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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 331 386
Rank change year-on-year -4 +55 +134
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 54 30 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.21% 0.077%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.03% 1.54% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 19 10
10th Percentile £292 £340 £426
25th Percentile £351 £475 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £608 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.81% +10.45% -5.17%
75th Percentile £600 £713 £584
90th Percentile £689 £910 £599
England median daily rate £470 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -21.67% +26.32% -18.10%

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 2,665 1,945 2,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.22% 13.94% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,772 1,181 1,845
10th Percentile £350 £300 £363
25th Percentile £415 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year - -5.83% -1.11%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 30 56
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £22.58 £24.57 £19.81
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.90 £32.11
Median % change year-on-year -29.89% +18.05% -8.27%
75th Percentile £36.73 £82.00 £51.94
90th Percentile £75.21 £95.25 £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.17% - +15.38%

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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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -5 5 £408 -29.13% 3
North London - 2 £563 - 1
East London - 2 £600 - 2
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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 (3.70%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.85%) Apache
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) SaaS
2 5 (9.26%) Google Workspace
2 5 (9.26%) Slack
3 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.70%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.85%) AWS
5 1 (1.85%) dbt
5 1 (1.85%) GCP
5 1 (1.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Firewall
1 1 (1.85%) Network Security
1 1 (1.85%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Tableau
2 4 (7.41%) Power BI
3 2 (3.70%) Big Data
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.85%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.85%) Essbase
4 1 (1.85%) Looker
4 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) JIRA
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 17 (31.48%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (22.22%) Finance
4 10 (18.52%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.26%) Local Government
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Marketing
7 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Social Science
8 1 (1.85%) Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 26 (48.15%) Analyst
2 6 (11.11%) Senior
2 6 (11.11%) User Researcher
3 5 (9.26%) Data Analyst
3 5 (9.26%) Financial Analyst
3 5 (9.26%) Operations Analyst
3 5 (9.26%) User Experience Researcher
4 4 (7.41%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.41%) Lead
4 4 (7.41%) Salesforce Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Architect
5 3 (5.56%) Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Incident Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Information Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Operational Support Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Operations Support Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Salesforce Support
5 3 (5.56%) Senior User Researcher
5 3 (5.56%) Support Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Customer Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) .NET
1 1 (1.85%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.85%) FMCG
2 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (37.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (22.22%) Agile
3 12 (22.22%) User Research
4 11 (20.37%) Analytics
5 10 (18.52%) Decision-Making
5 10 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (16.67%) Qualitative Research
7 8 (14.81%) User Experience
8 7 (12.96%) Risk Management
8 7 (12.96%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (11.11%) AI
9 6 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
9 6 (11.11%) Incident Management
9 6 (11.11%) Quantitative Research
9 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (11.11%) Validation
9 6 (11.11%) Visualisation
10 5 (9.26%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) SQL
2 6 (11.11%) Python
3 4 (7.41%) R
4 1 (1.85%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 9 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.26%) Degree
3 2 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.85%) CAPM
4 1 (1.85%) CFA
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) MBA
4 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.52%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.41%) GRC
4 3 (5.56%) NIST
5 2 (3.70%) COBIT
5 2 (3.70%) ITGC
5 2 (3.70%) QA
5 2 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (3.70%) SOX 404
6 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.85%) GDPR
6 1 (1.85%) NCSC
6 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 5 (9.26%) Google
3 4 (7.41%) Oracle
4 2 (3.70%) Databricks
4 2 (3.70%) SAP
4 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.85%) Murex
5 1 (1.85%) NEC
5 1 (1.85%) Northgate
5 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.85%) Workday