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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 50 77
Rank change year-on-year +20 +27 +17
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,215 580 526
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.45% 4.74% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.27% 5.13% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 800 384 362
10th Percentile £375 £363 £288
25th Percentile £449 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £545 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +5.42% -12.22%
75th Percentile £668 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 22
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.75 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.63 £28.40 £27.81
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £29.16
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +9.76% -33.53%
75th Percentile £61.25 £51.22 £45.31
90th Percentile £75.70 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.20 £18.50
% change year-on-year +13.88% +68.65% -57.82%

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 16,716 11,308 15,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.77% 92.32% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,135 7,565 11,176
10th Percentile £359 £346 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 198 317
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +19.45% -28.97%
75th Percentile £58.96 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.40
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +4 168 £589 +7.05% 204
West London -3 37 £520 -8.64% 45
South London +5 18 £519 -13.58% 9
East London -2 5 £697 -10.06% 25
North London - 1 £325 - 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 36 (2.96%) Confluence
2 21 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.82%) nginx
6 5 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.33%) Apache
7 4 (0.33%) CMS
8 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.16%) Camunda
9 2 (0.16%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.16%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.16%) Mendix
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 89 (7.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.48%) Chatbot
6 14 (1.15%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.082%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.082%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.41%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.41%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.41%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.25%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.16%) Lorenzo
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 244 (20.08%) Azure
2 205 (16.87%) AWS
3 165 (13.58%) Power Platform
4 95 (7.82%) GCP
5 70 (5.76%) SaaS
6 41 (3.37%) Amazon S3
7 39 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (3.21%) Snowflake
8 37 (3.05%) Serverless
9 34 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 33 (2.72%) GitHub
11 28 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 24 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (1.56%) dbt
15 18 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (1.40%) Collibra
16 17 (1.40%) Entra ID
17 16 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (1.23%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.32%) VPN
2 14 (1.15%) Firewall
3 13 (1.07%) DNS
4 11 (0.91%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.74%) HTTP
5 9 (0.74%) OpenVPN
6 8 (0.66%) Network Security
7 6 (0.49%) WAN
8 4 (0.33%) NAS
8 4 (0.33%) SAN
9 3 (0.25%) BGP
9 3 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (0.25%) MPLS
9 3 (0.25%) OSPF
9 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.25%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.16%) Intelligent Network
10 2 (0.16%) IPsec
10 2 (0.16%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (13.09%) Power BI
2 63 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (4.28%) Metadata
3 52 (4.28%) Tableau
4 30 (2.47%) BigQuery
5 29 (2.39%) Data Lake
6 28 (2.30%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
8 21 (1.73%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.65%) Power Query
10 19 (1.56%) Big Data
10 19 (1.56%) Looker
10 19 (1.56%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.56%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.15%) Delta Lake
12 14 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (1.07%) Parquet
14 12 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 78 (6.42%) JIRA
2 38 (3.13%) Git
3 18 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.07%) GitLab
5 11 (0.91%) SonarQube
6 10 (0.82%) MLflow
7 9 (0.74%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.49%) ERwin
8 6 (0.49%) JUnit
9 5 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket Server
10 4 (0.33%) DbUnit
10 4 (0.33%) jMock
10 4 (0.33%) Maven
10 4 (0.33%) Mockito
11 3 (0.25%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.25%) Toad
12 2 (0.16%) Postman
12 2 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
12 2 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 432 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 425 (34.98%) Finance
3 278 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (14.07%) Public Sector
5 121 (9.96%) Banking
6 65 (5.35%) Marketing
7 59 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
8 56 (4.61%) Retail
9 50 (4.12%) Legal
10 40 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
11 39 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.96%) Telecoms
13 32 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 27 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (2.14%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.56%) Local Government
17 16 (1.32%) Billing
17 16 (1.32%) Front Office
18 15 (1.23%) Investment Banking
19 12 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 191 (15.72%) Senior
2 190 (15.64%) Analyst
3 148 (12.18%) Lead
4 102 (8.40%) Architect
5 92 (7.57%) Business Analyst
6 91 (7.49%) Data Engineer
7 87 (7.16%) Project Manager
8 74 (6.09%) Developer
9 66 (5.43%) Data Analyst
10 53 (4.36%) Consultant
11 42 (3.46%) Data Scientist
12 38 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.88%) Product Manager
14 33 (2.72%) User Researcher
15 32 (2.63%) Senior Manager
16 31 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
17 28 (2.30%) Senior Data Engineer
18 26 (2.14%) Technical Leader
19 24 (1.98%) Product Owner
20 23 (1.89%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.13%) REST
2 28 (2.30%) Pandas
3 27 (2.22%) React
4 22 (1.81%) PySpark
5 21 (1.73%) Middleware
6 20 (1.65%) .NET
7 19 (1.56%) Kafka
7 19 (1.56%) scikit-learn
8 18 (1.48%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.40%) RESTful
10 16 (1.32%) NumPy
10 16 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.23%) Spring
11 15 (1.23%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.07%) PyTorch
13 11 (0.91%) LangChain
13 11 (0.91%) Node.js
14 10 (0.82%) JSON
14 10 (0.82%) OpenID
15 9 (0.74%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.24%) Cloud Native
2 78 (6.42%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (3.05%) Virtual Team
5 34 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.47%) AI Agents
6 30 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (1.73%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.56%) FMCG
10 18 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 18 (1.48%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.40%) PMI
12 16 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.23%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.23%) NHS
14 13 (1.07%) Taxonomies
15 11 (0.91%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.91%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.32%) Windows
2 12 (0.99%) Linux
3 5 (0.41%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.25%) VMS
4 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.16%) Android
6 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.082%) Solaris
6 1 (0.082%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (26.91%) Agile
2 293 (24.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 287 (23.62%) Analytics
4 248 (20.41%) AI
5 245 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 243 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (16.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 189 (15.56%) Roadmaps
9 181 (14.90%) Business Intelligence
10 176 (14.49%) Data Modelling
11 164 (13.50%) CI/CD
12 156 (12.84%) DevOps
13 138 (11.36%) Data Pipeline
14 128 (10.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 126 (10.37%) Actionable Insight
16 124 (10.21%) Migration
16 124 (10.21%) Project Management
17 116 (9.55%) ETL
18 113 (9.30%) Data Science
19 112 (9.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 247 (20.33%) SQL
2 237 (19.51%) Python
3 63 (5.19%) Java
4 43 (3.54%) TypeScript
5 31 (2.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (1.73%) C#
7 19 (1.56%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.40%) R
9 13 (1.07%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.66%) VBA
11 7 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.41%) Bicep
12 5 (0.41%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.41%) Ruby
12 5 (0.41%) Scala
13 4 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.25%) C++
15 2 (0.16%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.16%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 213 (17.53%) Security Cleared
2 175 (14.40%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.89%) Degree
4 49 (4.03%) PMP
5 43 (3.54%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.98%) DV Cleared
9 23 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.40%) ACCA
10 17 (1.40%) CISSP
11 14 (1.15%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.91%) CIMA
13 10 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.82%) CISM
14 8 (0.66%) CBAP
14 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.49%) CISA
16 6 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (13.99%) Data Quality
2 79 (6.50%) PMO
3 65 (5.35%) QA
4 40 (3.29%) GDPR
5 33 (2.72%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.65%) NIST
7 18 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.91%) GRC
8 11 (0.91%) SLA
9 10 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.58%) COREP
10 7 (0.58%) FINREP
10 7 (0.58%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.49%) GAAP
11 6 (0.49%) IFRS
12 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.41%) NCSC
13 4 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (2.55%) Docker
2 13 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.74%) Squid
4 6 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.33%) NFS
6 3 (0.25%) IAG
6 3 (0.25%) Postfix
6 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.082%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.082%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.082%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (6.42%) Terraform
2 60 (4.94%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.48%) Grafana
4 14 (1.15%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.07%) Ansible
6 12 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.58%) Consul
8 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.41%) Kibana
10 4 (0.33%) Control-M
10 4 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (0.33%) vMotion
11 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.25%) SCCM
12 2 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.16%) Argo
12 2 (0.16%) Istio
12 2 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 177 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.77%) Oracle
3 55 (4.53%) Databricks
4 46 (3.79%) Google
5 43 (3.54%) SAP
6 37 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.96%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.65%) Workday
9 13 (1.07%) Adobe
10 12 (0.99%) Atlassian
10 12 (0.99%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.91%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.74%) Foundry
13 8 (0.66%) Murex
13 8 (0.66%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.66%) VMware
14 7 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.58%) GoldenSource
14 7 (0.58%) Informatica
14 7 (0.58%) Splunk