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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 49 87
Rank change year-on-year +20 +38 +3
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,468 661 443
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.21% 4.94% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.11% 5.34% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 438 271
10th Percentile £386 £338 £350
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £675
90th Percentile £808 £765 £775
England median daily rate £540 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 7
10th Percentile £22.95 £28.40 £31.70
25th Percentile £26.38 £31.09 £34.38
Median hourly rate £32.00 £34.23 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% -19.46% +6.70%
75th Percentile £56.63 £45.87 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.49 £49.78 £52.25
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.35 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.52% -26.25% -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 18,097 12,373 14,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.52% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,869 8,168 9,467
10th Percentile £360 £330 £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 £674 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 249 177
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.06 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.27%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +18 214 £625 +13.64% 467
West London +17 73 £700 +33.33% 154
South London +1 13 £650 +4.00% 32
East London +8 7 £600 +4.35% 21
North London 0 1 £550 -15.38% 8
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 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (2.59%) Confluence
3 28 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 26 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.02%) Apache
6 6 (0.41%) CMS
7 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.34%) SAS
8 4 (0.27%) HCL Notes
8 4 (0.27%) Mendix
9 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.14%) Camunda
9 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.068%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.068%) Appian
10 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.068%) nginx
10 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 95 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.61%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.48%) CPLEX
8 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.068%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.95%) 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
4 4 (0.27%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.20%) Endur
5 3 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.20%) 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
7 1 (0.068%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.068%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.068%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 271 (18.46%) Azure
2 267 (18.19%) AWS
3 182 (12.40%) Power Platform
4 83 (5.65%) GCP
5 71 (4.84%) Snowflake
6 66 (4.50%) SaaS
7 46 (3.13%) dbt
8 44 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (2.72%) Amazon S3
10 39 (2.66%) GitHub
11 35 (2.38%) Serverless
12 29 (1.98%) Entra ID
13 26 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
14 24 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 20 (1.36%) OCI
16 19 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.23%) Amazon Bedrock
18 17 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.95%) WAN
2 12 (0.82%) Network Security
3 11 (0.75%) Broadband
3 11 (0.75%) Firewall
4 8 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.48%) VPN
6 5 (0.34%) LAN
7 4 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.27%) IPsec
7 4 (0.27%) Modbus
7 4 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.20%) BGP
8 3 (0.20%) DNS
8 3 (0.20%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.20%) MPLS
8 3 (0.20%) OSPF
8 3 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.20%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.20%) X.509
9 2 (0.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (11.92%) Power BI
2 71 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (4.22%) Metadata
4 53 (3.61%) Tableau
5 32 (2.18%) Power Query
6 31 (2.11%) BigQuery
7 28 (1.91%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.77%) Delta Lake
8 26 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
10 22 (1.50%) Looker
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 (1.02%) DynamoDB
14 15 (1.02%) MongoDB
14 15 (1.02%) Semantic Layer
15 14 (0.95%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 60 (4.09%) JIRA
2 42 (2.86%) Git
3 26 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.61%) GitLab
5 8 (0.54%) Claude Code
6 6 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 6 (0.41%) JUnit
7 5 (0.34%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.20%) Maven
8 3 (0.20%) MLflow
8 3 (0.20%) Mockito
8 3 (0.20%) Selenium
8 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.20%) VTune
8 3 (0.20%) Xcode
9 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.14%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.14%) jMock
9 2 (0.14%) TestNG
General
1 563 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 500 (34.06%) Finance
3 358 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 232 (15.80%) Public Sector
5 167 (11.38%) Banking
6 135 (9.20%) Influencing Skills
7 87 (5.93%) Retail
8 80 (5.45%) Marketing
9 54 (3.68%) Legal
10 45 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
11 44 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (2.52%) Local Government
12 37 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.38%) Front Office
14 33 (2.25%) Investment Banking
15 22 (1.50%) Aviation
15 22 (1.50%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.50%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.36%) Manufacturing
17 19 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 232 (15.80%) Analyst
2 227 (15.46%) Senior
3 204 (13.90%) Lead
4 186 (12.67%) Architect
5 101 (6.88%) Business Analyst
6 84 (5.72%) Project Manager
7 80 (5.45%) Data Engineer
8 69 (4.70%) Developer
9 68 (4.63%) Data Analyst
10 60 (4.09%) Consultant
11 52 (3.54%) Data Scientist
12 49 (3.34%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.00%) Data Architect
15 43 (2.93%) Product Manager
15 43 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.25%) Technical Leader
17 30 (2.04%) Designer
18 29 (1.98%) Senior Data Engineer
19 28 (1.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.06%) Terraform
2 39 (2.66%) Kafka
3 38 (2.59%) REST
4 30 (2.04%) React
5 28 (1.91%) PySpark
6 19 (1.29%) Pandas
7 17 (1.16%) Spring
8 16 (1.09%) Spring Boot
9 14 (0.95%) .NET
9 14 (0.95%) HTML
9 14 (0.95%) Middleware
9 14 (0.95%) Node.js
9 14 (0.95%) RESTful
10 13 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
11 11 (0.75%) ATL
11 11 (0.75%) LangChain
12 10 (0.68%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.68%) NumPy
13 9 (0.61%) JSON
13 9 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.29%) Product Ownership
2 104 (7.08%) Cloud Native
3 69 (4.70%) Onboarding
4 55 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 43 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.66%) AI Agents
7 34 (2.32%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (1.84%) NHS
11 26 (1.77%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.57%) Operational Technology
13 21 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.36%) Data Centre
15 19 (1.29%) Taxonomies
16 15 (1.02%) CMDB
16 15 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
16 15 (1.02%) FMCG
16 15 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
17 14 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.16%) Windows
2 16 (1.09%) Linux
3 8 (0.54%) 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
1 538 (36.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 405 (27.59%) Agile
3 385 (26.23%) Analytics
4 332 (22.62%) AI
5 313 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 298 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
7 294 (20.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 270 (18.39%) Roadmaps
9 200 (13.62%) Business Intelligence
10 188 (12.81%) CI/CD
10 188 (12.81%) Data Modelling
11 175 (11.92%) DevOps
12 155 (10.56%) Actionable Insight
13 149 (10.15%) Validation
14 146 (9.95%) Data Governance
14 146 (9.95%) Data Pipeline
15 142 (9.67%) Risk Management
16 138 (9.40%) Machine Learning
17 134 (9.13%) Migration
18 127 (8.65%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 291 (19.82%) SQL
2 273 (18.60%) Python
3 73 (4.97%) Java
4 45 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 45 (3.07%) TypeScript
5 29 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.50%) C#
7 21 (1.43%) R
8 15 (1.02%) Bash
9 9 (0.61%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.61%) Scala
10 8 (0.54%) VBA
11 7 (0.48%) Bicep
11 7 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.41%) C++
12 6 (0.41%) SPARQL
12 6 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.34%) Cypher
13 5 (0.34%) Ruby
13 5 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 253 (17.23%) Security Cleared
2 199 (13.56%) SC Cleared
3 111 (7.56%) Degree
4 56 (3.81%) PMP
5 52 (3.54%) PMI Certification
6 39 (2.66%) DV Cleared
7 34 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.43%) ACCA
9 20 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.23%) CISSP
10 18 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.09%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.95%) CIMA
14 11 (0.75%) CISM
15 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 5 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
18 5 (0.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (13.96%) Data Quality
2 86 (5.86%) PMO
3 71 (4.84%) QA
4 56 (3.81%) GDPR
5 52 (3.54%) Accessibility
6 32 (2.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 29 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 26 (1.77%) NIST
9 22 (1.50%) GRC
10 12 (0.82%) IFRS
11 9 (0.61%) SLA
12 8 (0.54%) ISO 20022
12 8 (0.54%) NCSC
13 7 (0.48%) COREP
13 7 (0.48%) FINREP
14 5 (0.34%) SEPA
15 4 (0.27%) GAAP
16 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
16 3 (0.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 62 (4.22%) Docker
2 21 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.48%) IAG
5 5 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.20%) 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%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 77 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.16%) Ansible
3 12 (0.82%) Grafana
3 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.48%) Kibana
5 6 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.34%) Control-M
7 4 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.20%) Istio
8 3 (0.20%) Rancher
8 3 (0.20%) SCCM
8 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.14%) Packer
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.068%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.068%) Argo
10 1 (0.068%) CA Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 207 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.34%) Databricks
3 48 (3.27%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.07%) Salesforce
5 43 (2.93%) Oracle
6 41 (2.79%) SAP
7 39 (2.66%) Google
8 14 (0.95%) Workday
9 13 (0.89%) Adobe
10 10 (0.68%) Informatica
10 10 (0.68%) Murex
10 10 (0.68%) Splunk
10 10 (0.68%) Zscaler
11 9 (0.61%) Amplitude
11 9 (0.61%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.61%) IBM
11 9 (0.61%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.54%) Foundry
13 7 (0.48%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.48%) Teradata