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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 48 73
Rank change year-on-year +18 +25 +26
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,136 592 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.36% 4.78% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.20% 5.18% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 389 392
10th Percentile £375 £363 £313
25th Percentile £438 £417 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -11.02%
75th Percentile £650 £654 £643
90th Percentile £773 £775 £761
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 24
10th Percentile £26.52 £27.80 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.44 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £34.87 £49.50 £29.16
Median % change year-on-year -29.57% +69.78% -33.53%
75th Percentile £58.25 £52.25 £39.44
90th Percentile £76.15 £75.13 £50.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £31.08 £18.00
% change year-on-year +76.99% +72.64% -62.11%

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 15,783 11,435 15,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.26% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,560 7,742 11,125
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 176 311
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -28.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +10 160 £575 +4.55% 283
West London -4 34 £520 -16.80% 36
South London +1 17 £519 -13.58% 9
East London -2 5 £697 -10.06% 25
North London - 2 £413 - 3
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 42 (3.70%) Confluence
2 23 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.88%) nginx
6 5 (0.44%) CMS
6 5 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.18%) Camunda
9 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.18%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.18%) Mendix
9 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 97 (8.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (3.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 16 (1.41%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.26%) Notion
9 1 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.088%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.088%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.088%) InVision
9 1 (0.088%) Sketch
9 1 (0.088%) SPSS
9 1 (0.088%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.53%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.44%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.44%) BambooHR
6 4 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.26%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.26%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.18%) Actimize
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.18%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 222 (19.54%) Azure
2 191 (16.81%) AWS
3 166 (14.61%) Power Platform
4 90 (7.92%) GCP
5 70 (6.16%) SaaS
6 38 (3.35%) Amazon S3
6 38 (3.35%) Serverless
6 38 (3.35%) Snowflake
7 36 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
8 30 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (2.64%) GitHub
9 27 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
11 20 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.58%) Collibra
13 17 (1.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 16 (1.41%) dbt
15 15 (1.32%) Dagster
15 15 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.14%) DNS
1 13 (1.14%) Firewall
1 13 (1.14%) VPN
2 11 (0.97%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.79%) HTTP
3 9 (0.79%) OpenVPN
4 5 (0.44%) Network Security
5 4 (0.35%) NAS
5 4 (0.35%) SAN
6 3 (0.26%) WAN
7 2 (0.18%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.18%) Calico
7 2 (0.18%) Intelligent Network
7 2 (0.18%) Intranet
7 2 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.18%) NaaS
7 2 (0.18%) VSAN
7 2 (0.18%) Wireless
8 1 (0.088%) RS-485
8 1 (0.088%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (14.00%) Power BI
2 64 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (4.58%) Tableau
4 48 (4.23%) Metadata
5 31 (2.73%) BigQuery
5 31 (2.73%) SQL Server
6 24 (2.11%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.58%) Looker
7 18 (1.58%) NoSQL
8 17 (1.50%) Big Data
8 17 (1.50%) Oracle Database
8 17 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.50%) Power Query
9 16 (1.41%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.32%) Delta Lake
10 15 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (1.14%) Parquet
12 12 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 86 (7.57%) JIRA
2 41 (3.61%) Git
3 18 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.14%) GitLab
5 12 (1.06%) MLflow
6 10 (0.88%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.79%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.53%) ERwin
8 6 (0.53%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.44%) JUnit
10 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.26%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.26%) jMock
10 3 (0.26%) Maven
10 3 (0.26%) Mockito
10 3 (0.26%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.26%) Toad
11 2 (0.18%) Postman
11 2 (0.18%) Selenium
11 2 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 406 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 399 (35.12%) Finance
3 274 (24.12%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (13.29%) Public Sector
5 130 (11.44%) Banking
6 65 (5.72%) Marketing
7 58 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (4.14%) Legal
9 44 (3.87%) Retail
10 41 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
11 39 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
14 25 (2.20%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.76%) Local Government
16 19 (1.67%) Billing
17 18 (1.58%) Front Office
18 16 (1.41%) Investment Banking
19 12 (1.06%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 198 (17.43%) Analyst
2 171 (15.05%) Senior
3 127 (11.18%) Lead
4 97 (8.54%) Business Analyst
5 94 (8.27%) Architect
6 79 (6.95%) Data Engineer
7 76 (6.69%) Developer
8 75 (6.60%) Project Manager
9 66 (5.81%) Data Analyst
10 51 (4.49%) Consultant
11 36 (3.17%) Data Scientist
11 36 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
12 32 (2.82%) Senior Manager
13 31 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
14 30 (2.64%) Product Manager
15 25 (2.20%) Senior Data Engineer
16 24 (2.11%) User Researcher
17 23 (2.02%) Designer
18 22 (1.94%) Product Owner
18 22 (1.94%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.82%) REST
2 31 (2.73%) Pandas
3 20 (1.76%) NumPy
4 19 (1.67%) Middleware
4 19 (1.67%) PySpark
4 19 (1.67%) scikit-learn
5 18 (1.58%) .NET
5 18 (1.58%) Kafka
5 18 (1.58%) React
6 16 (1.41%) AngularJS
7 15 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (1.32%) RESTful
8 14 (1.23%) Spring
8 14 (1.23%) Spring Boot
9 13 (1.14%) PyTorch
10 11 (0.97%) LangChain
11 10 (0.88%) HTML
11 10 (0.88%) OpenID
12 9 (0.79%) JSON
12 9 (0.79%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.34%) Cloud Native
2 64 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.08%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.38%) AI Agents
4 27 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (2.38%) Virtual Team
5 26 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
5 26 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.58%) PMI
10 17 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.41%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.14%) FMCG
12 13 (1.14%) NHS
13 11 (0.97%) Algorithms
13 11 (0.97%) CMDB
14 10 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.06%) Linux
1 12 (1.06%) Windows
2 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
2 3 (0.26%) Unix
2 3 (0.26%) VMS
2 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.088%) Solaris
3 1 (0.088%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (27.20%) Agile
2 267 (23.50%) Analytics
3 259 (22.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 243 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
5 216 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 209 (18.40%) AI
7 187 (16.46%) Business Intelligence
8 180 (15.85%) Roadmaps
9 174 (15.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 172 (15.14%) Data Modelling
11 142 (12.50%) CI/CD
11 142 (12.50%) DevOps
12 125 (11.00%) Project Management
13 123 (10.83%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 121 (10.65%) Actionable Insight
15 118 (10.39%) Data Pipeline
16 116 (10.21%) Migration
17 114 (10.04%) ETL
18 112 (9.86%) Data Governance
19 101 (8.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 235 (20.69%) SQL
2 216 (19.01%) Python
3 55 (4.84%) Java
4 28 (2.46%) TypeScript
5 26 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (2.11%) C#
7 20 (1.76%) R
8 18 (1.58%) JavaScript
9 16 (1.41%) PL/SQL
10 11 (0.97%) VBA
11 6 (0.53%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.44%) Bicep
12 5 (0.44%) C++
12 5 (0.44%) Scala
13 4 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.35%) Ruby
14 3 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.18%) Bash
Qualifications
1 194 (17.08%) Security Cleared
2 155 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 111 (9.77%) Degree
4 46 (4.05%) PMP
5 41 (3.61%) PMI Certification
6 31 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.64%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.76%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.50%) ACCA
11 16 (1.41%) CISSP
12 13 (1.14%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.06%) CBAP
14 11 (0.97%) CIMA
15 10 (0.88%) CISM
15 10 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
16 9 (0.79%) IIBA
16 9 (0.79%) PhD
17 8 (0.70%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (14.44%) Data Quality
2 73 (6.43%) PMO
3 69 (6.07%) QA
4 37 (3.26%) GDPR
5 29 (2.55%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.58%) NIST
7 16 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.97%) SLA
10 8 (0.70%) GRC
11 7 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.53%) COREP
12 6 (0.53%) FINREP
12 6 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.44%) COBIT
13 5 (0.44%) GAAP
13 5 (0.44%) IFRS
13 5 (0.44%) WCAG
14 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (2.73%) Docker
2 9 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.79%) Squid
3 7 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.35%) NFS
5 3 (0.26%) IAG
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.18%) Postfix
6 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.088%) HDFS
7 1 (0.088%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (5.55%) Terraform
2 59 (5.19%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.58%) Grafana
4 15 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.79%) Ansible
6 9 (0.79%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.62%) Consul
7 7 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.44%) Kibana
9 4 (0.35%) Control-M
9 4 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.35%) vMotion
10 3 (0.26%) Istio
11 2 (0.18%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.18%) Argo
11 2 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.088%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.088%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 166 (14.61%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.28%) Oracle
3 54 (4.75%) Databricks
4 50 (4.40%) SAP
5 43 (3.79%) ServiceNow
6 42 (3.70%) Google
7 38 (3.35%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.85%) Workday
9 17 (1.50%) Adobe
10 12 (1.06%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.06%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.79%) Foundry
12 9 (0.79%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.79%) VMware
13 8 (0.70%) Software AG
14 7 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.62%) Planview
15 6 (0.53%) GoldenSource
15 6 (0.53%) Murex