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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 50 69
Rank change year-on-year +20 +19 +31
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,090 584 578
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.28% 4.60% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 5.00% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 739 382 413
10th Percentile £375 £363 £338
25th Percentile £443 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -11.02%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £650
90th Percentile £775 £811 £775
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 27
10th Percentile £20.65 £27.72 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.25 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.28% +62.30% -30.46%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £76.60 £81.30 £52.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £30.40 £18.00
% change year-on-year +97.35% +68.90% -65.47%

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 15,459 11,674 15,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 91.93% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,346 7,928 11,348
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 166 336
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.97
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.64 £19.98
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.83%
75th Percentile £56.99 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.65 £63.50 £66.88
England median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £34.21
% change year-on-year +32.29% -7.51% -6.66%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +11 159 £575 +9.52% 278
West London -18 22 £520 -16.80% 33
South London -19 19 £519 -13.58% 8
East London -1 5 £697 -10.06% 25
North London - 2 £413 - 2
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 45 (4.13%) Confluence
2 24 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.01%) nginx
6 6 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.46%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) CMS
7 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.18%) Camunda
9 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.092%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 108 (9.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (3.30%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (1.93%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.56%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Notion
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.18%) InVision
9 2 (0.18%) Sketch
9 2 (0.18%) Trello
10 1 (0.092%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 10 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.83%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.55%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.55%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.46%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.46%) BambooHR
5 4 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.28%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.18%) Actimize
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 221 (20.28%) Azure
2 183 (16.79%) AWS
3 169 (15.50%) Power Platform
4 91 (8.35%) GCP
5 59 (5.41%) SaaS
6 38 (3.49%) Amazon S3
6 38 (3.49%) Serverless
7 37 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (3.39%) Snowflake
8 33 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
9 31 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 30 (2.75%) GitHub
11 29 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (1.47%) Collibra
14 16 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 15 (1.38%) PaaS
16 14 (1.28%) dbt
16 14 (1.28%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.38%) Firewall
2 12 (1.10%) DNS
2 12 (1.10%) VPN
3 11 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.83%) OpenVPN
5 8 (0.73%) HTTP
5 8 (0.73%) Network Security
6 4 (0.37%) NAS
6 4 (0.37%) SAN
7 3 (0.28%) 5G
7 3 (0.28%) Broadband
7 3 (0.28%) WAN
8 2 (0.18%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.18%) Calico
8 2 (0.18%) DMZ
8 2 (0.18%) Intelligent Network
8 2 (0.18%) Internet
8 2 (0.18%) NaaS
8 2 (0.18%) VSAN
8 2 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (14.77%) Power BI
2 67 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (4.22%) Tableau
4 42 (3.85%) Metadata
5 32 (2.94%) SQL Server
6 25 (2.29%) BigQuery
7 24 (2.20%) Data Lake
8 19 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (1.65%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (1.47%) Big Data
10 16 (1.47%) Looker
11 14 (1.28%) Delta Lake
11 14 (1.28%) Power Query
11 14 (1.28%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.19%) Oracle Database
13 12 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
14 11 (1.01%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 89 (8.17%) JIRA
2 41 (3.76%) Git
3 18 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.19%) GitLab
5 12 (1.10%) MLflow
6 10 (0.92%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.83%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.55%) ERwin
8 6 (0.55%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.46%) JUnit
10 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.28%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.28%) jMock
10 3 (0.28%) Maven
10 3 (0.28%) Mockito
10 3 (0.28%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.28%) Toad
11 2 (0.18%) Postman
11 2 (0.18%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 409 (37.52%) Social Skills
2 395 (36.24%) Finance
3 282 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (13.76%) Public Sector
5 128 (11.74%) Banking
6 60 (5.50%) Influencing Skills
7 58 (5.32%) Marketing
8 48 (4.40%) Legal
9 47 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (3.67%) Retail
11 37 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.75%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.48%) Financial Institution
14 24 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 22 (2.02%) Front Office
16 20 (1.83%) Local Government
17 19 (1.74%) Billing
18 18 (1.65%) Investment Banking
19 11 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 185 (16.97%) Analyst
2 164 (15.05%) Senior
3 118 (10.83%) Lead
4 92 (8.44%) Business Analyst
5 90 (8.26%) Architect
6 79 (7.25%) Developer
7 75 (6.88%) Data Engineer
8 68 (6.24%) Project Manager
9 60 (5.50%) Data Analyst
10 43 (3.94%) Consultant
11 34 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (3.03%) Senior Manager
13 32 (2.94%) Data Scientist
14 28 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (2.48%) Senior Data Engineer
15 27 (2.48%) User Researcher
16 24 (2.20%) Designer
17 22 (2.02%) Product Manager
17 22 (2.02%) Senior Business Analyst
18 21 (1.93%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.75%) Pandas
2 29 (2.66%) REST
3 23 (2.11%) Kafka
4 22 (2.02%) scikit-learn
5 21 (1.93%) NumPy
5 21 (1.93%) PySpark
5 21 (1.93%) React
6 20 (1.83%) AngularJS
6 20 (1.83%) Middleware
7 18 (1.65%) .NET
8 16 (1.47%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (1.28%) RESTful
10 13 (1.19%) LangChain
11 12 (1.10%) TensorFlow
12 11 (1.01%) Spring
12 11 (1.01%) Spring Boot
13 10 (0.92%) JSON
13 10 (0.92%) OpenID
14 9 (0.83%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.61%) Cloud Native
2 67 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.75%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.48%) AI Agents
6 26 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 25 (2.29%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.65%) PMI
10 17 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 17 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.38%) Security Posture
13 14 (1.28%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.19%) FMCG
14 13 (1.19%) NHS
15 12 (1.10%) CMDB
15 12 (1.10%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.10%) Linux
2 11 (1.01%) Windows
3 3 (0.28%) VMS
3 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.092%) Solaris
5 1 (0.092%) Unix
5 1 (0.092%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (28.17%) Agile
2 256 (23.49%) Analytics
3 250 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 243 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
5 200 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 197 (18.07%) AI
7 188 (17.25%) Business Intelligence
8 166 (15.23%) Data Modelling
9 164 (15.05%) Roadmaps
10 163 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 133 (12.20%) CI/CD
11 133 (12.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 133 (12.20%) DevOps
12 117 (10.73%) Actionable Insight
13 116 (10.64%) Project Management
14 115 (10.55%) Migration
15 113 (10.37%) Data Pipeline
15 113 (10.37%) ETL
16 105 (9.63%) Data Governance
17 102 (9.36%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 228 (20.92%) SQL
2 212 (19.45%) Python
3 52 (4.77%) Java
4 25 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (2.29%) TypeScript
5 22 (2.02%) C#
6 20 (1.83%) R
7 16 (1.47%) PL/SQL
8 15 (1.38%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.92%) VBA
10 9 (0.83%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.73%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.64%) Bicep
13 6 (0.55%) C++
14 5 (0.46%) Bash
14 5 (0.46%) Scala
15 4 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.28%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.28%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 182 (16.70%) Security Cleared
2 148 (13.58%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.55%) Degree
4 37 (3.39%) PMP
5 36 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.30%) PMI Certification
6 34 (3.12%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.47%) ACCA
7 16 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.19%) CIMA
9 13 (1.19%) CISSP
10 11 (1.01%) CBAP
10 11 (1.01%) PhD
11 10 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.83%) CISM
12 9 (0.83%) IIBA
13 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.55%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (13.30%) Data Quality
2 68 (6.24%) PMO
3 64 (5.87%) QA
4 36 (3.30%) GDPR
5 32 (2.94%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.56%) NIST
7 14 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (1.10%) SLA
10 11 (1.01%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.83%) GRC
12 8 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.64%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.64%) WCAG
14 5 (0.46%) COBIT
14 5 (0.46%) COREP
14 5 (0.46%) FINREP
15 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (2.75%) Docker
2 9 (0.83%) Squid
3 8 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.37%) NFS
6 3 (0.28%) IAG
7 2 (0.18%) HDFS
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.18%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.092%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (5.78%) Terraform
2 57 (5.23%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.65%) Grafana
4 15 (1.38%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.83%) Ansible
6 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.73%) Consul
8 7 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.37%) Control-M
9 4 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.37%) vMotion
10 3 (0.28%) Istio
10 3 (0.28%) Kibana
11 2 (0.18%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.18%) Argo
11 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 2 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.092%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 156 (14.31%) Microsoft
2 54 (4.95%) Oracle
3 53 (4.86%) Databricks
4 48 (4.40%) SAP
5 47 (4.31%) ServiceNow
6 43 (3.94%) Google
7 36 (3.30%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.93%) Workday
9 18 (1.65%) Adobe
10 13 (1.19%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.10%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.92%) Foundry
14 9 (0.83%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.83%) Software AG
14 9 (0.83%) VMware
15 8 (0.73%) Planview
16 7 (0.64%) Ariba
17 6 (0.55%) Cisco
17 6 (0.55%) Informatica