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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 50 91
Rank change year-on-year +21 +41 -5
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,454 663 444
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.15% 4.94% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.04% 5.33% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 437 269
10th Percentile £393 £337 £323
25th Percentile £463 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £656 £675
90th Percentile £806 £750 £775
England median daily rate £538 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +4.37% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 7
10th Percentile £26.25 £28.06 £31.70
25th Percentile £26.52 £30.96 £34.38
Median hourly rate £32.00 £33.46 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -21.27% +1.57%
75th Percentile £54.50 £46.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.13 £50.10 £52.25
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.49 £42.50
% change year-on-year +58.78% -25.91% -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 18,089 12,436 14,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,828 8,226 9,619
10th Percentile £360 £325 £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 300 251 180
10th Percentile £16.68 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%
75th Percentile £57.13 £48.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.63 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +14 213 £625 +13.64% 472
West London +19 73 £700 +33.33% 119
South London -2 10 £650 +8.33% 34
East London +7 7 £600 +4.35% 26
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 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
1 38 (2.61%) Confluence
2 25 (1.72%) Apache Spark
2 25 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.96%) Apache
4 6 (0.41%) CMS
5 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.34%) 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%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.069%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 89 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.48%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.34%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.21%) Endur
5 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.14%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.14%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
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%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.069%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 269 (18.50%) Azure
2 264 (18.16%) AWS
3 178 (12.24%) Power Platform
4 80 (5.50%) GCP
5 67 (4.61%) Snowflake
6 66 (4.54%) SaaS
7 46 (3.16%) dbt
8 45 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (2.89%) Amazon S3
10 39 (2.68%) GitHub
11 38 (2.61%) Serverless
12 29 (1.99%) Entra ID
13 27 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
15 25 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 20 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (1.38%) OCI
17 18 (1.24%) Amazon Bedrock
17 18 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (1.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.96%) WAN
2 12 (0.83%) Firewall
2 12 (0.83%) Network Security
3 11 (0.76%) Broadband
4 9 (0.62%) VPN
5 8 (0.55%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.34%) DNS
6 5 (0.34%) LAN
7 4 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.28%) IPsec
7 4 (0.28%) Modbus
7 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.21%) BGP
8 3 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
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%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (11.76%) Power BI
2 70 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (4.33%) Metadata
4 49 (3.37%) Tableau
5 32 (2.20%) Power Query
6 30 (2.06%) BigQuery
7 28 (1.93%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.79%) Delta Lake
9 25 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.51%) Looker
11 21 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (1.24%) Big Data
12 18 (1.24%) SQL Server
13 17 (1.17%) NoSQL
14 16 (1.10%) Star Schema
15 15 (1.03%) MongoDB
16 14 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (0.96%) DynamoDB
16 14 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 60 (4.13%) JIRA
2 41 (2.82%) Git
3 25 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.76%) GitLab
5 7 (0.48%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) JUnit
6 5 (0.34%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.21%) ERwin
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%) PowerBuilder
8 2 (0.14%) REST Assured
General
1 552 (37.96%) Social Skills
2 497 (34.18%) Finance
3 358 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (15.34%) Public Sector
5 164 (11.28%) Banking
6 132 (9.08%) Influencing Skills
7 83 (5.71%) Retail
8 80 (5.50%) Marketing
9 56 (3.85%) Legal
10 43 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
11 42 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (2.34%) Front Office
13 34 (2.34%) Local Government
14 31 (2.13%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.65%) Telecoms
16 23 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
17 22 (1.51%) Aviation
17 22 (1.51%) Financial Institution
18 20 (1.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 230 (15.82%) Analyst
2 224 (15.41%) Senior
3 195 (13.41%) Lead
4 182 (12.52%) Architect
5 99 (6.81%) Business Analyst
6 86 (5.91%) Project Manager
7 84 (5.78%) Data Engineer
8 69 (4.75%) Data Analyst
9 63 (4.33%) Developer
10 57 (3.92%) Consultant
11 52 (3.58%) Data Scientist
12 50 (3.44%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.03%) Product Manager
14 44 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
15 43 (2.96%) Data Architect
16 30 (2.06%) Designer
16 30 (2.06%) Senior Data Engineer
16 30 (2.06%) Technical Leader
17 28 (1.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.12%) Terraform
2 38 (2.61%) REST
3 37 (2.54%) Kafka
4 29 (1.99%) PySpark
4 29 (1.99%) React
5 19 (1.31%) Pandas
6 17 (1.17%) Spring
7 16 (1.10%) Spring Boot
8 15 (1.03%) Middleware
9 14 (0.96%) .NET
9 14 (0.96%) HTML
9 14 (0.96%) Node.js
10 13 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (0.89%) RESTful
11 11 (0.76%) AngularJS
11 11 (0.76%) ATL
11 11 (0.76%) LangChain
12 10 (0.69%) JSON
12 10 (0.69%) NumPy
13 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.22%) Product Ownership
2 102 (7.02%) Cloud Native
3 66 (4.54%) Onboarding
4 53 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 43 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
6 38 (2.61%) AI Agents
7 34 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 32 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (1.86%) NHS
11 25 (1.72%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.58%) Operational Technology
13 20 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.17%) Taxonomies
15 16 (1.10%) Data Centre
16 15 (1.03%) CMDB
16 15 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
16 15 (1.03%) FMCG
17 14 (0.96%) Social Media
18 13 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.24%) 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%) 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
1 525 (36.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 405 (27.85%) Agile
3 381 (26.20%) Analytics
4 330 (22.70%) AI
5 312 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 302 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
7 291 (20.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 263 (18.09%) Roadmaps
9 197 (13.55%) Business Intelligence
10 191 (13.14%) Data Modelling
11 185 (12.72%) CI/CD
12 179 (12.31%) DevOps
13 153 (10.52%) Actionable Insight
14 147 (10.11%) Data Pipeline
14 147 (10.11%) Validation
15 142 (9.77%) Data Governance
16 138 (9.49%) Machine Learning
16 138 (9.49%) Risk Management
17 132 (9.08%) Data Engineering
18 127 (8.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 284 (19.53%) SQL
2 274 (18.84%) Python
3 73 (5.02%) Java
4 44 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 44 (3.03%) TypeScript
5 27 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.51%) C#
7 20 (1.38%) R
8 15 (1.03%) Bash
9 10 (0.69%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.55%) Scala
10 8 (0.55%) 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
1 249 (17.13%) Security Cleared
2 195 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 112 (7.70%) Degree
4 57 (3.92%) PMP
5 52 (3.58%) PMI Certification
6 40 (2.75%) DV Cleared
7 30 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.44%) ACCA
9 19 (1.31%) CISSP
10 18 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 17 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.96%) CIMA
13 13 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.76%) CISM
15 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 7 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (13.76%) Data Quality
2 86 (5.91%) PMO
3 72 (4.95%) QA
4 56 (3.85%) GDPR
5 50 (3.44%) Accessibility
6 31 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
7 28 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.86%) NIST
9 21 (1.44%) GRC
10 12 (0.83%) 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 (0.28%) GAAP
16 3 (0.21%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (4.26%) Docker
2 19 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.48%) 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%) Squid
7 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.96%) Ansible
3 12 (0.83%) Grafana
4 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.41%) Kibana
7 5 (0.34%) Control-M
7 5 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
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%) Argo
11 1 (0.069%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.069%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 204 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.26%) Databricks
3 48 (3.30%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.09%) Oracle
4 45 (3.09%) Salesforce
4 45 (3.09%) SAP
5 34 (2.34%) Google
6 15 (1.03%) Workday
7 14 (0.96%) Adobe
8 11 (0.76%) Informatica
9 10 (0.69%) Murex
9 10 (0.69%) Splunk
9 10 (0.69%) Zscaler
10 9 (0.62%) Amplitude
10 9 (0.62%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.62%) Foundry
10 9 (0.62%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.55%) IBM
12 7 (0.48%) GoldenSource
12 7 (0.48%) Teradata