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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 50 91
Rank change year-on-year +21 +41 +3
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,392 668 460
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.88% 4.96% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 5.37% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 444 285
10th Percentile £393 £338 £305
25th Percentile £463 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% -6.18%
75th Percentile £678 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £749 £775
England median daily rate £530 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +3.41% -2.38% -5.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 9
10th Percentile £26.25 £26.86 £34.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £30.91 £36.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -27.94% +8.30%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.99 £53.25 £51.50
England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.50 £31.97
% change year-on-year +12.79% -1.45% -30.33%

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 18,008 12,449 14,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.45% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,771 8,281 9,881
10th Percentile £360 £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 £661 £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 289 255 191
10th Percentile £17.53 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -9.86% -11.25%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +14 194 £625 +13.64% 187
West London +18 70 £706 +34.52% 142
South London -10 8 £550 -8.33% 25
East London +7 6 £600 +4.35% 16
North London 0 1 £550 -15.38% 4
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 36 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
1 36 (2.59%) Confluence
2 26 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.65%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.15%) Apache
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 5 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.29%) Camunda
7 4 (0.29%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.29%) SAS
8 3 (0.22%) Mendix
8 3 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.072%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.072%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 86 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.86%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.50%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.072%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.36%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.14%) Actimize
6 2 (0.14%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.14%) Endur
6 2 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.14%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.072%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.072%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 261 (18.75%) AWS
1 261 (18.75%) Azure
2 174 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 90 (6.47%) GCP
4 67 (4.81%) SaaS
5 64 (4.60%) Snowflake
6 47 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (3.16%) dbt
8 37 (2.66%) GitHub
9 35 (2.51%) Amazon S3
10 34 (2.44%) Serverless
11 29 (2.08%) Entra ID
12 25 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 19 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.29%) Amazon Bedrock
15 18 (1.29%) OCI
15 18 (1.29%) Power Automate
16 17 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.08%) WAN
2 13 (0.93%) Firewall
2 13 (0.93%) Network Security
3 10 (0.72%) VPN
4 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.50%) Broadband
6 5 (0.36%) DNS
6 5 (0.36%) LAN
7 4 (0.29%) IPsec
7 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.22%) BGP
8 3 (0.22%) Cisco IPT
8 3 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.22%) MPLS
8 3 (0.22%) OSPF
8 3 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.22%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.22%) X.509
9 2 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.14%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (12.00%) Power BI
2 74 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (4.45%) Metadata
4 53 (3.81%) Tableau
5 36 (2.59%) BigQuery
6 30 (2.16%) Power Query
7 26 (1.87%) Relational Database
8 24 (1.72%) Data Lake
8 24 (1.72%) Looker
8 24 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.44%) Delta Lake
9 20 (1.44%) NoSQL
10 19 (1.36%) Big Data
11 18 (1.29%) SQL Server
12 17 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (1.22%) Star Schema
13 16 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
14 15 (1.08%) MongoDB
15 14 (1.01%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.86%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 64 (4.60%) JIRA
2 35 (2.51%) Git
3 21 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.79%) GitLab
5 4 (0.29%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.29%) ERwin
5 4 (0.29%) Terragrunt
6 3 (0.22%) JUnit
6 3 (0.22%) Mockito
6 3 (0.22%) VTune
6 3 (0.22%) Xcode
7 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.14%) DbUnit
7 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.14%) jMock
7 2 (0.14%) PowerBuilder
7 2 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 526 (37.79%) Social Skills
2 486 (34.91%) Finance
3 342 (24.57%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (15.16%) Public Sector
5 157 (11.28%) Banking
6 112 (8.05%) Influencing Skills
7 82 (5.89%) Retail
8 76 (5.46%) Marketing
9 54 (3.88%) Legal
10 42 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 38 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (2.23%) Local Government
14 30 (2.16%) Front Office
14 30 (2.16%) Investment Banking
14 30 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.72%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
17 22 (1.58%) Aviation
18 17 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 226 (16.24%) Analyst
2 213 (15.30%) Senior
3 181 (13.00%) Lead
4 162 (11.64%) Architect
5 99 (7.11%) Business Analyst
6 84 (6.03%) Data Engineer
7 83 (5.96%) Project Manager
8 67 (4.81%) Data Analyst
9 66 (4.74%) Developer
10 54 (3.88%) Consultant
11 53 (3.81%) Data Scientist
12 46 (3.30%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
14 42 (3.02%) Product Manager
15 38 (2.73%) Data Architect
15 38 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (2.16%) Designer
17 28 (2.01%) Product Owner
17 28 (2.01%) Senior Data Engineer
18 27 (1.94%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.96%) Terraform
2 40 (2.87%) REST
3 32 (2.30%) Kafka
4 31 (2.23%) React
5 26 (1.87%) PySpark
6 22 (1.58%) Pandas
7 17 (1.22%) Middleware
8 15 (1.08%) Spring
9 14 (1.01%) .NET
9 14 (1.01%) Spring Boot
10 13 (0.93%) HTML
10 13 (0.93%) Node.js
10 13 (0.93%) RESTful
11 12 (0.86%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.86%) JSON
11 12 (0.86%) NumPy
12 11 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (0.72%) scikit-learn
14 9 (0.65%) LangChain
14 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.40%) Product Ownership
2 98 (7.04%) Cloud Native
3 57 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 49 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 40 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.80%) AI Agents
7 34 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 27 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
10 25 (1.80%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.65%) NHS
12 22 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.29%) FMCG
13 18 (1.29%) Operational Technology
14 17 (1.22%) CMDB
14 17 (1.22%) Data Centre
15 16 (1.15%) PMI
16 15 (1.08%) Taxonomies
17 13 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
18 12 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.22%) Windows
2 15 (1.08%) Linux
3 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.43%) Unix
5 5 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) Android
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.072%) Solaris
7 1 (0.072%) VMS
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (33.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 385 (27.66%) Agile
3 364 (26.15%) Analytics
4 312 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 307 (22.05%) AI
6 282 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
7 273 (19.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 239 (17.17%) Roadmaps
9 196 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
9 196 (14.08%) Data Modelling
10 183 (13.15%) CI/CD
11 178 (12.79%) DevOps
12 155 (11.14%) Data Pipeline
13 139 (9.99%) Actionable Insight
13 139 (9.99%) Validation
14 135 (9.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 132 (9.48%) Data Governance
16 131 (9.41%) Data Engineering
17 125 (8.98%) Migration
18 122 (8.76%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 275 (19.76%) SQL
2 270 (19.40%) Python
3 69 (4.96%) Java
4 46 (3.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (3.23%) TypeScript
6 28 (2.01%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.29%) C#
7 18 (1.29%) R
8 10 (0.72%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.65%) Bash
10 8 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 8 (0.57%) VBA
11 7 (0.50%) Bicep
11 7 (0.50%) C++
12 6 (0.43%) Ruby
12 6 (0.43%) SPARQL
13 5 (0.36%) Cypher
13 5 (0.36%) Gremlin
13 5 (0.36%) Scala
13 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 237 (17.03%) Security Cleared
2 180 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 106 (7.61%) Degree
4 54 (3.88%) PMP
5 50 (3.59%) PMI Certification
6 35 (2.51%) DV Cleared
7 25 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.29%) ACCA
9 18 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.22%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.08%) CISSP
12 13 (0.93%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.86%) CIMA
14 10 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.57%) CISM
17 6 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 5 (0.36%) CTC Cleared
18 5 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (14.01%) Data Quality
2 86 (6.18%) PMO
3 71 (5.10%) QA
4 51 (3.66%) GDPR
5 46 (3.30%) Accessibility
6 24 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 22 (1.58%) NIST
8 18 (1.29%) GRC
8 18 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.65%) IFRS
10 8 (0.57%) COREP
10 8 (0.57%) FINREP
10 8 (0.57%) SLA
11 7 (0.50%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.36%) NCSC
12 5 (0.36%) SEPA
13 4 (0.29%) GAAP
14 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (3.81%) Docker
2 21 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.50%) IAG
5 2 (0.14%) Postfix
5 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.072%) Firmware
6 1 (0.072%) NFS
6 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.072%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.072%) Squid
6 1 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 71 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.15%) Ansible
3 11 (0.79%) Grafana
3 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.43%) Kibana
4 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.36%) Control-M
6 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.22%) Istio
7 3 (0.22%) SCCM
8 2 (0.14%) Packer
8 2 (0.14%) Puppet
9 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.072%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.072%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.072%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.072%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 194 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.53%) Databricks
3 48 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.23%) Oracle
5 44 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 44 (3.16%) SAP
6 41 (2.95%) Google
7 16 (1.15%) Workday
8 13 (0.93%) Adobe
9 12 (0.86%) Murex
10 11 (0.79%) Zscaler
11 9 (0.65%) Informatica
11 9 (0.65%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.65%) Splunk
12 8 (0.57%) Amplitude
12 8 (0.57%) Bloomberg
12 8 (0.57%) Foundry
12 8 (0.57%) GoldenSource
13 7 (0.50%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.50%) IBM