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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 91 86
Rank change year-on-year +41 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 663 444 600
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.94% 2.75% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% 3.08% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 269 414
10th Percentile £337 £323 £348
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £656 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 18
10th Percentile £28.06 £31.70 £29.98
25th Percentile £30.96 £34.38 £35.06
Median hourly rate £33.46 £42.50 £41.85
Median % change year-on-year -21.27% +1.57% -7.01%
75th Percentile £46.75 £48.75 £57.69
90th Percentile £50.10 £52.25 £69.88
England median hourly rate £31.49 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -25.91% -7.37% +43.78%

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 12,434 14,409 19,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.57% 89.23% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,225 9,616 14,380
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 180 226
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.56
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.67% +7.82%
75th Percentile £48.13 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £76.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +14 107 £550 +2.33% 283
West London +3 16 £525 +110.00% 22
South London - 4 £600 - 21
East London +6 2 £575 +41.10% 15
North London -4 1 £650 - 2
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
1 21 (3.17%) Confluence
2 12 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.51%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.51%) CMS
4 5 (0.75%) Apache
4 5 (0.75%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.60%) SAS
6 2 (0.30%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.15%) Appian
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 57 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.30%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Notion
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
6 1 (0.15%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 13 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.60%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (0.60%) Shopify
4 3 (0.45%) iTrent
5 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.30%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.30%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.30%) Workfront
6 1 (0.15%) Bankmaster
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (14.63%) Power Platform
2 84 (12.67%) Azure
3 78 (11.76%) AWS
4 41 (6.18%) GCP
5 32 (4.83%) Snowflake
6 23 (3.47%) GitHub
6 23 (3.47%) SaaS
7 20 (3.02%) dbt
8 15 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (2.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (1.51%) Amazon S3
12 10 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.21%) ChatGPT
13 8 (1.21%) GitHub Copilot
14 7 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (0.90%) Miro
15 6 (0.90%) PaaS
16 5 (0.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.45%) Wireless
3 2 (0.30%) Internet
3 2 (0.30%) ISDN
3 2 (0.30%) Multicast
3 2 (0.30%) PSTN
3 2 (0.30%) Softphone
3 2 (0.30%) SSL
3 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
4 1 (0.15%) DWDM
4 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) L2TP
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) MPLS
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
4 1 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (13.88%) Power BI
2 50 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (6.33%) Tableau
4 26 (3.92%) Metadata
5 20 (3.02%) Big Data
6 18 (2.71%) Data Lake
7 16 (2.41%) Power Query
8 15 (2.26%) SQL Server
9 13 (1.96%) BigQuery
9 13 (1.96%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.66%) Hadoop
10 11 (1.66%) Looker
10 11 (1.66%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
11 10 (1.51%) Star Schema
12 9 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.21%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.06%) Data Vault
15 6 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 36 (5.43%) JIRA
2 16 (2.41%) Git
3 9 (1.36%) GitLab
3 9 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.75%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.60%) Maven
6 3 (0.45%) Liquibase
6 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.45%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.30%) Selenium
8 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.15%) ERwin
8 1 (0.15%) jMock
8 1 (0.15%) JUnit
8 1 (0.15%) Log4j
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 271 (40.87%) Social Skills
2 252 (38.01%) Finance
3 196 (29.56%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (15.23%) Banking
5 82 (12.37%) Public Sector
6 53 (7.99%) Marketing
7 35 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
7 35 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (4.83%) Retail
9 30 (4.52%) Legal
10 25 (3.77%) Investment Banking
11 24 (3.62%) Financial Institution
12 20 (3.02%) Local Government
12 20 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.71%) Front Office
14 15 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (2.26%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.11%) Back Office
16 13 (1.96%) Retail Banking
17 12 (1.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 155 (23.38%) Analyst
2 77 (11.61%) Business Analyst
3 66 (9.95%) Senior
4 51 (7.69%) Architect
5 50 (7.54%) Developer
6 48 (7.24%) Lead
7 43 (6.49%) Data Analyst
8 42 (6.33%) Data Engineer
9 38 (5.73%) Project Manager
10 21 (3.17%) Data Scientist
11 19 (2.87%) Consultant
12 18 (2.71%) Data Architect
13 16 (2.41%) Data Business Analyst
13 16 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.26%) Senior Data Engineer
15 13 (1.96%) Product Manager
16 12 (1.81%) Business Manager
16 12 (1.81%) Programme Manager
17 11 (1.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.56%) Kafka
1 17 (2.56%) React
2 12 (1.81%) AngularJS
3 11 (1.66%) Pandas
3 11 (1.66%) TensorFlow
4 10 (1.51%) .NET
4 10 (1.51%) REST
5 9 (1.36%) XML
6 8 (1.21%) JSON
6 8 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 8 (1.21%) scikit-learn
7 7 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.90%) Next.js
8 6 (0.90%) PySpark
8 6 (0.90%) RESTful
9 5 (0.75%) Jinja
9 5 (0.75%) Node.js
9 5 (0.75%) Vue
10 4 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.60%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.73%) Management Information System
1 38 (5.73%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.32%) Algorithms
3 21 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.71%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.41%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.96%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.21%) Life Science
13 8 (1.21%) Reinsurance
14 7 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.06%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (1.06%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.87%) Linux
2 10 (1.51%) Windows
3 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (25.94%) Agile
2 172 (25.94%) Analytics
3 118 (17.80%) Business Intelligence
4 110 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 100 (15.08%) Visualisation
6 99 (14.93%) Data Analysis
7 98 (14.78%) Data Modelling
8 91 (13.73%) Artificial Intelligence
8 91 (13.73%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 90 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 79 (11.92%) Actionable Insight
12 78 (11.76%) Roadmaps
13 74 (11.16%) Project Management
14 69 (10.41%) Data Pipeline
15 66 (9.95%) Data Governance
15 66 (9.95%) Risk Management
16 57 (8.60%) Data Science
17 56 (8.45%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 158 (23.83%) SQL
2 139 (20.97%) Python
3 24 (3.62%) Java
4 22 (3.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 19 (2.87%) R
6 12 (1.81%) C++
7 11 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.36%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.21%) C#
10 7 (1.06%) Scala
11 6 (0.90%) Bash
12 4 (0.60%) Bicep
12 4 (0.60%) Korn
12 4 (0.60%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.45%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.45%) Rust
13 3 (0.45%) VBA
14 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.30%) RPG
Qualifications
1 93 (14.03%) Degree
2 78 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 65 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.17%) PMP
6 17 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.66%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.51%) CISSP
9 7 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.90%) CISM
11 5 (0.75%) ACCA
11 5 (0.75%) CIMA
12 4 (0.60%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.45%) CCNP
13 3 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.45%) PhD
13 3 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 2 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (9.65%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.17%) GDPR
3 21 (3.17%) QA
4 19 (2.87%) PMO
5 13 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.81%) NIST
7 6 (0.90%) EU AI Act
8 5 (0.75%) GRC
8 5 (0.75%) NCSC
9 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.60%) GMP
9 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.30%) COBIT
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) IFRS
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.30%) WCAG
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 28 (4.22%) Docker
2 6 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.45%) zsh
4 2 (0.30%) HDFS
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.15%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 27 (4.07%) Terraform
2 16 (2.41%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.06%) ITRS Geneos
3 7 (1.06%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.45%) Grafana
4 3 (0.45%) Kibana
4 3 (0.45%) logstash
5 2 (0.30%) Ansible
6 1 (0.15%) Consul
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) Rancher
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (12.52%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.13%) SAP
3 28 (4.22%) Google
4 24 (3.62%) Oracle
5 19 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.26%) Databricks
7 13 (1.96%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.51%) Adobe
9 7 (1.06%) Solace
10 6 (0.90%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.90%) Informatica
10 6 (0.90%) Talend
10 6 (0.90%) Workday
11 5 (0.75%) Foundry
11 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.75%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.60%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.60%) FIS
12 4 (0.60%) Refinitiv
12 4 (0.60%) TIBCO