Decision-Making Contracts in London

Decision-Making
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 81 94
Rank change year-on-year +30 +13 -12
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 627 516 688
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.71% 2.94% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.12% 3.32% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 350 448
10th Percentile £356 £287 £356
25th Percentile £422 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -
75th Percentile £653 £659 £680
90th Percentile £764 £764 £775
England median daily rate £515 £515 £550
% change year-on-year - -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 15
10th Percentile £26.75 £19.38 £25.08
25th Percentile £28.40 £27.81 £34.75
Median hourly rate £32.00 £32.75 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -25.33% +4.24%
75th Percentile £51.22 £48.75 £59.80
90th Percentile £55.25 £50.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £30.81 £18.00 £44.43
% change year-on-year +71.14% -59.49% +2.48%

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 12,258 15,558 23,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.17% 88.54% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,185 11,072 16,957
10th Percentile £331 £340 £370
25th Percentile £425 £445 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £583
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +1.39%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 295 269
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.97 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.93% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.92
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.50% +55.43%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in London.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in London over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in London.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in London over the 6 months to 7 July 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 7 July 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 +35 120 £550 +4.76% 590
West London +20 18 £544 +117.67% 35
South London -1 5 £600 +26.32% 20
East London +6 3 £775 +70.33% 27
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 20 (3.19%) Confluence
2 17 (2.71%) CMS
3 15 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.07%) Headless CMS
5 10 (1.59%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.80%) Apache
7 3 (0.48%) SAS
8 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 42 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.32%) Trello
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.64%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.64%) iTrent
3 4 (0.64%) Loan IQ
3 4 (0.64%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.64%) Shopify
4 3 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.48%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.32%) Endur
5 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.16%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 99 (15.79%) Azure
2 96 (15.31%) Power Platform
3 84 (13.40%) AWS
4 44 (7.02%) GCP
5 35 (5.58%) Snowflake
6 22 (3.51%) SaaS
7 18 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (2.39%) dbt
8 15 (2.39%) GitHub
9 14 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.64%) BigCommerce
13 4 (0.64%) Miro
13 4 (0.64%) OCI
13 4 (0.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.48%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.80%) Firewall
2 4 (0.64%) Network Security
3 3 (0.48%) Multicast
3 3 (0.48%) SSL
3 3 (0.48%) WAN
3 3 (0.48%) Wireless
4 2 (0.32%) BGP
4 2 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.32%) DMZ
4 2 (0.32%) DNS
4 2 (0.32%) DWDM
4 2 (0.32%) Internet
4 2 (0.32%) IPsec
4 2 (0.32%) L2TP
4 2 (0.32%) MPLS
4 2 (0.32%) OSPF
4 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.32%) VPN
4 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (14.83%) Power BI
2 48 (7.66%) Tableau
3 42 (6.70%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (2.39%) BigQuery
4 15 (2.39%) Metadata
4 15 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.23%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.07%) Big Data
6 13 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.91%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.75%) Looker
8 11 (1.75%) Power Query
8 11 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (1.12%) Hadoop
10 6 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
10 6 (0.96%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
11 5 (0.80%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 42 (6.70%) JIRA
2 10 (1.59%) Git
3 9 (1.44%) GitLab
4 6 (0.96%) ERwin
5 3 (0.48%) Liquibase
5 3 (0.48%) Maven
5 3 (0.48%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.48%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.32%) MagicDraw
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.16%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.16%) jMock
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) Log4j
7 1 (0.16%) MLflow
7 1 (0.16%) Mockito
7 1 (0.16%) Snyk
7 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (43.54%) Social Skills
2 238 (37.96%) Finance
3 200 (31.90%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (14.04%) Banking
5 59 (9.41%) Public Sector
6 46 (7.34%) Marketing
7 38 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (5.74%) Retail
9 33 (5.26%) Investment Banking
10 27 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (3.83%) Legal
12 21 (3.35%) Front Office
12 21 (3.35%) Local Government
12 21 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.87%) Financial Institution
14 16 (2.55%) Retail Banking
15 13 (2.07%) Police
16 12 (1.91%) Corporate Banking
16 12 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 151 (24.08%) Analyst
2 85 (13.56%) Business Analyst
3 66 (10.53%) Architect
4 65 (10.37%) Senior
5 59 (9.41%) Developer
6 46 (7.34%) Lead
7 42 (6.70%) Data Analyst
8 37 (5.90%) Project Manager
9 35 (5.58%) Data Engineer
10 26 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.19%) Consultant
11 20 (3.19%) Data Architect
12 19 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (2.71%) Python Developer
14 15 (2.39%) Business Manager
14 15 (2.39%) Data Business Analyst
15 12 (1.91%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 12 (1.91%) Data Scientist
15 12 (1.91%) Product Manager
15 12 (1.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.03%) React
2 18 (2.87%) AngularJS
3 16 (2.55%) Kafka
4 15 (2.39%) Next.js
5 14 (2.23%) Vue
6 10 (1.59%) Pandas
6 10 (1.59%) REST
7 8 (1.28%) .NET
8 7 (1.12%) CSS
8 7 (1.12%) HTML
8 7 (1.12%) PySpark
8 7 (1.12%) TensorFlow
9 5 (0.80%) NumPy
9 5 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.80%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.80%) SOAP
10 4 (0.64%) Jinja
10 4 (0.64%) RESTful
10 4 (0.64%) VML
11 3 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.42%) Management Information System
2 32 (5.10%) Product Ownership
3 23 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.55%) Algorithms
7 15 (2.39%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.75%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.59%) Equities
10 10 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.28%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.12%) Market Risk
12 7 (1.12%) NHS
13 6 (0.96%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.07%) Linux
2 4 (0.64%) Windows
3 1 (0.16%) Android
3 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.16%) Unix
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
2 166 (26.48%) Analytics
3 162 (25.84%) Agile
4 114 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 113 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (17.07%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 102 (16.27%) Data Analysis
8 92 (14.67%) Project Management
9 89 (14.19%) Visualisation
10 86 (13.72%) Data Modelling
11 84 (13.40%) Roadmaps
12 78 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 72 (11.48%) Risk Management
14 68 (10.85%) Actionable Insight
15 63 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 60 (9.57%) Data Pipeline
17 57 (9.09%) ETL
18 55 (8.77%) Artificial Intelligence
19 54 (8.61%) Data Engineering
20 52 (8.29%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 142 (22.65%) SQL
2 133 (21.21%) Python
3 25 (3.99%) Java
4 22 (3.51%) R
5 15 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (1.44%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.12%) C++
7 7 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.12%) VBA
8 6 (0.96%) Bash
9 5 (0.80%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.64%) C#
10 4 (0.64%) Scala
11 3 (0.48%) Perl
11 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.32%) C
12 2 (0.32%) Korn
12 2 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.32%) Rust
12 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (14.19%) Degree
2 72 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 54 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.71%) PMP
6 13 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.28%) CISSP
8 7 (1.12%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.96%) CISM
10 5 (0.80%) ACCA
10 5 (0.80%) CIMA
11 4 (0.64%) CCNP
11 4 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.48%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.48%) IIBA
12 3 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.97%) Data Quality
2 34 (5.42%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.35%) QA
4 19 (3.03%) GDPR
5 16 (2.55%) PMO
6 9 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.28%) NIST
8 7 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.96%) NCSC
10 4 (0.64%) WCAG
11 3 (0.48%) GRC
12 2 (0.32%) COBIT
12 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.16%) Basel III
13 1 (0.16%) Dodd-Frank
13 1 (0.16%) EMIR
13 1 (0.16%) GMP
13 1 (0.16%) MiFID
13 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (2.39%) Docker
2 3 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.16%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 18 (2.87%) Terraform
2 12 (1.91%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.96%) Ansible
3 6 (0.96%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Packer
6 1 (0.16%) Consul
6 1 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.16%) Podman
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.58%) SAP
3 28 (4.47%) Google
4 23 (3.67%) Databricks
4 23 (3.67%) Oracle
5 18 (2.87%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.44%) Workday
8 8 (1.28%) Foundry
9 7 (1.12%) Adobe
10 6 (0.96%) Informatica
10 6 (0.96%) Talend
11 5 (0.80%) Sitecore
11 5 (0.80%) Splunk
12 4 (0.64%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.64%) DocuSign
12 4 (0.64%) FIS
12 4 (0.64%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.64%) Palantir
13 3 (0.48%) Dataiku