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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 49 83
Rank change year-on-year +18 +34 +11
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,301 638 522
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.60% 4.73% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 5.13% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 427 351
10th Percentile £375 £354 £288
25th Percentile £450 £418 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £656
90th Percentile £788 £766 £763
England median daily rate £520 £515 £518
% change year-on-year +1.07% -0.58% -6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 20
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.75 £19.38
25th Percentile £31.44 £28.40 £27.81
Median hourly rate £34.87 £32.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -2.29% -25.33%
75th Percentile £57.69 £51.22 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.23 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £30.81 £18.00
% change year-on-year +15.34% +71.14% -59.49%

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 17,532 12,440 15,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.14% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,643 8,309 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 234 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +6.67% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.98 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +9 180 £625 +13.64% 217
West London +4 47 £523 -3.98% 42
South London +8 21 £519 -13.58% 14
East London +3 6 £719 -7.23% 21
North London - 1 £325 - 6
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 (2.92%) Confluence
2 27 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.77%) nginx
6 8 (0.61%) Apache
7 7 (0.54%) CMS
8 5 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Camunda
10 2 (0.15%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.15%) Hyperledger
10 2 (0.15%) Mendix
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.077%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
Applications
1 91 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.54%) Chatbot
4 20 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.077%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.077%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.38%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.38%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.23%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.23%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.15%) Actimize
6 2 (0.15%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.15%) Endur
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.15%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 255 (19.60%) Azure
2 239 (18.37%) AWS
3 173 (13.30%) Power Platform
4 103 (7.92%) GCP
5 66 (5.07%) SaaS
6 50 (3.84%) Amazon S3
7 45 (3.46%) Snowflake
8 44 (3.38%) Serverless
9 42 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (2.08%) GitHub
12 26 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
13 25 (1.92%) dbt
14 22 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 20 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 19 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
16 19 (1.46%) Entra ID
17 17 (1.31%) Collibra
17 17 (1.31%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.23%) Firewall
1 16 (1.23%) VPN
2 14 (1.08%) DNS
3 11 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.69%) Network Security
4 9 (0.69%) OpenVPN
5 7 (0.54%) WAN
6 5 (0.38%) HTTP
6 5 (0.38%) NAS
6 5 (0.38%) SAN
7 3 (0.23%) BGP
7 3 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.23%) MPLS
7 3 (0.23%) OSPF
7 3 (0.23%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.23%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.15%) IPsec
8 2 (0.15%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (12.76%) Power BI
2 66 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (4.61%) Tableau
4 59 (4.53%) Metadata
5 35 (2.69%) BigQuery
6 26 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (1.92%) Data Lake
8 23 (1.77%) Big Data
9 22 (1.69%) Looker
9 22 (1.69%) NoSQL
9 22 (1.69%) Power Query
10 21 (1.61%) SQL Server
11 20 (1.54%) Relational Database
12 18 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (1.38%) Oracle Database
13 15 (1.15%) Delta Lake
14 13 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (0.92%) Star Schema
16 11 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 81 (6.23%) JIRA
2 44 (3.38%) Git
3 20 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.85%) GitLab
4 11 (0.85%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.69%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.54%) JUnit
7 6 (0.46%) ERwin
7 6 (0.46%) MLflow
8 5 (0.38%) Mockito
9 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.31%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.31%) jMock
9 4 (0.31%) Maven
10 3 (0.23%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.23%) Toad
10 3 (0.23%) VTune
10 3 (0.23%) Xcode
11 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
General
1 464 (35.66%) Finance
2 460 (35.36%) Social Skills
3 299 (22.98%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (14.14%) Public Sector
5 134 (10.30%) Banking
6 74 (5.69%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (5.38%) Marketing
8 65 (5.00%) Retail
9 50 (3.84%) Legal
10 39 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 38 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
12 37 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.54%) Telecoms
14 29 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (2.08%) Financial Institution
16 24 (1.84%) Local Government
17 23 (1.77%) Investment Banking
18 21 (1.61%) Front Office
19 16 (1.23%) Billing
20 13 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 202 (15.53%) Analyst
2 182 (13.99%) Senior
3 161 (12.38%) Lead
4 124 (9.53%) Architect
5 93 (7.15%) Business Analyst
5 93 (7.15%) Data Engineer
6 87 (6.69%) Project Manager
7 80 (6.15%) Developer
8 71 (5.46%) Data Analyst
9 51 (3.92%) Data Scientist
10 48 (3.69%) Consultant
11 36 (2.77%) Product Manager
11 36 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (2.38%) Senior Manager
12 31 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
12 31 (2.38%) User Researcher
13 29 (2.23%) Designer
13 29 (2.23%) Product Owner
14 24 (1.84%) Technical Leader
15 23 (1.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.00%) REST
2 32 (2.46%) React
3 28 (2.15%) Kafka
4 27 (2.08%) Pandas
5 25 (1.92%) PySpark
6 19 (1.46%) .NET
7 18 (1.38%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.38%) Middleware
7 18 (1.38%) NumPy
8 17 (1.31%) RESTful
8 17 (1.31%) scikit-learn
9 15 (1.15%) JSON
9 15 (1.15%) Spring
9 15 (1.15%) Spring Boot
10 12 (0.92%) HTML
10 12 (0.92%) Node.js
11 11 (0.85%) PyTorch
12 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
12 10 (0.77%) Next.js
12 10 (0.77%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 91 (6.99%) Cloud Native
2 87 (6.69%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.38%) Onboarding
4 42 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (3.15%) Virtual Team
6 38 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 30 (2.31%) AI Agents
9 23 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.46%) NHS
12 18 (1.38%) FMCG
12 18 (1.38%) Security Posture
13 17 (1.31%) Taxonomies
14 16 (1.23%) PMI
15 15 (1.15%) CMDB
16 14 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (1.08%) Data Centre
17 12 (0.92%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.15%) Linux
1 15 (1.15%) Windows
2 6 (0.46%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
3 5 (0.38%) Unix
4 3 (0.23%) VMS
4 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.15%) Android
5 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.077%) Solaris
6 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (27.52%) Agile
2 336 (25.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 323 (24.83%) Analytics
4 277 (21.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 269 (20.68%) AI
6 257 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
7 222 (17.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 211 (16.22%) Roadmaps
9 189 (14.53%) Business Intelligence
9 189 (14.53%) Data Modelling
10 176 (13.53%) CI/CD
11 171 (13.14%) DevOps
12 161 (12.38%) Data Pipeline
13 139 (10.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 131 (10.07%) Migration
15 130 (9.99%) Actionable Insight
16 126 (9.68%) Validation
17 125 (9.61%) Data Science
18 121 (9.30%) Data Governance
19 120 (9.22%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 259 (19.91%) SQL
2 257 (19.75%) Python
3 71 (5.46%) Java
4 51 (3.92%) TypeScript
5 35 (2.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 26 (2.00%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.61%) C#
8 16 (1.23%) R
9 10 (0.77%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.69%) VBA
11 8 (0.61%) C++
12 7 (0.54%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.46%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.46%) Ruby
14 5 (0.38%) Scala
14 5 (0.38%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.31%) Cypher
15 4 (0.31%) Gremlin
15 4 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 224 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 184 (14.14%) SC Cleared
3 104 (7.99%) Degree
4 48 (3.69%) PMP
5 44 (3.38%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.00%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.23%) CISSP
12 14 (1.08%) ACCA
13 11 (0.85%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.69%) CISM
15 8 (0.61%) CIMA
15 8 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.46%) CBAP
16 6 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.38%) CISA
18 4 (0.31%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (13.53%) Data Quality
2 87 (6.69%) PMO
3 71 (5.46%) QA
4 50 (3.84%) Accessibility
5 46 (3.54%) GDPR
6 20 (1.54%) NIST
7 15 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.92%) GRC
10 10 (0.77%) SLA
11 8 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.54%) COREP
12 7 (0.54%) FINREP
12 7 (0.54%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.31%) GAAP
13 4 (0.31%) IFRS
13 4 (0.31%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.31%) WCAG
14 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (3.00%) Docker
2 14 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.69%) Squid
4 5 (0.38%) IAG
4 5 (0.38%) NFS
4 5 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.23%) Postfix
5 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.077%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.077%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 79 (6.07%) Terraform
2 68 (5.23%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.46%) Grafana
4 15 (1.15%) Ansible
4 15 (1.15%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.69%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.54%) Consul
7 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.46%) Kibana
8 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.31%) vMotion
10 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.23%) SCCM
11 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.15%) Control-M
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 182 (13.99%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.61%) Databricks
3 50 (3.84%) Google
4 49 (3.77%) Oracle
5 46 (3.54%) SAP
6 38 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.69%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.31%) Workday
9 14 (1.08%) Adobe
10 13 (1.00%) Atlassian
11 12 (0.92%) Red Hat
12 11 (0.85%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.77%) Murex
14 9 (0.69%) Foundry
14 9 (0.69%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.61%) Splunk
16 7 (0.54%) Anaplan
16 7 (0.54%) Bloomberg
16 7 (0.54%) GoldenSource
16 7 (0.54%) VMware