Decision-Making Contracts in London

Decision-Making
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 66 97
Rank change year-on-year +16 +31 -2
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 585 590 697
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.66% 3.31% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 3.74% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 418 421
10th Percentile £363 £329 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% +3.20%
75th Percentile £656 £645 £688
90th Percentile £820 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 27 15
10th Percentile £27.64 £19.57 £20.96
25th Percentile £28.60 £27.81 £33.47
Median hourly rate £49.50 £30.50 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year +62.30% -30.46% +30.63%
75th Percentile £54.25 £49.38 £53.13
90th Percentile £83.08 £56.00 £77.57
England median hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £51.57
% change year-on-year +62.16% -64.12% +21.33%

All Process and 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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in London.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in London.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +20 107 £525 +7.69% 92
South London +13 14 £600 +26.32% 13
West London +10 14 £625 +28.21% 36
East London +11 2 £775 +68.48% 19
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (3.25%) Confluence
2 15 (2.56%) CMS
3 11 (1.88%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.71%) Headless CMS
5 9 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.20%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.68%) Apache
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.34%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 34 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.34%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.71%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.68%) iTrent
3 4 (0.68%) Loan IQ
3 4 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.51%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.34%) Actimize
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.34%) Shopify
5 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.17%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.17%) Finacle
6 1 (0.17%) Maximo
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 91 (15.56%) Azure
2 79 (13.50%) Power Platform
3 78 (13.33%) AWS
4 33 (5.64%) GCP
5 28 (4.79%) Snowflake
6 18 (3.08%) SaaS
7 13 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (1.88%) Amazon S3
8 11 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (1.88%) dbt
9 10 (1.71%) Serverless
10 9 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.54%) GitHub
11 8 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.37%) Network Security
2 6 (1.03%) Firewall
2 6 (1.03%) WAN
3 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.68%) VPN
4 3 (0.51%) HTTP
4 3 (0.51%) IPsec
4 3 (0.51%) SSL
4 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.51%) Wireless
5 2 (0.34%) DMZ
5 2 (0.34%) DNS
5 2 (0.34%) DWDM
5 2 (0.34%) Internet
5 2 (0.34%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.34%) L2TP
5 2 (0.34%) LAN
5 2 (0.34%) MPLS
5 2 (0.34%) OSPF
5 2 (0.34%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (12.65%) Power BI
2 46 (7.86%) Tableau
3 33 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.22%) Big Data
6 12 (2.05%) Metadata
7 11 (1.88%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.71%) Data Lake
8 10 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.54%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.20%) Looker
11 7 (1.20%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.20%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.03%) Data Mining
12 6 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 37 (6.32%) JIRA
2 12 (2.05%) Git
3 7 (1.20%) ERwin
3 7 (1.20%) GitLab
4 6 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.85%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.68%) Jasmine
6 4 (0.68%) JUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.34%) MagicDraw
7 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.17%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.17%) Maven
8 1 (0.17%) Snyk
8 1 (0.17%) Subversion
8 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 258 (44.10%) Social Skills
2 205 (35.04%) Finance
3 185 (31.62%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (12.99%) Banking
5 53 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 46 (7.86%) Marketing
7 40 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (5.47%) Retail
9 27 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (4.62%) Investment Banking
10 26 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (3.76%) Legal
13 21 (3.59%) Front Office
14 14 (2.39%) Local Government
15 12 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.71%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.71%) Manufacturing
16 10 (1.71%) Retail Banking
17 8 (1.37%) Police
Job Titles
1 125 (21.37%) Analyst
2 72 (12.31%) Business Analyst
3 59 (10.09%) Architect
4 55 (9.40%) Developer
4 55 (9.40%) Senior
5 50 (8.55%) Lead
6 34 (5.81%) Data Analyst
6 34 (5.81%) Project Manager
7 32 (5.47%) Consultant
7 32 (5.47%) Data Engineer
8 20 (3.42%) Product Manager
8 20 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
10 16 (2.74%) Data Architect
10 16 (2.74%) Data Scientist
11 15 (2.56%) Python Developer
12 13 (2.22%) Data Business Analyst
12 13 (2.22%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.05%) Senior Manager
14 11 (1.88%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.39%) Kafka
2 12 (2.05%) Next.js
2 12 (2.05%) React
3 11 (1.88%) AngularJS
3 11 (1.88%) REST
3 11 (1.88%) Vue
4 10 (1.71%) PySpark
5 8 (1.37%) CSS
5 8 (1.37%) HTML
5 8 (1.37%) Pandas
5 8 (1.37%) RESTful
5 8 (1.37%) SOAP
6 6 (1.03%) NumPy
6 6 (1.03%) Swagger
6 6 (1.03%) TensorFlow
7 5 (0.85%) J2EE
7 5 (0.85%) scikit-learn
7 5 (0.85%) Spring
7 5 (0.85%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.68%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 26 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 16 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (2.56%) Algorithms
4 15 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.39%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.71%) Equities
6 10 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.20%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.03%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.85%) Derivative
11 5 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (0.85%) Market Risk
11 5 (0.85%) NHS
11 5 (0.85%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.22%) Linux
2 7 (1.20%) Windows
3 6 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.51%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
2 155 (26.50%) Analytics
3 139 (23.76%) Agile
4 111 (18.97%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 104 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 94 (16.07%) Project Management
7 92 (15.73%) Business Intelligence
8 87 (14.87%) Data Analysis
9 83 (14.19%) Roadmaps
10 81 (13.85%) Visualisation
11 76 (12.99%) Data Modelling
12 72 (12.31%) Risk Management
13 66 (11.28%) Actionable Insight
14 59 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
15 56 (9.57%) Data Governance
16 54 (9.23%) Data Visualisation
17 50 (8.55%) Data Pipeline
17 50 (8.55%) Migration
18 49 (8.38%) Change Management
19 47 (8.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 124 (21.20%) SQL
2 116 (19.83%) Python
3 30 (5.13%) Java
4 23 (3.93%) R
5 11 (1.88%) Bash
6 8 (1.37%) C++
6 8 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.37%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.37%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.20%) VBA
8 6 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.85%) Go
10 4 (0.68%) C#
10 4 (0.68%) Perl
10 4 (0.68%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.34%) C
12 2 (0.34%) Rust
12 2 (0.34%) Scala
12 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (16.92%) Degree
2 60 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.21%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.22%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.22%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.22%) PMP
6 7 (1.20%) CISSP
6 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.03%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.03%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.03%) CISM
8 4 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.68%) CCNP
8 4 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.51%) CRISC
9 3 (0.51%) IIBA
9 3 (0.51%) RIBA
9 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.38%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 29 (4.96%) GDPR
4 25 (4.27%) QA
5 13 (2.22%) PMO
6 7 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.85%) NIST
7 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.68%) NCSC
8 4 (0.68%) WCAG
9 3 (0.51%) COBIT
10 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.34%) EMIR
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.34%) MiFID
10 2 (0.34%) SLA
11 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 21 (3.59%) Docker
2 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.17%) RACF
4 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.25%) Terraform
3 9 (1.54%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) Packer
5 1 (0.17%) Control-M
5 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.17%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.17%) Istio
5 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) Podman
5 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
5 1 (0.17%) QRadar
5 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.17%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 74 (12.65%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.44%) SAP
3 25 (4.27%) Oracle
4 21 (3.59%) Databricks
4 21 (3.59%) Google
4 21 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 20 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.71%) NEC
7 8 (1.37%) Adobe
8 6 (1.03%) Foundry
8 6 (1.03%) Workday
9 5 (0.85%) Cisco
9 5 (0.85%) Splunk
9 5 (0.85%) Talend
10 4 (0.68%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.68%) DocuSign
10 4 (0.68%) Informatica
10 4 (0.68%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.68%) Palantir
11 3 (0.51%) Ariba