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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 49 66
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 +33
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,024 564 597
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.14% 4.46% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.85% 4.88% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 374 434
10th Percentile £375 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -10.83%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £645
90th Percentile £750 £838 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 27
10th Percentile - £28.32 £19.57
25th Percentile £18.25 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £27.75 £49.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.94% +62.30% -30.46%
75th Percentile £47.25 £53.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £76.13 £58.55 £54.25
England median hourly rate £56.25 £30.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% +62.16% -64.51%

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 14,959 11,567 15,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.45% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,041 7,825 11,442
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 332
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.08 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.54
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +15.40% -22.23%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.50 £71.13
England median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.52% -12.00%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +15 145 £560 +7.69% 279
South London -19 18 £519 -13.58% 12
West London -12 17 £518 -17.20% 36
East London 0 4 £719 -7.23% 24
North London - 2 £413 - 1
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 48 (4.69%) Confluence
2 24 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.98%) nginx
6 5 (0.49%) Apache
6 5 (0.49%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.39%) CMS
8 3 (0.29%) Camunda
9 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.098%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.098%) SAS
Applications
1 114 (11.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.95%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.66%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.29%) Notion
8 3 (0.29%) Trello
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) InVision
9 2 (0.20%) Sketch
10 1 (0.098%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.098%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 9 (0.88%) NetSuite
1 9 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.59%) Loan IQ
4 5 (0.49%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.49%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.29%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.29%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 217 (21.19%) Azure
2 179 (17.48%) Power Platform
3 169 (16.50%) AWS
4 78 (7.62%) GCP
5 50 (4.88%) SaaS
6 36 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (3.52%) Serverless
7 34 (3.32%) Snowflake
8 33 (3.22%) GitHub
9 32 (3.13%) Amazon S3
10 31 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 27 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (1.46%) PaaS
16 15 (1.46%) Power Automate
17 14 (1.37%) Collibra
18 13 (1.27%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.56%) Firewall
1 16 (1.56%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.27%) VPN
3 12 (1.17%) DNS
4 9 (0.88%) OpenVPN
5 8 (0.78%) Network Security
6 7 (0.68%) HTTP
7 4 (0.39%) Multicast
7 4 (0.39%) NAS
7 4 (0.39%) SAN
7 4 (0.39%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.39%) WAN
7 4 (0.39%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.29%) 5G
8 3 (0.29%) Broadband
8 3 (0.29%) Internet
9 2 (0.20%) Calico
9 2 (0.20%) Intelligent Network
9 2 (0.20%) NaaS
9 2 (0.20%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (16.80%) Power BI
2 65 (6.35%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (4.49%) Tableau
4 39 (3.81%) Metadata
5 30 (2.93%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.15%) Data Lake
7 20 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.66%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.66%) NoSQL
8 17 (1.66%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (1.46%) Big Data
11 14 (1.37%) Looker
12 13 (1.27%) Oracle Database
13 12 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.17%) Power Query
14 11 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.07%) Delta Lake
15 10 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 92 (8.98%) JIRA
2 42 (4.10%) Git
3 16 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.27%) GitLab
5 11 (1.07%) MLflow
6 9 (0.88%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.88%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.59%) ERwin
7 6 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.39%) JUnit
9 3 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.29%) Toad
10 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.20%) DbUnit
10 2 (0.20%) jMock
10 2 (0.20%) Maven
10 2 (0.20%) Postman
10 2 (0.20%) Selenium
10 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 412 (40.23%) Social Skills
2 374 (36.52%) Finance
3 277 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (14.16%) Public Sector
5 116 (11.33%) Banking
6 48 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
7 47 (4.59%) Marketing
8 45 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (3.91%) Legal
10 39 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.42%) Retail
12 28 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 24 (2.34%) Financial Institution
13 24 (2.34%) Front Office
13 24 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (2.05%) Billing
15 21 (2.05%) Publishing
16 20 (1.95%) Local Government
17 17 (1.66%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 183 (17.87%) Analyst
2 147 (14.36%) Senior
3 111 (10.84%) Lead
4 94 (9.18%) Business Analyst
5 80 (7.81%) Developer
6 78 (7.62%) Architect
7 68 (6.64%) Project Manager
8 62 (6.05%) Data Engineer
9 56 (5.47%) Data Analyst
10 34 (3.32%) Consultant
11 32 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (3.03%) Senior Manager
13 29 (2.83%) User Researcher
14 27 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
15 26 (2.54%) Data Scientist
16 23 (2.25%) Product Manager
17 22 (2.15%) Programme Manager
18 21 (2.05%) Senior Business Analyst
19 19 (1.86%) Senior Data Engineer
20 18 (1.76%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.03%) REST
2 27 (2.64%) Pandas
3 26 (2.54%) Kafka
4 25 (2.44%) AngularJS
5 24 (2.34%) scikit-learn
6 22 (2.15%) Middleware
7 21 (2.05%) NumPy
8 18 (1.76%) React
9 17 (1.66%) PySpark
10 16 (1.56%) .NET
11 15 (1.46%) PyTorch
12 14 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
12 14 (1.37%) RESTful
13 12 (1.17%) TensorFlow
14 11 (1.07%) Plotly
15 10 (0.98%) JSON
15 10 (0.98%) LangChain
15 10 (0.98%) OpenID
16 9 (0.88%) LDAP
16 9 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.18%) Product Ownership
3 33 (3.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 31 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
6 27 (2.64%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.34%) AI Agents
8 22 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.46%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.46%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.37%) FMCG
14 13 (1.27%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.07%) Derivative
16 10 (0.98%) NHS
16 10 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.37%) Linux
1 14 (1.37%) Windows
2 3 (0.29%) VMS
2 3 (0.29%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.098%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.098%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (28.52%) Agile
2 245 (23.93%) Analytics
3 237 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
4 229 (22.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 196 (19.14%) Business Intelligence
6 186 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 171 (16.70%) AI
8 160 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 155 (15.14%) Roadmaps
10 148 (14.45%) Data Modelling
11 141 (13.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 128 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
13 126 (12.30%) DevOps
14 119 (11.62%) CI/CD
15 109 (10.64%) Migration
16 108 (10.55%) ETL
16 108 (10.55%) Visualisation
17 106 (10.35%) Project Management
18 98 (9.57%) Data Governance
19 93 (9.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 222 (21.68%) SQL
2 198 (19.34%) Python
3 39 (3.81%) Java
4 28 (2.73%) TypeScript
5 21 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 20 (1.95%) C#
7 15 (1.46%) PL/SQL
7 15 (1.46%) R
8 14 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.17%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.98%) Bash
11 7 (0.68%) Bicep
11 7 (0.68%) C++
11 7 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.68%) VBA
12 4 (0.39%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.39%) Groovy
13 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.29%) Ruby
13 3 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 169 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 137 (13.38%) SC Cleared
3 115 (11.23%) Degree
4 36 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (3.42%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.83%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.83%) PMP
7 17 (1.66%) ACCA
8 16 (1.56%) CIMA
8 16 (1.56%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.37%) CISSP
10 12 (1.17%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.07%) CBAP
12 10 (0.98%) PhD
12 10 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.88%) CISM
14 8 (0.78%) IIBA
14 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.59%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (13.48%) Data Quality
2 63 (6.15%) PMO
3 60 (5.86%) QA
4 37 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 32 (3.13%) GDPR
6 16 (1.56%) NIST
7 14 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.98%) GRC
9 10 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.98%) SLA
10 7 (0.68%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.68%) WCAG
11 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.49%) COBIT
13 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.39%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 28 (2.73%) Docker
2 9 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.88%) Squid
3 6 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.39%) NFS
5 2 (0.20%) HDFS
5 2 (0.20%) IAG
5 2 (0.20%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.20%) vSphere
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.098%) Postfix
6 1 (0.098%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 56 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 55 (5.37%) Terraform
3 21 (2.05%) Grafana
4 20 (1.95%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.88%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.78%) Consul
8 7 (0.68%) Ansible
8 7 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.49%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.39%) vMotion
11 3 (0.29%) Control-M
11 3 (0.29%) Rancher
11 3 (0.29%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.20%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.20%) Argo
12 2 (0.20%) Istio
13 1 (0.098%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 147 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.37%) Oracle
3 48 (4.69%) Databricks
4 47 (4.59%) SAP
5 43 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 37 (3.61%) Google
7 32 (3.13%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.66%) Adobe
8 17 (1.66%) Workday
9 14 (1.37%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.07%) Red Hat
11 10 (0.98%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.88%) Planview
12 9 (0.88%) Software AG
13 8 (0.78%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.78%) VMware
14 7 (0.68%) Cisco
14 7 (0.68%) Foundry
14 7 (0.68%) Informatica
15 6 (0.59%) Ariba