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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 48 79
Rank change year-on-year +18 +31 +16
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,242 583 528
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.55% 4.67% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.37% 5.06% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 391 360
10th Percentile £379 £363 £288
25th Percentile £450 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% +3.04% -12.92%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £644
90th Percentile £775 £770 £763
England median daily rate £519 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -0.28% +1.32% -8.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 22
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.64 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.63 £28.31 £27.81
Median hourly rate £35.50 £38.50 £29.16
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +32.05% -33.53%
75th Percentile £61.25 £51.23 £45.31
90th Percentile £75.70 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.52 £30.81 £19.38
% change year-on-year +15.29% +58.99% -55.83%

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 16,854 11,524 15,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.35% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,217 7,730 11,175
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £437 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £518 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 209 315
10th Percentile £18.04 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.89 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +15.40% -28.60%
75th Percentile £59.18 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.13 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.27% -27.91% +5.54%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +4 172 £595 +8.18% 129
West London -2 40 £521 -8.42% 30
South London +6 19 £519 -13.58% 10
East London +1 6 £719 -7.23% 27
North London - 1 £325 - 9
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 (2.90%) Confluence
2 22 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.45%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.81%) nginx
6 5 (0.40%) Apache
6 5 (0.40%) CMS
6 5 (0.40%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.16%) Camunda
8 2 (0.16%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.16%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.16%) Mendix
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.16%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 86 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.45%) Chatbot
4 18 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.081%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.081%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.40%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.40%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.16%) Actimize
6 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.16%) Lorenzo
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 248 (19.97%) Azure
2 211 (16.99%) AWS
3 169 (13.61%) Power Platform
4 100 (8.05%) GCP
5 68 (5.48%) SaaS
6 45 (3.62%) Amazon S3
7 41 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (3.30%) Serverless
8 38 (3.06%) Snowflake
9 34 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 34 (2.74%) GitHub
10 31 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 26 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (1.61%) dbt
14 19 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 18 (1.45%) Entra ID
16 17 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (1.29%) Collibra
18 15 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.29%) VPN
2 15 (1.21%) Firewall
3 13 (1.05%) DNS
4 11 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.72%) HTTP
5 9 (0.72%) Network Security
5 9 (0.72%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.56%) WAN
7 4 (0.32%) NAS
7 4 (0.32%) SAN
8 3 (0.24%) BGP
8 3 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.24%) MPLS
8 3 (0.24%) OSPF
8 3 (0.24%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.24%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.16%) Intelligent Network
9 2 (0.16%) IPsec
9 2 (0.16%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (13.12%) Power BI
2 67 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (4.51%) Metadata
4 53 (4.27%) Tableau
5 32 (2.58%) BigQuery
6 30 (2.42%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.25%) SQL Server
8 26 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
9 23 (1.85%) NoSQL
10 21 (1.69%) Big Data
11 20 (1.61%) Power Query
11 20 (1.61%) Relational Database
12 19 (1.53%) Looker
13 18 (1.45%) Oracle Database
14 17 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (1.13%) Delta Lake
15 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 12 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.97%) Parquet
16 12 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 80 (6.44%) JIRA
2 39 (3.14%) Git
3 19 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.13%) GitLab
5 11 (0.89%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.72%) MLflow
7 7 (0.56%) JUnit
8 6 (0.48%) ERwin
9 5 (0.40%) Mockito
9 5 (0.40%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket Server
10 4 (0.32%) DbUnit
10 4 (0.32%) jMock
10 4 (0.32%) Maven
11 3 (0.24%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.24%) Toad
12 2 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
12 2 (0.16%) VTune
12 2 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 442 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 439 (35.35%) Finance
3 276 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (14.17%) Public Sector
5 123 (9.90%) Banking
6 65 (5.23%) Marketing
7 64 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (4.91%) Retail
9 51 (4.11%) Legal
10 40 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.90%) Telecoms
12 35 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 28 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 27 (2.17%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.77%) Local Government
16 19 (1.53%) Front Office
17 17 (1.37%) Investment Banking
18 16 (1.29%) Billing
19 12 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 190 (15.30%) Senior
2 185 (14.90%) Analyst
3 155 (12.48%) Lead
4 109 (8.78%) Architect
5 92 (7.41%) Data Engineer
6 90 (7.25%) Business Analyst
7 87 (7.00%) Project Manager
8 78 (6.28%) Developer
9 65 (5.23%) Data Analyst
10 52 (4.19%) Consultant
11 44 (3.54%) Data Scientist
12 39 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.82%) Product Manager
14 33 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (2.66%) User Researcher
15 30 (2.42%) Senior Manager
16 28 (2.25%) Technical Leader
17 27 (2.17%) Senior Data Engineer
18 25 (2.01%) Product Owner
19 24 (1.93%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.30%) REST
2 31 (2.50%) React
3 28 (2.25%) Pandas
4 25 (2.01%) PySpark
5 23 (1.85%) Kafka
6 21 (1.69%) Middleware
7 20 (1.61%) .NET
8 19 (1.53%) scikit-learn
9 18 (1.45%) AngularJS
10 17 (1.37%) NumPy
10 17 (1.37%) RESTful
11 16 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (1.21%) Spring
12 15 (1.21%) Spring Boot
13 14 (1.13%) PyTorch
14 13 (1.05%) JSON
15 12 (0.97%) LangChain
16 11 (0.89%) Node.js
17 10 (0.81%) HTML
17 10 (0.81%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 83 (6.68%) Product Ownership
3 42 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (2.98%) Virtual Team
5 36 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (2.58%) AI Agents
8 24 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.61%) FMCG
9 20 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.45%) NHS
12 17 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.37%) PMI
12 17 (1.37%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.29%) Taxonomies
14 15 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.05%) CMDB
16 11 (0.89%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.37%) Windows
2 15 (1.21%) Linux
3 5 (0.40%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 3 (0.24%) VMS
4 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.16%) Android
5 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.081%) Solaris
6 1 (0.081%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (27.29%) Agile
2 304 (24.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 298 (23.99%) Analytics
4 255 (20.53%) AI
5 250 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 243 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 205 (16.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 197 (15.86%) Roadmaps
9 185 (14.90%) Business Intelligence
10 179 (14.41%) Data Modelling
11 176 (14.17%) CI/CD
12 164 (13.20%) DevOps
13 146 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
14 130 (10.47%) Migration
15 129 (10.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 128 (10.31%) Actionable Insight
17 121 (9.74%) Project Management
18 119 (9.58%) Data Science
18 119 (9.58%) ETL
19 115 (9.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 250 (20.13%) SQL
2 245 (19.73%) Python
3 68 (5.48%) Java
4 49 (3.95%) TypeScript
5 33 (2.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (1.77%) C#
6 22 (1.77%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.29%) R
8 12 (0.97%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.64%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.64%) VBA
10 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.48%) Bicep
11 6 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.40%) C++
12 5 (0.40%) Ruby
12 5 (0.40%) Scala
13 4 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.24%) Rust
15 2 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 215 (17.31%) Security Cleared
2 176 (14.17%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.70%) Degree
4 49 (3.95%) PMP
5 43 (3.46%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.09%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.01%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.37%) ACCA
11 16 (1.29%) CISSP
12 15 (1.21%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.89%) CIMA
14 9 (0.72%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.72%) CISM
14 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.64%) CBAP
16 7 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.48%) APMP
17 6 (0.48%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (13.93%) Data Quality
2 76 (6.12%) PMO
3 65 (5.23%) QA
4 41 (3.30%) Accessibility
5 39 (3.14%) GDPR
6 19 (1.53%) NIST
7 16 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.89%) GRC
9 10 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.81%) SLA
10 9 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.56%) COREP
11 7 (0.56%) FINREP
11 7 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.48%) GAAP
12 6 (0.48%) IFRS
12 6 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.32%) NCSC
13 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (2.82%) Docker
2 14 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.72%) Squid
4 6 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.32%) NFS
6 3 (0.24%) IAG
6 3 (0.24%) Postfix
6 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.081%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.081%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 80 (6.44%) Terraform
2 64 (5.15%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.45%) Grafana
4 14 (1.13%) Ansible
4 14 (1.13%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.56%) Consul
7 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.40%) Kibana
9 4 (0.32%) Control-M
9 4 (0.32%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.32%) vMotion
10 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.24%) SCCM
11 2 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.16%) Packer
11 2 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 182 (14.65%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.67%) Oracle
3 55 (4.43%) Databricks
4 47 (3.78%) Google
5 44 (3.54%) SAP
6 39 (3.14%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.98%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.61%) Workday
9 13 (1.05%) Adobe
9 13 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 13 (1.05%) Red Hat
10 11 (0.89%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.72%) Foundry
11 9 (0.72%) Murex
12 8 (0.64%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.64%) VMware
13 7 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.56%) GoldenSource
13 7 (0.56%) Informatica
13 7 (0.56%) Palantir