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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 345 363
Rank change year-on-year -29 +18 +65
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 68 26 25
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.34% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.78% 1.15% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 15 15
10th Percentile £375 £370 £230
25th Percentile £415 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £659 £495 £675
90th Percentile £809 £605 -
England median daily rate £475 £460 £575
% change year-on-year +3.26% -20.00% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile £62.82 - £23.88
Median hourly rate £65.40 - £28.00
75th Percentile £67.98 - £36.63
90th Percentile - - £40.90
England median hourly rate £33.98 £25.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +35.92% -10.71% -

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 3,826 2,261 2,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.10% 17.03% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,579 1,507 1,467
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £756 £800
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 51 40
10th Percentile £19.76 - £18.13
25th Percentile £23.50 £25.15 £23.35
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.00 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +21.78% +1.53%
75th Percentile £40.00 £43.98 £50.44
90th Percentile £58.25 £55.00 £72.56
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £27.50
% change year-on-year +14.00% +15.05% -21.43%

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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 2 September 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 2 September 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 - 14 £725 - 10
Central London -12 6 £465 +15.17% 20
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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 6 (8.82%) CMS
2 4 (5.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (5.88%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) CPLEX
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.47%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Shopify
2 1 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) Azure
2 8 (11.76%) AWS
3 4 (5.88%) Adobe Analytics
3 4 (5.88%) Google Analytics
3 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.88%) Siteimprove
4 3 (4.41%) Anthropic Claude
4 3 (4.41%) ChatGPT
4 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.41%) GCP
4 3 (4.41%) GitHub
4 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.94%) Collibra
5 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.94%) Google Gemini
5 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.94%) OCI
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.24%) Broadband
2 2 (2.94%) Network Security
3 1 (1.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.41%) Power BI
2 3 (4.41%) Tableau
3 2 (2.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.47%) Big Data
4 1 (1.47%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Git
2 4 (5.88%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (2.94%) Gatling
3 2 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.94%) JMeter
3 2 (2.94%) LoadRunner
3 2 (2.94%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (1.47%) eggPlant
4 1 (1.47%) MLflow
General
1 27 (39.71%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (16.18%) Marketing
5 9 (13.24%) Finance
6 8 (11.76%) Public Sector
7 5 (7.35%) Aviation
7 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.88%) Publishing
8 4 (5.88%) Retail
9 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (4.41%) Legal
9 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.94%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.94%) Law
10 2 (2.94%) Legal Technology
11 1 (1.47%) Military
11 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.47%) Police
11 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (19.12%) Lead
2 10 (14.71%) Analyst
3 7 (10.29%) Consultant
3 7 (10.29%) Data Scientist
4 6 (8.82%) Senior
5 4 (5.88%) Architect
5 4 (5.88%) User Researcher
6 3 (4.41%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Research Scientist
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Data Scientist
7 2 (2.94%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Performance Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Performance Test Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Senior User Researcher
7 2 (2.94%) SEO Specialist
7 2 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.24%) ATL
2 4 (5.88%) CSS
2 4 (5.88%) HTML
3 3 (4.41%) Middleware
3 3 (4.41%) REST
3 3 (4.41%) Terraform
4 2 (2.94%) ARM Templates
4 2 (2.94%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (2.94%) Kafka
4 2 (2.94%) Pandas
4 2 (2.94%) PyTorch
4 2 (2.94%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.47%) Django
5 1 (1.47%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Social Media
2 5 (7.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.41%) NHS
4 2 (2.94%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.47%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.47%) FMCG
5 1 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.47%) PMI
5 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 26 (38.24%) Decision-Making
3 20 (29.41%) Analytics
4 18 (26.47%) Roadmaps
5 17 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (22.06%) Agile
7 13 (19.12%) AI
7 13 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (17.65%) Business Strategy
8 12 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (17.65%) Statistical Analysis
8 12 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (16.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (13.24%) Digital Marketing
10 9 (13.24%) Econometric Modelling
10 9 (13.24%) Econometrics
10 9 (13.24%) Experimental Design
11 8 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (11.76%) Data Science
12 7 (10.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 26 (38.24%) Python
2 17 (25.00%) SQL
3 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.94%) Bicep
4 2 (2.94%) Java
4 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.47%) R
5 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (13.24%) Degree
2 8 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.47%) CISA
5 1 (1.47%) CISSP
5 1 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.47%) PhD
5 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMP
5 1 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) Accessibility
1 6 (8.82%) QA
2 5 (7.35%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.88%) GDPR
4 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.94%) GRC
5 2 (2.94%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.47%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.47%) NCSC
6 1 (1.47%) NIST
6 1 (1.47%) PERC
6 1 (1.47%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Docker
2 2 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.94%) Grafana
3 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) Google
3 5 (7.35%) Amplitude
3 5 (7.35%) Oracle
4 4 (5.88%) Adobe
4 4 (5.88%) Optimizely
4 4 (5.88%) Sitecore
4 4 (5.88%) Tealium
5 3 (4.41%) Databricks
6 2 (2.94%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.94%) IBM
6 2 (2.94%) New Relic
6 2 (2.94%) Splunk
7 1 (1.47%) Avid
7 1 (1.47%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.47%) Foundry
7 1 (1.47%) Pardot
7 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) SAP