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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 61 68
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 +31
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 816 495 592
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.62% 3.59% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.18% 3.97% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 313 433
10th Percentile £363 £348 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £698 £645
90th Percentile £775 £875 £775
England median daily rate £513 £536 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% +1.18% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 25
10th Percentile - £28.60 £26.87
25th Percentile £18.25 £30.03 £27.81
Median hourly rate £31.49 £34.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -0.71% -36.36%
75th Percentile £41.78 £50.75 £43.51
90th Percentile £44.98 £59.75 £62.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £31.17 £35.00
% change year-on-year +21.08% -10.94% -31.37%

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 13,214 12,475 16,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.00% 90.45% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,766 7,927 11,738
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 320
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £24.89 £24.66 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -16.08%
75th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.20 £79.50 £72.84
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +22 113 £550 +12.82% 134
West London -11 9 £500 -42.03% 22
South London -17 8 £550 -8.33% 42
East London +2 3 £625 - 16
North London +6 1 £500 - 2
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 38 (4.66%) Confluence
2 20 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.21%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.86%) nginx
6 4 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.37%) Apache
7 3 (0.37%) CMS
7 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.25%) Appian
8 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.12%) Camunda
9 1 (0.12%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.12%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 106 (12.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (2.21%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.61%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.37%) Notion
8 3 (0.37%) Sketch
8 3 (0.37%) Trello
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.25%) InVision
10 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.12%) SPSS
10 1 (0.12%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 9 (1.10%) NetSuite
1 9 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.49%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.49%) SAP IBP
3 4 (0.49%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.37%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.37%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.25%) Lorenzo
5 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.25%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 157 (19.24%) Power Platform
2 143 (17.52%) Azure
3 104 (12.75%) AWS
4 44 (5.39%) GCP
5 37 (4.53%) SaaS
6 30 (3.68%) GitHub
7 24 (2.94%) Snowflake
8 22 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 21 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (2.21%) Serverless
13 17 (2.08%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.59%) dbt
15 13 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (1.47%) PaaS
17 11 (1.35%) Collibra
17 11 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
18 10 (1.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.35%) Firewall
2 10 (1.23%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.98%) VPN
4 6 (0.74%) DNS
4 6 (0.74%) HTTP
4 6 (0.74%) Network Security
5 5 (0.61%) OpenVPN
6 4 (0.49%) Internet
6 4 (0.49%) Multicast
6 4 (0.49%) tcpdump
6 4 (0.49%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.37%) 5G
7 3 (0.37%) Broadband
7 3 (0.37%) Wireless
8 2 (0.25%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.25%) Calico
8 2 (0.25%) Intelligent Network
8 2 (0.25%) ISDN
8 2 (0.25%) PSTN
8 2 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (18.26%) Power BI
2 49 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (4.53%) Metadata
3 37 (4.53%) Tableau
4 33 (4.04%) SQL Server
5 26 (3.19%) Data Lake
5 26 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (2.57%) Big Data
7 17 (2.08%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.72%) Delta Lake
9 14 (1.72%) Hadoop
9 14 (1.72%) Power Query
10 13 (1.59%) Star Schema
11 9 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.10%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (0.98%) Apache Hive
12 8 (0.98%) Looker
13 7 (0.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 61 (7.48%) JIRA
2 33 (4.04%) Git
3 15 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.23%) SonarQube
5 9 (1.10%) GitLab
6 7 (0.86%) MLflow
7 5 (0.61%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.49%) ERwin
8 4 (0.49%) Selenium
9 3 (0.37%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.25%) Postman
10 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.25%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.12%) Gradle
11 1 (0.12%) Toad
General
1 334 (40.93%) Social Skills
2 279 (34.19%) Finance
3 252 (30.88%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (12.75%) Public Sector
5 99 (12.13%) Banking
6 40 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
7 38 (4.66%) Marketing
8 37 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (3.43%) Front Office
9 28 (3.43%) Legal
10 24 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.94%) Publishing
10 24 (2.94%) Retail
11 22 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 18 (2.21%) Local Government
13 17 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.96%) Billing
14 16 (1.96%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.96%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (20.83%) Analyst
2 112 (13.73%) Senior
3 82 (10.05%) Business Analyst
4 81 (9.93%) Lead
5 67 (8.21%) Developer
6 54 (6.62%) Architect
7 49 (6.00%) Project Manager
8 48 (5.88%) Data Analyst
9 43 (5.27%) Data Engineer
10 32 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (3.80%) Consultant
12 23 (2.82%) Senior Manager
13 21 (2.57%) Senior Business Analyst
14 20 (2.45%) Senior Data Engineer
15 19 (2.33%) Data Scientist
15 19 (2.33%) Product Manager
16 18 (2.21%) User Researcher
17 16 (1.96%) Data Business Analyst
17 16 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
18 13 (1.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.82%) Kafka
2 19 (2.33%) REST
3 18 (2.21%) AngularJS
4 17 (2.08%) Pandas
4 17 (2.08%) React
5 16 (1.96%) Middleware
5 16 (1.96%) PySpark
6 15 (1.84%) scikit-learn
7 13 (1.59%) .NET
7 13 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (1.59%) RESTful
8 12 (1.47%) NumPy
8 12 (1.47%) Plotly
8 12 (1.47%) PyTorch
8 12 (1.47%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.23%) XML
10 9 (1.10%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (1.10%) JSON
11 8 (0.98%) HTML
11 8 (0.98%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.51%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
3 34 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 34 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.45%) Algorithms
7 18 (2.21%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.59%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.59%) Derivative
9 13 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.10%) Credit Risk
12 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (0.98%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.06%) Linux
2 16 (1.96%) Windows
3 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (26.96%) Agile
2 219 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (23.77%) Analytics
4 173 (21.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 166 (20.34%) Business Intelligence
6 126 (15.44%) AI
7 125 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 122 (14.95%) Roadmaps
9 121 (14.83%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 120 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 114 (13.97%) Actionable Insight
12 102 (12.50%) Data Modelling
13 100 (12.25%) Data Analysis
14 96 (11.76%) Visualisation
15 87 (10.66%) Project Management
16 86 (10.54%) CI/CD
17 85 (10.42%) Data Governance
18 83 (10.17%) DevOps
19 75 (9.19%) ETL
20 73 (8.95%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 190 (23.28%) SQL
2 158 (19.36%) Python
3 23 (2.82%) Java
4 17 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (1.96%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.84%) Bash
6 15 (1.84%) R
7 14 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.72%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.59%) C#
9 12 (1.47%) C++
9 12 (1.47%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.10%) Bicep
10 9 (1.10%) VBA
11 5 (0.61%) Korn
11 5 (0.61%) Scala
11 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.49%) Groovy
13 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 111 (13.60%) Degree
2 108 (13.24%) Security Cleared
3 92 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (4.04%) Master's Degree
6 27 (3.31%) PMI Certification
7 26 (3.19%) PMP
8 14 (1.72%) ACCA
8 14 (1.72%) CIMA
9 10 (1.23%) CBAP
10 9 (1.10%) CISSP
11 8 (0.98%) PhD
12 7 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.86%) IIBA
12 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.74%) CISM
13 6 (0.74%) MBA
13 6 (0.74%) MCP
14 5 (0.61%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (12.62%) Data Quality
2 40 (4.90%) PMO
3 39 (4.78%) QA
4 32 (3.92%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.70%) GDPR
6 15 (1.84%) NIST
7 13 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.86%) EU AI Act
10 7 (0.86%) GRC
11 6 (0.74%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.74%) SLA
11 6 (0.74%) WCAG
12 5 (0.61%) COBIT
12 5 (0.61%) GMP
13 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.37%) IFRS
14 3 (0.37%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 32 (3.92%) Docker
2 7 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.74%) HDFS
4 5 (0.61%) Squid
4 5 (0.61%) zsh
5 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 41 (5.02%) Terraform
2 36 (4.41%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.72%) Grafana
3 14 (1.72%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.10%) ITRS Geneos
5 6 (0.74%) Consul
6 5 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.49%) Ansible
7 4 (0.49%) Kibana
7 4 (0.49%) logstash
7 4 (0.49%) Rancher
8 3 (0.37%) Control-M
9 2 (0.25%) Istio
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 107 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.64%) Oracle
3 37 (4.53%) SAP
4 31 (3.80%) Databricks
5 30 (3.68%) ServiceNow
6 29 (3.55%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.21%) Google
8 11 (1.35%) Adobe
9 10 (1.23%) Workday
10 9 (1.10%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.10%) Software AG
10 9 (1.10%) Solace
11 8 (0.98%) Cisco
11 8 (0.98%) TIBCO
12 7 (0.86%) Planview
12 7 (0.86%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.74%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.61%) Ariba
14 5 (0.61%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.61%) Informatica