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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 325 366
Rank change year-on-year -17 +41 +121
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 62 29 23
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.23% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.93% 1.46% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 19 18
10th Percentile £300 £336 £283
25th Percentile £391 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £472 £533
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -11.44% -7.30%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £594
90th Percentile £800 £675 £665
England median daily rate £458 £466 £513
% change year-on-year -1.82% -9.07% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile £56.75 - £23.88
Median hourly rate £58.50 - £28.00
75th Percentile £60.25 - £36.63
90th Percentile - - £40.90
England median hourly rate £46.24 - £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 3,220 1,992 2,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.20% 15.87% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 1,316 1,768
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 28 64
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.44 £13.09
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.27 £18.04
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.75 £25.62
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +35.64% -16.68%
75th Percentile £50.25 £57.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.30 £86.37 £56.38
England median hourly rate £30.58 £34.75 £22.75
% change year-on-year -12.00% +52.75% -46.47%

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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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -10 5 £385 -3.75%
East London - 2 £600 - 1
West London -23 1 £200 -60.00% 2
North London - 1 £500 -
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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 (3.23%) Apache Spark
1 2 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.29%) Power Platform
2 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 6 (9.68%) Google Workspace
2 6 (9.68%) Slack
3 4 (6.45%) SaaS
4 3 (4.84%) GitHub
4 3 (4.84%) Snowflake
5 2 (3.23%) AWS
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.23%) Collibra
5 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.61%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.61%) GCP
6 1 (1.61%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.45%) Network Security
2 3 (4.84%) Firewall
3 1 (1.61%) NGFW
3 1 (1.61%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.13%) Tableau
2 7 (11.29%) Power BI
3 2 (3.23%) Big Data
3 2 (3.23%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.23%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.61%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.61%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) MLflow
General
1 29 (46.77%) Social Skills
2 27 (43.55%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (22.58%) Finance
4 11 (17.74%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (8.06%) Marketing
7 4 (6.45%) Financial Institution
7 4 (6.45%) Local Government
8 3 (4.84%) Aviation
8 3 (4.84%) Retail
9 2 (3.23%) Banking
9 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.23%) Social Science
10 1 (1.61%) Billing
10 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.61%) Legal
10 1 (1.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (37.10%) Analyst
2 10 (16.13%) Consultant
3 7 (11.29%) User Researcher
4 6 (9.68%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Operations Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Senior
5 5 (8.06%) Data Scientist
5 5 (8.06%) Salesforce Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Data Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Incident Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Lead
6 4 (6.45%) Operational Support Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Operations Support Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Salesforce Support
7 3 (4.84%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Information Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) SEO Consultant
7 3 (4.84%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) PyTorch
1 3 (4.84%) REST
1 3 (4.84%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.23%) Middleware
3 1 (1.61%) Django
3 1 (1.61%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.61%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Security Posture
2 4 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 4 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.61%) FMCG
5 1 (1.61%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.61%) NHS
5 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) PMI
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (27.42%) AI
4 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (19.35%) Analytics
5 12 (19.35%) Decision-Making
5 12 (19.35%) Root Cause Analysis
6 11 (17.74%) Risk Management
7 10 (16.13%) User Research
8 9 (14.52%) Agile
8 9 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (12.90%) Data Science
9 8 (12.90%) Roadmaps
10 7 (11.29%) Validation
10 7 (11.29%) Visualisation
10 7 (11.29%) Workflow
11 6 (9.68%) Machine Learning
11 6 (9.68%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.74%) Python
2 10 (16.13%) SQL
3 5 (8.06%) R
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.23%) PMP
5 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.90%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.45%) GDPR
3 4 (6.45%) GRC
3 4 (6.45%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.84%) QA
5 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.61%) NIST
5 1 (1.61%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (11.29%) Salesforce
2 6 (9.68%) Google
2 6 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.84%) Databricks
4 2 (3.23%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.23%) Oracle
5 1 (1.61%) Avid
5 1 (1.61%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.61%) Foundry
5 1 (1.61%) Murex
5 1 (1.61%) NEC
5 1 (1.61%) Northgate
5 1 (1.61%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.61%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.61%) Wrike