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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 52 92
Rank change year-on-year +23 +40 -6
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,442 664 447
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.09% 4.92% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.97% 5.32% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 435 275
10th Percentile £390 £338 £305
25th Percentile £463 £420 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £679 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £750 £775
England median daily rate £535 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +3.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 7
10th Percentile £26.25 £28.40 £31.70
25th Percentile £26.52 £31.09 £34.38
Median hourly rate £32.25 £34.23 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% -19.46% -3.10%
75th Percentile £57.69 £47.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.49 £51.10 £52.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £31.57 £42.50
% change year-on-year +10.86% -25.72% -7.37%

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 18,084 12,490 14,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.58% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,262 9,757
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 257 180
10th Percentile £16.71 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +17 210 £625 +13.64% 377
West London +18 74 £700 +33.33% 103
South London -2 10 £650 +8.33% 26
East London +6 6 £600 +4.35% 25
North London -2 1 £550 -15.38% 5
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 (2.57%) Apache Airflow
1 37 (2.57%) Confluence
2 25 (1.73%) Apache Spark
2 25 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.11%) Apache
4 6 (0.42%) CMS
5 5 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.35%) SAS
6 4 (0.28%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.21%) Camunda
7 3 (0.21%) Mendix
7 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.069%) IIS
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 89 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.76%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.49%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.35%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.21%) Endur
5 3 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.14%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.14%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
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%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.069%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.069%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 267 (18.52%) Azure
2 266 (18.45%) AWS
3 177 (12.27%) Power Platform
4 83 (5.76%) GCP
5 67 (4.65%) SaaS
6 64 (4.44%) Snowflake
7 48 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (3.05%) dbt
9 39 (2.70%) GitHub
10 37 (2.57%) Amazon S3
11 36 (2.50%) Serverless
12 26 (1.80%) Entra ID
13 25 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 20 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.32%) OCI
16 18 (1.25%) Amazon Bedrock
17 17 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.04%) WAN
2 12 (0.83%) Firewall
2 12 (0.83%) Network Security
3 10 (0.69%) Broadband
4 9 (0.62%) VPN
5 8 (0.55%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.35%) DNS
6 5 (0.35%) LAN
7 4 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.28%) IPsec
7 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.21%) BGP
8 3 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
8 3 (0.21%) MPLS
8 3 (0.21%) OSPF
8 3 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.21%) X.509
9 2 (0.14%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (11.79%) Power BI
2 72 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (4.44%) Metadata
4 49 (3.40%) Tableau
5 32 (2.22%) BigQuery
5 32 (2.22%) Power Query
6 28 (1.94%) Data Lake
7 26 (1.80%) Delta Lake
7 26 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (1.73%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.60%) Looker
10 20 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (1.39%) NoSQL
11 19 (1.32%) Big Data
11 19 (1.32%) SQL Server
12 17 (1.18%) Star Schema
13 16 (1.11%) MongoDB
14 14 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (0.97%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.97%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 63 (4.37%) JIRA
2 42 (2.91%) Git
3 25 (1.73%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.76%) GitLab
5 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.35%) JUnit
6 5 (0.35%) Terragrunt
7 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.28%) ERwin
7 4 (0.28%) MLflow
8 3 (0.21%) Mockito
8 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.21%) Selenium
8 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.21%) VTune
8 3 (0.21%) Xcode
9 2 (0.14%) jMock
9 2 (0.14%) Maven
9 2 (0.14%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
General
1 553 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 498 (34.54%) Finance
3 362 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (15.46%) Public Sector
5 161 (11.17%) Banking
6 129 (8.95%) Influencing Skills
7 84 (5.83%) Retail
8 80 (5.55%) Marketing
9 53 (3.68%) Legal
10 44 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 42 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (2.36%) Local Government
14 32 (2.22%) Front Office
15 29 (2.01%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.73%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
18 23 (1.60%) Financial Institution
19 22 (1.53%) Aviation
20 18 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 231 (16.02%) Analyst
2 222 (15.40%) Senior
3 193 (13.38%) Lead
4 173 (12.00%) Architect
5 101 (7.00%) Business Analyst
6 88 (6.10%) Project Manager
7 84 (5.83%) Data Engineer
8 68 (4.72%) Data Analyst
9 64 (4.44%) Developer
10 56 (3.88%) Consultant
11 53 (3.68%) Data Scientist
12 51 (3.54%) Senior Manager
13 46 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.05%) Product Manager
15 42 (2.91%) Data Architect
16 39 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
17 31 (2.15%) Designer
18 29 (2.01%) Senior Data Engineer
19 28 (1.94%) Product Owner
19 28 (1.94%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.03%) Terraform
2 40 (2.77%) REST
3 37 (2.57%) Kafka
4 29 (2.01%) React
5 28 (1.94%) PySpark
6 20 (1.39%) Pandas
7 16 (1.11%) Middleware
7 16 (1.11%) Spring
8 15 (1.04%) Spring Boot
9 14 (0.97%) HTML
10 13 (0.90%) .NET
11 12 (0.83%) JSON
11 12 (0.83%) Node.js
11 12 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
11 12 (0.83%) RESTful
12 11 (0.76%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.76%) LangChain
12 11 (0.76%) NumPy
13 10 (0.69%) ATL
14 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.28%) Product Ownership
2 98 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 63 (4.37%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 42 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.70%) AI Agents
7 33 (2.29%) Virtual Team
8 31 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
10 26 (1.80%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.73%) NHS
12 21 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.39%) Operational Technology
14 17 (1.18%) Taxonomies
15 16 (1.11%) Data Centre
15 16 (1.11%) FMCG
16 15 (1.04%) CMDB
16 15 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.97%) PMI
18 13 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.25%) Windows
2 15 (1.04%) Linux
3 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.42%) Unix
5 5 (0.35%) 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
1 513 (35.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 405 (28.09%) Agile
3 382 (26.49%) Analytics
4 330 (22.88%) AI
5 312 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 299 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
7 287 (19.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 262 (18.17%) Roadmaps
9 196 (13.59%) Business Intelligence
10 191 (13.25%) Data Modelling
11 184 (12.76%) CI/CD
12 182 (12.62%) DevOps
13 149 (10.33%) Actionable Insight
13 149 (10.33%) Data Pipeline
14 147 (10.19%) Validation
15 144 (9.99%) Data Governance
16 139 (9.64%) Machine Learning
17 138 (9.57%) Risk Management
18 134 (9.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
19 129 (8.95%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 285 (19.76%) SQL
2 272 (18.86%) Python
3 72 (4.99%) Java
4 44 (3.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (2.91%) TypeScript
6 28 (1.94%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.46%) C#
8 20 (1.39%) R
9 14 (0.97%) Bash
10 10 (0.69%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.55%) VBA
12 7 (0.49%) Bicep
12 7 (0.49%) C++
12 7 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.49%) Scala
13 6 (0.42%) SPARQL
13 6 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.35%) Gremlin
14 5 (0.35%) Ruby
14 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 247 (17.13%) Security Cleared
2 191 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 111 (7.70%) Degree
4 56 (3.88%) PMP
5 51 (3.54%) PMI Certification
6 40 (2.77%) DV Cleared
7 30 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.39%) ACCA
8 20 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.04%) CISSP
12 13 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 13 (0.90%) CIMA
13 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.55%) CISM
16 7 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 6 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (13.87%) Data Quality
2 85 (5.89%) PMO
3 71 (4.92%) QA
4 54 (3.74%) GDPR
5 48 (3.33%) Accessibility
6 30 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
7 22 (1.53%) NIST
8 21 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (1.39%) GRC
10 11 (0.76%) IFRS
11 10 (0.69%) SLA
12 8 (0.55%) COREP
12 8 (0.55%) FINREP
12 8 (0.55%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.35%) NCSC
13 5 (0.35%) SEPA
14 4 (0.28%) GAAP
15 3 (0.21%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (4.37%) Docker
2 18 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.49%) 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%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.069%) Squid
7 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.97%) Ansible
3 13 (0.90%) Grafana
4 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.42%) Kibana
7 5 (0.35%) Control-M
8 4 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.21%) Istio
9 3 (0.21%) SCCM
10 2 (0.14%) Packer
10 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 2 (0.14%) Rancher
11 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.069%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.069%) Argo
11 1 (0.069%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.069%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 199 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 88 (6.10%) Databricks
3 48 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.12%) Oracle
4 45 (3.12%) Salesforce
4 45 (3.12%) SAP
5 35 (2.43%) Google
6 13 (0.90%) Adobe
6 13 (0.90%) Workday
7 11 (0.76%) Informatica
8 10 (0.69%) Murex
8 10 (0.69%) Splunk
8 10 (0.69%) Zscaler
9 9 (0.62%) Amplitude
9 9 (0.62%) Bloomberg
9 9 (0.62%) Foundry
9 9 (0.62%) IBM
9 9 (0.62%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.55%) Dynatrace
10 8 (0.55%) GoldenSource