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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 67 71
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +20
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 768 524 590
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.33% 3.49% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.84% 3.87% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 326 422
10th Percentile £351 £356 £375
25th Percentile £414 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £699 £650
90th Percentile £775 £863 £750
England median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 17
10th Percentile - £30.50 £27.18
25th Percentile £18.25 £31.46 £35.00
Median hourly rate £31.49 £37.50 £42.31
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% -11.36% -23.08%
75th Percentile £39.63 £50.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £42.67 £60.75 £65.04
England median hourly rate £31.49 £34.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year -9.38% -24.75% +4.01%

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 13,161 13,523 16,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.38% 90.14% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,663 8,690 11,795
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 236
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.42
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £33.35
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +9.46% -13.52%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

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 24 December 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 24 December 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 24 December 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 +8 100 £525 -0.76% 350
West London -8 11 £525 -47.50% 29
South London -23 3 £750 +25.00% 24
North London +5 2 £575 - 4
East London +4 1 £575 +91.67% 18
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 31 (4.04%) Confluence
2 25 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.47%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.65%) Apache
5 5 (0.65%) CMS
6 4 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.26%) Appian
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.26%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.13%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 108 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (2.21%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.65%) Trello
7 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.52%) Notion
8 3 (0.39%) Sketch
8 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.26%) InVision
10 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 12 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.91%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.52%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.52%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.26%) Endur
6 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.26%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.13%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 143 (18.62%) Power Platform
2 114 (14.84%) Azure
3 92 (11.98%) AWS
4 43 (5.60%) GCP
5 30 (3.91%) SaaS
6 24 (3.13%) Snowflake
7 22 (2.86%) GitHub
8 20 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (2.08%) dbt
10 14 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (1.69%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.56%) Serverless
13 11 (1.43%) ChatGPT
13 11 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (1.43%) PaaS
14 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.78%) Firewall
2 5 (0.65%) Network Security
2 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.52%) Internet
3 4 (0.52%) Multicast
3 4 (0.52%) tcpdump
3 4 (0.52%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.39%) 5G
4 3 (0.39%) Broadband
4 3 (0.39%) VPN
5 2 (0.26%) Calico
5 2 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.26%) DMZ
5 2 (0.26%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.26%) ISDN
5 2 (0.26%) PSTN
5 2 (0.26%) Softphone
5 2 (0.26%) VSAN
5 2 (0.26%) WAN
5 2 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (17.71%) Power BI
2 41 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (5.08%) Tableau
4 27 (3.52%) Metadata
5 24 (3.13%) Big Data
6 23 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.60%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.34%) Relational Database
9 16 (2.08%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.82%) Power Query
11 13 (1.69%) Hadoop
11 13 (1.69%) Star Schema
12 11 (1.43%) Oracle Database
12 11 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.17%) Delta Lake
14 8 (1.04%) Apache Hive
14 8 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.91%) Impala
15 7 (0.91%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (6.38%) JIRA
2 32 (4.17%) Git
3 15 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.04%) GitLab
5 5 (0.65%) MLflow
5 5 (0.65%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.52%) Selenium
6 4 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.26%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.26%) Maven
8 2 (0.26%) Postman
8 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.13%) LSMW
9 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 312 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 267 (34.77%) Finance
3 259 (33.72%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (13.67%) Banking
5 103 (13.41%) Public Sector
6 45 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
7 43 (5.60%) Marketing
8 41 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.04%) Legal
10 26 (3.39%) Front Office
11 25 (3.26%) Publishing
12 23 (2.99%) Retail
13 22 (2.86%) Financial Institution
14 21 (2.73%) Local Government
15 20 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (2.08%) Investment Banking
17 15 (1.95%) Telecoms
18 14 (1.82%) Manufacturing
19 11 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 170 (22.14%) Analyst
2 91 (11.85%) Senior
3 79 (10.29%) Business Analyst
4 74 (9.64%) Lead
5 61 (7.94%) Developer
6 56 (7.29%) Architect
7 48 (6.25%) Data Analyst
8 44 (5.73%) Project Manager
9 34 (4.43%) Data Engineer
10 27 (3.52%) Senior Analyst
11 24 (3.13%) Consultant
12 23 (2.99%) Data Scientist
13 20 (2.60%) Senior Manager
14 18 (2.34%) Data Business Analyst
15 17 (2.21%) Senior Data Engineer
16 16 (2.08%) Product Manager
17 14 (1.82%) Senior Business Analyst
18 13 (1.69%) User Researcher
19 12 (1.56%) Data Architect
19 12 (1.56%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.73%) Kafka
2 18 (2.34%) AngularJS
3 16 (2.08%) Pandas
3 16 (2.08%) React
4 15 (1.95%) REST
4 15 (1.95%) scikit-learn
5 14 (1.82%) TensorFlow
6 12 (1.56%) NumPy
6 12 (1.56%) Plotly
6 12 (1.56%) PyTorch
6 12 (1.56%) XML
7 11 (1.43%) PySpark
8 10 (1.30%) .NET
8 10 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.30%) Middleware
8 10 (1.30%) RESTful
9 9 (1.17%) CSS
9 9 (1.17%) HTML
9 9 (1.17%) JSON
9 9 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.60%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 36 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 28 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 26 (3.39%) Algorithms
6 25 (3.26%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.47%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.82%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.56%) Derivative
12 11 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.30%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.17%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (1.04%) NHS
15 8 (1.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.13%) Linux
2 14 (1.82%) Windows
3 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Unix
4 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (26.30%) Agile
2 201 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
3 186 (24.22%) Analytics
4 157 (20.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 151 (19.66%) Business Intelligence
6 119 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 117 (15.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 116 (15.10%) AI
8 116 (15.10%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 104 (13.54%) Roadmaps
10 100 (13.02%) Data Modelling
11 99 (12.89%) Data Analysis
12 98 (12.76%) Actionable Insight
13 97 (12.63%) Visualisation
14 81 (10.55%) Project Management
15 79 (10.29%) Data Governance
16 69 (8.98%) CI/CD
16 69 (8.98%) Data Science
17 67 (8.72%) Risk Management
18 66 (8.59%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 169 (22.01%) SQL
2 145 (18.88%) Python
3 25 (3.26%) Java
4 19 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (2.34%) R
6 16 (2.08%) C++
7 15 (1.95%) Bash
7 15 (1.95%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.69%) C#
10 12 (1.56%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.17%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.17%) Scala
12 7 (0.91%) Bicep
12 7 (0.91%) VBA
13 6 (0.78%) Korn
14 5 (0.65%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.52%) Groovy
15 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 108 (14.06%) Degree
2 95 (12.37%) Security Cleared
3 78 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.52%) Master's Degree
6 23 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 22 (2.86%) PMP
8 11 (1.43%) CISSP
9 10 (1.30%) ACCA
9 10 (1.30%) CIMA
10 8 (1.04%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.04%) PhD
11 7 (0.91%) CISM
12 6 (0.78%) CBAP
12 6 (0.78%) MBA
13 5 (0.65%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.65%) MCP
14 4 (0.52%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (11.46%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.43%) PMO
3 30 (3.91%) QA
4 29 (3.78%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.86%) GDPR
6 15 (1.95%) NIST
7 14 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (1.17%) GRC
9 7 (0.91%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.65%) GMP
10 5 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.65%) WCAG
11 4 (0.52%) COBIT
11 4 (0.52%) NCSC
11 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.39%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 32 (4.17%) Docker
2 7 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.78%) HDFS
4 5 (0.65%) zsh
5 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.26%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 33 (4.30%) Terraform
2 31 (4.04%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.30%) ITRS Geneos
3 10 (1.30%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.17%) Grafana
5 4 (0.52%) Ansible
5 4 (0.52%) Kibana
5 4 (0.52%) logstash
5 4 (0.52%) Rancher
6 2 (0.26%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) Consul
7 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Packer
7 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.21%) SAP
3 38 (4.95%) Oracle
4 29 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 26 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.26%) Databricks
7 23 (2.99%) Google
8 13 (1.69%) Adobe
9 10 (1.30%) Solace
10 8 (1.04%) Cisco
10 8 (1.04%) TIBCO
11 7 (0.91%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.78%) Foundry
12 6 (0.78%) Planview
13 5 (0.65%) Software AG
13 5 (0.65%) Workday
14 4 (0.52%) Dataiku
14 4 (0.52%) Juniper
14 4 (0.52%) UiPath
14 4 (0.52%) Xero