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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 49 74
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 +25
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,177 570 527
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.38% 4.71% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.19% 5.10% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 781 372 364
10th Percentile £376 £363 £288
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -11.02%
75th Percentile £663 £657 £643
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.19% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 23
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.75 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.63 £28.40 -
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +15.07% -36.59%
75th Percentile £61.25 £51.22 £41.88
90th Percentile £75.70 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.20 £18.94
% change year-on-year +60.26% +64.75% -57.92%

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 16,370 11,170 15,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 92.31% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,917 7,467 11,030
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £429 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 194 318
10th Percentile £18.34 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.19 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.21%
75th Percentile £59.00 £49.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £63.18 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%

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 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 5 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 5 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 +8 164 £581 +5.68% 267
West London -4 36 £520 -13.33% 35
South London 0 18 £519 -13.58% 11
East London -3 5 £697 -10.06% 32
North London - 1 £325 - 8
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 36 (3.06%) Confluence
2 21 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.53%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.85%) nginx
6 5 (0.42%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.17%) Camunda
9 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.17%) Mendix
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.17%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 86 (7.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.36%) Chatbot
6 14 (1.19%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.085%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.085%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.42%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.42%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.42%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.25%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.17%) Actimize
6 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.17%) Lorenzo
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 238 (20.22%) Azure
2 198 (16.82%) AWS
3 159 (13.51%) Power Platform
4 91 (7.73%) GCP
5 72 (6.12%) SaaS
6 38 (3.23%) Amazon S3
7 36 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (3.06%) Serverless
7 36 (3.06%) Snowflake
8 32 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
9 31 (2.63%) GitHub
10 27 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
11 26 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 23 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (1.53%) Collibra
13 18 (1.53%) dbt
14 17 (1.44%) Entra ID
14 17 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 16 (1.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.27%) VPN
2 13 (1.10%) DNS
2 13 (1.10%) Firewall
3 11 (0.93%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.76%) HTTP
4 9 (0.76%) OpenVPN
5 6 (0.51%) Network Security
6 4 (0.34%) NAS
6 4 (0.34%) SAN
6 4 (0.34%) WAN
7 2 (0.17%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.17%) BGP
7 2 (0.17%) Intelligent Network
7 2 (0.17%) Intranet
7 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.17%) IPsec
7 2 (0.17%) MPLS
7 2 (0.17%) OSPF
7 2 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (13.00%) Power BI
2 63 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (4.42%) Metadata
4 50 (4.25%) Tableau
5 30 (2.55%) BigQuery
6 29 (2.46%) SQL Server
7 27 (2.29%) Data Lake
8 21 (1.78%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.61%) Looker
9 19 (1.61%) Oracle Database
9 19 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.61%) Power Query
10 17 (1.44%) Relational Database
11 16 (1.36%) Big Data
12 14 (1.19%) Delta Lake
12 14 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.10%) Parquet
14 12 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 76 (6.46%) JIRA
2 37 (3.14%) Git
3 15 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.19%) GitLab
5 11 (0.93%) SonarQube
6 10 (0.85%) MLflow
7 9 (0.76%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.51%) ERwin
8 6 (0.51%) JUnit
8 6 (0.51%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.34%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.34%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.34%) jMock
9 4 (0.34%) Maven
9 4 (0.34%) Mockito
10 3 (0.25%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.25%) Toad
11 2 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.17%) Selenium
11 2 (0.17%) Xcode
General
1 416 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 410 (34.83%) Finance
3 275 (23.36%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (13.93%) Public Sector
5 123 (10.45%) Banking
6 66 (5.61%) Marketing
7 55 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
8 51 (4.33%) Retail
9 48 (4.08%) Legal
10 40 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
11 39 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (2.97%) Telecoms
13 30 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (2.21%) Financial Institution
15 17 (1.44%) Front Office
15 17 (1.44%) Local Government
16 16 (1.36%) Billing
16 16 (1.36%) Investment Banking
17 11 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 186 (15.80%) Senior
2 183 (15.55%) Analyst
3 143 (12.15%) Lead
4 97 (8.24%) Architect
5 86 (7.31%) Business Analyst
6 85 (7.22%) Data Engineer
7 84 (7.14%) Project Manager
8 76 (6.46%) Developer
9 66 (5.61%) Data Analyst
10 52 (4.42%) Consultant
11 39 (3.31%) Data Scientist
12 36 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.97%) Product Manager
14 32 (2.72%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (2.55%) User Researcher
17 28 (2.38%) Senior Data Engineer
18 24 (2.04%) Technical Leader
19 23 (1.95%) Designer
19 23 (1.95%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.06%) REST
2 28 (2.38%) Pandas
3 24 (2.04%) React
4 21 (1.78%) .NET
4 21 (1.78%) PySpark
5 20 (1.70%) Middleware
6 19 (1.61%) AngularJS
6 19 (1.61%) scikit-learn
7 18 (1.53%) Kafka
7 18 (1.53%) RESTful
8 16 (1.36%) NumPy
8 16 (1.36%) Spring
8 16 (1.36%) Spring Boot
9 15 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (1.10%) PyTorch
11 11 (0.93%) LangChain
11 11 (0.93%) Node.js
12 10 (0.85%) OpenID
12 10 (0.85%) TensorFlow
13 9 (0.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.88%) Cloud Native
2 74 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 34 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (2.89%) Onboarding
3 34 (2.89%) Virtual Team
4 28 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (2.29%) AI Agents
6 23 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (1.70%) Management Information System
8 19 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.53%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.44%) Data Structures
10 17 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.44%) PMI
11 16 (1.36%) FMCG
12 15 (1.27%) NHS
13 11 (0.93%) Algorithms
14 10 (0.85%) CMDB
14 10 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.27%) Windows
2 12 (1.02%) Linux
3 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.25%) VMS
4 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.085%) Android
5 1 (0.085%) Solaris
5 1 (0.085%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (26.51%) Agile
2 280 (23.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 274 (23.28%) Analytics
4 242 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
5 235 (19.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 229 (19.46%) AI
7 190 (16.14%) Roadmaps
8 188 (15.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 177 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
10 170 (14.44%) Data Modelling
11 154 (13.08%) CI/CD
12 148 (12.57%) DevOps
13 127 (10.79%) Data Pipeline
14 122 (10.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 122 (10.37%) Project Management
15 119 (10.11%) Actionable Insight
16 117 (9.94%) Migration
17 115 (9.77%) ETL
18 111 (9.43%) Data Governance
19 107 (9.09%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 237 (20.14%) SQL
2 224 (19.03%) Python
3 61 (5.18%) Java
4 38 (3.23%) TypeScript
5 29 (2.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (1.87%) C#
7 18 (1.53%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.36%) R
9 15 (1.27%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.59%) VBA
11 6 (0.51%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.42%) Bicep
12 5 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.42%) Ruby
12 5 (0.42%) Scala
12 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.17%) C++
14 2 (0.17%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 211 (17.93%) Security Cleared
2 173 (14.70%) SC Cleared
3 105 (8.92%) Degree
4 49 (4.16%) PMP
5 43 (3.65%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.21%) Master's Degree
8 24 (2.04%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.44%) ACCA
10 17 (1.44%) CISSP
11 15 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.93%) CIMA
13 10 (0.85%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.85%) CISM
14 8 (0.68%) CBAP
14 8 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.51%) CISA
16 6 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (14.27%) Data Quality
2 77 (6.54%) PMO
3 65 (5.52%) QA
4 39 (3.31%) GDPR
5 31 (2.63%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.70%) NIST
7 18 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.93%) GRC
8 11 (0.93%) SLA
9 10 (0.85%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.59%) COREP
10 7 (0.59%) FINREP
10 7 (0.59%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.51%) GAAP
11 6 (0.51%) IFRS
12 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.42%) NCSC
13 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (2.46%) Docker
2 12 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.76%) Squid
4 7 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.34%) NFS
6 3 (0.25%) IAG
6 3 (0.25%) Postfix
6 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.085%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.085%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 70 (5.95%) Terraform
2 60 (5.10%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.53%) Grafana
4 14 (1.19%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.85%) Ansible
7 9 (0.76%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.59%) Consul
8 7 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.42%) Kibana
11 4 (0.34%) Control-M
11 4 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
11 4 (0.34%) vMotion
12 3 (0.25%) Istio
12 3 (0.25%) SCCM
13 2 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.17%) Argo
13 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 167 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.84%) Oracle
3 52 (4.42%) Databricks
4 45 (3.82%) Google
5 42 (3.57%) SAP
6 39 (3.31%) ServiceNow
7 34 (2.89%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.70%) Workday
9 12 (1.02%) Adobe
9 12 (1.02%) Atlassian
9 12 (1.02%) Red Hat
10 11 (0.93%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.76%) Foundry
11 9 (0.76%) VMware
12 8 (0.68%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.59%) GoldenSource
13 7 (0.59%) Informatica
13 7 (0.59%) Murex
13 7 (0.59%) Splunk