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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 69 68
Rank change year-on-year +27 -1 +25
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 765 521 588
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.32% 3.47% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.82% 3.85% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 324 421
10th Percentile £351 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £868 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 16
10th Percentile - £30.50 £30.62
25th Percentile £18.25 £31.46 £35.47
Median hourly rate £31.49 £37.50 £43.08
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% -12.96% -21.67%
75th Percentile £39.63 £50.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £42.67 £60.75 £65.05
England median hourly rate £31.49 £34.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year -9.38% -24.75% +5.00%

All Process and 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 13,143 13,541 16,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.10% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,710 12,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 235
10th Percentile £18.17 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 99 £525 - 63
West London -10 11 £525 -47.50% 27
South London -21 3 £750 +25.00% 15
North London +5 2 £575 - 5
East London +4 1 £575 +91.67% 19
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 31 (4.05%) Confluence
2 25 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.48%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.65%) Apache
5 5 (0.65%) CMS
6 4 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.26%) Appian
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.13%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 108 (14.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (2.35%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.65%) Trello
7 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.52%) Notion
8 3 (0.39%) Sketch
8 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.26%) InVision
10 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 12 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.52%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.52%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.26%) Endur
6 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.26%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.13%) iTrent
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 142 (18.56%) Power Platform
2 113 (14.77%) Azure
3 92 (12.03%) AWS
4 43 (5.62%) GCP
5 32 (4.18%) SaaS
6 24 (3.14%) Snowflake
7 21 (2.75%) GitHub
7 21 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.09%) dbt
9 14 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.70%) Amazon S3
10 13 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.57%) PaaS
11 12 (1.57%) Serverless
12 11 (1.44%) ChatGPT
12 11 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (1.31%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.78%) Firewall
2 5 (0.65%) Network Security
2 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.52%) Internet
3 4 (0.52%) Multicast
3 4 (0.52%) tcpdump
3 4 (0.52%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.39%) 5G
4 3 (0.39%) Broadband
4 3 (0.39%) VPN
5 2 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.26%) DMZ
5 2 (0.26%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.26%) ISDN
5 2 (0.26%) Junos
5 2 (0.26%) PSTN
5 2 (0.26%) Softphone
5 2 (0.26%) WAN
5 2 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (17.65%) Power BI
2 40 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (5.10%) Tableau
4 26 (3.40%) Metadata
5 24 (3.14%) Big Data
6 22 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (2.48%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.35%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.96%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.96%) Power Query
10 13 (1.70%) Hadoop
10 13 (1.70%) Star Schema
11 11 (1.44%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.18%) Delta Lake
14 8 (1.05%) Apache Hive
14 8 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.92%) Data Vault
15 7 (0.92%) Impala
Development Applications
1 49 (6.41%) JIRA
2 32 (4.18%) Git
3 15 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.92%) GitLab
5 5 (0.65%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.52%) MLflow
6 4 (0.52%) Selenium
6 4 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.26%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.26%) Maven
8 2 (0.26%) Postman
8 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) Gradle
9 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 311 (40.65%) Social Skills
2 270 (35.29%) Finance
3 264 (34.51%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (14.12%) Banking
5 101 (13.20%) Public Sector
6 47 (6.14%) Influencing Skills
7 44 (5.75%) Marketing
8 42 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
9 32 (4.18%) Legal
10 26 (3.40%) Front Office
11 25 (3.27%) Publishing
12 23 (3.01%) Financial Institution
12 23 (3.01%) Retail
13 20 (2.61%) Local Government
14 19 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (2.09%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.83%) Manufacturing
18 11 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 170 (22.22%) Analyst
2 88 (11.50%) Senior
3 79 (10.33%) Business Analyst
4 74 (9.67%) Lead
5 59 (7.71%) Developer
6 56 (7.32%) Architect
7 48 (6.27%) Data Analyst
8 42 (5.49%) Project Manager
9 33 (4.31%) Data Engineer
10 27 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.01%) Data Scientist
12 22 (2.88%) Consultant
13 20 (2.61%) Senior Manager
14 18 (2.35%) Data Business Analyst
15 16 (2.09%) Product Manager
15 16 (2.09%) Senior Data Engineer
16 14 (1.83%) Senior Business Analyst
17 13 (1.70%) User Researcher
18 12 (1.57%) Data Architect
18 12 (1.57%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.75%) Kafka
2 18 (2.35%) AngularJS
3 16 (2.09%) Pandas
3 16 (2.09%) React
4 14 (1.83%) REST
4 14 (1.83%) scikit-learn
5 13 (1.70%) TensorFlow
6 12 (1.57%) NumPy
6 12 (1.57%) Plotly
6 12 (1.57%) XML
7 11 (1.44%) PySpark
7 11 (1.44%) PyTorch
8 10 (1.31%) .NET
8 10 (1.31%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.31%) Middleware
9 9 (1.18%) CSS
9 9 (1.18%) HTML
9 9 (1.18%) JSON
9 9 (1.18%) RESTful
10 8 (1.05%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.75%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 36 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 26 (3.40%) Algorithms
4 26 (3.40%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.14%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.48%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.57%) Derivative
10 11 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.31%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.05%) NHS
13 8 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.14%) Linux
2 14 (1.83%) Windows
3 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Unix
4 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (26.54%) Agile
2 201 (26.27%) Problem-Solving
3 185 (24.18%) Analytics
4 156 (20.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 150 (19.61%) Business Intelligence
6 120 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (15.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 115 (15.03%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 114 (14.90%) AI
10 102 (13.33%) Roadmaps
11 99 (12.94%) Actionable Insight
12 98 (12.81%) Data Analysis
13 97 (12.68%) Data Modelling
13 97 (12.68%) Visualisation
14 80 (10.46%) Data Governance
14 80 (10.46%) Project Management
15 69 (9.02%) Data Science
16 68 (8.89%) Risk Management
17 66 (8.63%) CI/CD
18 65 (8.50%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (21.96%) SQL
2 144 (18.82%) Python
3 24 (3.14%) Java
4 18 (2.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (2.35%) R
5 16 (2.09%) C++
6 15 (1.96%) Bash
6 15 (1.96%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.70%) C#
9 12 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.18%) Scala
11 7 (0.92%) Bicep
11 7 (0.92%) VBA
12 5 (0.65%) Korn
12 5 (0.65%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.52%) Groovy
13 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 110 (14.38%) Degree
2 94 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 77 (10.07%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 22 (2.88%) PMI Certification
7 21 (2.75%) PMP
8 11 (1.44%) CISSP
9 10 (1.31%) ACCA
9 10 (1.31%) CIMA
10 8 (1.05%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.05%) PhD
11 7 (0.92%) CISM
12 6 (0.78%) CBAP
12 6 (0.78%) MBA
13 5 (0.65%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.65%) MCP
14 4 (0.52%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (11.50%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.58%) PMO
3 29 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.79%) QA
4 22 (2.88%) GDPR
5 15 (1.96%) NIST
6 14 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (1.18%) GRC
8 7 (0.92%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.65%) GMP
9 5 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.65%) WCAG
10 4 (0.52%) COBIT
10 4 (0.52%) NCSC
10 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 32 (4.18%) Docker
2 7 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.78%) HDFS
4 5 (0.65%) zsh
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (4.31%) Terraform
2 30 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.31%) ITRS Geneos
3 10 (1.31%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.18%) Grafana
5 4 (0.52%) Ansible
5 4 (0.52%) Kibana
5 4 (0.52%) logstash
5 4 (0.52%) Rancher
6 1 (0.13%) Consul
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Istio
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.13%) Packer
6 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.10%) SAP
3 37 (4.84%) Oracle
4 28 (3.66%) Salesforce
5 25 (3.27%) Databricks
5 25 (3.27%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.01%) Google
7 13 (1.70%) Adobe
8 10 (1.31%) Solace
9 8 (1.05%) TIBCO
10 7 (0.92%) Cisco
10 7 (0.92%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.78%) Foundry
11 6 (0.78%) Planview
12 5 (0.65%) Software AG
12 5 (0.65%) Workday
13 4 (0.52%) Dataiku
13 4 (0.52%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.52%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.52%) Xero