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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 91 83
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 -1
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 674 451 594
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.01% 2.77% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.41% 3.10% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 276 411
10th Percentile £345 £319 £348
25th Percentile £425 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £656 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 17
10th Percentile £28.06 £31.70 £28.55
25th Percentile £30.96 £34.38 £35.00
Median hourly rate £33.46 £42.50 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -21.27% +6.70% -11.49%
75th Percentile £46.75 £48.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.10 £52.25 £70.25
England median hourly rate £31.20 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -26.59% -7.37% +43.78%

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 12,450 14,539 19,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.59% 89.26% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,239 9,698 14,258
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 180 225
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.07
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%
75th Percentile £48.94 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making 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 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +11 107 £550 +3.53% 283
West London +4 16 £525 +110.00% 24
South London - 5 £625 - 20
East London +7 2 £575 +41.10% 14
North London -4 1 £650 - 2
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (3.12%) Apache Airflow
1 21 (3.12%) Confluence
2 12 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.48%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.48%) CMS
4 5 (0.74%) Apache
4 5 (0.74%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.59%) SAS
6 2 (0.30%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.15%) Appian
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 59 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.93%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.30%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Notion
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
6 1 (0.15%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 13 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.59%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (0.59%) Shopify
4 3 (0.45%) iTrent
5 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.30%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.30%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.30%) Workfront
6 1 (0.15%) Bankmaster
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 100 (14.84%) Power Platform
2 85 (12.61%) Azure
3 79 (11.72%) AWS
4 41 (6.08%) GCP
5 32 (4.75%) Snowflake
6 24 (3.56%) SaaS
7 23 (3.41%) GitHub
8 20 (2.97%) dbt
9 15 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.48%) Amazon S3
13 10 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.19%) ChatGPT
14 8 (1.19%) GitHub Copilot
15 7 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (0.89%) Miro
16 6 (0.89%) PaaS
17 5 (0.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.59%) Firewall
2 3 (0.45%) Wireless
3 2 (0.30%) Internet
3 2 (0.30%) ISDN
3 2 (0.30%) Multicast
3 2 (0.30%) PSTN
3 2 (0.30%) Softphone
3 2 (0.30%) SSL
3 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
4 1 (0.15%) DWDM
4 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) L2TP
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) MPLS
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
4 1 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (14.09%) Power BI
2 50 (7.42%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (6.53%) Tableau
4 26 (3.86%) Metadata
5 20 (2.97%) Big Data
6 19 (2.82%) Data Lake
7 17 (2.52%) SQL Server
8 16 (2.37%) Power Query
9 13 (1.93%) BigQuery
9 13 (1.93%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.63%) Hadoop
10 11 (1.63%) Looker
10 11 (1.63%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
11 10 (1.48%) Star Schema
12 9 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.19%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.04%) Data Vault
15 6 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 36 (5.34%) JIRA
2 17 (2.52%) Git
3 9 (1.34%) GitLab
3 9 (1.34%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.74%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.74%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.59%) Maven
6 3 (0.45%) Liquibase
6 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.45%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.30%) Selenium
8 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.15%) ERwin
8 1 (0.15%) jMock
8 1 (0.15%) JUnit
8 1 (0.15%) Log4j
8 1 (0.15%) Mockito
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 276 (40.95%) Social Skills
2 257 (38.13%) Finance
3 199 (29.53%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (15.13%) Banking
5 83 (12.31%) Public Sector
6 52 (7.72%) Marketing
7 35 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
7 35 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (4.75%) Retail
9 31 (4.60%) Legal
10 25 (3.71%) Investment Banking
11 24 (3.56%) Financial Institution
12 20 (2.97%) Local Government
13 19 (2.82%) Front Office
13 19 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (2.23%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.08%) Back Office
16 13 (1.93%) Retail Banking
17 12 (1.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 160 (23.74%) Analyst
2 80 (11.87%) Business Analyst
3 69 (10.24%) Senior
4 52 (7.72%) Developer
5 51 (7.57%) Architect
6 49 (7.27%) Lead
7 43 (6.38%) Data Analyst
7 43 (6.38%) Data Engineer
8 38 (5.64%) Project Manager
9 21 (3.12%) Data Scientist
10 20 (2.97%) Consultant
11 18 (2.67%) Data Architect
11 18 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (2.37%) Data Business Analyst
12 16 (2.37%) Senior Data Engineer
12 16 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.08%) Product Manager
14 12 (1.78%) Business Manager
14 12 (1.78%) Programme Manager
15 11 (1.63%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.67%) React
2 17 (2.52%) Kafka
3 12 (1.78%) AngularJS
4 11 (1.63%) Pandas
4 11 (1.63%) TensorFlow
5 10 (1.48%) .NET
5 10 (1.48%) REST
6 9 (1.34%) XML
7 8 (1.19%) JSON
7 8 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (1.19%) scikit-learn
8 7 (1.04%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (0.89%) Next.js
9 6 (0.89%) PySpark
9 6 (0.89%) RESTful
10 5 (0.74%) CSS
10 5 (0.74%) HTML
10 5 (0.74%) Jinja
10 5 (0.74%) Node.js
10 5 (0.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.64%) Management Information System
1 38 (5.64%) Product Ownership
2 23 (3.41%) Algorithms
3 21 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.67%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.52%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 13 (1.93%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.34%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.19%) Life Science
13 7 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.04%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.04%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.97%) Linux
2 10 (1.48%) Windows
3 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (26.41%) Agile
2 175 (25.96%) Analytics
2 175 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (17.80%) Business Intelligence
4 114 (16.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 102 (15.13%) Visualisation
6 101 (14.99%) Data Analysis
7 98 (14.54%) Data Modelling
8 93 (13.80%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 92 (13.65%) Artificial Intelligence
10 91 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 84 (12.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 80 (11.87%) Roadmaps
13 79 (11.72%) Actionable Insight
14 74 (10.98%) Project Management
15 70 (10.39%) Data Pipeline
16 68 (10.09%) Risk Management
17 67 (9.94%) Data Governance
18 58 (8.61%) Data Science
19 57 (8.46%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 163 (24.18%) SQL
2 142 (21.07%) Python
3 25 (3.71%) Java
4 22 (3.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 19 (2.82%) R
6 12 (1.78%) C++
7 11 (1.63%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.48%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.19%) C#
10 7 (1.04%) Bash
10 7 (1.04%) Scala
11 4 (0.59%) Bicep
11 4 (0.59%) Korn
11 4 (0.59%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.45%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.45%) Rust
12 3 (0.45%) VBA
13 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.30%) RPG
Qualifications
1 95 (14.09%) Degree
2 79 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 66 (9.79%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.12%) PMP
6 17 (2.52%) PMI Certification
7 12 (1.78%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.48%) CISSP
9 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.89%) CISM
11 5 (0.74%) ACCA
11 5 (0.74%) CIMA
12 4 (0.59%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.59%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.45%) CCNP
13 3 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.45%) PhD
13 3 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 2 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (9.94%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.01%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.26%) QA
4 21 (3.12%) GDPR
5 19 (2.82%) PMO
6 13 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.78%) NIST
8 7 (1.04%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.74%) GRC
9 5 (0.74%) NCSC
10 4 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.59%) GMP
10 4 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.30%) COBIT
11 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.30%) IFRS
11 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.30%) WCAG
12 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 28 (4.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.59%) zsh
4 2 (0.30%) HDFS
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.15%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 27 (4.01%) Terraform
2 16 (2.37%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.04%) ITRS Geneos
3 7 (1.04%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.45%) Grafana
4 3 (0.45%) Kibana
4 3 (0.45%) logstash
5 2 (0.30%) Ansible
6 1 (0.15%) Consul
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) Rancher
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.04%) SAP
3 28 (4.15%) Google
4 25 (3.71%) Oracle
5 19 (2.82%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.37%) Databricks
7 13 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.48%) Adobe
9 7 (1.04%) Solace
10 6 (0.89%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.89%) Informatica
10 6 (0.89%) Talend
10 6 (0.89%) Workday
11 5 (0.74%) Foundry
11 5 (0.74%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.74%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.59%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.59%) FIS
12 4 (0.59%) Refinitiv
12 4 (0.59%) TIBCO