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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 58 67
Rank change year-on-year +18 +9 +31
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 832 503 596
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.65% 3.64% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.21% 4.03% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 316 439
10th Percentile £363 £338 £375
25th Percentile £425 £423 £456
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 £539 £525
% change year-on-year -4.87% +2.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 27
10th Percentile - £28.60 £23.05
25th Percentile £18.25 £30.50 £27.81
Median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% +14.75% -44.55%
75th Percentile £39.63 £50.75 £41.13
90th Percentile £42.67 £58.84 £61.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £31.17 £32.75
% change year-on-year +12.28% -4.82% -37.28%

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 13,393 12,486 16,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.95% 90.46% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 7,905 11,829
10th Percentile £350 £350 £342
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 £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.23
25th Percentile £25.08 £25.23 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +16.39% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +16 114 £550 +7.84% 280
West London -19 10 £523 -39.42% 32
South London -16 8 £550 -8.33% 15
East London +2 3 £625 - 21
North London +5 2 £413 - 4
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 (4.57%) Confluence
2 18 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.04%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.84%) nginx
6 4 (0.48%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.36%) Apache
7 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.24%) Appian
8 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.24%) CMS
8 2 (0.24%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.24%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.24%) SAS
8 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.12%) Camunda
Applications
1 109 (13.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (2.28%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.96%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.36%) Notion
8 3 (0.36%) Sketch
8 3 (0.36%) Trello
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.24%) InVision
10 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.12%) SPSS
10 1 (0.12%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 9 (1.08%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.48%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.48%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.36%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.36%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.24%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.24%) Lorenzo
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 156 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 149 (17.91%) Azure
3 110 (13.22%) AWS
4 44 (5.29%) GCP
5 39 (4.69%) SaaS
6 30 (3.61%) GitHub
7 25 (3.00%) Snowflake
8 22 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (2.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 21 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.40%) Serverless
11 19 (2.28%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.56%) Collibra
13 13 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (1.56%) PaaS
14 12 (1.44%) dbt
15 11 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.32%) Firewall
2 10 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.96%) VPN
4 7 (0.84%) HTTP
5 6 (0.72%) DNS
5 6 (0.72%) Network Security
6 5 (0.60%) OpenVPN
7 4 (0.48%) Multicast
7 4 (0.48%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.48%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.36%) 5G
8 3 (0.36%) Broadband
8 3 (0.36%) Internet
8 3 (0.36%) Wireless
9 2 (0.24%) Calico
9 2 (0.24%) DMZ
9 2 (0.24%) Intelligent Network
9 2 (0.24%) ISDN
9 2 (0.24%) PSTN
9 2 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (17.79%) Power BI
2 49 (5.89%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (4.69%) Metadata
3 39 (4.69%) Tableau
4 32 (3.85%) SQL Server
5 27 (3.25%) Data Lake
6 26 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.40%) Big Data
8 15 (1.80%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.68%) Delta Lake
9 14 (1.68%) Power Query
10 13 (1.56%) Hadoop
11 12 (1.44%) Oracle Database
11 12 (1.44%) Star Schema
12 9 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.96%) Looker
13 8 (0.96%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.84%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 62 (7.45%) JIRA
2 35 (4.21%) Git
3 14 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.20%) GitLab
5 9 (1.08%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.96%) MLflow
7 6 (0.72%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.60%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.48%) ERwin
9 4 (0.48%) Selenium
10 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.24%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.24%) JUnit
11 2 (0.24%) Postman
11 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.24%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.24%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 339 (40.75%) Social Skills
2 285 (34.25%) Finance
3 254 (30.53%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (12.26%) Banking
5 100 (12.02%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
7 38 (4.57%) Marketing
8 37 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (3.73%) Legal
10 29 (3.49%) Front Office
11 26 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (3.00%) Retail
13 24 (2.88%) Publishing
14 23 (2.76%) Telecoms
15 20 (2.40%) Local Government
16 19 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (2.04%) Billing
18 15 (1.80%) Investment Banking
18 15 (1.80%) Manufacturing
19 14 (1.68%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 175 (21.03%) Analyst
2 113 (13.58%) Senior
3 87 (10.46%) Lead
4 85 (10.22%) Business Analyst
5 68 (8.17%) Developer
6 54 (6.49%) Architect
7 50 (6.01%) Data Analyst
8 48 (5.77%) Project Manager
9 43 (5.17%) Data Engineer
10 32 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (3.73%) Consultant
12 22 (2.64%) Senior Manager
13 21 (2.52%) Senior Business Analyst
14 20 (2.40%) Product Manager
14 20 (2.40%) Senior Data Engineer
14 20 (2.40%) User Researcher
15 18 (2.16%) Data Scientist
16 17 (2.04%) Data Business Analyst
17 16 (1.92%) Solutions Architect
18 14 (1.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.88%) Kafka
2 20 (2.40%) REST
3 19 (2.28%) AngularJS
4 17 (2.04%) Pandas
4 17 (2.04%) React
5 16 (1.92%) Middleware
5 16 (1.92%) PySpark
6 15 (1.80%) scikit-learn
7 14 (1.68%) .NET
8 13 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (1.56%) RESTful
9 12 (1.44%) NumPy
9 12 (1.44%) PyTorch
10 11 (1.32%) Plotly
10 11 (1.32%) TensorFlow
11 10 (1.20%) XML
12 9 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
12 9 (1.08%) JSON
12 9 (1.08%) LangChain
13 8 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.29%) Product Ownership
2 41 (4.93%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 33 (3.97%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.28%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.28%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.80%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.56%) Derivative
9 13 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.44%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.20%) Replication
13 9 (1.08%) Credit Risk
13 9 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.88%) Linux
2 15 (1.80%) Windows
3 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.24%) Unix
4 2 (0.24%) VMS
4 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 221 (26.56%) Agile
3 199 (23.92%) Analytics
4 177 (21.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 167 (20.07%) Business Intelligence
6 131 (15.75%) AI
7 127 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 126 (15.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 123 (14.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 122 (14.66%) Roadmaps
11 115 (13.82%) Actionable Insight
12 103 (12.38%) Data Modelling
13 97 (11.66%) Data Analysis
13 97 (11.66%) Visualisation
14 91 (10.94%) CI/CD
15 89 (10.70%) Project Management
16 86 (10.34%) DevOps
17 83 (9.98%) Data Governance
18 78 (9.38%) Migration
19 77 (9.25%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 192 (23.08%) SQL
2 160 (19.23%) Python
3 24 (2.88%) Java
4 19 (2.28%) TypeScript
5 16 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (1.80%) Bash
7 14 (1.68%) C#
7 14 (1.68%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.68%) R
8 13 (1.56%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.56%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.44%) C++
10 9 (1.08%) Bicep
10 9 (1.08%) VBA
11 5 (0.60%) Korn
11 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.48%) Groovy
12 4 (0.48%) Scala
13 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 111 (13.34%) Degree
2 104 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 90 (10.82%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (3.97%) Master's Degree
6 25 (3.00%) PMI Certification
6 25 (3.00%) PMP
7 15 (1.80%) ACCA
7 15 (1.80%) CIMA
8 10 (1.20%) CBAP
9 8 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.96%) CISSP
9 8 (0.96%) PhD
10 7 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.84%) IIBA
10 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.72%) MBA
12 5 (0.60%) APMP
12 5 (0.60%) CISM
12 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (12.74%) Data Quality
2 41 (4.93%) PMO
3 39 (4.69%) QA
4 33 (3.97%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.64%) GDPR
6 14 (1.68%) NIST
7 13 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.84%) GRC
9 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.72%) COBIT
10 6 (0.72%) EU AI Act
10 6 (0.72%) SLA
10 6 (0.72%) WCAG
11 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.48%) GMP
12 4 (0.48%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.36%) IFRS
System Software
1 32 (3.85%) Docker
2 7 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.60%) HDFS
3 5 (0.60%) Squid
3 5 (0.60%) zsh
4 4 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) NFS
5 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.24%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 44 (5.29%) Terraform
2 40 (4.81%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.68%) Grafana
3 14 (1.68%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.08%) ITRS Geneos
5 6 (0.72%) Consul
6 5 (0.60%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.48%) Ansible
7 4 (0.48%) Kibana
7 4 (0.48%) logstash
7 4 (0.48%) Rancher
8 3 (0.36%) Control-M
9 2 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.24%) Istio
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.24%) vMotion
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 107 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.89%) Oracle
3 38 (4.57%) SAP
4 34 (4.09%) Databricks
5 32 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.61%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.16%) Google
8 11 (1.32%) Adobe
9 10 (1.20%) Workday
10 9 (1.08%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.08%) Software AG
10 9 (1.08%) Solace
11 8 (0.96%) Cisco
11 8 (0.96%) TIBCO
12 7 (0.84%) Planview
12 7 (0.84%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.72%) Ariba
13 6 (0.72%) Informatica
13 6 (0.72%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.60%) Atlassian