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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 49 65
Rank change year-on-year +17 +16 +37
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,057 578 592
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.16% 4.56% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.89% 4.98% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 382 425
10th Percentile £373 £356 £339
25th Percentile £431 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -11.02%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £645
90th Percentile £759 £825 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 28
10th Percentile £18.25 £28.35 £19.57
25th Percentile £18.95 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £33.50 £49.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.32% +62.30% -30.46%
75th Percentile £47.25 £55.25 £49.06
90th Percentile £76.13 £77.88 £54.13
England median hourly rate £58.75 £30.40 £18.94
% change year-on-year +93.24% +60.54% -64.55%

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 15,334 11,605 15,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.40% 91.50% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,290 7,873 11,381
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 169 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.11 £24.18 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.20% -22.77%
75th Percentile £56.25 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.50 £65.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 5 April 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 +14 148 £560 +7.69% 279
West London -17 20 £520 -16.80% 36
South London -17 18 £519 -13.58% 12
East London +2 5 £697 -10.06% 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 47 (4.45%) Confluence
2 23 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.04%) nginx
6 8 (0.76%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.47%) Apache
7 5 (0.47%) CMS
7 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.19%) Camunda
8 2 (0.19%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.19%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.19%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 112 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (3.12%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.89%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.61%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Notion
8 3 (0.28%) Trello
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
9 2 (0.19%) Sketch
10 1 (0.095%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.095%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.85%) NetSuite
1 9 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.57%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.47%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.38%) BambooHR
4 4 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.28%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.19%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 220 (20.81%) Azure
2 179 (16.93%) AWS
3 177 (16.75%) Power Platform
4 82 (7.76%) GCP
5 52 (4.92%) SaaS
6 39 (3.69%) Snowflake
7 38 (3.60%) Serverless
8 36 (3.41%) Amazon S3
8 36 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
9 32 (3.03%) GitHub
10 30 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 29 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 15 (1.42%) Collibra
16 14 (1.32%) dbt
16 14 (1.32%) PaaS
16 14 (1.32%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.51%) Firewall
2 13 (1.23%) DNS
2 13 (1.23%) VPN
3 12 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.85%) OpenVPN
5 8 (0.76%) HTTP
5 8 (0.76%) Network Security
6 4 (0.38%) NAS
6 4 (0.38%) SAN
6 4 (0.38%) WAN
7 3 (0.28%) 5G
7 3 (0.28%) Broadband
7 3 (0.28%) Internet
8 2 (0.19%) Calico
8 2 (0.19%) DMZ
8 2 (0.19%) Intelligent Network
8 2 (0.19%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.19%) NaaS
8 2 (0.19%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.19%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (16.08%) Power BI
2 67 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (4.64%) Tableau
4 41 (3.88%) Metadata
5 31 (2.93%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.18%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.80%) BigQuery
7 19 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.61%) NoSQL
8 17 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (1.51%) Big Data
10 15 (1.42%) Looker
10 15 (1.42%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.23%) Delta Lake
11 13 (1.23%) Oracle Database
12 12 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.14%) Power Query
12 12 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (0.95%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 91 (8.61%) JIRA
2 43 (4.07%) Git
3 16 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.23%) GitLab
5 12 (1.14%) MLflow
6 9 (0.85%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.85%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.57%) ERwin
7 6 (0.57%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.38%) JUnit
9 3 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.28%) Toad
10 2 (0.19%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.19%) DbUnit
10 2 (0.19%) jMock
10 2 (0.19%) Maven
10 2 (0.19%) Mockito
10 2 (0.19%) Postman
10 2 (0.19%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 412 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 384 (36.33%) Finance
3 288 (27.25%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (14.19%) Public Sector
5 123 (11.64%) Banking
6 54 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
7 52 (4.92%) Marketing
8 44 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (3.97%) Legal
10 38 (3.60%) Retail
11 37 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.84%) Telecoms
13 25 (2.37%) Financial Institution
14 24 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 22 (2.08%) Front Office
15 22 (2.08%) Local Government
16 20 (1.89%) Billing
17 18 (1.70%) Investment Banking
17 18 (1.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 186 (17.60%) Analyst
2 159 (15.04%) Senior
3 115 (10.88%) Lead
4 95 (8.99%) Business Analyst
5 83 (7.85%) Architect
6 81 (7.66%) Developer
7 68 (6.43%) Data Engineer
7 68 (6.43%) Project Manager
8 59 (5.58%) Data Analyst
9 38 (3.60%) Consultant
10 34 (3.22%) Senior Manager
11 33 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
12 29 (2.74%) Data Scientist
13 28 (2.65%) User Researcher
14 27 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (2.27%) Senior Data Engineer
16 23 (2.18%) Senior Business Analyst
17 21 (1.99%) Product Manager
17 21 (1.99%) Programme Manager
18 20 (1.89%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.03%) Pandas
2 31 (2.93%) REST
3 25 (2.37%) Kafka
3 25 (2.37%) scikit-learn
4 24 (2.27%) NumPy
5 22 (2.08%) AngularJS
6 19 (1.80%) PySpark
6 19 (1.80%) React
7 18 (1.70%) Middleware
8 17 (1.61%) .NET
8 17 (1.61%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (1.32%) RESTful
10 13 (1.23%) TensorFlow
11 11 (1.04%) LangChain
11 11 (1.04%) Plotly
12 10 (0.95%) OpenID
13 9 (0.85%) JSON
13 9 (0.85%) Spring
13 9 (0.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 69 (6.53%) Cloud Native
2 61 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 31 (2.93%) Management Information System
3 31 (2.93%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (2.37%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.27%) AI Agents
8 22 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.61%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.51%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.32%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.32%) FMCG
14 13 (1.23%) PMI
14 13 (1.23%) Security Posture
15 12 (1.14%) NHS
16 11 (1.04%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.23%) Windows
2 10 (0.95%) Linux
3 3 (0.28%) VMS
3 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.095%) Solaris
5 1 (0.095%) Unix
5 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (28.38%) Agile
2 253 (23.94%) Analytics
3 242 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
4 240 (22.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 196 (18.54%) Business Intelligence
6 192 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 180 (17.03%) AI
8 163 (15.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 156 (14.76%) Data Modelling
9 156 (14.76%) Roadmaps
10 139 (13.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 130 (12.30%) DevOps
12 125 (11.83%) CI/CD
13 122 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
14 112 (10.60%) ETL
14 112 (10.60%) Migration
15 111 (10.50%) Project Management
16 110 (10.41%) Visualisation
17 104 (9.84%) Data Governance
18 100 (9.46%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 228 (21.57%) SQL
2 210 (19.87%) Python
3 45 (4.26%) Java
4 27 (2.55%) TypeScript
5 22 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 20 (1.89%) C#
7 17 (1.61%) R
8 16 (1.51%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.32%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.85%) VBA
11 8 (0.76%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.66%) Bicep
12 7 (0.66%) C++
13 6 (0.57%) Bash
14 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.38%) Groovy
14 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.28%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 175 (16.56%) Security Cleared
2 143 (13.53%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.88%) Degree
4 37 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.22%) Master's Degree
6 33 (3.12%) PMP
7 32 (3.03%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.70%) ACCA
9 16 (1.51%) CIMA
9 16 (1.51%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.32%) CISSP
11 12 (1.14%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.04%) CBAP
13 10 (0.95%) PhD
13 10 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.85%) CISM
15 8 (0.76%) IIBA
15 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.57%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (13.53%) Data Quality
2 65 (6.15%) PMO
3 63 (5.96%) QA
4 35 (3.31%) Accessibility
5 32 (3.03%) GDPR
6 14 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (1.32%) NIST
7 12 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.04%) SLA
9 10 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.85%) GRC
11 7 (0.66%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.66%) WCAG
12 5 (0.47%) COBIT
12 5 (0.47%) COREP
12 5 (0.47%) FINREP
13 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (2.74%) Docker
2 9 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.85%) Squid
3 7 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.38%) NFS
5 2 (0.19%) HDFS
5 2 (0.19%) IAG
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.19%) vSphere
6 1 (0.095%) Postfix
6 1 (0.095%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (5.58%) Terraform
2 58 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.61%) Grafana
4 16 (1.51%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.85%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.76%) Ansible
7 8 (0.76%) Consul
8 7 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.38%) Control-M
9 4 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.38%) vMotion
10 3 (0.28%) Rancher
10 3 (0.28%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.19%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.19%) Argo
11 2 (0.19%) Istio
12 1 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.095%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 149 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.30%) Oracle
3 52 (4.92%) Databricks
4 46 (4.35%) SAP
5 45 (4.26%) ServiceNow
6 40 (3.78%) Google
7 35 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.70%) Workday
9 17 (1.61%) Adobe
10 14 (1.32%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.14%) Red Hat
12 10 (0.95%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.85%) Foundry
13 9 (0.85%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.85%) Software AG
13 9 (0.85%) VMware
14 8 (0.76%) Planview
15 7 (0.66%) Cisco
16 6 (0.57%) Informatica
16 6 (0.57%) Murex