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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 318 371
Rank change year-on-year -67 +53 +100
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 51 32 28
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.26% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.45% 1.52% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 21 19
10th Percentile £300 £385 £297
25th Percentile £414 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £472 £516
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -8.53% -4.88%
75th Percentile £572 £575 £619
90th Percentile £820 £675 £680
England median daily rate £500 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -0.90%
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 3,527 2,107 2,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.31% 16.43% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,363 1,398 1,680
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £758 £800
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 29 61
10th Percentile £19.09 £22.60 £12.50
25th Percentile £23.94 £25.15 £18.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +44.96% -6.67%
75th Percentile £41.80 £51.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £66.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year +9.23% +34.41% -42.11%

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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 June 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 June 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 -18 4 £465 +16.25% 5
West London -14 3 £200 -60.00% 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 (3.92%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.96%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) Azure
2 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.88%) AWS
3 3 (5.88%) GitHub
3 3 (5.88%) Google Workspace
3 3 (5.88%) SaaS
3 3 (5.88%) Slack
4 2 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (3.92%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (3.92%) Collibra
4 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.92%) GitHub Copilot
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.96%) Azure AI
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Einstein
5 1 (1.96%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.96%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) Network Security
2 3 (5.88%) Firewall
3 1 (1.96%) NGFW
3 1 (1.96%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.80%) Tableau
2 4 (7.84%) Power BI
3 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.92%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.96%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.96%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) MLflow
2 1 (1.96%) PowerBuilder
General
1 25 (49.02%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Public Sector
4 8 (15.69%) Finance
5 6 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (9.80%) Marketing
7 3 (5.88%) Aviation
7 3 (5.88%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.92%) Retail
9 1 (1.96%) Banking
9 1 (1.96%) Billing
9 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.96%) Legal
9 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.96%) Military
9 1 (1.96%) Police
9 1 (1.96%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 11 (21.57%) Analyst
2 10 (19.61%) Consultant
3 8 (15.69%) User Researcher
4 5 (9.80%) Data Scientist
4 5 (9.80%) Senior
5 4 (7.84%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Senior User Researcher
6 3 (5.88%) SEO Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Incident Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Operational Support Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Operations Support Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Salesforce Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Salesforce Support
7 2 (3.92%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) PyTorch
1 3 (5.88%) REST
1 3 (5.88%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.92%) Middleware
3 1 (1.96%) Django
3 1 (1.96%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.96%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Security Posture
2 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.88%) NHS
4 2 (3.92%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.96%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.96%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.96%) PMI
5 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 14 (27.45%) AI
3 13 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (23.53%) Agile
4 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (21.57%) Analytics
5 11 (21.57%) Decision-Making
6 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (19.61%) User Research
7 9 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 9 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (15.69%) Risk Management
9 7 (13.73%) Qualitative Research
10 5 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.80%) Data Analysis
10 5 (9.80%) Data Protection
10 5 (9.80%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (9.80%) Usability Testing
10 5 (9.80%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) Python
2 8 (15.69%) SQL
3 3 (5.88%) R
4 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.92%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.92%) PMP
4 1 (1.96%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) GDPR
1 5 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.84%) PCI DSS
3 3 (5.88%) GRC
3 3 (5.88%) QA
4 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.92%) NIST
4 2 (3.92%) PMO
5 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.96%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.96%) NCSC
5 1 (1.96%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.88%) Google
3 3 (5.88%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.96%) Avid
5 1 (1.96%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.96%) Databricks
5 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.96%) Foundry
5 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.96%) Pardot
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Wrike