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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 49 78
Rank change year-on-year +19 +29 +19
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,245 585 526
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.54% 4.68% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 5.06% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 394 359
10th Percentile £380 £363 £288
25th Percentile £450 £421 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +2.88% -13.33%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £645
90th Percentile £775 £763 £763
England median daily rate £519 £520 £514
% change year-on-year -0.28% +1.17% -7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 22
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.64 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.63 £28.31 £27.81
Median hourly rate £35.50 £38.50 £29.16
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +32.05% -33.53%
75th Percentile £61.25 £51.23 £45.31
90th Percentile £75.70 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £30.81 £19.38
% change year-on-year +15.34% +58.99% -55.83%

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 16,916 11,555 15,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.87% 92.40% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,270 7,751 11,170
10th Percentile £360 £338 £340
25th Percentile £437 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 210 314
10th Percentile £18.06 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.22 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +18.39% -29.38%
75th Percentile £59.99 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.70
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +4 170 £593 +7.73% 128
West London -5 40 £521 -8.42% 30
South London +7 19 £519 -13.58% 9
East London +2 6 £719 -7.23% 28
North London - 1 £325 - 9
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 (3.05%) Confluence
2 23 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.80%) nginx
6 6 (0.48%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) CMS
7 5 (0.40%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.16%) Camunda
9 2 (0.16%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.16%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.16%) Mendix
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 87 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.45%) Chatbot
4 18 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.080%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.080%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.40%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.40%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.16%) Actimize
6 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.16%) Lorenzo
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 249 (20.00%) Azure
2 215 (17.27%) AWS
3 169 (13.57%) Power Platform
4 101 (8.11%) GCP
5 67 (5.38%) SaaS
6 47 (3.78%) Amazon S3
7 43 (3.45%) Serverless
8 41 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (3.21%) Snowflake
10 35 (2.81%) GitHub
11 34 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 33 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
13 27 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 26 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (1.61%) dbt
15 20 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 18 (1.45%) Entra ID
17 17 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
18 16 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
19 15 (1.20%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.29%) VPN
2 15 (1.20%) Firewall
3 13 (1.04%) DNS
4 11 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.72%) HTTP
5 9 (0.72%) Network Security
5 9 (0.72%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.56%) WAN
7 4 (0.32%) NAS
7 4 (0.32%) SAN
8 3 (0.24%) BGP
8 3 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.24%) MPLS
8 3 (0.24%) OSPF
8 3 (0.24%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.24%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.16%) Intelligent Network
9 2 (0.16%) IPsec
9 2 (0.16%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (13.09%) Power BI
2 68 (5.46%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.42%) Metadata
4 54 (4.34%) Tableau
5 33 (2.65%) BigQuery
6 30 (2.41%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.25%) SQL Server
8 26 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
9 23 (1.85%) NoSQL
10 21 (1.69%) Big Data
10 21 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 20 (1.61%) Power Query
12 19 (1.53%) Looker
13 17 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (1.37%) Oracle Database
14 15 (1.20%) Delta Lake
15 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 12 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 81 (6.51%) JIRA
2 40 (3.21%) Git
3 19 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.12%) GitLab
5 11 (0.88%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.72%) MLflow
7 7 (0.56%) JUnit
8 6 (0.48%) ERwin
9 5 (0.40%) Mockito
9 5 (0.40%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket Server
10 4 (0.32%) DbUnit
10 4 (0.32%) jMock
10 4 (0.32%) Maven
11 3 (0.24%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.24%) Toad
12 2 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
12 2 (0.16%) VTune
12 2 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 445 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 440 (35.34%) Finance
3 280 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (13.98%) Public Sector
5 124 (9.96%) Banking
6 66 (5.30%) Marketing
7 65 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
8 60 (4.82%) Retail
9 51 (4.10%) Legal
10 40 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 36 (2.89%) Telecoms
12 27 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
12 27 (2.17%) Financial Institution
13 22 (1.77%) Local Government
14 19 (1.53%) Front Office
15 17 (1.37%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.29%) Billing
17 13 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 189 (15.18%) Senior
2 185 (14.86%) Analyst
3 156 (12.53%) Lead
4 110 (8.84%) Architect
5 94 (7.55%) Data Engineer
6 89 (7.15%) Business Analyst
7 87 (6.99%) Project Manager
8 77 (6.18%) Developer
9 65 (5.22%) Data Analyst
10 52 (4.18%) Consultant
11 45 (3.61%) Data Scientist
12 38 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.81%) Product Manager
14 33 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (2.65%) User Researcher
15 30 (2.41%) Senior Manager
16 28 (2.25%) Technical Leader
17 27 (2.17%) Senior Data Engineer
18 26 (2.09%) Product Owner
19 24 (1.93%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.29%) REST
2 31 (2.49%) React
3 28 (2.25%) Pandas
4 26 (2.09%) PySpark
5 24 (1.93%) Kafka
6 21 (1.69%) Middleware
7 19 (1.53%) .NET
7 19 (1.53%) scikit-learn
8 18 (1.45%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.37%) NumPy
9 17 (1.37%) RESTful
10 15 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (1.20%) Spring
10 15 (1.20%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.12%) PyTorch
12 13 (1.04%) JSON
13 12 (0.96%) LangChain
14 11 (0.88%) Node.js
15 10 (0.80%) HTML
15 10 (0.80%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.23%) Cloud Native
2 84 (6.75%) Product Ownership
3 42 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (2.97%) Virtual Team
5 36 (2.89%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (2.57%) AI Agents
8 25 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.61%) FMCG
9 20 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (1.53%) NHS
11 17 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 17 (1.37%) PMI
11 17 (1.37%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.37%) Taxonomies
12 14 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.04%) CMDB
14 11 (0.88%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.37%) Windows
2 15 (1.20%) Linux
3 5 (0.40%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 3 (0.24%) VMS
4 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.16%) Android
5 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.080%) Solaris
6 1 (0.080%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (27.39%) Agile
2 305 (24.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 302 (24.26%) Analytics
4 258 (20.72%) AI
5 251 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 249 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 207 (16.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 195 (15.66%) Roadmaps
9 185 (14.86%) Business Intelligence
10 180 (14.46%) Data Modelling
11 178 (14.30%) CI/CD
12 167 (13.41%) DevOps
13 149 (11.97%) Data Pipeline
14 130 (10.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 129 (10.36%) Actionable Insight
15 129 (10.36%) Migration
16 122 (9.80%) Data Science
17 121 (9.72%) Project Management
18 119 (9.56%) ETL
19 116 (9.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 252 (20.24%) SQL
2 247 (19.84%) Python
3 68 (5.46%) Java
4 49 (3.94%) TypeScript
5 33 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (1.77%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.69%) C#
8 16 (1.29%) R
9 11 (0.88%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.64%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.56%) VBA
12 6 (0.48%) Bicep
12 6 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.40%) C++
13 5 (0.40%) Ruby
13 5 (0.40%) Scala
14 4 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.24%) Rust
15 3 (0.24%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 214 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 176 (14.14%) SC Cleared
3 109 (8.76%) Degree
4 48 (3.86%) PMP
5 43 (3.45%) PMI Certification
6 28 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.01%) DV Cleared
9 23 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.37%) ACCA
11 16 (1.29%) CISSP
12 15 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.88%) CIMA
14 9 (0.72%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.72%) CISM
14 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.64%) CBAP
16 7 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.48%) IIBA
17 6 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (14.14%) Data Quality
2 78 (6.27%) PMO
3 65 (5.22%) QA
4 41 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 40 (3.21%) GDPR
6 19 (1.53%) NIST
7 16 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.88%) GRC
9 10 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.80%) SLA
10 9 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.56%) COREP
11 7 (0.56%) FINREP
11 7 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.48%) GAAP
12 6 (0.48%) IFRS
12 6 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.32%) NCSC
13 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (2.89%) Docker
2 14 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.72%) Squid
4 6 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.32%) NFS
6 3 (0.24%) IAG
6 3 (0.24%) Postfix
6 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.080%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.080%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.080%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 80 (6.43%) Terraform
2 65 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.53%) Grafana
4 15 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.12%) Ansible
6 12 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.56%) Consul
8 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.40%) Kibana
10 4 (0.32%) Control-M
10 4 (0.32%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (0.32%) vMotion
11 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.24%) SCCM
12 2 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
12 2 (0.16%) Puppet
12 2 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 183 (14.70%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.66%) Databricks
3 56 (4.50%) Oracle
4 47 (3.78%) Google
5 44 (3.53%) SAP
6 40 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.97%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.61%) Workday
9 13 (1.04%) Adobe
9 13 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 13 (1.04%) Red Hat
10 11 (0.88%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.72%) Foundry
11 9 (0.72%) Murex
12 8 (0.64%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.64%) VMware
13 7 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.56%) GoldenSource
13 7 (0.56%) Informatica
13 7 (0.56%) Splunk