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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 51 88
Rank change year-on-year +22 +37 -2
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,462 662 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.18% 4.92% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.07% 5.31% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 438 278
10th Percentile £393 £338 £321
25th Percentile £469 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £659 £675
90th Percentile £808 £754 £775
England median daily rate £540 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 7
10th Percentile £22.95 £28.06 £31.70
25th Percentile £26.38 £30.96 £34.38
Median hourly rate £32.00 £33.46 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -21.27% +6.70%
75th Percentile £56.63 £46.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.49 £50.10 £52.25
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.20 £41.09
% change year-on-year +60.26% -24.07% -10.44%

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 18,107 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.93% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,868 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
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 306 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +18 216 £625 +13.64% 440
West London +19 73 £700 +33.33% 116
South London -2 11 £650 +4.00% 30
East London +8 8 £613 +6.52% 24
North London 0 1 £550 -15.38% 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 38 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
1 38 (2.60%) Confluence
2 25 (1.71%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 14 (0.96%) Apache
5 6 (0.41%) CMS
6 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.34%) SAS
7 4 (0.27%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.27%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.14%) Camunda
8 2 (0.14%) nginx
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.068%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.068%) Appian
9 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
Applications
1 90 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.48%) CPLEX
8 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.068%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.21%) Endur
5 3 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.14%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.14%) CA PPM
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 (0.068%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.068%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 270 (18.47%) AWS
2 269 (18.40%) Azure
3 174 (11.90%) Power Platform
4 83 (5.68%) GCP
5 67 (4.58%) Snowflake
6 65 (4.45%) SaaS
7 45 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.08%) dbt
8 41 (2.80%) Amazon S3
9 39 (2.67%) GitHub
9 39 (2.67%) Serverless
10 31 (2.12%) Entra ID
11 28 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 20 (1.37%) OCI
15 19 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (1.23%) Amazon Bedrock
16 18 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.96%) WAN
2 12 (0.82%) Firewall
2 12 (0.82%) Network Security
3 11 (0.75%) Broadband
4 8 (0.55%) SD-WAN
4 8 (0.55%) VPN
5 5 (0.34%) DNS
5 5 (0.34%) LAN
6 4 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
6 4 (0.27%) IPsec
6 4 (0.27%) Modbus
6 4 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.21%) BGP
7 3 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.21%) MPLS
7 3 (0.21%) OSPF
7 3 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
7 3 (0.21%) X.509
8 2 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (11.42%) Power BI
2 69 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (4.24%) Metadata
4 49 (3.35%) Tableau
5 32 (2.19%) Power Query
6 30 (2.05%) BigQuery
7 28 (1.92%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.78%) Delta Lake
8 26 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.78%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.57%) Looker
10 22 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (1.23%) Big Data
12 17 (1.16%) NoSQL
12 17 (1.16%) Star Schema
13 16 (1.09%) SQL Server
14 15 (1.03%) MongoDB
14 15 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
15 14 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (0.96%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (4.10%) JIRA
2 40 (2.74%) Git
3 27 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.75%) GitLab
5 8 (0.55%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) JUnit
6 5 (0.34%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.21%) Maven
7 3 (0.21%) MLflow
7 3 (0.21%) Mockito
7 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.21%) VTune
7 3 (0.21%) Xcode
8 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.14%) DbUnit
8 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.14%) jMock
8 2 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 554 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 503 (34.40%) Finance
3 358 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (15.66%) Public Sector
5 166 (11.35%) Banking
6 135 (9.23%) Influencing Skills
7 84 (5.75%) Retail
8 80 (5.47%) Marketing
9 55 (3.76%) Legal
10 44 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 44 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 37 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.33%) Front Office
12 34 (2.33%) Local Government
13 32 (2.19%) Investment Banking
14 24 (1.64%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
16 22 (1.50%) Aviation
16 22 (1.50%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 231 (15.80%) Analyst
2 226 (15.46%) Senior
3 201 (13.75%) Lead
4 183 (12.52%) Architect
5 100 (6.84%) Business Analyst
6 86 (5.88%) Project Manager
7 79 (5.40%) Data Engineer
8 68 (4.65%) Data Analyst
9 66 (4.51%) Developer
10 57 (3.90%) Consultant
11 52 (3.56%) Data Scientist
12 50 (3.42%) Senior Manager
13 46 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.01%) Product Manager
15 42 (2.87%) Data Architect
15 42 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.26%) Technical Leader
17 31 (2.12%) Designer
18 29 (1.98%) Senior Data Engineer
19 28 (1.92%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (6.36%) Terraform
2 38 (2.60%) Kafka
2 38 (2.60%) REST
3 30 (2.05%) React
4 28 (1.92%) PySpark
5 19 (1.30%) Pandas
6 17 (1.16%) Spring
7 16 (1.09%) Spring Boot
8 14 (0.96%) .NET
8 14 (0.96%) HTML
8 14 (0.96%) Middleware
8 14 (0.96%) Node.js
8 14 (0.96%) RESTful
9 13 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (0.75%) ATL
10 11 (0.75%) LangChain
11 10 (0.68%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.68%) JSON
11 10 (0.68%) NumPy
12 9 (0.62%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 106 (7.25%) Cloud Native
1 106 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 67 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.69%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (2.67%) AI Agents
6 34 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.26%) Virtual Team
8 29 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
9 27 (1.85%) NHS
10 25 (1.71%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.57%) Operational Technology
12 20 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
13 19 (1.30%) Data Centre
13 19 (1.30%) Taxonomies
14 15 (1.03%) CMDB
14 15 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.03%) FMCG
15 14 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.23%) Windows
2 15 (1.03%) Linux
3 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.41%) Unix
5 5 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) Android
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.068%) Solaris
7 1 (0.068%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (36.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 408 (27.91%) Agile
3 383 (26.20%) Analytics
4 336 (22.98%) AI
5 313 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 305 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
7 294 (20.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 265 (18.13%) Roadmaps
9 193 (13.20%) Business Intelligence
10 189 (12.93%) CI/CD
11 184 (12.59%) Data Modelling
12 180 (12.31%) DevOps
13 154 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
14 147 (10.05%) Validation
15 143 (9.78%) Data Governance
15 143 (9.78%) Data Pipeline
16 142 (9.71%) Risk Management
17 139 (9.51%) Machine Learning
18 130 (8.89%) Migration
19 129 (8.82%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 284 (19.43%) SQL
2 273 (18.67%) Python
3 71 (4.86%) Java
4 44 (3.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 44 (3.01%) TypeScript
5 27 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.50%) C#
7 20 (1.37%) R
8 16 (1.09%) Bash
9 10 (0.68%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.62%) Scala
11 8 (0.55%) VBA
12 7 (0.48%) Bicep
12 7 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.41%) C++
13 6 (0.41%) SPARQL
13 6 (0.41%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.34%) Cypher
14 5 (0.34%) Ruby
14 5 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 254 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 200 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 112 (7.66%) Degree
4 57 (3.90%) PMP
5 52 (3.56%) PMI Certification
6 39 (2.67%) DV Cleared
7 32 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.44%) ACCA
9 20 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.30%) CISSP
11 18 (1.23%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.09%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.96%) CIMA
14 11 (0.75%) CISM
15 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 5 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
18 5 (0.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (13.68%) Data Quality
2 86 (5.88%) PMO
3 72 (4.92%) QA
4 55 (3.76%) GDPR
5 51 (3.49%) Accessibility
6 31 (2.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 29 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.85%) NIST
9 22 (1.50%) GRC
10 12 (0.82%) IFRS
11 9 (0.62%) SLA
12 8 (0.55%) ISO 20022
12 8 (0.55%) NCSC
13 7 (0.48%) COREP
13 7 (0.48%) FINREP
14 5 (0.34%) SEPA
15 4 (0.27%) GAAP
16 3 (0.21%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 64 (4.38%) Docker
2 21 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.48%) IAG
5 5 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.21%) vSphere
7 2 (0.14%) Postfix
7 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.068%) Firmware
8 1 (0.068%) NFS
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.068%) Squid
8 1 (0.068%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 82 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.16%) Ansible
3 14 (0.96%) Grafana
4 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.48%) Kibana
7 5 (0.34%) Control-M
7 5 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.21%) Istio
9 3 (0.21%) Rancher
9 3 (0.21%) SCCM
10 2 (0.14%) Packer
10 2 (0.14%) Puppet
11 1 (0.068%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.068%) Argo
11 1 (0.068%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.068%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.068%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 201 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.29%) Databricks
3 50 (3.42%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.08%) Oracle
4 45 (3.08%) Salesforce
5 43 (2.94%) SAP
6 38 (2.60%) Google
7 15 (1.03%) Workday
8 13 (0.89%) Adobe
9 11 (0.75%) Informatica
10 10 (0.68%) Murex
10 10 (0.68%) Splunk
10 10 (0.68%) Zscaler
11 9 (0.62%) Amplitude
11 9 (0.62%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.62%) IBM
11 9 (0.62%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.55%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.55%) Foundry
13 7 (0.48%) GoldenSource