Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in London

Decision-Making
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 50 87
Rank change year-on-year +20 +37 +5
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,323 666 473
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.66% 4.90% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.49% 5.31% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 455 309
10th Percentile £399 £354 £288
25th Percentile £453 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% -9.79%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £750 £763
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 12
10th Percentile £27.94 £26.43 £17.93
25th Percentile £32.03 £28.00 £31.14
Median hourly rate £35.50 £38.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -9.41% -3.10%
75th Percentile £62.50 £52.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £55.25 -
England median hourly rate £35.53 £29.08 £16.06
% change year-on-year +22.20% +81.04% -64.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Decision-Making falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,663 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in London

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in London over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in London over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
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 Decision-Making within the London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Central London +9 189 £625 +13.64% 171
West London +10 53 £550 +2.16% 68
South London -7 16 £513 -14.58% 17
East London +7 6 £660 -14.90% 16
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
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 36 (2.72%) Confluence
2 31 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.06%) Apache
5 7 (0.53%) CMS
6 6 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.38%) nginx
8 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) Camunda
9 2 (0.15%) Mendix
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.076%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.076%) WordPress
Applications
1 89 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (2.72%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.28%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.30%) CPLEX
7 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.38%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Actimize
7 2 (0.15%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.15%) Endur
7 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.15%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.076%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 262 (19.80%) Azure
2 251 (18.97%) AWS
3 171 (12.93%) Power Platform
4 105 (7.94%) GCP
5 67 (5.06%) SaaS
6 51 (3.85%) Snowflake
7 43 (3.25%) Amazon S3
8 41 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (2.87%) Serverless
10 31 (2.34%) dbt
11 29 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (2.12%) GitHub
13 25 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.89%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 21 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.44%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.21%) Azure AI
17 16 (1.21%) OCI
18 15 (1.13%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.06%) Firewall
2 13 (0.98%) WAN
3 11 (0.83%) VPN
4 9 (0.68%) DNS
4 9 (0.68%) Network Security
5 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.30%) NAS
7 4 (0.30%) OpenVPN
7 4 (0.30%) SAN
8 3 (0.23%) BGP
8 3 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.23%) IPsec
8 3 (0.23%) MPLS
8 3 (0.23%) OSPF
8 3 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.23%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.15%) NaaS
9 2 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (12.55%) Power BI
2 70 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.16%) Tableau
4 52 (3.93%) Metadata
5 39 (2.95%) BigQuery
6 28 (2.12%) Power Query
7 26 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (1.81%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.66%) Big Data
10 21 (1.59%) Data Lake
10 21 (1.59%) Looker
10 21 (1.59%) NoSQL
11 18 (1.36%) SQL Server
12 17 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (1.21%) Star Schema
14 15 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
14 15 (1.13%) Delta Lake
15 13 (0.98%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.91%) MongoDB
16 12 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (5.67%) JIRA
2 42 (3.17%) Git
3 21 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.76%) GitLab
5 6 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.38%) JUnit
6 5 (0.38%) MLflow
6 5 (0.38%) Mockito
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.30%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.30%) ERwin
7 4 (0.30%) jMock
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
8 3 (0.23%) VTune
8 3 (0.23%) Xcode
9 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 486 (36.73%) Finance
2 471 (35.60%) Social Skills
3 322 (24.34%) Analytical Skills
4 193 (14.59%) Public Sector
5 146 (11.04%) Banking
6 89 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
7 74 (5.59%) Retail
8 70 (5.29%) Marketing
9 50 (3.78%) Legal
10 44 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 40 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.42%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.97%) Financial Institution
15 25 (1.89%) Investment Banking
15 25 (1.89%) Local Government
16 24 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
17 23 (1.74%) Front Office
18 14 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
19 13 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 200 (15.12%) Analyst
2 192 (14.51%) Senior
3 165 (12.47%) Lead
4 143 (10.81%) Architect
5 92 (6.95%) Data Engineer
5 92 (6.95%) Project Manager
6 91 (6.88%) Business Analyst
7 77 (5.82%) Developer
8 69 (5.22%) Data Analyst
9 55 (4.16%) Data Scientist
10 48 (3.63%) Consultant
11 39 (2.95%) Product Manager
12 37 (2.80%) Senior Manager
12 37 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
13 36 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 31 (2.34%) Designer
14 31 (2.34%) Product Owner
15 26 (1.97%) Senior Data Engineer
16 24 (1.81%) Data Architect
16 24 (1.81%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.95%) REST
2 32 (2.42%) Kafka
3 29 (2.19%) React
4 28 (2.12%) Pandas
5 25 (1.89%) PySpark
6 18 (1.36%) Middleware
6 18 (1.36%) NumPy
7 17 (1.28%) scikit-learn
8 16 (1.21%) AngularJS
8 16 (1.21%) JSON
9 15 (1.13%) .NET
9 15 (1.13%) RESTful
10 13 (0.98%) Node.js
10 13 (0.98%) Spring
10 13 (0.98%) Spring Boot
11 12 (0.91%) HTML
11 12 (0.91%) PyTorch
12 11 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
14 9 (0.68%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 98 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 88 (6.65%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 41 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (3.10%) Virtual Team
5 37 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (2.57%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
9 23 (1.74%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.51%) NHS
12 19 (1.44%) FMCG
13 17 (1.28%) CMDB
13 17 (1.28%) PMI
14 16 (1.21%) Security Posture
15 15 (1.13%) Operational Technology
16 14 (1.06%) Data Centre
16 14 (1.06%) Taxonomies
17 13 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.21%) Linux
2 15 (1.13%) Windows
3 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.30%) Unix
6 3 (0.23%) VMS
7 2 (0.15%) Android
7 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.076%) Solaris
8 1 (0.076%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (29.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 372 (28.12%) Agile
3 332 (25.09%) Analytics
4 287 (21.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 280 (21.16%) AI
6 254 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
7 233 (17.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 220 (16.63%) Roadmaps
9 192 (14.51%) Business Intelligence
10 191 (14.44%) Data Modelling
11 176 (13.30%) CI/CD
12 166 (12.55%) Data Pipeline
12 166 (12.55%) DevOps
13 135 (10.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 131 (9.90%) Validation
15 128 (9.67%) Machine Learning
16 124 (9.37%) Actionable Insight
16 124 (9.37%) Data Science
16 124 (9.37%) Migration
17 122 (9.22%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 262 (19.80%) SQL
2 259 (19.58%) Python
3 69 (5.22%) Java
4 43 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (3.17%) TypeScript
6 27 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.36%) C#
8 17 (1.28%) R
9 8 (0.60%) C++
9 8 (0.60%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.53%) VBA
11 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.45%) Ruby
11 6 (0.45%) SPARQL
11 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.38%) Bash
12 5 (0.38%) Cypher
12 5 (0.38%) Scala
12 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 226 (17.08%) Security Cleared
2 182 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 104 (7.86%) Degree
4 55 (4.16%) PMP
5 50 (3.78%) PMI Certification
6 31 (2.34%) DV Cleared
7 25 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.28%) CISSP
10 12 (0.91%) ACCA
11 10 (0.76%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.76%) CISM
12 8 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.53%) PhD
14 6 (0.45%) CIMA
15 5 (0.38%) CISA
15 5 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (13.61%) Data Quality
2 93 (7.03%) PMO
3 69 (5.22%) QA
4 50 (3.78%) Accessibility
5 43 (3.25%) GDPR
6 20 (1.51%) NIST
7 18 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.06%) GRC
10 9 (0.68%) COREP
10 9 (0.68%) FINREP
11 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.60%) SLA
12 7 (0.53%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.38%) SEPA
14 4 (0.30%) IFRS
14 4 (0.30%) NCSC
14 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (3.55%) Docker
2 19 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.53%) IAG
5 4 (0.30%) NFS
5 4 (0.30%) Squid
5 4 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.23%) Postfix
7 1 (0.076%) Firmware
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.076%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 74 (5.59%) Terraform
2 66 (4.99%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.21%) Ansible
4 14 (1.06%) Grafana
5 10 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.45%) Kibana
8 6 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.23%) SCCM
10 3 (0.23%) vMotion
11 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.15%) Consul
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.076%) Control-M
Vendors
1 183 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.14%) Databricks
3 49 (3.70%) Google
4 47 (3.55%) SAP
5 44 (3.33%) Oracle
6 40 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.80%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.21%) Workday
9 13 (0.98%) Adobe
10 11 (0.83%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.68%) GoldenSource
11 9 (0.68%) Murex
11 9 (0.68%) Zscaler
12 8 (0.60%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.60%) Foundry
13 7 (0.53%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.53%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.53%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.53%) Splunk