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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 82 75
Rank change year-on-year +35 -7 +12
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 714 479 596
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.07% 3.07% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.49% 3.44% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 299 423
10th Percentile £344 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -7.37%
75th Percentile £650 £690 £650
90th Percentile £775 £825 £750
England median daily rate £513 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -6.82% +0.46% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 17
10th Percentile - £29.90 £35.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £31.81 £35.63
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.25 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -13.13% -17.35% -20.25%
75th Percentile £36.35 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £42.54 £52.35 £66.56
England median hourly rate £30.65 £34.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -11.15% -25.29% +47.42%

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 13,010 13,919 17,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,971 12,826
10th Percentile £333 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.42% -3.47%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 166 247
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.38 £18.70
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.63
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +3.21% -4.22%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £62.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £80.38 £76.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +28.57%

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 19 November 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 19 November 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 19 November 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 +3 93 £550 -0.09% 479
West London -3 13 £525 -15.15% 39
South London -21 4 £750 +25.00% 9
East London +7 2 £575 +91.67% 27
North London 0 1 £650 - 3
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 33 (4.62%) Confluence
2 17 (2.38%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.70%) Apache
4 5 (0.70%) CMS
5 4 (0.56%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.42%) nginx
7 2 (0.28%) Appian
7 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.28%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.14%) Camunda
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 90 (12.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.68%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.56%) Trello
7 2 (0.28%) Sketch
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.14%) InVision
8 1 (0.14%) Notion
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.14%) SPSS
8 1 (0.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 13 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.70%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (0.56%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.42%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.42%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.28%) Endur
5 2 (0.28%) Shopify
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 125 (17.51%) Power Platform
2 96 (13.45%) Azure
3 84 (11.76%) AWS
4 43 (6.02%) GCP
5 33 (4.62%) SaaS
6 24 (3.36%) Snowflake
7 21 (2.94%) GitHub
8 18 (2.52%) dbt
9 17 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.54%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.54%) ChatGPT
12 10 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.26%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (1.26%) PaaS
13 9 (1.26%) Serverless
14 8 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.84%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.70%) Firewall
2 5 (0.70%) Multicast
3 4 (0.56%) Internet
3 4 (0.56%) Network Security
3 4 (0.56%) tcpdump
3 4 (0.56%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.42%) 5G
4 3 (0.42%) Broadband
5 2 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.28%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.28%) ISDN
5 2 (0.28%) Junos
5 2 (0.28%) NX-OS
5 2 (0.28%) PSTN
5 2 (0.28%) Softphone
5 2 (0.28%) SSL
5 2 (0.28%) VPN
5 2 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (16.67%) Power BI
2 43 (6.02%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (5.46%) Tableau
4 24 (3.36%) Metadata
5 22 (3.08%) Big Data
5 22 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (2.80%) Relational Database
7 19 (2.66%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.10%) SQL Server
9 14 (1.96%) Hadoop
10 13 (1.82%) Power Query
11 12 (1.68%) Star Schema
12 10 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.26%) Apache Hive
13 9 (1.26%) Looker
14 7 (0.98%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.98%) Data Vault
14 7 (0.98%) Delta Lake
14 7 (0.98%) Impala
14 7 (0.98%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 47 (6.58%) JIRA
2 29 (4.06%) Git
3 13 (1.82%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.84%) GitLab
4 6 (0.84%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.56%) Maven
5 4 (0.56%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.42%) Selenium
6 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.14%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.14%) jMock
8 1 (0.14%) MLflow
8 1 (0.14%) Mockito
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 296 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 259 (36.27%) Finance
3 237 (33.19%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (14.71%) Banking
5 94 (13.17%) Public Sector
6 45 (6.30%) Marketing
7 40 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (3.92%) Retail
10 27 (3.78%) Front Office
10 27 (3.78%) Legal
11 25 (3.50%) Financial Institution
12 24 (3.36%) Local Government
13 23 (3.22%) Publishing
14 22 (3.08%) Investment Banking
15 16 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.82%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.54%) Back Office
17 11 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 159 (22.27%) Analyst
2 81 (11.34%) Senior
3 78 (10.92%) Business Analyst
4 67 (9.38%) Lead
5 60 (8.40%) Developer
6 47 (6.58%) Architect
7 44 (6.16%) Project Manager
8 43 (6.02%) Data Analyst
9 36 (5.04%) Data Engineer
10 24 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
11 19 (2.66%) Senior Data Engineer
12 18 (2.52%) Consultant
12 18 (2.52%) Data Scientist
13 17 (2.38%) Data Business Analyst
14 13 (1.82%) Senior Developer
14 13 (1.82%) Senior Manager
15 12 (1.68%) Product Manager
16 11 (1.54%) Project Leader
16 11 (1.54%) Risk Analyst
16 11 (1.54%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.94%) AngularJS
2 20 (2.80%) Kafka
3 19 (2.66%) React
4 16 (2.24%) REST
5 13 (1.82%) XML
6 12 (1.68%) FIX Protocol
6 12 (1.68%) Pandas
7 11 (1.54%) JSON
7 11 (1.54%) Plotly
7 11 (1.54%) scikit-learn
7 11 (1.54%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.40%) .NET
8 10 (1.40%) RESTful
9 9 (1.26%) NumPy
9 9 (1.26%) PySpark
10 8 (1.12%) CSS
10 8 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.12%) PyTorch
10 8 (1.12%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.02%) Product Ownership
2 36 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 28 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 26 (3.64%) Algorithms
6 23 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (2.10%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.54%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.40%) Derivative
14 9 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.26%) NHS
14 9 (1.26%) Reinsurance
14 9 (1.26%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.12%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.06%) Linux
2 15 (2.10%) Windows
3 4 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.14%) Unix
4 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (28.43%) Agile
2 192 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (24.93%) Analytics
4 137 (19.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 134 (18.77%) Business Intelligence
6 108 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 104 (14.57%) Data Analysis
8 100 (14.01%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 99 (13.87%) AI
9 99 (13.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 99 (13.87%) Visualisation
10 94 (13.17%) Actionable Insight
11 88 (12.32%) Data Modelling
11 88 (12.32%) Roadmaps
12 76 (10.64%) Project Management
13 66 (9.24%) Data Governance
13 66 (9.24%) Risk Management
14 65 (9.10%) CI/CD
15 61 (8.54%) DevOps
15 61 (8.54%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 166 (23.25%) SQL
2 143 (20.03%) Python
3 30 (4.20%) Java
4 22 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 17 (2.38%) TypeScript
6 16 (2.24%) JavaScript
7 15 (2.10%) Bash
8 14 (1.96%) C++
8 14 (1.96%) R
9 11 (1.54%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.26%) Scala
11 7 (0.98%) C#
12 6 (0.84%) Bicep
12 6 (0.84%) Korn
13 4 (0.56%) Groovy
13 4 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 92 (12.89%) Degree
2 81 (11.34%) Security Cleared
3 67 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.80%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.66%) PMP
7 16 (2.24%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.82%) ACCA
8 13 (1.82%) CIMA
9 11 (1.54%) CISSP
10 6 (0.84%) CISM
11 5 (0.70%) MCP
11 5 (0.70%) PhD
12 4 (0.56%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.56%) MBA
12 4 (0.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 3 (0.42%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.42%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (11.06%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 26 (3.64%) PMO
4 20 (2.80%) QA
5 19 (2.66%) GDPR
6 15 (2.10%) NIST
7 14 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.26%) GRC
9 7 (0.98%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.70%) GMP
11 4 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.42%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.42%) NCSC
12 3 (0.42%) WCAG
13 2 (0.28%) COBIT
13 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 32 (4.48%) Docker
2 8 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.84%) HDFS
4 5 (0.70%) zsh
5 1 (0.14%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 32 (4.48%) Terraform
2 25 (3.50%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.96%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.68%) ITRS Geneos
5 10 (1.40%) Grafana
6 4 (0.56%) Ansible
6 4 (0.56%) Kibana
6 4 (0.56%) logstash
6 4 (0.56%) Rancher
7 2 (0.28%) Consul
7 2 (0.28%) Packer
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.76%) SAP
3 29 (4.06%) Oracle
4 24 (3.36%) Google
5 21 (2.94%) Databricks
6 20 (2.80%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.66%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.68%) Adobe
8 12 (1.68%) Solace
9 9 (1.26%) TIBCO
10 7 (0.98%) Dataiku
11 6 (0.84%) Foundry
11 6 (0.84%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.84%) Workday
12 5 (0.70%) Cisco
12 5 (0.70%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.56%) Informatica
13 4 (0.56%) Refinitiv
13 4 (0.56%) UiPath
13 4 (0.56%) Xero