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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 49 69
Rank change year-on-year +20 +20 +31
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,104 590 569
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.31% 4.63% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.10% 5.04% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 390 406
10th Percentile £375 £363 £331
25th Percentile £440 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +4.76% -10.94%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £649
90th Percentile £775 £801 £775
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 26
10th Percentile £26.99 £27.72 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.81 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.28% +62.30% -30.46%
75th Percentile £66.06 £55.25 £47.44
90th Percentile £77.05 £81.30 £52.50
England median hourly rate £60.50 £30.81 £18.00
% change year-on-year +96.40% +71.14% -64.71%

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 15,550 11,711 15,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 91.99% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,406 7,955 11,321
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £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 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 168 333
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.48 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.57 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £63.75 £66.70
England median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +13 161 £575 +9.52% 181
West London -17 22 £520 -16.80% 27
South London -17 19 £519 -13.58% 7
East London +1 5 £697 -10.06% 18
North London - 2 £413 - 2
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 45 (4.08%) Confluence
2 24 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.00%) nginx
5 6 (0.54%) Apache
6 5 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.36%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.18%) Camunda
9 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.18%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.18%) Mendix
9 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 106 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.54%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.27%) Notion
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.18%) InVision
9 2 (0.18%) Sketch
9 2 (0.18%) Trello
10 1 (0.091%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.091%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.54%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.54%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.45%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.45%) BambooHR
6 4 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.27%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.18%) Actimize
8 2 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.18%) Lorenzo
8 2 (0.18%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 224 (20.29%) Azure
2 184 (16.67%) AWS
3 169 (15.31%) Power Platform
4 93 (8.42%) GCP
5 63 (5.71%) SaaS
6 38 (3.44%) Amazon S3
6 38 (3.44%) Serverless
6 38 (3.44%) Snowflake
7 37 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
9 31 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 31 (2.81%) GitHub
10 29 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (1.45%) Collibra
13 16 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 15 (1.36%) Dagster
14 15 (1.36%) dbt
14 15 (1.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.36%) Firewall
2 13 (1.18%) VPN
3 12 (1.09%) DNS
4 11 (1.00%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.82%) OpenVPN
6 8 (0.72%) HTTP
6 8 (0.72%) Network Security
7 4 (0.36%) NAS
7 4 (0.36%) SAN
8 3 (0.27%) 5G
8 3 (0.27%) Broadband
8 3 (0.27%) WAN
9 2 (0.18%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.18%) Calico
9 2 (0.18%) DMZ
9 2 (0.18%) Intelligent Network
9 2 (0.18%) Internet
9 2 (0.18%) NaaS
9 2 (0.18%) VSAN
9 2 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (14.58%) Power BI
2 68 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (4.26%) Tableau
4 42 (3.80%) Metadata
5 32 (2.90%) SQL Server
6 27 (2.45%) BigQuery
7 25 (2.26%) Data Lake
8 19 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (1.63%) Big Data
9 18 (1.63%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (1.54%) Looker
11 15 (1.36%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.36%) Power Query
12 14 (1.27%) Delta Lake
13 13 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.18%) Relational Database
14 12 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.09%) MySQL
14 12 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 91 (8.24%) JIRA
2 42 (3.80%) Git
3 18 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.18%) GitLab
5 12 (1.09%) MLflow
6 10 (0.91%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.54%) ERwin
8 6 (0.54%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.45%) JUnit
10 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.27%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.27%) jMock
10 3 (0.27%) Maven
10 3 (0.27%) Mockito
10 3 (0.27%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.27%) Toad
11 2 (0.18%) Postman
11 2 (0.18%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 408 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 393 (35.60%) Finance
3 279 (25.27%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (13.68%) Public Sector
5 131 (11.87%) Banking
6 60 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
7 59 (5.34%) Marketing
8 47 (4.26%) Legal
8 47 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (3.62%) Retail
10 37 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 31 (2.81%) Telecoms
12 25 (2.26%) Financial Institution
13 24 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
13 24 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (1.99%) Local Government
15 21 (1.90%) Front Office
16 20 (1.81%) Billing
17 17 (1.54%) Investment Banking
18 10 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 186 (16.85%) Analyst
2 163 (14.76%) Senior
3 118 (10.69%) Lead
4 92 (8.33%) Architect
4 92 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 80 (7.25%) Developer
6 75 (6.79%) Data Engineer
7 70 (6.34%) Project Manager
8 62 (5.62%) Data Analyst
9 44 (3.99%) Consultant
10 34 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
11 33 (2.99%) Senior Manager
12 32 (2.90%) Data Scientist
13 29 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (2.45%) User Researcher
15 26 (2.36%) Senior Data Engineer
16 24 (2.17%) Designer
17 23 (2.08%) Product Manager
18 22 (1.99%) Programme Manager
18 22 (1.99%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.54%) Pandas
1 28 (2.54%) REST
2 21 (1.90%) Kafka
2 21 (1.90%) PySpark
3 20 (1.81%) Middleware
3 20 (1.81%) scikit-learn
4 19 (1.72%) NumPy
4 19 (1.72%) React
5 18 (1.63%) .NET
5 18 (1.63%) AngularJS
6 16 (1.45%) PyTorch
7 13 (1.18%) LangChain
7 13 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (1.18%) RESTful
8 12 (1.09%) Spring
8 12 (1.09%) Spring Boot
8 12 (1.09%) TensorFlow
9 10 (0.91%) JSON
9 10 (0.91%) OpenID
10 9 (0.82%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 67 (6.07%) Product Ownership
3 36 (3.26%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.54%) AI Agents
6 26 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 25 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
7 25 (2.26%) Virtual Team
8 24 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.63%) PMI
10 16 (1.45%) Security Posture
10 16 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.27%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.18%) FMCG
12 13 (1.18%) NHS
13 12 (1.09%) CMDB
13 12 (1.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.18%) Linux
2 10 (0.91%) Windows
3 3 (0.27%) VMS
3 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.091%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.091%) Solaris
5 1 (0.091%) Unix
5 1 (0.091%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (27.90%) Agile
2 261 (23.64%) Analytics
3 252 (22.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 239 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
5 202 (18.30%) AI
5 202 (18.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 187 (16.94%) Business Intelligence
7 170 (15.40%) Data Modelling
8 168 (15.22%) Roadmaps
9 164 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 136 (12.32%) CI/CD
10 136 (12.32%) DevOps
11 133 (12.05%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 118 (10.69%) Migration
13 117 (10.60%) Actionable Insight
14 116 (10.51%) Project Management
15 114 (10.33%) Data Pipeline
16 112 (10.14%) ETL
17 104 (9.42%) Data Governance
18 97 (8.79%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 231 (20.92%) SQL
2 213 (19.29%) Python
3 53 (4.80%) Java
4 27 (2.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 25 (2.26%) TypeScript
6 22 (1.99%) C#
7 20 (1.81%) R
8 15 (1.36%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.27%) JavaScript
10 11 (1.00%) VBA
11 9 (0.82%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.72%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.63%) Bicep
14 6 (0.54%) C++
15 5 (0.45%) Bash
15 5 (0.45%) Scala
16 4 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.27%) Apex Code
17 3 (0.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 182 (16.49%) Security Cleared
2 148 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 114 (10.33%) Degree
4 39 (3.53%) PMP
5 37 (3.35%) PMI Certification
6 36 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (3.08%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.45%) ACCA
8 16 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.18%) CIMA
9 13 (1.18%) CISSP
10 11 (1.00%) CBAP
10 11 (1.00%) PhD
11 10 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.82%) CISM
12 9 (0.82%) IIBA
13 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.54%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (13.22%) Data Quality
2 66 (5.98%) PMO
2 66 (5.98%) QA
3 35 (3.17%) GDPR
4 29 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.54%) NIST
6 14 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (1.00%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.00%) SLA
9 9 (0.82%) GRC
10 8 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.63%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.54%) WCAG
13 5 (0.45%) COBIT
13 5 (0.45%) COREP
13 5 (0.45%) FINREP
14 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 31 (2.81%) Docker
2 9 (0.82%) Squid
3 8 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.36%) NFS
6 3 (0.27%) IAG
7 2 (0.18%) HDFS
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.18%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.091%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 64 (5.80%) Terraform
2 58 (5.25%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.63%) Grafana
4 15 (1.36%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.82%) Ansible
6 9 (0.82%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.72%) Consul
8 7 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.36%) Control-M
9 4 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.36%) Kibana
9 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.36%) vMotion
10 3 (0.27%) Istio
11 2 (0.18%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.18%) Argo
11 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 2 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.091%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 159 (14.40%) Microsoft
2 55 (4.98%) Oracle
3 53 (4.80%) Databricks
4 49 (4.44%) SAP
5 48 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 43 (3.89%) Google
7 36 (3.26%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.90%) Workday
9 17 (1.54%) Adobe
10 13 (1.18%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.09%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.00%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.91%) Foundry
14 9 (0.82%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.82%) Software AG
14 9 (0.82%) VMware
15 7 (0.63%) Planview
16 6 (0.54%) Cisco
16 6 (0.54%) Informatica
16 6 (0.54%) Palantir