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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 49 86
Rank change year-on-year +19 +37 +3
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,353 674 468
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.76% 4.95% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.60% 5.36% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 877 460 306
10th Percentile £396 £356 £288
25th Percentile £453 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% -10.92%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £750 £763
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 9
10th Percentile £27.94 £26.53 £35.00
25th Percentile £32.03 £28.21 £36.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £44.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.22% -6.32% +8.30%
75th Percentile £62.50 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £55.25 £51.50
England median hourly rate £35.53 £28.15 £16.06
% change year-on-year +26.22% +75.28% -64.66%

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 17,809 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,743 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.86 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +7 194 £625 +13.64% 283
West London +9 56 £550 +2.16% 78
South London -3 16 £513 -14.58% 18
East London +7 6 £660 -14.90% 13
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 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
1 37 (2.73%) Confluence
2 30 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.70%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.18%) Apache
5 7 (0.52%) CMS
6 6 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.37%) nginx
8 4 (0.30%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Camunda
10 2 (0.15%) Mendix
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
11 1 (0.074%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.074%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.26%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.59%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.30%) CPLEX
9 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.074%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.37%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.22%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.22%) 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%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.074%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.074%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 268 (19.81%) Azure
2 261 (19.29%) AWS
3 175 (12.93%) Power Platform
4 107 (7.91%) GCP
5 69 (5.10%) SaaS
6 60 (4.43%) Snowflake
7 44 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (3.18%) Amazon S3
9 39 (2.88%) dbt
10 38 (2.81%) Serverless
11 33 (2.44%) GitHub
12 29 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 26 (1.92%) Entra ID
14 21 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (1.40%) Power Automate
16 17 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.18%) Azure AI
17 16 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.03%) Firewall
2 13 (0.96%) WAN
3 11 (0.81%) VPN
4 9 (0.67%) DNS
4 9 (0.67%) Network Security
5 6 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.30%) OpenVPN
7 4 (0.30%) SAN
8 3 (0.22%) BGP
8 3 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.22%) IPsec
8 3 (0.22%) MPLS
8 3 (0.22%) NAS
8 3 (0.22%) OSPF
8 3 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.22%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.15%) NaaS
9 2 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (12.56%) Power BI
2 78 (5.76%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.07%) Tableau
4 52 (3.84%) Metadata
5 40 (2.96%) BigQuery
6 28 (2.07%) Power Query
7 27 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.63%) Data Lake
9 22 (1.63%) NoSQL
10 21 (1.55%) Big Data
11 20 (1.48%) Looker
12 18 (1.33%) SQL Server
13 17 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (1.26%) Delta Lake
14 16 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
14 16 (1.18%) Star Schema
15 13 (0.96%) MongoDB
15 13 (0.96%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 76 (5.62%) JIRA
2 41 (3.03%) Git
3 24 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.96%) GitLab
5 6 (0.44%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.37%) JUnit
6 5 (0.37%) 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
7 4 (0.30%) MLflow
7 4 (0.30%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.22%) VTune
8 3 (0.22%) Xcode
9 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
General
1 500 (36.95%) Finance
2 482 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 329 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 194 (14.34%) Public Sector
5 152 (11.23%) Banking
6 97 (7.17%) Influencing Skills
7 80 (5.91%) Retail
8 75 (5.54%) Marketing
9 52 (3.84%) Legal
10 45 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 40 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.29%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.07%) Financial Institution
15 26 (1.92%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.85%) Front Office
17 24 (1.77%) Local Government
18 23 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.18%) Aviation
20 15 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 210 (15.52%) Analyst
2 206 (15.23%) Senior
3 173 (12.79%) Lead
4 149 (11.01%) Architect
5 97 (7.17%) Business Analyst
6 96 (7.10%) Data Engineer
7 91 (6.73%) Project Manager
8 77 (5.69%) Developer
9 70 (5.17%) Data Analyst
10 54 (3.99%) Data Scientist
11 48 (3.55%) Consultant
12 42 (3.10%) Product Manager
13 40 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
13 40 (2.96%) Senior Manager
13 40 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (2.29%) Designer
14 31 (2.29%) Product Owner
15 29 (2.14%) Senior Data Engineer
16 27 (2.00%) Data Architect
17 25 (1.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.96%) REST
2 34 (2.51%) Kafka
3 29 (2.14%) React
4 28 (2.07%) Pandas
5 27 (2.00%) PySpark
6 18 (1.33%) Middleware
6 18 (1.33%) NumPy
7 17 (1.26%) scikit-learn
8 16 (1.18%) AngularJS
8 16 (1.18%) JSON
9 15 (1.11%) RESTful
10 14 (1.03%) .NET
10 14 (1.03%) Spring
10 14 (1.03%) Spring Boot
11 13 (0.96%) Node.js
12 12 (0.89%) HTML
13 11 (0.81%) PyTorch
14 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
15 8 (0.59%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 94 (6.95%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 42 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (3.10%) Virtual Team
5 40 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.44%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
9 23 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 23 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.48%) NHS
11 19 (1.40%) FMCG
12 17 (1.26%) CMDB
12 17 (1.26%) PMI
13 16 (1.18%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.18%) Operational Technology
14 15 (1.11%) Security Posture
15 14 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (1.03%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.18%) Linux
2 15 (1.11%) Windows
3 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.44%) Unix
4 5 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.15%) Android
5 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.15%) VMS
5 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.074%) Solaris
6 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (30.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 385 (28.46%) Agile
3 347 (25.65%) Analytics
4 294 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 292 (21.58%) AI
6 267 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 227 (16.78%) Roadmaps
9 198 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
10 196 (14.49%) Data Modelling
11 183 (13.53%) CI/CD
12 173 (12.79%) DevOps
13 171 (12.64%) Data Pipeline
14 142 (10.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 132 (9.76%) Validation
16 131 (9.68%) Data Engineering
17 129 (9.53%) Machine Learning
18 128 (9.46%) Data Science
19 127 (9.39%) Actionable Insight
20 125 (9.24%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 276 (20.40%) SQL
2 267 (19.73%) Python
3 70 (5.17%) Java
4 44 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (3.10%) TypeScript
6 27 (2.00%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.26%) C#
8 16 (1.18%) R
9 9 (0.67%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.59%) C++
11 7 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.52%) VBA
12 6 (0.44%) Bash
12 6 (0.44%) Ruby
12 6 (0.44%) SPARQL
12 6 (0.44%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.37%) Cypher
13 5 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.37%) Scala
13 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 227 (16.78%) Security Cleared
2 179 (13.23%) SC Cleared
3 105 (7.76%) Degree
4 55 (4.07%) PMP
5 50 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 32 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 24 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 17 (1.26%) CISSP
9 16 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 13 (0.96%) ACCA
11 11 (0.81%) CISM
12 10 (0.74%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.52%) CIMA
14 7 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.52%) PhD
15 5 (0.37%) CISA
15 5 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (13.97%) Data Quality
2 94 (6.95%) PMO
3 70 (5.17%) QA
4 47 (3.47%) Accessibility
5 45 (3.33%) GDPR
6 21 (1.55%) NIST
7 20 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 16 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.03%) GRC
10 9 (0.67%) COREP
10 9 (0.67%) FINREP
11 8 (0.59%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.59%) SLA
12 7 (0.52%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.37%) IFRS
13 5 (0.37%) SEPA
14 4 (0.30%) NCSC
14 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (3.77%) Docker
2 20 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.52%) IAG
5 4 (0.30%) Squid
6 3 (0.22%) NFS
6 3 (0.22%) Postfix
6 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.074%) Firmware
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.074%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.074%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 79 (5.84%) Terraform
2 69 (5.10%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.26%) Ansible
4 14 (1.03%) Grafana
5 10 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.44%) Kibana
8 6 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.30%) Control-M
9 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.22%) SCCM
11 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.15%) Consul
11 2 (0.15%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.15%) vMotion
Vendors
1 186 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.25%) Databricks
3 49 (3.62%) Google
4 46 (3.40%) SAP
5 43 (3.18%) Oracle
6 41 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.81%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.18%) Workday
9 14 (1.03%) Adobe
10 11 (0.81%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.74%) Zscaler
12 9 (0.67%) GoldenSource
12 9 (0.67%) Murex
13 8 (0.59%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.59%) Foundry
14 7 (0.52%) Anaplan
14 7 (0.52%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.52%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.52%) Splunk