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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 51 88
Rank change year-on-year +22 +37 -2
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,451 662 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.18% 4.92% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 5.31% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 944 438 278
10th Percentile £393 £338 £321
25th Percentile £469 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £681 £659 £675
90th Percentile £811 £754 £775
England median daily rate £540 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 7
10th Percentile £26.25 £28.06 £31.70
25th Percentile £26.52 £30.96 £34.38
Median hourly rate £32.25 £33.46 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -21.27% +6.70%
75th Percentile £57.69 £46.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.86 £50.10 £52.25
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.20 £41.09
% change year-on-year +60.26% -24.07% -10.44%

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 17,959 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 252 179
10th Percentile £16.52 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +19 215 £625 +13.64% 463
West London +19 73 £700 +33.33% 118
South London -3 10 £650 +4.00% 31
East London +7 7 £600 +4.35% 25
North London 0 1 £550 -15.38% 7
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 38 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
1 38 (2.62%) Confluence
2 25 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 14 (0.96%) Apache
5 6 (0.41%) CMS
6 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.34%) SAS
7 4 (0.28%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.28%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.14%) Camunda
8 2 (0.14%) nginx
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.069%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.069%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.069%) Appian
9 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.069%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.48%) CPLEX
8 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.21%) Endur
5 3 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.14%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.14%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.069%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.069%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.069%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 268 (18.47%) Azure
2 267 (18.40%) AWS
3 173 (11.92%) Power Platform
4 82 (5.65%) GCP
5 66 (4.55%) Snowflake
6 65 (4.48%) SaaS
7 45 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.10%) dbt
8 41 (2.83%) Amazon S3
9 39 (2.69%) GitHub
10 38 (2.62%) Serverless
11 31 (2.14%) Entra ID
12 27 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 20 (1.38%) OCI
16 19 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.24%) Amazon Bedrock
17 18 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (1.10%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.96%) WAN
2 12 (0.83%) Firewall
2 12 (0.83%) Network Security
3 11 (0.76%) Broadband
4 8 (0.55%) SD-WAN
4 8 (0.55%) VPN
5 5 (0.34%) DNS
5 5 (0.34%) LAN
6 4 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
6 4 (0.28%) IPsec
6 4 (0.28%) Modbus
6 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.21%) BGP
7 3 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.21%) MPLS
7 3 (0.21%) OSPF
7 3 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
7 3 (0.21%) X.509
8 2 (0.14%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (11.44%) Power BI
2 69 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (4.20%) Metadata
4 49 (3.38%) Tableau
5 32 (2.21%) Power Query
6 30 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 28 (1.93%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.79%) Delta Lake
9 25 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 24 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
11 22 (1.52%) Looker
12 21 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
13 18 (1.24%) Big Data
14 17 (1.17%) NoSQL
14 17 (1.17%) Star Schema
15 16 (1.10%) SQL Server
16 15 (1.03%) MongoDB
16 15 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
17 14 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
17 14 (0.96%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (4.14%) JIRA
2 39 (2.69%) Git
3 26 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.76%) GitLab
5 7 (0.48%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) JUnit
6 5 (0.34%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.21%) Maven
7 3 (0.21%) MLflow
7 3 (0.21%) Mockito
7 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.21%) VTune
7 3 (0.21%) Xcode
8 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.14%) DbUnit
8 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.14%) jMock
8 2 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 551 (37.97%) Social Skills
2 501 (34.53%) Finance
3 358 (24.67%) Analytical Skills
4 225 (15.51%) Public Sector
5 166 (11.44%) Banking
6 132 (9.10%) Influencing Skills
7 83 (5.72%) Retail
8 80 (5.51%) Marketing
9 55 (3.79%) Legal
10 43 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
11 42 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (2.34%) Front Office
13 34 (2.34%) Local Government
14 32 (2.21%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.65%) Telecoms
16 23 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
17 22 (1.52%) Aviation
17 22 (1.52%) Financial Institution
18 20 (1.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 229 (15.78%) Analyst
2 222 (15.30%) Senior
3 197 (13.58%) Lead
4 182 (12.54%) Architect
5 99 (6.82%) Business Analyst
6 86 (5.93%) Project Manager
7 79 (5.44%) Data Engineer
8 68 (4.69%) Data Analyst
9 65 (4.48%) Developer
10 57 (3.93%) Consultant
11 52 (3.58%) Data Scientist
12 50 (3.45%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.03%) Product Manager
15 42 (2.89%) Data Architect
15 42 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
16 31 (2.14%) Designer
17 30 (2.07%) Technical Leader
18 29 (2.00%) Senior Data Engineer
19 28 (1.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (6.34%) Terraform
2 38 (2.62%) REST
3 37 (2.55%) Kafka
4 29 (2.00%) React
5 28 (1.93%) PySpark
6 19 (1.31%) Pandas
7 17 (1.17%) Spring
8 16 (1.10%) Spring Boot
9 14 (0.96%) .NET
9 14 (0.96%) HTML
9 14 (0.96%) Middleware
9 14 (0.96%) Node.js
10 13 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (0.90%) RESTful
11 11 (0.76%) ATL
11 11 (0.76%) LangChain
12 10 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.69%) JSON
12 10 (0.69%) NumPy
13 9 (0.62%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 106 (7.31%) Product Ownership
2 103 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 67 (4.62%) Onboarding
4 53 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 43 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.69%) AI Agents
7 34 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (2.27%) Virtual Team
9 29 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (1.86%) NHS
11 25 (1.72%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.59%) Operational Technology
13 20 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.31%) Data Centre
15 18 (1.24%) Taxonomies
16 15 (1.03%) CMDB
16 15 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
16 15 (1.03%) FMCG
17 14 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
17 14 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.24%) Windows
2 15 (1.03%) Linux
3 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.41%) Unix
5 5 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) Android
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.069%) Solaris
7 1 (0.069%) VMS
7 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (36.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 403 (27.77%) Agile
3 380 (26.19%) Analytics
4 334 (23.02%) AI
5 313 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 302 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
7 293 (20.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 263 (18.13%) Roadmaps
9 192 (13.23%) Business Intelligence
10 185 (12.75%) CI/CD
11 183 (12.61%) Data Modelling
12 178 (12.27%) DevOps
13 152 (10.48%) Actionable Insight
14 147 (10.13%) Validation
15 142 (9.79%) Data Governance
15 142 (9.79%) Data Pipeline
15 142 (9.79%) Risk Management
16 138 (9.51%) Machine Learning
17 128 (8.82%) Change Management
17 128 (8.82%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 283 (19.50%) SQL
2 271 (18.68%) Python
3 71 (4.89%) Java
4 44 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 44 (3.03%) TypeScript
5 27 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.52%) C#
7 20 (1.38%) R
8 15 (1.03%) Bash
9 10 (0.69%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.62%) Scala
11 8 (0.55%) VBA
12 7 (0.48%) Bicep
12 7 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.41%) C++
13 6 (0.41%) SPARQL
13 6 (0.41%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.34%) Gremlin
14 5 (0.34%) Ruby
14 5 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 250 (17.23%) Security Cleared
2 196 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 112 (7.72%) Degree
4 57 (3.93%) PMP
5 52 (3.58%) PMI Certification
6 39 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 32 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.45%) ACCA
9 20 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.31%) CISSP
11 18 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.10%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.96%) CIMA
14 11 (0.76%) CISM
15 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 5 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
18 5 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (13.78%) Data Quality
2 86 (5.93%) PMO
3 71 (4.89%) QA
4 55 (3.79%) GDPR
5 50 (3.45%) Accessibility
6 31 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 29 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.86%) NIST
9 22 (1.52%) GRC
10 12 (0.83%) IFRS
11 9 (0.62%) SLA
12 8 (0.55%) ISO 20022
12 8 (0.55%) NCSC
13 7 (0.48%) COREP
13 7 (0.48%) FINREP
14 5 (0.34%) SEPA
15 4 (0.28%) GAAP
16 3 (0.21%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (4.34%) Docker
2 21 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.48%) IAG
5 3 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.14%) Postfix
6 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.069%) Firmware
7 1 (0.069%) NFS
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.069%) Squid
7 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (5.44%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.17%) Ansible
3 13 (0.90%) Grafana
4 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.48%) Kibana
5 7 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.34%) Control-M
6 5 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.21%) Istio
8 3 (0.21%) SCCM
9 2 (0.14%) Packer
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
9 2 (0.14%) Rancher
10 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.069%) Argo
10 1 (0.069%) CA Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.069%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 201 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.27%) Databricks
3 49 (3.38%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.10%) Oracle
4 45 (3.10%) Salesforce
5 43 (2.96%) SAP
6 37 (2.55%) Google
7 15 (1.03%) Workday
8 13 (0.90%) Adobe
9 11 (0.76%) Informatica
10 10 (0.69%) Murex
10 10 (0.69%) Splunk
10 10 (0.69%) Zscaler
11 9 (0.62%) Amplitude
11 9 (0.62%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.62%) IBM
11 9 (0.62%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.55%) Foundry
13 7 (0.48%) GoldenSource
13 7 (0.48%) Teradata