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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 51 94
Rank change year-on-year +22 +43 -11
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,427 662 442
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.08% 4.96% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.97% 5.36% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 926 435 269
10th Percentile £389 £336 £323
25th Percentile £463 £420 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% -2.73% -4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £653 £675
90th Percentile £802 £750 £775
England median daily rate £535 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +3.88% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 7
10th Percentile £26.25 £28.40 £31.70
25th Percentile £26.52 £31.09 £34.38
Median hourly rate £32.25 £34.23 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% -19.46% -3.10%
75th Percentile £57.69 £47.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.49 £51.10 £52.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £42.50
% change year-on-year +11.15% -25.91% -7.37%

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 17,900 12,362 14,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.61% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,695 8,173 9,697
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 255 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.09 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 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
Central London +15 209 £625 +13.64% 398
West London +19 73 £675 +28.57% 117
South London -5 10 £650 +8.33% 36
East London +6 6 £600 +4.35% 29
North London 0 1 £550 -15.38% 6
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 37 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
2 35 (2.45%) Confluence
3 25 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.68%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.12%) Apache
6 6 (0.42%) CMS
7 5 (0.35%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.35%) SAS
8 4 (0.28%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.21%) Camunda
9 3 (0.21%) Mendix
9 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.070%) IIS
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 89 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.77%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.49%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.35%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.21%) Endur
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.14%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.14%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.070%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.070%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.070%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 264 (18.50%) Azure
2 262 (18.36%) AWS
3 177 (12.40%) Power Platform
4 80 (5.61%) GCP
5 67 (4.70%) SaaS
6 64 (4.48%) Snowflake
7 48 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (3.08%) dbt
9 39 (2.73%) GitHub
10 37 (2.59%) Amazon S3
11 34 (2.38%) Serverless
12 26 (1.82%) Entra ID
13 25 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 24 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 20 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (1.33%) OCI
17 18 (1.26%) Amazon Bedrock
18 17 (1.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.98%) WAN
2 12 (0.84%) Firewall
2 12 (0.84%) Network Security
3 11 (0.77%) Broadband
4 9 (0.63%) VPN
5 8 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.35%) DNS
6 5 (0.35%) LAN
7 4 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.28%) IPsec
7 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.21%) BGP
8 3 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
8 3 (0.21%) MPLS
8 3 (0.21%) OSPF
8 3 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.21%) X.509
9 2 (0.14%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (11.91%) Power BI
2 70 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (4.34%) Metadata
4 49 (3.43%) Tableau
5 32 (2.24%) Power Query
6 31 (2.17%) BigQuery
7 28 (1.96%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.82%) Delta Lake
9 25 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.75%) Relational Database
10 23 (1.61%) Looker
11 20 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (1.33%) NoSQL
13 18 (1.26%) Big Data
13 18 (1.26%) SQL Server
14 16 (1.12%) Star Schema
15 15 (1.05%) MongoDB
16 14 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
17 13 (0.91%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 61 (4.27%) JIRA
2 42 (2.94%) Git
3 25 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.77%) GitLab
5 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.35%) JUnit
6 5 (0.35%) Terragrunt
7 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.28%) MLflow
8 3 (0.21%) ERwin
8 3 (0.21%) Mockito
8 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.21%) VTune
8 3 (0.21%) Xcode
9 2 (0.14%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.14%) jMock
9 2 (0.14%) Maven
9 2 (0.14%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 548 (38.40%) Social Skills
2 489 (34.27%) Finance
3 358 (25.09%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (15.56%) Public Sector
5 159 (11.14%) Banking
6 129 (9.04%) Influencing Skills
7 84 (5.89%) Retail
8 81 (5.68%) Marketing
9 53 (3.71%) Legal
10 42 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 42 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
11 37 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.38%) Local Government
13 32 (2.24%) Front Office
14 29 (2.03%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.68%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.54%) Aviation
16 22 (1.54%) Financial Institution
17 18 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 229 (16.05%) Analyst
2 219 (15.35%) Senior
3 189 (13.24%) Lead
4 172 (12.05%) Architect
5 99 (6.94%) Business Analyst
6 87 (6.10%) Project Manager
7 82 (5.75%) Data Engineer
8 68 (4.77%) Data Analyst
9 62 (4.34%) Developer
10 56 (3.92%) Consultant
11 53 (3.71%) Data Scientist
12 50 (3.50%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.08%) Product Manager
15 42 (2.94%) Data Architect
16 38 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.10%) Designer
18 28 (1.96%) Product Owner
18 28 (1.96%) Senior Data Engineer
18 28 (1.96%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (6.03%) Terraform
2 37 (2.59%) REST
3 36 (2.52%) Kafka
4 28 (1.96%) PySpark
4 28 (1.96%) React
5 20 (1.40%) Pandas
6 16 (1.12%) Middleware
6 16 (1.12%) Spring
7 15 (1.05%) Spring Boot
8 14 (0.98%) HTML
9 13 (0.91%) .NET
10 12 (0.84%) JSON
10 12 (0.84%) Node.js
10 12 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (0.84%) RESTful
11 11 (0.77%) AngularJS
11 11 (0.77%) ATL
11 11 (0.77%) LangChain
11 11 (0.77%) NumPy
12 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.36%) Product Ownership
2 93 (6.52%) Cloud Native
3 64 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
6 38 (2.66%) AI Agents
7 32 (2.24%) Virtual Team
8 30 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.75%) Data Structures
9 25 (1.75%) NHS
10 22 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.40%) Operational Technology
12 17 (1.19%) Taxonomies
13 16 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.12%) FMCG
14 15 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.98%) CMDB
15 14 (0.98%) PMI
15 14 (0.98%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.26%) Windows
2 15 (1.05%) Linux
3 8 (0.56%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.42%) Unix
5 5 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) Android
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.070%) Solaris
7 1 (0.070%) VMS
7 1 (0.070%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (35.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 400 (28.03%) Agile
3 375 (26.28%) Analytics
4 324 (22.70%) AI
5 310 (21.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 296 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
7 286 (20.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 260 (18.22%) Roadmaps
9 196 (13.74%) Business Intelligence
10 187 (13.10%) Data Modelling
11 180 (12.61%) CI/CD
12 177 (12.40%) DevOps
13 149 (10.44%) Actionable Insight
14 148 (10.37%) Data Pipeline
15 144 (10.09%) Validation
16 140 (9.81%) Data Governance
17 136 (9.53%) Machine Learning
17 136 (9.53%) Risk Management
18 130 (9.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
19 128 (8.97%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 281 (19.69%) SQL
2 268 (18.78%) Python
3 69 (4.84%) Java
4 44 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (2.94%) TypeScript
6 27 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.47%) C#
8 20 (1.40%) R
9 14 (0.98%) Bash
10 10 (0.70%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.56%) VBA
12 7 (0.49%) Bicep
12 7 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.49%) Scala
13 6 (0.42%) C++
13 6 (0.42%) SPARQL
13 6 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.35%) Gremlin
14 5 (0.35%) Ruby
14 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 246 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 190 (13.31%) SC Cleared
3 111 (7.78%) Degree
4 55 (3.85%) PMP
5 50 (3.50%) PMI Certification
6 40 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 30 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.40%) ACCA
8 20 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.05%) CISSP
12 13 (0.91%) AWS Certification
12 13 (0.91%) CIMA
13 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.56%) CISM
16 7 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 6 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (13.74%) Data Quality
2 85 (5.96%) PMO
3 70 (4.91%) QA
4 53 (3.71%) GDPR
5 48 (3.36%) Accessibility
6 31 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 22 (1.54%) NIST
8 21 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (1.40%) GRC
10 11 (0.77%) IFRS
11 9 (0.63%) SLA
12 8 (0.56%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.49%) COREP
13 7 (0.49%) FINREP
14 5 (0.35%) NCSC
14 5 (0.35%) SEPA
15 4 (0.28%) GAAP
16 3 (0.21%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (4.41%) Docker
2 18 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.49%) IAG
5 3 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.14%) Postfix
6 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.070%) Firmware
7 1 (0.070%) NFS
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.070%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.070%) Squid
7 1 (0.070%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.070%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.98%) Ansible
3 12 (0.84%) Grafana
4 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.42%) Kibana
7 5 (0.35%) Control-M
8 4 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.21%) Istio
9 3 (0.21%) SCCM
10 2 (0.14%) Packer
10 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 2 (0.14%) Rancher
11 1 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.070%) Argo
11 1 (0.070%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.070%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 199 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.10%) Databricks
3 47 (3.29%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.15%) SAP
5 44 (3.08%) Oracle
5 44 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.45%) Google
7 13 (0.91%) Adobe
7 13 (0.91%) Workday
8 11 (0.77%) Informatica
9 10 (0.70%) Murex
9 10 (0.70%) Splunk
9 10 (0.70%) Zscaler
10 9 (0.63%) Amplitude
10 9 (0.63%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.63%) Foundry
10 9 (0.63%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.56%) IBM
12 7 (0.49%) GoldenSource
12 7 (0.49%) Teradata