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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 337 386
Rank change year-on-year +14 +49 +140
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 50 28 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.20% 0.061%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.93% 1.44% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 18 7
10th Percentile £290 £385 £408
25th Percentile £351 £513 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £629 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% +14.32% -5.17%
75th Percentile £600 £713 £581
90th Percentile £706 £915 £590
England median daily rate £470 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -18.26% +15.00% -13.79%

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 2,592 1,946 2,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.21% 13.79% 13.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 1,176 1,826
10th Percentile £350 £300 £363
25th Percentile £416 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £571
Median % change year-on-year - -8.10% +3.86%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £778 £789
England median daily rate £500 £500 £549
% change year-on-year - -8.88% +4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 30 49
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.81 £18.83
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.65 £24.97
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% - +22.81%
75th Percentile £39.87 £78.40 £52.50
90th Percentile £74.48 £95.25 £64.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £33.00
% change year-on-year -16.46% -8.77% +36.08%

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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 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 9 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 -1 5 £408 -29.13% 12
East London - 2 £600 -
North London - 2 £563 - 1
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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 (4.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.00%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) SaaS
2 4 (8.00%) Google Workspace
2 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.00%) Slack
3 2 (4.00%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) dbt
4 1 (2.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) Tableau
2 4 (8.00%) Power BI
3 2 (4.00%) Big Data
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (2.00%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.00%) Essbase
4 1 (2.00%) Looker
4 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 18 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (24.00%) Finance
4 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.00%) Local Government
6 3 (6.00%) Retail
7 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Marketing
7 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Social Science
8 1 (2.00%) Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.00%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (10.00%) Data Analyst
2 5 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
2 5 (10.00%) Senior
2 5 (10.00%) User Experience Researcher
3 4 (8.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (8.00%) Lead
3 4 (8.00%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) Architect
4 3 (6.00%) Consultant
4 3 (6.00%) Information Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) Salesforce Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) User Researcher
5 2 (4.00%) Compliance Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) IT Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Operational Support Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Operations Support Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Senior User Researcher
5 2 (4.00%) SQL Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) .NET
1 1 (2.00%) Kafka
1 1 (2.00%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.00%) FMCG
2 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Linux
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 18 (36.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (24.00%) Analytics
4 9 (18.00%) Agile
4 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
4 9 (18.00%) User Research
5 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (16.00%) User Experience
6 7 (14.00%) Dashboard Development
6 7 (14.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (12.00%) AI
7 6 (12.00%) Qualitative Research
7 6 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (12.00%) Validation
7 6 (12.00%) Visualisation
8 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.00%) Incident Management
8 5 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.00%) UX Research
8 5 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) SQL
2 7 (14.00%) Python
3 4 (8.00%) R
4 1 (2.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.00%) CAPM
4 1 (2.00%) CFA
4 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.00%) MBA
4 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.00%) GRC
4 2 (4.00%) COBIT
4 2 (4.00%) ITGC
4 2 (4.00%) NIST
4 2 (4.00%) QA
4 2 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (4.00%) SOX 404
5 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (8.00%) Google
2 4 (8.00%) Oracle
3 2 (4.00%) Databricks
3 2 (4.00%) SAP
3 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.00%) Murex
4 1 (2.00%) NEC
4 1 (2.00%) Northgate
4 1 (2.00%) Workday