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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 337 371
Rank change year-on-year -36 +34 +89
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 53 32 26
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.27% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.45% 1.41% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 20 18
10th Percentile £276 £375 £283
25th Percentile £419 £415 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £474 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -6.79% -6.36%
75th Percentile £596 £581 £628
90th Percentile £821 £690 £683
England median daily rate £500 £455 £550
% change year-on-year +9.89% -17.27% +4.76%
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 3,645 2,274 2,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.32% 16.77% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,442 1,518 1,639
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £751 £800
England median daily rate £510 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +2.00% -3.85% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 34 56
10th Percentile £20.97 £22.75 £13.49
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £17.94
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +44.96% -39.62%
75th Percentile £44.75 £47.88 £40.00
90th Percentile £62.70 £62.53 £53.38
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.57% +27.04% -41.18%

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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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -7 6 £450 -10.00% 1
Central London -16 3 £465 +16.25% 6
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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 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (1.89%) CMS
1 1 (1.89%) Confluence
1 1 (1.89%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) CPLEX
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.89%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.89%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) Azure
2 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.55%) AWS
4 3 (5.66%) GitHub
5 2 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.77%) Collibra
5 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.77%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.77%) SaaS
6 1 (1.89%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.89%) GCP
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Einstein
6 1 (1.89%) Siteimprove
6 1 (1.89%) Slack
6 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) Network Security
2 2 (3.77%) Firewall
3 1 (1.89%) Broadband
3 1 (1.89%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) Power BI
2 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.66%) Tableau
4 2 (3.77%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.77%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.89%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
1 2 (3.77%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (1.89%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) MLflow
2 1 (1.89%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 26 (49.06%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (45.28%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Finance
4 8 (15.09%) Public Sector
5 6 (11.32%) Marketing
6 5 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (7.55%) Aviation
7 4 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (5.66%) Financial Institution
8 3 (5.66%) Manufacturing
8 3 (5.66%) Retail
9 1 (1.89%) Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Billing
9 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.89%) Legal
9 1 (1.89%) Military
9 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Police
9 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) Consultant
2 9 (16.98%) Analyst
3 7 (13.21%) Data Scientist
4 5 (9.43%) User Researcher
5 4 (7.55%) Architect
5 4 (7.55%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Senior
6 3 (5.66%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.66%) SEO Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Lead
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Senior User Researcher
7 2 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Business Analyst
8 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 1 (1.89%) Geospatial Analyst
8 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) PyTorch
1 3 (5.66%) REST
1 3 (5.66%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.77%) Middleware
2 2 (3.77%) Pandas
3 1 (1.89%) ATL
3 1 (1.89%) CSS
3 1 (1.89%) Django
3 1 (1.89%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.89%) GeoJSON
3 1 (1.89%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.66%) NHS
3 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.77%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.77%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.89%) FMCG
5 1 (1.89%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.89%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.89%) PMI
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 16 (30.19%) Decision-Making
3 15 (28.30%) AI
4 14 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (24.53%) Analytics
5 13 (24.53%) Roadmaps
6 12 (22.64%) Agile
7 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (16.98%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (15.09%) Data Science
10 7 (13.21%) Risk Management
11 6 (11.32%) GAP Analysis
11 6 (11.32%) User Research
12 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 5 (9.43%) Integration Patterns
12 5 (9.43%) Storytelling
12 5 (9.43%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) Python
2 11 (20.75%) SQL
3 3 (5.66%) R
4 2 (3.77%) Java
4 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Degree
2 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.77%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.77%) PMP
4 1 (1.89%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
1 4 (7.55%) GDPR
1 4 (7.55%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.66%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.77%) PMO
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.89%) GRC
4 1 (1.89%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.89%) NCSC
4 1 (1.89%) NIST
4 1 (1.89%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) Oracle
3 2 (3.77%) Google
3 2 (3.77%) OpenAI
3 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.89%) Adobe
4 1 (1.89%) Amplitude
4 1 (1.89%) Avid
4 1 (1.89%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.89%) Databricks
4 1 (1.89%) Foundry
4 1 (1.89%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.89%) Pardot
4 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.89%) Tealium
4 1 (1.89%) Wrike