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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 49 75
Rank change year-on-year +19 +26 +22
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,164 569 542
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.39% 4.70% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 5.10% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 784 379 375
10th Percentile £377 £363 £299
25th Percentile £450 £422 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% -12.13%
75th Percentile £650 £655 £642
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 23
10th Percentile £26.52 £27.55 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.25 £28.60 -
Median hourly rate £34.23 £45.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% +61.81% -35.97%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.25 £41.88
90th Percentile £76.60 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.08 £18.50
% change year-on-year +60.90% +67.97% -58.36%

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 16,097 11,157 15,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.41% 92.20% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,758 7,514 11,083
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 181 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +10.33% -29.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.84 £63.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +8 158 £575 +4.55% 286
West London -6 36 £520 -13.33% 22
South London 0 18 £519 -13.58% 11
East London -2 5 £697 -10.06% 23
North London - 2 £413 - 5
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 (3.35%) Confluence
2 21 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.86%) nginx
6 5 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.17%) Camunda
9 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.17%) Mendix
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.17%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 90 (7.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (2.66%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.46%) MS Visio
6 16 (1.37%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.26%) Notion
9 1 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.086%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.086%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.086%) InVision
9 1 (0.086%) Sketch
9 1 (0.086%) SPSS
9 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.43%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.26%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.26%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.17%) Actimize
7 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.17%) Lorenzo
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 233 (20.02%) Azure
2 198 (17.01%) AWS
3 161 (13.83%) Power Platform
4 92 (7.90%) GCP
5 73 (6.27%) SaaS
6 38 (3.26%) Amazon S3
7 37 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (3.18%) Serverless
7 37 (3.18%) Snowflake
8 33 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 32 (2.75%) GitHub
10 29 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 28 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (1.55%) Collibra
13 18 (1.55%) dbt
13 18 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 16 (1.37%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.12%) DNS
1 13 (1.12%) VPN
2 12 (1.03%) Firewall
3 11 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.77%) HTTP
4 9 (0.77%) OpenVPN
5 4 (0.34%) NAS
5 4 (0.34%) Network Security
5 4 (0.34%) SAN
6 3 (0.26%) WAN
7 2 (0.17%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.17%) Calico
7 2 (0.17%) Intelligent Network
7 2 (0.17%) Intranet
7 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.17%) NaaS
7 2 (0.17%) VSAN
7 2 (0.17%) Wireless
8 1 (0.086%) RS-485
8 1 (0.086%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (13.14%) Power BI
2 63 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.73%) Tableau
4 52 (4.47%) Metadata
5 31 (2.66%) BigQuery
6 29 (2.49%) SQL Server
7 28 (2.41%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.72%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.63%) Looker
10 18 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (1.55%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.46%) Oracle Database
11 17 (1.46%) Power Query
12 16 (1.37%) Big Data
13 15 (1.29%) Delta Lake
14 14 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (1.12%) Parquet
16 12 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
17 11 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 81 (6.96%) JIRA
2 39 (3.35%) Git
3 17 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.12%) GitLab
5 12 (1.03%) MLflow
6 11 (0.95%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.77%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.52%) ERwin
8 6 (0.52%) JUnit
8 6 (0.52%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.34%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.34%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.34%) jMock
9 4 (0.34%) Maven
9 4 (0.34%) Mockito
10 3 (0.26%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.26%) Toad
11 2 (0.17%) Postman
11 2 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 414 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 400 (34.36%) Finance
3 270 (23.20%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (13.57%) Public Sector
5 128 (11.00%) Banking
6 66 (5.67%) Marketing
7 59 (5.07%) Influencing Skills
8 49 (4.21%) Retail
9 47 (4.04%) Legal
10 39 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (2.75%) Telecoms
13 28 (2.41%) Financial Institution
13 28 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 24 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.63%) Front Office
15 19 (1.63%) Local Government
16 18 (1.55%) Billing
17 16 (1.37%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 192 (16.49%) Analyst
2 176 (15.12%) Senior
3 135 (11.60%) Lead
4 97 (8.33%) Architect
5 93 (7.99%) Business Analyst
6 81 (6.96%) Data Engineer
7 78 (6.70%) Developer
8 75 (6.44%) Project Manager
9 68 (5.84%) Data Analyst
10 52 (4.47%) Consultant
11 38 (3.26%) Data Scientist
12 35 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
13 32 (2.75%) Product Manager
14 30 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
14 30 (2.58%) User Researcher
15 28 (2.41%) Senior Manager
16 27 (2.32%) Senior Data Engineer
17 24 (2.06%) Designer
18 22 (1.89%) Product Owner
19 21 (1.80%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.01%) REST
2 31 (2.66%) Pandas
3 21 (1.80%) React
4 20 (1.72%) .NET
4 20 (1.72%) Middleware
4 20 (1.72%) PySpark
5 19 (1.63%) Kafka
5 19 (1.63%) NumPy
5 19 (1.63%) scikit-learn
6 18 (1.55%) AngularJS
7 17 (1.46%) RESTful
8 16 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
8 16 (1.37%) Spring
8 16 (1.37%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.20%) PyTorch
10 12 (1.03%) LangChain
11 10 (0.86%) HTML
11 10 (0.86%) Node.js
11 10 (0.86%) OpenID
11 10 (0.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 78 (6.70%) Cloud Native
2 68 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 36 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 32 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (2.58%) Virtual Team
6 27 (2.32%) AI Agents
7 25 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.89%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.55%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.55%) PMI
11 18 (1.55%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.37%) NHS
14 15 (1.29%) FMCG
15 11 (0.95%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.95%) CMDB
16 10 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.12%) Windows
2 12 (1.03%) Linux
3 4 (0.34%) VMS
4 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.086%) Solaris
6 1 (0.086%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (26.55%) Agile
2 275 (23.63%) Analytics
3 270 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 240 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
5 228 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 227 (19.50%) AI
7 187 (16.07%) Roadmaps
8 181 (15.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 178 (15.29%) Business Intelligence
10 172 (14.78%) Data Modelling
11 151 (12.97%) CI/CD
12 149 (12.80%) DevOps
13 123 (10.57%) Data Pipeline
14 121 (10.40%) Actionable Insight
14 121 (10.40%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 118 (10.14%) Project Management
16 117 (10.05%) ETL
17 115 (9.88%) Data Governance
18 112 (9.62%) Migration
19 106 (9.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 240 (20.62%) SQL
2 226 (19.42%) Python
3 60 (5.15%) Java
4 35 (3.01%) TypeScript
5 28 (2.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (1.98%) C#
7 18 (1.55%) R
8 17 (1.46%) JavaScript
9 15 (1.29%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.69%) VBA
11 7 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.43%) Bicep
12 5 (0.43%) Ruby
12 5 (0.43%) Scala
12 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.34%) C++
13 4 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.26%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.086%) Bash
Qualifications
1 202 (17.35%) Security Cleared
2 164 (14.09%) SC Cleared
3 107 (9.19%) Degree
4 44 (3.78%) PMP
5 39 (3.35%) PMI Certification
6 30 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.32%) Master's Degree
8 23 (1.98%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (1.55%) ACCA
11 16 (1.37%) CISSP
12 15 (1.29%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.03%) CBAP
13 12 (1.03%) CIMA
14 10 (0.86%) CISM
15 9 (0.77%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.77%) IIBA
16 8 (0.69%) PhD
16 8 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (14.35%) Data Quality
2 74 (6.36%) PMO
3 68 (5.84%) QA
4 40 (3.44%) GDPR
5 31 (2.66%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.63%) NIST
7 17 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.95%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.95%) SLA
10 9 (0.77%) GRC
11 7 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.52%) COREP
12 6 (0.52%) FINREP
12 6 (0.52%) GAAP
12 6 (0.52%) IFRS
12 6 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.43%) NCSC
14 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (2.66%) Docker
2 11 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.77%) Squid
4 7 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.34%) NFS
6 3 (0.26%) IAG
6 3 (0.26%) Postfix
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.086%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (5.93%) Terraform
2 62 (5.33%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.55%) Grafana
4 14 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.86%) Ansible
7 9 (0.77%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.60%) Consul
8 7 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.43%) Kibana
9 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.34%) Control-M
10 4 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (0.34%) vMotion
11 3 (0.26%) Istio
12 2 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.17%) Argo
12 2 (0.17%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.17%) SCCM
13 1 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 161 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.81%) Oracle
3 53 (4.55%) Databricks
4 45 (3.87%) SAP
5 44 (3.78%) Google
6 39 (3.35%) ServiceNow
7 37 (3.18%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.72%) Workday
9 14 (1.20%) Adobe
10 12 (1.03%) Atlassian
10 12 (1.03%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.95%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.77%) Foundry
12 9 (0.77%) VMware
13 8 (0.69%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.60%) Software AG
14 7 (0.60%) Splunk
15 6 (0.52%) Murex
15 6 (0.52%) Planview