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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 71 70
Rank change year-on-year +26 -1 +20
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 753 518 594
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.28% 3.39% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.77% 3.77% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 322 423
10th Percentile £351 £357 £375
25th Percentile £419 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £650
90th Percentile £750 £838 £750
England median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.59% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 16
10th Percentile - £30.50 £30.62
25th Percentile £18.25 £31.46 £35.47
Median hourly rate £31.49 £37.50 £43.08
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% -12.96% -21.67%
75th Percentile £39.63 £50.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £42.67 £60.75 £65.05
England median hourly rate £31.49 £32.92 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.35% -28.71% +4.50%

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 13,051 13,742 17,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 89.96% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,604 8,839 12,265
10th Percentile £341 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £764 £800 £792
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 165 233
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £36.80 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.84% +8.24% -13.38%
75th Percentile £47.94 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 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 14 December 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 +10 97 £525 -3.05% 80
West London -8 11 £525 -38.24% 27
South London -20 3 £750 +25.00% 21
North London +4 2 £575 - 5
East London +4 1 £575 +91.67% 24
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 34 (4.52%) Confluence
2 23 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.66%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.66%) Apache
5 5 (0.66%) CMS
6 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Appian
7 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.27%) nginx
7 2 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.13%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 103 (13.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (2.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.66%) Trello
7 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.53%) Notion
8 3 (0.40%) Sketch
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.27%) InVision
9 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 11 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.53%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.53%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.27%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.27%) Endur
6 2 (0.27%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.27%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.13%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 138 (18.33%) Power Platform
2 114 (15.14%) Azure
3 95 (12.62%) AWS
4 45 (5.98%) GCP
5 31 (4.12%) SaaS
6 23 (3.05%) Snowflake
7 20 (2.66%) GitHub
7 20 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.12%) dbt
9 13 (1.73%) Amazon S3
9 13 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (1.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.59%) Serverless
11 11 (1.46%) ChatGPT
11 11 (1.46%) PaaS
12 10 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (1.33%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.66%) Firewall
1 5 (0.66%) Network Security
1 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.53%) Internet
2 4 (0.53%) Multicast
2 4 (0.53%) tcpdump
2 4 (0.53%) Wireshark
3 3 (0.40%) 5G
3 3 (0.40%) Broadband
3 3 (0.40%) VPN
4 2 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.27%) DMZ
4 2 (0.27%) IOS XR
4 2 (0.27%) ISDN
4 2 (0.27%) Junos
4 2 (0.27%) NX-OS
4 2 (0.27%) PSTN
4 2 (0.27%) Softphone
4 2 (0.27%) WAN
4 2 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (17.40%) Power BI
2 42 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (5.44%) Tableau
4 25 (3.32%) Big Data
5 24 (3.19%) Metadata
6 22 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (2.52%) Relational Database
7 19 (2.52%) SQL Server
8 15 (1.99%) Data Lake
9 14 (1.86%) Hadoop
10 13 (1.73%) Power Query
10 13 (1.73%) Star Schema
11 10 (1.33%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.20%) Apache Hive
13 8 (1.06%) Delta Lake
13 8 (1.06%) Looker
13 8 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.93%) Data Vault
14 7 (0.93%) Impala
Development Applications
1 53 (7.04%) JIRA
2 32 (4.25%) Git
3 15 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.93%) GitLab
5 5 (0.66%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.66%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.53%) Selenium
7 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.40%) MLflow
7 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.27%) Maven
8 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.13%) ERwin
9 1 (0.13%) Gradle
9 1 (0.13%) LSMW
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 309 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 266 (35.33%) Finance
3 255 (33.86%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (14.34%) Banking
5 99 (13.15%) Public Sector
6 47 (6.24%) Influencing Skills
7 43 (5.71%) Marketing
8 42 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.12%) Legal
10 28 (3.72%) Front Office
11 25 (3.32%) Publishing
12 24 (3.19%) Financial Institution
13 22 (2.92%) Retail
14 19 (2.52%) Local Government
15 18 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (2.12%) Investment Banking
16 16 (2.12%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.86%) Manufacturing
18 11 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 162 (21.51%) Analyst
2 83 (11.02%) Senior
3 76 (10.09%) Business Analyst
4 75 (9.96%) Lead
5 59 (7.84%) Developer
6 55 (7.30%) Architect
7 48 (6.37%) Data Analyst
8 44 (5.84%) Project Manager
9 33 (4.38%) Data Engineer
10 26 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.05%) Data Scientist
12 20 (2.66%) Consultant
13 18 (2.39%) Senior Manager
14 17 (2.26%) Data Business Analyst
15 15 (1.99%) Senior Data Engineer
16 14 (1.86%) Product Manager
17 13 (1.73%) Senior Business Analyst
18 12 (1.59%) Data Architect
18 12 (1.59%) Programme Manager
18 12 (1.59%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.79%) Kafka
2 19 (2.52%) AngularJS
3 17 (2.26%) React
4 16 (2.12%) Pandas
5 14 (1.86%) REST
6 13 (1.73%) NumPy
6 13 (1.73%) scikit-learn
6 13 (1.73%) XML
7 12 (1.59%) Plotly
7 12 (1.59%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.33%) .NET
8 10 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.33%) JSON
8 10 (1.33%) PySpark
8 10 (1.33%) PyTorch
9 9 (1.20%) CSS
9 9 (1.20%) HTML
9 9 (1.20%) Middleware
9 9 (1.20%) RESTful
10 8 (1.06%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.84%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 36 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 26 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 26 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.32%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.52%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.86%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.73%) Derivative
10 11 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.33%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.06%) NHS
13 8 (1.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.19%) Linux
2 14 (1.86%) Windows
3 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Unix
4 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (26.56%) Agile
1 200 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (24.70%) Analytics
3 150 (19.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 147 (19.52%) Business Intelligence
5 115 (15.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 114 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 112 (14.87%) AI
8 111 (14.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 100 (13.28%) Data Analysis
10 99 (13.15%) Actionable Insight
11 97 (12.88%) Visualisation
12 96 (12.75%) Roadmaps
13 95 (12.62%) Data Modelling
14 79 (10.49%) Data Governance
15 78 (10.36%) Project Management
16 69 (9.16%) Data Science
17 68 (9.03%) Risk Management
18 66 (8.76%) CI/CD
19 65 (8.63%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 167 (22.18%) SQL
2 146 (19.39%) Python
3 26 (3.45%) Java
4 19 (2.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (2.39%) R
6 16 (2.12%) C++
7 15 (1.99%) Bash
7 15 (1.99%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.99%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.59%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.46%) C#
10 9 (1.20%) Scala
11 7 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.80%) Bicep
12 6 (0.80%) Korn
12 6 (0.80%) VBA
13 5 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.53%) Groovy
14 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 108 (14.34%) Degree
2 91 (12.08%) Security Cleared
3 74 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 22 (2.92%) PMI Certification
7 20 (2.66%) PMP
8 11 (1.46%) ACCA
8 11 (1.46%) CIMA
9 10 (1.33%) CISSP
10 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.06%) PhD
11 6 (0.80%) CBAP
11 6 (0.80%) CISM
11 6 (0.80%) MBA
12 5 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.66%) MCP
13 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.40%) CISA
14 3 (0.40%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.16%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.12%) PMO
3 29 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 26 (3.45%) QA
5 20 (2.66%) GDPR
6 14 (1.86%) NIST
7 12 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.20%) GRC
9 8 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.93%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.66%) GMP
11 5 (0.66%) WCAG
12 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.40%) COBIT
13 3 (0.40%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.40%) NCSC
13 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 32 (4.25%) Docker
2 7 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.80%) HDFS
4 5 (0.66%) zsh
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (4.38%) Terraform
2 30 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.33%) ITRS Geneos
3 10 (1.33%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.20%) Grafana
5 4 (0.53%) Ansible
5 4 (0.53%) Kibana
5 4 (0.53%) logstash
5 4 (0.53%) Rancher
6 1 (0.13%) Consul
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Istio
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.13%) Packer
6 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 96 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.05%) SAP
3 35 (4.65%) Oracle
4 26 (3.45%) Databricks
4 26 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 25 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.05%) Google
7 12 (1.59%) Adobe
8 10 (1.33%) Solace
9 8 (1.06%) TIBCO
10 7 (0.93%) Cisco
10 7 (0.93%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.80%) Foundry
12 5 (0.66%) Dataiku
12 5 (0.66%) Workday
13 4 (0.53%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.53%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.53%) Software AG
13 4 (0.53%) UiPath
13 4 (0.53%) Xero