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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 47 94
Rank change year-on-year +17 +47 -5
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,357 678 459
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.76% 5.06% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 5.47% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 456 289
10th Percentile £385 £347 £310
25th Percentile £455 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -6.18%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £741 £775
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 11
10th Percentile £26.25 £26.64 £35.00
25th Percentile £26.52 £30.80 £35.63
Median hourly rate £33.37 £37.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.60% -20.54% +8.30%
75th Percentile £60.00 £49.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.49 £54.05 -
England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.20 £20.00
% change year-on-year +13.88% +56.00% -56.41%

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 17,903 12,394 14,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.46% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,741 8,241 10,033
10th Percentile £361 £325 £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 £688
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 287 256 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +9 188 £625 +16.28% 211
West London +16 64 £600 +14.29% 66
South London -3 9 £525 -12.50% 16
East London +5 6 £660 +14.70% 16
North London -3 1 £550 -15.38% 9
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 37 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.65%) Confluence
3 27 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 26 (1.92%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.18%) Apache
6 6 (0.44%) CMS
7 5 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.29%) Camunda
8 4 (0.29%) HCL Notes
8 4 (0.29%) SAS
9 3 (0.22%) Mendix
9 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 3 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.074%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 83 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.96%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.37%) CPLEX
8 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.074%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.37%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) Actimize
6 2 (0.15%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.15%) Endur
6 2 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.15%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.074%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.074%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.074%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 264 (19.45%) Azure
2 255 (18.79%) AWS
3 171 (12.60%) Power Platform
4 98 (7.22%) GCP
5 69 (5.08%) SaaS
6 60 (4.42%) Snowflake
7 45 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (3.10%) dbt
9 36 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 35 (2.58%) GitHub
11 31 (2.28%) Serverless
12 28 (2.06%) Entra ID
13 27 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 22 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (1.40%) Power Automate
17 18 (1.33%) Amazon Bedrock
18 16 (1.18%) Azure AI
18 16 (1.18%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.18%) WAN
2 14 (1.03%) Firewall
3 11 (0.81%) Network Security
3 11 (0.81%) VPN
4 8 (0.59%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.44%) DNS
6 5 (0.37%) Broadband
6 5 (0.37%) LAN
7 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
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%) OSPF
8 3 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.22%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.15%) Modbus
9 2 (0.15%) NaaS
9 2 (0.15%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (12.31%) Power BI
2 74 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (4.42%) Metadata
4 52 (3.83%) Tableau
5 37 (2.73%) BigQuery
6 29 (2.14%) Power Query
7 27 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.92%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.84%) Data Lake
10 23 (1.69%) NoSQL
11 22 (1.62%) Big Data
11 22 (1.62%) Looker
12 19 (1.40%) Delta Lake
13 18 (1.33%) SQL Server
14 17 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
15 16 (1.18%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.18%) Star Schema
16 14 (1.03%) Oracle Database
17 12 (0.88%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 70 (5.16%) JIRA
2 36 (2.65%) Git
3 23 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.81%) GitLab
5 4 (0.29%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.29%) ERwin
5 4 (0.29%) JUnit
5 4 (0.29%) Mockito
5 4 (0.29%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.29%) Terragrunt
6 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (0.22%) DbUnit
6 3 (0.22%) jMock
6 3 (0.22%) Maven
6 3 (0.22%) VTune
6 3 (0.22%) Xcode
7 2 (0.15%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.15%) MLflow
7 2 (0.15%) REST Assured
General
1 499 (36.77%) Social Skills
2 485 (35.74%) Finance
3 321 (23.66%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (14.44%) Public Sector
5 156 (11.50%) Banking
6 102 (7.52%) Influencing Skills
7 82 (6.04%) Retail
8 76 (5.60%) Marketing
9 54 (3.98%) Legal
10 43 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 40 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.28%) Telecoms
14 29 (2.14%) Local Government
15 28 (2.06%) Front Office
15 28 (2.06%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.84%) Financial Institution
17 24 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.40%) Aviation
19 17 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 211 (15.55%) Analyst
2 205 (15.11%) Senior
3 175 (12.90%) Lead
4 164 (12.09%) Architect
5 96 (7.07%) Business Analyst
6 87 (6.41%) Project Manager
7 86 (6.34%) Data Engineer
8 74 (5.45%) Developer
9 65 (4.79%) Data Analyst
10 51 (3.76%) Consultant
10 51 (3.76%) Data Scientist
11 46 (3.39%) Senior Manager
12 44 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
13 41 (3.02%) Product Manager
14 40 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (2.80%) Data Architect
16 29 (2.14%) Designer
16 29 (2.14%) Product Owner
17 28 (2.06%) Senior Data Engineer
18 26 (1.92%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.04%) Terraform
2 44 (3.24%) REST
3 34 (2.51%) Kafka
4 30 (2.21%) React
5 29 (2.14%) PySpark
6 22 (1.62%) Pandas
7 19 (1.40%) Middleware
8 15 (1.11%) JSON
8 15 (1.11%) RESTful
8 15 (1.11%) Spring
8 15 (1.11%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.03%) AngularJS
10 12 (0.88%) .NET
10 12 (0.88%) HTML
10 12 (0.88%) Node.js
10 12 (0.88%) NumPy
11 11 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
11 11 (0.81%) scikit-learn
12 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
13 8 (0.59%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.89%) Product Ownership
2 100 (7.37%) Cloud Native
3 52 (3.83%) Onboarding
4 45 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 43 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
6 38 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
7 37 (2.73%) AI Agents
8 35 (2.58%) Virtual Team
9 27 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 25 (1.84%) Data Structures
11 21 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.47%) NHS
13 18 (1.33%) FMCG
14 17 (1.25%) CMDB
14 17 (1.25%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.25%) PMI
15 15 (1.11%) Operational Technology
16 14 (1.03%) Taxonomies
17 13 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
17 13 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.25%) Windows
2 16 (1.18%) Linux
3 6 (0.44%) Unix
4 5 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.15%) Android
5 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.074%) Solaris
6 1 (0.074%) VMS
6 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 374 (27.56%) Agile
3 357 (26.31%) Analytics
4 301 (22.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 300 (22.11%) AI
6 271 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
7 251 (18.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 231 (17.02%) Roadmaps
9 197 (14.52%) Data Modelling
10 192 (14.15%) Business Intelligence
11 182 (13.41%) CI/CD
12 172 (12.68%) DevOps
13 158 (11.64%) Data Pipeline
14 135 (9.95%) Validation
15 133 (9.80%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 131 (9.65%) Data Engineering
17 130 (9.58%) Actionable Insight
18 129 (9.51%) Data Governance
19 126 (9.29%) Migration
20 124 (9.14%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 274 (20.19%) SQL
2 263 (19.38%) Python
3 73 (5.38%) Java
4 46 (3.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (3.10%) TypeScript
6 28 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.25%) R
8 15 (1.11%) C#
9 11 (0.81%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.59%) Bash
10 8 (0.59%) C++
10 8 (0.59%) VBA
11 7 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.44%) Bicep
12 6 (0.44%) Ruby
12 6 (0.44%) SPARQL
13 5 (0.37%) Cypher
13 5 (0.37%) Scala
13 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 224 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.53%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.44%) Degree
4 55 (4.05%) PMP
5 50 (3.68%) PMI Certification
6 34 (2.51%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.03%) ACCA
11 13 (0.96%) CISSP
12 12 (0.88%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.59%) CIMA
14 7 (0.52%) CISM
14 7 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.44%) PhD
16 5 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (13.71%) Data Quality
2 89 (6.56%) PMO
3 68 (5.01%) QA
4 48 (3.54%) GDPR
5 44 (3.24%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 19 (1.40%) NIST
8 13 (0.96%) GRC
8 13 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.59%) COREP
9 8 (0.59%) FINREP
9 8 (0.59%) SLA
10 7 (0.52%) IFRS
10 7 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.37%) NCSC
11 5 (0.37%) SEPA
12 4 (0.29%) GAAP
12 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.22%) COBIT
13 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 50 (3.68%) Docker
2 19 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.52%) IAG
5 3 (0.22%) Postfix
6 2 (0.15%) Squid
6 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.074%) Firmware
7 1 (0.074%) NFS
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.074%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.074%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (5.01%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.33%) Ansible
3 13 (0.96%) Grafana
4 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.66%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.44%) Kibana
6 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.37%) Control-M
8 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.22%) Istio
9 3 (0.22%) SCCM
10 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.15%) Packer
10 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.074%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.074%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.074%) Consul
11 1 (0.074%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 189 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.97%) Databricks
3 46 (3.39%) Oracle
4 45 (3.32%) Google
5 44 (3.24%) SAP
5 44 (3.24%) ServiceNow
6 43 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.18%) Adobe
7 16 (1.18%) Workday
8 12 (0.88%) Murex
9 11 (0.81%) Zscaler
10 9 (0.66%) Amplitude
10 9 (0.66%) Foundry
10 9 (0.66%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.59%) Atlassian
11 8 (0.59%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.59%) GoldenSource
12 7 (0.52%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.52%) Informatica
12 7 (0.52%) Teradata