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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 63 69
Rank change year-on-year +22 +6 +27
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 799 497 561
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.55% 3.54% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.08% 3.92% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 312 404
10th Percentile £363 £351 £375
25th Percentile £420 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £646
90th Percentile £771 £875 £750
England median daily rate £513 £535 £532
% change year-on-year -4.21% +0.56% -3.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 19
10th Percentile - £30.30 £27.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £31.07 £27.81
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.75 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -18.74% +6.66% -26.50%
75th Percentile £41.81 £50.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £45.33 £64.18 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.48 £34.75 £45.44
% change year-on-year -6.55% -23.53% -2.03%

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 13,144 12,678 15,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.30% 90.34% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,697 8,106 11,397
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 155 261
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.63
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.01%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £68.93 £80.45 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +18 108 £550 +4.76% 156
West London -12 11 £525 -39.13% 21
South London -20 4 £700 +16.67% 34
North London +5 2 £575 - 4
East London - 1 £575 - 15
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 (4.13%) Confluence
2 22 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.13%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.50%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
6 3 (0.38%) CMS
6 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.25%) Appian
7 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.25%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.25%) SAS
7 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.13%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 107 (13.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (2.13%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.38%) Notion
7 3 (0.38%) Sketch
7 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.25%) InVision
9 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
9 1 (0.13%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 9 (1.13%) NetSuite
1 9 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.50%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.50%) SAP IBP
3 4 (0.50%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.25%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.25%) Lorenzo
4 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.25%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 153 (19.15%) Power Platform
2 132 (16.52%) Azure
3 93 (11.64%) AWS
4 41 (5.13%) GCP
5 36 (4.51%) SaaS
6 30 (3.75%) GitHub
7 25 (3.13%) Snowflake
8 22 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 21 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 18 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (2.00%) dbt
12 13 (1.63%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (1.50%) PaaS
13 12 (1.50%) Serverless
14 11 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.25%) ChatGPT
15 10 (1.25%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.75%) Firewall
1 6 (0.75%) Network Security
2 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.50%) HTTP
3 4 (0.50%) Internet
3 4 (0.50%) Multicast
3 4 (0.50%) tcpdump
3 4 (0.50%) Wireless
3 4 (0.50%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.38%) 5G
4 3 (0.38%) Broadband
4 3 (0.38%) VPN
5 2 (0.25%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.25%) Calico
5 2 (0.25%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.25%) Intelligent Network
5 2 (0.25%) ISDN
5 2 (0.25%) PSTN
5 2 (0.25%) VSAN
5 2 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (18.27%) Power BI
2 50 (6.26%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (4.26%) Metadata
3 34 (4.26%) Tableau
4 31 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.13%) Data Lake
6 24 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.63%) Big Data
8 18 (2.25%) Relational Database
9 16 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (1.75%) Delta Lake
11 13 (1.63%) Power Query
11 13 (1.63%) Star Schema
12 12 (1.50%) Hadoop
12 12 (1.50%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.13%) Looker
14 8 (1.00%) Apache Hive
14 8 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 53 (6.63%) JIRA
2 32 (4.01%) Git
3 15 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.13%) GitLab
5 7 (0.88%) MLflow
6 5 (0.63%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.50%) Selenium
8 3 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.25%) ERwin
9 2 (0.25%) Postman
9 2 (0.25%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.25%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.13%) Toad
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 317 (39.67%) Social Skills
2 277 (34.67%) Finance
3 258 (32.29%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (13.77%) Public Sector
5 101 (12.64%) Banking
6 42 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 39 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
8 38 (4.76%) Marketing
9 28 (3.50%) Legal
10 26 (3.25%) Front Office
11 24 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (3.00%) Publishing
12 21 (2.63%) Retail
13 19 (2.38%) Local Government
13 19 (2.38%) Telecoms
14 18 (2.25%) Financial Institution
15 17 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (1.75%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.75%) Manufacturing
17 12 (1.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 173 (21.65%) Analyst
2 107 (13.39%) Senior
3 87 (10.89%) Business Analyst
4 79 (9.89%) Lead
5 62 (7.76%) Developer
6 49 (6.13%) Architect
7 47 (5.88%) Data Analyst
8 46 (5.76%) Project Manager
9 42 (5.26%) Data Engineer
10 32 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (3.88%) Consultant
12 22 (2.75%) Data Scientist
12 22 (2.75%) Senior Business Analyst
12 22 (2.75%) Senior Manager
13 20 (2.50%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (2.25%) Product Manager
15 17 (2.13%) Data Business Analyst
15 17 (2.13%) User Researcher
16 14 (1.75%) Operations Manager
17 13 (1.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.63%) Kafka
2 18 (2.25%) REST
3 17 (2.13%) AngularJS
3 17 (2.13%) Pandas
4 16 (2.00%) PySpark
5 15 (1.88%) Middleware
5 15 (1.88%) React
5 15 (1.88%) scikit-learn
6 14 (1.75%) XML
7 13 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (1.63%) TensorFlow
8 12 (1.50%) .NET
8 12 (1.50%) Plotly
8 12 (1.50%) PyTorch
9 11 (1.38%) NumPy
9 11 (1.38%) RESTful
10 9 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (1.13%) JSON
11 8 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
11 8 (1.00%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.51%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 35 (4.38%) Management Information System
4 32 (4.01%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.00%) Algorithms
7 22 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.25%) AI Agents
9 15 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.50%) Derivative
12 11 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.25%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
15 8 (1.00%) NHS
15 8 (1.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.13%) Linux
2 17 (2.13%) Windows
3 5 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Unix
4 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (27.16%) Agile
2 215 (26.91%) Problem-Solving
3 191 (23.90%) Analytics
4 172 (21.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 163 (20.40%) Business Intelligence
6 129 (16.15%) AI
7 122 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 120 (15.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 117 (14.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 111 (13.89%) Roadmaps
11 109 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
12 102 (12.77%) Data Modelling
13 101 (12.64%) Data Analysis
14 96 (12.02%) Visualisation
15 83 (10.39%) CI/CD
15 83 (10.39%) Project Management
16 82 (10.26%) Data Governance
17 73 (9.14%) DevOps
18 72 (9.01%) Data Science
19 71 (8.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 185 (23.15%) SQL
2 155 (19.40%) Python
3 22 (2.75%) Java
4 17 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (2.00%) C++
5 16 (2.00%) R
6 15 (1.88%) Bash
7 14 (1.75%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.75%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.75%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.50%) C#
8 12 (1.50%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.13%) Bicep
10 8 (1.00%) VBA
11 5 (0.63%) Korn
11 5 (0.63%) Scala
11 5 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.50%) Groovy
13 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 112 (14.02%) Degree
2 102 (12.77%) Security Cleared
3 86 (10.76%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (4.13%) Master's Degree
6 24 (3.00%) PMI Certification
6 24 (3.00%) PMP
7 13 (1.63%) ACCA
7 13 (1.63%) CIMA
8 10 (1.25%) CISSP
9 8 (1.00%) CBAP
9 8 (1.00%) PhD
10 7 (0.88%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.75%) CISM
11 6 (0.75%) IIBA
11 6 (0.75%) MBA
11 6 (0.75%) MCP
12 5 (0.63%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (12.52%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.88%) PMO
3 34 (4.26%) QA
4 31 (3.88%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.75%) GDPR
6 14 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.75%) NIST
7 10 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.88%) EU AI Act
9 7 (0.88%) GRC
10 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.63%) COBIT
11 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.63%) WCAG
12 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.50%) GMP
12 4 (0.50%) SLA
13 3 (0.38%) IFRS
13 3 (0.38%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 32 (4.01%) Docker
2 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.75%) HDFS
4 5 (0.63%) zsh
5 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 37 (4.63%) Terraform
2 31 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.13%) Grafana
3 9 (1.13%) ITRS Geneos
3 9 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.50%) Ansible
4 4 (0.50%) Kibana
4 4 (0.50%) logstash
4 4 (0.50%) Rancher
5 3 (0.38%) Control-M
6 2 (0.25%) Istio
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.13%) Consul
7 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.13%) Packer
7 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 102 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.76%) Oracle
3 36 (4.51%) SAP
4 30 (3.75%) Databricks
5 29 (3.63%) ServiceNow
6 28 (3.50%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.13%) Google
8 11 (1.38%) Adobe
9 10 (1.25%) Workday
10 9 (1.13%) Solace
11 8 (1.00%) Cisco
11 8 (1.00%) Software AG
11 8 (1.00%) TIBCO
12 6 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.75%) Planview
13 4 (0.50%) Ariba
13 4 (0.50%) Dataiku
13 4 (0.50%) Juniper
13 4 (0.50%) UiPath
13 4 (0.50%) Xero