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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 52 80
Rank change year-on-year +22 +28 +11
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,325 644 516
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.71% 4.75% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 5.15% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 432 343
10th Percentile £375 £348 £284
25th Percentile £450 £424 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £534 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% +1.67% -9.48%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £663
90th Percentile £788 £763 £768
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 19
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.75 £19.20
25th Percentile £31.44 £28.40 £27.81
Median hourly rate £34.87 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -8.57% -20.20%
75th Percentile £57.69 £51.22 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.23 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £29.30 £18.00
% change year-on-year +21.26% +62.78% -60.00%

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 17,581 12,493 15,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.12% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,343 10,937
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £446 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £770 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 239 281
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% +6.10% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.44 £50.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £69.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +13.64% 127
West London +11 51 £536 -0.39% 40
South London +2 20 £519 -13.58% 16
East London +5 6 £719 -7.23% 22
North London - 1 £325 - 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 39 (2.94%) Confluence
2 27 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.43%) Apache Spark
4 10 (0.75%) Apache
4 10 (0.75%) nginx
5 7 (0.53%) CMS
6 5 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.15%) Camunda
8 2 (0.15%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.15%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.15%) Mendix
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.075%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 89 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (2.79%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (1.43%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.83%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.15%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.38%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.30%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.15%) Endur
6 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.15%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 259 (19.55%) Azure
2 246 (18.57%) AWS
3 170 (12.83%) Power Platform
4 104 (7.85%) GCP
5 67 (5.06%) SaaS
6 50 (3.77%) Amazon S3
7 47 (3.55%) Snowflake
8 45 (3.40%) Serverless
9 42 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
11 27 (2.04%) dbt
12 25 (1.89%) GitHub
13 23 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (1.74%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 19 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 17 (1.28%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.21%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.21%) Firewall
1 16 (1.21%) VPN
2 14 (1.06%) DNS
3 11 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.68%) OpenVPN
5 8 (0.60%) Network Security
5 8 (0.60%) WAN
6 5 (0.38%) HTTP
6 5 (0.38%) NAS
6 5 (0.38%) SAN
7 4 (0.30%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.23%) BGP
8 3 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.23%) MPLS
8 3 (0.23%) OSPF
8 3 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.23%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.15%) Intranet
9 2 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.15%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (12.38%) Power BI
2 66 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (4.38%) Tableau
4 55 (4.15%) Metadata
5 37 (2.79%) BigQuery
6 26 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (1.81%) Power Query
8 23 (1.74%) Big Data
9 22 (1.66%) Data Lake
9 22 (1.66%) NoSQL
10 21 (1.58%) Looker
10 21 (1.58%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (1.36%) SQL Server
12 17 (1.28%) Oracle Database
13 14 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.91%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
14 12 (0.91%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 82 (6.19%) JIRA
2 43 (3.25%) Git
3 20 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.83%) GitLab
4 11 (0.83%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.53%) JUnit
7 5 (0.38%) ERwin
7 5 (0.38%) MLflow
7 5 (0.38%) Mockito
8 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.30%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.30%) jMock
8 4 (0.30%) Maven
9 3 (0.23%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.23%) VTune
9 3 (0.23%) Xcode
10 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
General
1 477 (36.00%) Finance
2 472 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 311 (23.47%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (14.04%) Public Sector
5 140 (10.57%) Banking
6 79 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
7 72 (5.43%) Marketing
7 72 (5.43%) Retail
8 51 (3.85%) Legal
9 41 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 29 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.96%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.81%) Local Government
16 23 (1.74%) Front Office
16 23 (1.74%) Investment Banking
17 17 (1.28%) Billing
18 15 (1.13%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 202 (15.25%) Analyst
2 189 (14.26%) Senior
3 165 (12.45%) Lead
4 133 (10.04%) Architect
5 92 (6.94%) Business Analyst
6 91 (6.87%) Project Manager
7 89 (6.72%) Data Engineer
8 79 (5.96%) Developer
9 71 (5.36%) Data Analyst
10 53 (4.00%) Data Scientist
11 45 (3.40%) Consultant
12 39 (2.94%) Product Manager
13 36 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 35 (2.64%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (2.26%) Designer
15 30 (2.26%) Product Owner
16 29 (2.19%) User Researcher
17 24 (1.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 24 (1.81%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.02%) REST
2 32 (2.42%) React
3 30 (2.26%) Kafka
4 28 (2.11%) Pandas
5 22 (1.66%) PySpark
6 19 (1.43%) Middleware
7 18 (1.36%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.36%) NumPy
8 17 (1.28%) RESTful
8 17 (1.28%) scikit-learn
9 16 (1.21%) .NET
10 15 (1.13%) JSON
10 15 (1.13%) Spring
10 15 (1.13%) Spring Boot
11 13 (0.98%) Node.js
12 12 (0.91%) HTML
13 11 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (0.83%) PyTorch
14 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (0.75%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 91 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 47 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 43 (3.25%) Virtual Team
5 42 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 32 (2.42%) AI Agents
9 25 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 20 (1.51%) FMCG
13 19 (1.43%) NHS
14 17 (1.28%) PMI
14 17 (1.28%) Security Posture
15 16 (1.21%) CMDB
15 16 (1.21%) Taxonomies
16 14 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (1.06%) Data Centre
16 14 (1.06%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.13%) Linux
1 15 (1.13%) Windows
2 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
3 5 (0.38%) Unix
4 3 (0.23%) VMS
4 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.15%) Android
5 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.075%) Solaris
6 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (27.47%) Agile
2 363 (27.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 330 (24.91%) Analytics
4 287 (21.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 275 (20.75%) AI
6 259 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
7 226 (17.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 222 (16.75%) Roadmaps
9 189 (14.26%) Business Intelligence
10 185 (13.96%) Data Modelling
11 171 (12.91%) CI/CD
11 171 (12.91%) DevOps
12 163 (12.30%) Data Pipeline
13 137 (10.34%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 133 (10.04%) Validation
15 130 (9.81%) Actionable Insight
16 129 (9.74%) Migration
17 125 (9.43%) Data Science
18 124 (9.36%) Data Governance
18 124 (9.36%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 257 (19.40%) Python
2 254 (19.17%) SQL
3 73 (5.51%) Java
4 49 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 38 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 26 (1.96%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.43%) C#
8 16 (1.21%) R
9 8 (0.60%) C++
9 8 (0.60%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.60%) VBA
10 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
10 6 (0.45%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.45%) Ruby
10 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.38%) Scala
11 5 (0.38%) SPARQL
12 4 (0.30%) Cypher
12 4 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.30%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 223 (16.83%) Security Cleared
2 183 (13.81%) SC Cleared
3 104 (7.85%) Degree
4 51 (3.85%) PMP
5 46 (3.47%) PMI Certification
6 28 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 26 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.66%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.21%) CISSP
12 13 (0.98%) ACCA
13 11 (0.83%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.68%) CISM
15 8 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.53%) CIMA
16 7 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.38%) CBAP
17 5 (0.38%) CISA
18 4 (0.30%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (13.51%) Data Quality
2 90 (6.79%) PMO
3 71 (5.36%) QA
4 50 (3.77%) Accessibility
5 49 (3.70%) GDPR
6 19 (1.43%) NIST
7 16 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (0.91%) GRC
10 10 (0.75%) SLA
11 8 (0.60%) COREP
11 8 (0.60%) FINREP
11 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.45%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.30%) GAAP
14 4 (0.30%) IFRS
14 4 (0.30%) NCSC
14 4 (0.30%) SEPA
14 4 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (2.94%) Docker
2 18 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.68%) Squid
4 7 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.45%) IAG
6 5 (0.38%) NFS
6 5 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.23%) Postfix
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.075%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 78 (5.89%) Terraform
2 68 (5.13%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.43%) Grafana
4 15 (1.13%) Ansible
4 15 (1.13%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.68%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.53%) Consul
7 7 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.45%) Kibana
8 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.30%) vMotion
10 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.23%) SCCM
11 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.15%) Argo
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 182 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.30%) Databricks
3 49 (3.70%) Google
3 49 (3.70%) Oracle
4 48 (3.62%) SAP
5 39 (2.94%) ServiceNow
6 36 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.21%) Workday
8 14 (1.06%) Adobe
9 13 (0.98%) Atlassian
10 12 (0.91%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.83%) Dynatrace
12 10 (0.75%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.68%) Foundry
13 9 (0.68%) Murex
14 8 (0.60%) GoldenSource
14 8 (0.60%) Splunk
14 8 (0.60%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.53%) VMware