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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 51 85
Rank change year-on-year +21 +34 +4
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,329 657 477
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.67% 4.84% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.50% 5.25% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 449 312
10th Percentile £400 £356 £288
25th Percentile £451 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% -9.59%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £750 £763
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 12
10th Percentile £27.94 £26.53 £17.93
25th Percentile £32.03 £28.21 £31.14
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +5.88% -3.10%
75th Percentile £62.50 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £55.25 -
England median hourly rate £35.53 £30.00 £16.06
% change year-on-year +18.43% +86.80% -64.31%

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 17,727 12,515 14,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.25% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,711 8,371 10,405
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 241 219
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £20.26 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -12.41% -17.47%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +10 188 £625 +13.64% 158
West London +9 53 £575 +6.80% 69
South London -5 16 £513 -14.58% 18
East London +7 6 £660 -14.90% 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 37 (2.78%) Confluence
2 31 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (2.11%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.05%) Apache
6 7 (0.53%) CMS
7 6 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.38%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Camunda
10 2 (0.15%) Mendix
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
11 1 (0.075%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.075%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.075%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 90 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.28%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.30%) CPLEX
7 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.38%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.30%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Actimize
7 2 (0.15%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.15%) Endur
7 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.15%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 262 (19.71%) Azure
2 255 (19.19%) AWS
3 168 (12.64%) Power Platform
4 108 (8.13%) GCP
5 70 (5.27%) SaaS
6 53 (3.99%) Snowflake
7 45 (3.39%) Amazon S3
8 40 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (2.93%) Serverless
10 31 (2.33%) dbt
11 30 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (2.11%) GitHub
13 25 (1.88%) Entra ID
14 23 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (1.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 17 (1.28%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.20%) OCI
18 15 (1.13%) Azure AI
18 15 (1.13%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.05%) Firewall
2 13 (0.98%) WAN
3 11 (0.83%) VPN
4 9 (0.68%) DNS
4 9 (0.68%) Network Security
5 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.38%) NAS
6 5 (0.38%) SAN
6 5 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.30%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.23%) BGP
8 3 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.23%) HTTP
8 3 (0.23%) IPsec
8 3 (0.23%) MPLS
8 3 (0.23%) OSPF
8 3 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.23%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (12.26%) Power BI
2 68 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (4.21%) Tableau
4 54 (4.06%) Metadata
5 40 (3.01%) BigQuery
6 26 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (1.96%) Power Query
7 24 (1.81%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.66%) Big Data
8 22 (1.66%) Looker
8 22 (1.66%) NoSQL
9 21 (1.58%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.20%) SQL Server
12 15 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.13%) Delta Lake
13 14 (1.05%) Oracle Database
13 14 (1.05%) Star Schema
14 13 (0.98%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 79 (5.94%) JIRA
2 43 (3.24%) Git
3 21 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.83%) GitLab
5 6 (0.45%) JUnit
5 6 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.38%) MLflow
6 5 (0.38%) Mockito
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.30%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.30%) ERwin
7 4 (0.30%) jMock
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
8 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.23%) VTune
8 3 (0.23%) Xcode
9 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 487 (36.64%) Finance
2 467 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 324 (24.38%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (14.45%) Public Sector
5 149 (11.21%) Banking
6 89 (6.70%) Influencing Skills
7 73 (5.49%) Retail
8 70 (5.27%) Marketing
9 50 (3.76%) Legal
10 45 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 40 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.33%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.96%) Financial Institution
14 26 (1.96%) Investment Banking
15 25 (1.88%) Local Government
16 24 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
16 24 (1.81%) Front Office
17 15 (1.13%) Aviation
18 14 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 202 (15.20%) Analyst
2 194 (14.60%) Senior
3 167 (12.57%) Lead
4 143 (10.76%) Architect
5 93 (7.00%) Data Engineer
6 92 (6.92%) Project Manager
7 91 (6.85%) Business Analyst
8 77 (5.79%) Developer
9 70 (5.27%) Data Analyst
10 55 (4.14%) Data Scientist
11 46 (3.46%) Consultant
12 39 (2.93%) Product Manager
13 38 (2.86%) Senior Manager
14 37 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
16 31 (2.33%) Product Owner
17 30 (2.26%) Designer
18 26 (1.96%) Senior Data Engineer
19 24 (1.81%) Data Architect
19 24 (1.81%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.01%) REST
2 33 (2.48%) Kafka
3 30 (2.26%) React
4 28 (2.11%) Pandas
5 25 (1.88%) PySpark
6 18 (1.35%) Middleware
6 18 (1.35%) NumPy
7 17 (1.28%) AngularJS
7 17 (1.28%) scikit-learn
8 16 (1.20%) .NET
8 16 (1.20%) JSON
8 16 (1.20%) RESTful
9 14 (1.05%) Spring
9 14 (1.05%) Spring Boot
10 13 (0.98%) Node.js
11 12 (0.90%) HTML
11 12 (0.90%) PyTorch
12 11 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
14 9 (0.68%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 99 (7.45%) Product Ownership
2 91 (6.85%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 43 (3.24%) Virtual Team
5 41 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (2.78%) Management Information System
7 36 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (2.56%) AI Agents
9 26 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (1.66%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.50%) NHS
12 19 (1.43%) FMCG
13 17 (1.28%) CMDB
13 17 (1.28%) PMI
14 16 (1.20%) Security Posture
15 14 (1.05%) Data Centre
15 14 (1.05%) Operational Technology
15 14 (1.05%) Taxonomies
16 13 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.20%) Linux
2 15 (1.13%) Windows
3 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.30%) Unix
6 3 (0.23%) VMS
7 2 (0.15%) Android
7 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.075%) Solaris
8 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (29.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 374 (28.14%) Agile
3 333 (25.06%) Analytics
4 289 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 282 (21.22%) AI
6 254 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
7 230 (17.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 220 (16.55%) Roadmaps
9 190 (14.30%) Business Intelligence
10 189 (14.22%) Data Modelling
11 176 (13.24%) CI/CD
12 166 (12.49%) Data Pipeline
13 165 (12.42%) DevOps
14 135 (10.16%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 134 (10.08%) Validation
16 127 (9.56%) Machine Learning
17 126 (9.48%) Migration
18 125 (9.41%) Actionable Insight
19 123 (9.26%) Data Science
20 122 (9.18%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 263 (19.79%) SQL
2 262 (19.71%) Python
3 70 (5.27%) Java
4 45 (3.39%) TypeScript
5 40 (3.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (2.03%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.43%) C#
8 17 (1.28%) R
9 8 (0.60%) C++
9 8 (0.60%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.53%) VBA
11 6 (0.45%) Ruby
11 6 (0.45%) SPARQL
11 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.38%) Bash
12 5 (0.38%) Cypher
12 5 (0.38%) Scala
12 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 226 (17.01%) Security Cleared
2 182 (13.69%) SC Cleared
3 104 (7.83%) Degree
4 54 (4.06%) PMP
5 49 (3.69%) PMI Certification
6 31 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 25 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.28%) CISSP
10 12 (0.90%) ACCA
11 10 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.75%) CISM
12 8 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.53%) PhD
14 6 (0.45%) CIMA
15 5 (0.38%) CISA
15 5 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (13.54%) Data Quality
2 93 (7.00%) PMO
3 69 (5.19%) QA
4 50 (3.76%) Accessibility
5 44 (3.31%) GDPR
6 19 (1.43%) NIST
7 18 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.05%) GRC
10 9 (0.68%) COREP
10 9 (0.68%) FINREP
11 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.60%) SLA
12 7 (0.53%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.38%) SEPA
14 4 (0.30%) IFRS
14 4 (0.30%) NCSC
14 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (3.54%) Docker
2 19 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.53%) IAG
5 5 (0.38%) NFS
5 5 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.30%) Squid
7 3 (0.23%) Postfix
8 1 (0.075%) Firmware
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.075%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (5.64%) Terraform
2 66 (4.97%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.20%) Ansible
4 14 (1.05%) Grafana
5 10 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.45%) Kibana
9 4 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.30%) vMotion
10 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.23%) SCCM
11 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.15%) Argo
11 2 (0.15%) Consul
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 181 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.97%) Databricks
3 51 (3.84%) Google
4 48 (3.61%) SAP
5 45 (3.39%) Oracle
6 40 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.71%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.20%) Workday
9 13 (0.98%) Adobe
10 11 (0.83%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.75%) Murex
12 9 (0.68%) GoldenSource
12 9 (0.68%) Zscaler
13 8 (0.60%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.60%) Bloomberg
13 8 (0.60%) Foundry
14 7 (0.53%) Anaplan
14 7 (0.53%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.53%) Splunk
14 7 (0.53%) VMware