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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 49 68
Rank change year-on-year +19 +19 +34
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,080 580 581
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.24% 4.58% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.00% 4.98% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 730 380 417
10th Percentile £375 £356 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% -11.02%
75th Percentile £650 £657 £650
90th Percentile £769 £813 £776
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 27
10th Percentile £18.53 £28.32 £19.57
25th Percentile £21.63 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £33.75 £49.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +62.30% -30.46%
75th Percentile £58.25 £55.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £76.15 £81.30 £52.00
England median hourly rate £58.75 £30.40 £18.00
% change year-on-year +93.24% +68.90% -65.47%

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 15,428 11,636 15,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.87% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,331 7,886 11,336
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 168 334
10th Percentile £18.37 £16.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.75 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £50.56 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £63.40 £66.93
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +16 157 £568 +9.13% 260
West London -18 21 £520 -16.80% 33
South London -19 18 £519 -13.58% 9
East London 0 5 £697 -10.06% 25
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 (4.17%) Confluence
2 24 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.02%) nginx
6 8 (0.74%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.46%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) CMS
7 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.19%) Camunda
9 2 (0.19%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.19%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.093%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 109 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (3.24%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (1.94%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.57%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Notion
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
9 2 (0.19%) Sketch
9 2 (0.19%) Trello
10 1 (0.093%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 10 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.83%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.56%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.56%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.46%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.46%) BambooHR
5 4 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.28%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.19%) Actimize
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.19%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 219 (20.28%) Azure
2 182 (16.85%) AWS
3 174 (16.11%) Power Platform
4 88 (8.15%) GCP
5 57 (5.28%) SaaS
6 38 (3.52%) Serverless
6 38 (3.52%) Snowflake
7 37 (3.43%) Amazon S3
8 36 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 31 (2.87%) GitHub
11 30 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 29 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.48%) Collibra
15 16 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (1.30%) Dagster
16 14 (1.30%) dbt
16 14 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.39%) Firewall
2 12 (1.11%) DNS
2 12 (1.11%) VPN
3 11 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.83%) OpenVPN
5 8 (0.74%) HTTP
5 8 (0.74%) Network Security
6 4 (0.37%) NAS
6 4 (0.37%) SAN
7 3 (0.28%) 5G
7 3 (0.28%) Broadband
7 3 (0.28%) WAN
8 2 (0.19%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.19%) Calico
8 2 (0.19%) DMZ
8 2 (0.19%) Intelligent Network
8 2 (0.19%) Internet
8 2 (0.19%) NaaS
8 2 (0.19%) VSAN
8 2 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (15.37%) Power BI
2 67 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (4.35%) Tableau
4 42 (3.89%) Metadata
5 32 (2.96%) SQL Server
6 25 (2.31%) BigQuery
7 23 (2.13%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.67%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.57%) Looker
9 17 (1.57%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (1.48%) Big Data
11 14 (1.30%) Delta Lake
12 13 (1.20%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.20%) Power Query
13 12 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.02%) MySQL
14 11 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 89 (8.24%) JIRA
2 43 (3.98%) Git
3 17 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.20%) GitLab
5 12 (1.11%) MLflow
6 9 (0.83%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.83%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.56%) ERwin
7 6 (0.56%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.37%) JUnit
9 3 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.28%) Toad
10 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.19%) jMock
10 2 (0.19%) Maven
10 2 (0.19%) Postman
10 2 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.19%) Selenium
10 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 405 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 387 (35.83%) Finance
3 286 (26.48%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (14.07%) Public Sector
5 128 (11.85%) Banking
6 58 (5.37%) Marketing
7 57 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (4.17%) Legal
9 42 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
10 41 (3.80%) Retail
11 37 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.78%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.41%) Financial Institution
14 24 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (1.94%) Front Office
16 20 (1.85%) Local Government
17 19 (1.76%) Billing
18 18 (1.67%) Investment Banking
19 13 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 185 (17.13%) Analyst
2 164 (15.19%) Senior
3 117 (10.83%) Lead
4 93 (8.61%) Business Analyst
5 87 (8.06%) Architect
6 82 (7.59%) Developer
7 74 (6.85%) Data Engineer
8 67 (6.20%) Project Manager
9 60 (5.56%) Data Analyst
10 41 (3.80%) Consultant
11 34 (3.15%) Senior Manager
12 33 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
13 30 (2.78%) Data Scientist
14 27 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (2.50%) User Researcher
15 26 (2.41%) Senior Data Engineer
16 23 (2.13%) Designer
16 23 (2.13%) Product Manager
17 22 (2.04%) Senior Business Analyst
18 21 (1.94%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.96%) Pandas
2 31 (2.87%) REST
3 24 (2.22%) scikit-learn
4 23 (2.13%) Kafka
4 23 (2.13%) NumPy
5 21 (1.94%) PySpark
5 21 (1.94%) React
6 19 (1.76%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.67%) .NET
7 18 (1.67%) Middleware
8 16 (1.48%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (1.20%) RESTful
11 12 (1.11%) LangChain
11 12 (1.11%) TensorFlow
12 10 (0.93%) JSON
12 10 (0.93%) OpenID
12 10 (0.93%) Plotly
12 10 (0.93%) Spring
12 10 (0.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 64 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 36 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.69%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (2.41%) AI Agents
6 26 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
7 25 (2.31%) Virtual Team
8 21 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (1.57%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.57%) PMI
10 16 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.39%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.20%) NHS
13 12 (1.11%) CMDB
13 12 (1.11%) Data Centre
14 11 (1.02%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.11%) Windows
2 11 (1.02%) Linux
3 3 (0.28%) VMS
3 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.093%) Solaris
5 1 (0.093%) Unix
5 1 (0.093%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (28.33%) Agile
2 257 (23.80%) Analytics
3 247 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
4 243 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 201 (18.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 195 (18.06%) AI
7 192 (17.78%) Business Intelligence
8 165 (15.28%) Data Modelling
9 163 (15.09%) Roadmaps
10 161 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 137 (12.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 131 (12.13%) DevOps
13 130 (12.04%) CI/CD
14 119 (11.02%) Actionable Insight
15 114 (10.56%) ETL
15 114 (10.56%) Project Management
16 113 (10.46%) Migration
17 111 (10.28%) Data Pipeline
18 107 (9.91%) Visualisation
19 106 (9.81%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 233 (21.57%) SQL
2 214 (19.81%) Python
3 51 (4.72%) Java
4 25 (2.31%) TypeScript
5 24 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (2.04%) C#
7 19 (1.76%) R
8 16 (1.48%) PL/SQL
9 15 (1.39%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.83%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.83%) VBA
11 8 (0.74%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.65%) Bicep
13 6 (0.56%) C++
14 5 (0.46%) Bash
14 5 (0.46%) Scala
15 4 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.28%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.28%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 184 (17.04%) Security Cleared
2 148 (13.70%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.65%) Degree
4 37 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.33%) PMP
6 35 (3.24%) PMI Certification
7 34 (3.15%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.48%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.39%) ACCA
9 15 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.20%) CIMA
10 13 (1.20%) CISSP
11 12 (1.11%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.02%) CBAP
13 10 (0.93%) PhD
13 10 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.83%) CISM
14 9 (0.83%) IIBA
15 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.56%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (13.52%) Data Quality
2 66 (6.11%) PMO
3 63 (5.83%) QA
4 34 (3.15%) GDPR
5 33 (3.06%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.39%) NIST
7 13 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.11%) SLA
9 10 (0.93%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.74%) GRC
11 7 (0.65%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.65%) WCAG
12 5 (0.46%) COBIT
12 5 (0.46%) COREP
12 5 (0.46%) FINREP
13 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 29 (2.69%) Docker
2 9 (0.83%) Squid
3 8 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.37%) NFS
6 3 (0.28%) IAG
7 2 (0.19%) HDFS
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.19%) vSphere
8 1 (0.093%) Postfix
8 1 (0.093%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (5.83%) Terraform
2 57 (5.28%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.57%) Grafana
4 15 (1.39%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.83%) Ansible
6 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.74%) Consul
8 7 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.37%) Control-M
9 4 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.37%) vMotion
10 3 (0.28%) Istio
10 3 (0.28%) Kibana
11 2 (0.19%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.19%) Argo
11 2 (0.19%) Rancher
11 2 (0.19%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.093%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 156 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.09%) Oracle
3 53 (4.91%) Databricks
4 47 (4.35%) SAP
5 46 (4.26%) ServiceNow
6 43 (3.98%) Google
7 35 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.85%) Workday
9 18 (1.67%) Adobe
10 13 (1.20%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.11%) Red Hat
12 10 (0.93%) Atlassian
12 10 (0.93%) Foundry
13 9 (0.83%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.83%) Software AG
13 9 (0.83%) VMware
14 8 (0.74%) Planview
15 6 (0.56%) Ariba
15 6 (0.56%) Cisco
15 6 (0.56%) Informatica