 17.32% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,657 1,543 1,412
10th Percentile £350 £325 £336
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
England median daily rate £512 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.39% -4.76% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 49 42
10th Percentile £15.88 - £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% -4.61%
75th Percentile £40.00 £42.75 £49.69
90th Percentile £55.78 £54.35 £71.88
England median hourly rate £33.36 £32.50 £30.56
% change year-on-year +2.65% +6.35% -18.51%

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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 17 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 17 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 -22 7 £465 +14.11% 21
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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 (7.89%) CMS
2 4 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (5.26%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) CPLEX
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.32%) Trello
3 1 (1.32%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Shopify
2 1 (1.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.79%) Azure
2 8 (10.53%) AWS
3 5 (6.58%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.26%) Adobe Analytics
4 4 (5.26%) Google Analytics
4 4 (5.26%) Siteimprove
5 3 (3.95%) Anthropic Claude
5 3 (3.95%) ChatGPT
5 3 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.95%) GCP
5 3 (3.95%) SaaS
6 2 (2.63%) GitHub
6 2 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.63%) Google Gemini
6 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.63%) OCI
7 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.32%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.47%) Broadband
2 1 (1.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) Power BI
1 4 (5.26%) Tableau
2 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.32%) Big Data
3 1 (1.32%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.32%) Looker
3 1 (1.32%) Metadata
3 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Git
2 4 (5.26%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (2.63%) Gatling
3 2 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.63%) JIRA
3 2 (2.63%) JMeter
3 2 (2.63%) LoadRunner
3 2 (2.63%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (1.32%) eggPlant
4 1 (1.32%) MLflow
General
1 30 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 27 (35.53%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (18.42%) Influencing Skills
3 14 (18.42%) Marketing
4 10 (13.16%) Finance
5 9 (11.84%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.58%) Legal
6 5 (6.58%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.58%) Retail
7 4 (5.26%) Aviation
7 4 (5.26%) Publishing
8 3 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.63%) Law
9 2 (2.63%) Legal Technology
9 2 (2.63%) Military
9 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (19.74%) Lead
2 13 (17.11%) Analyst
3 7 (9.21%) Senior
4 6 (7.89%) Consultant
4 6 (7.89%) Data Scientist
5 4 (5.26%) Architect
5 4 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) User Researcher
6 3 (3.95%) Data Analyst
6 3 (3.95%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Research Scientist
6 3 (3.95%) Senior Data Scientist
7 2 (2.63%) Data Business Analyst
7 2 (2.63%) Insight Analyst
7 2 (2.63%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (2.63%) Marketing Manager
7 2 (2.63%) Performance Engineer
7 2 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (2.63%) SEO Specialist
7 2 (2.63%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.47%) ATL
2 4 (5.26%) CSS
2 4 (5.26%) HTML
3 3 (3.95%) Terraform
4 2 (2.63%) ARM Templates
4 2 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (2.63%) Kafka
4 2 (2.63%) Middleware
4 2 (2.63%) Pandas
4 2 (2.63%) REST
5 1 (1.32%) Django
5 1 (1.32%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.32%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.32%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Social Media
2 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.95%) NHS
4 2 (2.63%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.63%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.32%) FMCG
5 1 (1.32%) Life Science
5 1 (1.32%) PMI
5 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 31 (40.79%) Decision-Making
3 21 (27.63%) Analytics
3 21 (27.63%) Roadmaps
4 17 (22.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (21.05%) Agile
5 16 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (18.42%) Business Strategy
6 14 (18.42%) Statistical Analysis
6 14 (18.42%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (14.47%) Digital Marketing
8 11 (14.47%) Econometric Modelling
8 11 (14.47%) Econometrics
8 11 (14.47%) Experimental Design
9 10 (13.16%) AI
9 10 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (11.84%) Workshop Facilitation
11 8 (10.53%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 27 (35.53%) Python
2 20 (26.32%) SQL
3 7 (9.21%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.63%) Bicep
4 2 (2.63%) Java
4 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.63%) R
5 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (10.53%) Degree
1 8 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.21%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.32%) CISA
3 1 (1.32%) CISSP
3 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (1.32%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.32%) PhD
3 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.32%) PMP
3 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) Accessibility
1 6 (7.89%) Data Quality
1 6 (7.89%) QA
2 4 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.95%) GDPR
4 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.63%) GRC
5 1 (1.32%) GxP
5 1 (1.32%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.32%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.32%) NCSC
5 1 (1.32%) NIST
5 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.32%) PERC
5 1 (1.32%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.95%) Docker
2 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.63%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.89%) Google
3 5 (6.58%) Amplitude
4 4 (5.26%) Adobe
4 4 (5.26%) Optimizely
4 4 (5.26%) Oracle
4 4 (5.26%) Sitecore
4 4 (5.26%) Tealium
5 3 (3.95%) Databricks
6 2 (2.63%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.63%) IBM
6 2 (2.63%) New Relic
6 2 (2.63%) Splunk
7 1 (1.32%) Avid
7 1 (1.32%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.32%) Foundry
7 1 (1.32%) Pardot
7 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) SAP