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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 50 86
Rank change year-on-year +20 +36 +4
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,352 670 472
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.74% 4.93% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 5.34% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 455 309
10th Percentile £391 £354 £288
25th Percentile £450 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% -10.02%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £750 £763
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 12
10th Percentile £27.94 £26.53 £17.93
25th Percentile £32.03 £28.21 £31.14
Median hourly rate £35.50 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.22% +4.71% -3.10%
75th Percentile £62.50 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £55.25 -
England median hourly rate £35.53 £29.48 £16.06
% change year-on-year +20.53% +83.55% -64.31%

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 17,865 12,538 14,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.17% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,797 8,407 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -0.94% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 245 209
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -11.76% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +9 192 £625 +13.64% 160
West London +11 56 £550 +2.16% 72
South London -4 16 £513 -14.58% 19
East London +6 6 £660 -14.90% 15
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 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
1 36 (2.66%) Confluence
2 31 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.11%) Apache
5 7 (0.52%) CMS
6 6 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.37%) nginx
8 3 (0.22%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) Camunda
9 2 (0.15%) Mendix
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.074%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 89 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.26%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.59%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.30%) CPLEX
9 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.074%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.37%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.22%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Actimize
7 2 (0.15%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.15%) Endur
7 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.15%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.074%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 270 (19.97%) Azure
2 262 (19.38%) AWS
3 174 (12.87%) Power Platform
4 107 (7.91%) GCP
5 68 (5.03%) SaaS
6 58 (4.29%) Snowflake
7 44 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (3.18%) Amazon S3
9 38 (2.81%) dbt
9 38 (2.81%) Serverless
10 33 (2.44%) GitHub
11 29 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (1.85%) Entra ID
15 21 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.41%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.18%) OCI
17 16 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.04%) Firewall
2 13 (0.96%) WAN
3 11 (0.81%) VPN
4 9 (0.67%) DNS
4 9 (0.67%) Network Security
5 6 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.30%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.22%) BGP
8 3 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.22%) IPsec
8 3 (0.22%) MPLS
8 3 (0.22%) NAS
8 3 (0.22%) OSPF
8 3 (0.22%) SAN
8 3 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.22%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.15%) Intranet
9 2 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (12.50%) Power BI
2 78 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.07%) Tableau
4 54 (3.99%) Metadata
5 41 (3.03%) BigQuery
6 28 (2.07%) Power Query
7 27 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.63%) Big Data
9 22 (1.63%) Data Lake
10 21 (1.55%) Looker
10 21 (1.55%) NoSQL
11 18 (1.33%) SQL Server
12 17 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (1.26%) Delta Lake
13 16 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (1.18%) Star Schema
14 14 (1.04%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.89%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (5.55%) JIRA
2 42 (3.11%) Git
3 24 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.96%) GitLab
5 6 (0.44%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.37%) JUnit
6 5 (0.37%) Mockito
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.30%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.30%) ERwin
7 4 (0.30%) jMock
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
7 4 (0.30%) MLflow
7 4 (0.30%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.22%) VTune
8 3 (0.22%) Xcode
9 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
General
1 495 (36.61%) Finance
2 482 (35.65%) Social Skills
3 325 (24.04%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (14.72%) Public Sector
5 151 (11.17%) Banking
6 94 (6.95%) Influencing Skills
7 79 (5.84%) Retail
8 73 (5.40%) Marketing
9 52 (3.85%) Legal
10 44 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 41 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.37%) Telecoms
14 27 (2.00%) Financial Institution
15 26 (1.92%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.85%) Local Government
17 24 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
17 24 (1.78%) Front Office
18 16 (1.18%) Aviation
19 15 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 206 (15.24%) Analyst
2 202 (14.94%) Senior
3 172 (12.72%) Lead
4 149 (11.02%) Architect
5 95 (7.03%) Business Analyst
5 95 (7.03%) Data Engineer
6 92 (6.80%) Project Manager
7 79 (5.84%) Developer
8 68 (5.03%) Data Analyst
9 55 (4.07%) Data Scientist
10 48 (3.55%) Consultant
11 41 (3.03%) Product Manager
12 40 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
12 40 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
13 38 (2.81%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.37%) Designer
15 31 (2.29%) Product Owner
16 29 (2.14%) Senior Data Engineer
17 27 (2.00%) Data Architect
18 25 (1.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.88%) REST
2 33 (2.44%) Kafka
3 29 (2.14%) React
4 28 (2.07%) Pandas
5 26 (1.92%) PySpark
6 18 (1.33%) Middleware
6 18 (1.33%) NumPy
7 17 (1.26%) scikit-learn
8 16 (1.18%) AngularJS
8 16 (1.18%) JSON
9 15 (1.11%) .NET
9 15 (1.11%) RESTful
10 14 (1.04%) Spring
10 14 (1.04%) Spring Boot
11 13 (0.96%) Node.js
12 12 (0.89%) HTML
13 11 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (0.81%) PyTorch
14 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
15 8 (0.59%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 101 (7.47%) Product Ownership
2 94 (6.95%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 42 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (3.11%) Virtual Team
5 39 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.44%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
9 23 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 23 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (1.55%) NHS
11 19 (1.41%) FMCG
12 17 (1.26%) CMDB
12 17 (1.26%) PMI
13 16 (1.18%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.11%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.11%) Operational Technology
15 14 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (1.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.18%) Linux
2 15 (1.11%) Windows
3 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.44%) Unix
4 5 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.15%) Android
5 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.15%) VMS
5 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.074%) Solaris
6 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (29.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 388 (28.70%) Agile
3 344 (25.44%) Analytics
4 295 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 291 (21.52%) AI
6 262 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
7 238 (17.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 225 (16.64%) Roadmaps
9 196 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
9 196 (14.50%) Data Modelling
10 183 (13.54%) CI/CD
11 172 (12.72%) Data Pipeline
11 172 (12.72%) DevOps
12 140 (10.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 130 (9.62%) Data Engineering
13 130 (9.62%) Validation
14 129 (9.54%) Machine Learning
15 128 (9.47%) Actionable Insight
15 128 (9.47%) Data Science
16 125 (9.25%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 274 (20.27%) SQL
2 268 (19.82%) Python
3 70 (5.18%) Java
4 43 (3.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (3.11%) TypeScript
6 27 (2.00%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.33%) C#
8 17 (1.26%) R
9 8 (0.59%) C++
9 8 (0.59%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.52%) VBA
11 6 (0.44%) Bash
11 6 (0.44%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.44%) Ruby
11 6 (0.44%) SPARQL
11 6 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.37%) Cypher
12 5 (0.37%) Scala
12 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 230 (17.01%) Security Cleared
2 183 (13.54%) SC Cleared
3 105 (7.77%) Degree
4 55 (4.07%) PMP
5 50 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 32 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 25 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.78%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.26%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.26%) CISSP
10 12 (0.89%) ACCA
11 10 (0.74%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.74%) CISM
12 8 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.52%) PhD
14 6 (0.44%) CIMA
15 5 (0.37%) CISA
15 5 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (13.76%) Data Quality
2 93 (6.88%) PMO
3 71 (5.25%) QA
4 51 (3.77%) Accessibility
5 45 (3.33%) GDPR
6 21 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 20 (1.48%) NIST
8 15 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.04%) GRC
10 9 (0.67%) COREP
10 9 (0.67%) FINREP
11 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.59%) SLA
12 7 (0.52%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.37%) IFRS
13 5 (0.37%) SEPA
14 4 (0.30%) NCSC
14 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (3.62%) Docker
2 19 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.52%) IAG
5 4 (0.30%) Squid
6 3 (0.22%) NFS
6 3 (0.22%) Postfix
6 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.074%) Firmware
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.074%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.074%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 79 (5.84%) Terraform
2 69 (5.10%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.26%) Ansible
4 14 (1.04%) Grafana
5 10 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.44%) Kibana
8 6 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) Control-M
10 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.22%) SCCM
11 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.15%) Consul
11 2 (0.15%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.15%) vMotion
Vendors
1 185 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.33%) Databricks
3 49 (3.62%) Google
4 47 (3.48%) SAP
5 45 (3.33%) Oracle
6 41 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.74%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.18%) Workday
9 14 (1.04%) Adobe
10 11 (0.81%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.67%) GoldenSource
11 9 (0.67%) Murex
11 9 (0.67%) Zscaler
12 8 (0.59%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.59%) Foundry
13 7 (0.52%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.52%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.52%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.52%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.52%) Splunk