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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 53 68
Rank change year-on-year +15 +15 +28
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 950 539 590
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.98% 4.02% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.62% 4.42% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 344 442
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £570 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% +4.59% -7.63%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £645
90th Percentile £750 £868 £775
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 25
10th Percentile - £28.52 £19.57
25th Percentile £18.25 £28.60 -
Median hourly rate £19.69 £34.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -42.93% +24.06% -43.74%
75th Percentile £41.78 £51.18 £35.63
90th Percentile £61.56 £59.65 £54.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £28.60 £26.24
% change year-on-year +58.95% +8.99% -51.01%

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 14,350 12,188 16,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.29% 90.83% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,627 7,901 11,629
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 159 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.69 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.40 £25.25 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +21.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.99 £54.50 £50.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.47 £72.20
England median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.77
% change year-on-year -18.57% +0.68% -0.67%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 28 February 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 +9 132 £550 +10.00% 97
South London -20 18 £519 -13.58% 10
West London -21 11 £506 -19.00% 25
East London +3 3 £697 -10.06% 11
North London +3 2 £413 - 12
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 43 (4.53%) Confluence
2 23 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.95%) nginx
5 8 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.32%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) Apache
9 2 (0.21%) Appian
9 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.21%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.21%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Camunda
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 115 (12.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (3.26%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (2.32%) MS Visio
6 14 (1.47%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.32%) Notion
8 3 (0.32%) Trello
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.21%) InVision
9 2 (0.21%) Sketch
10 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 9 (0.95%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.53%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.42%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.32%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.32%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.21%) Lorenzo
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 191 (20.11%) Azure
2 171 (18.00%) Power Platform
3 138 (14.53%) AWS
4 64 (6.74%) GCP
5 41 (4.32%) SaaS
6 29 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 28 (2.95%) Serverless
7 28 (2.95%) Snowflake
8 26 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (2.63%) Amazon S3
9 25 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (2.42%) GitHub
11 21 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.47%) Collibra
13 14 (1.47%) PaaS
14 13 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (1.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.58%) Firewall
2 14 (1.47%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.16%) VPN
4 10 (1.05%) DNS
5 8 (0.84%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.74%) HTTP
6 7 (0.74%) Network Security
7 4 (0.42%) Multicast
7 4 (0.42%) NAS
7 4 (0.42%) SAN
7 4 (0.42%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.42%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.32%) 5G
8 3 (0.32%) Broadband
8 3 (0.32%) Internet
8 3 (0.32%) WAN
9 2 (0.21%) Calico
9 2 (0.21%) Intelligent Network
9 2 (0.21%) ISDN
9 2 (0.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (17.26%) Power BI
2 57 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (4.42%) Tableau
4 39 (4.11%) Metadata
5 32 (3.37%) SQL Server
6 30 (3.16%) Data Lake
7 26 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.00%) Big Data
9 18 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (1.58%) Delta Lake
10 15 (1.58%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.37%) NoSQL
12 12 (1.26%) Oracle Database
13 11 (1.16%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.16%) Hadoop
13 11 (1.16%) Looker
13 11 (1.16%) Power Query
14 10 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.84%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 78 (8.21%) JIRA
2 36 (3.79%) Git
3 13 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.16%) GitLab
4 11 (1.16%) SonarQube
5 10 (1.05%) MLflow
6 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.74%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.42%) ERwin
7 4 (0.42%) JUnit
7 4 (0.42%) Selenium
8 3 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.32%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.32%) Toad
9 2 (0.21%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.21%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.21%) jMock
9 2 (0.21%) Maven
9 2 (0.21%) Mockito
9 2 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 385 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 337 (35.47%) Finance
3 272 (28.63%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (14.00%) Public Sector
5 110 (11.58%) Banking
6 45 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
7 44 (4.63%) Marketing
8 34 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (3.47%) Retail
10 32 (3.37%) Legal
11 27 (2.84%) Front Office
12 26 (2.74%) Publishing
13 23 (2.42%) Telecoms
14 21 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (2.21%) Local Government
15 19 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (2.00%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.89%) Billing
17 15 (1.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 183 (19.26%) Analyst
2 128 (13.47%) Senior
3 110 (11.58%) Lead
4 90 (9.47%) Business Analyst
5 78 (8.21%) Developer
6 68 (7.16%) Architect
7 63 (6.63%) Project Manager
8 54 (5.68%) Data Engineer
9 52 (5.47%) Data Analyst
10 33 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (3.26%) Consultant
12 30 (3.16%) User Researcher
13 24 (2.53%) Product Manager
13 24 (2.53%) Senior Manager
14 23 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.32%) Senior Business Analyst
16 21 (2.21%) Data Scientist
17 18 (1.89%) Senior Data Engineer
18 16 (1.68%) Data Business Analyst
19 15 (1.58%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.63%) Kafka
2 24 (2.53%) REST
3 23 (2.42%) Pandas
4 21 (2.21%) scikit-learn
5 20 (2.11%) AngularJS
6 18 (1.89%) Middleware
6 18 (1.89%) NumPy
6 18 (1.89%) PySpark
7 16 (1.68%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.58%) RESTful
9 14 (1.47%) .NET
9 14 (1.47%) React
10 13 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (1.37%) TensorFlow
11 12 (1.26%) XML
12 11 (1.16%) JSON
12 11 (1.16%) Plotly
13 10 (1.05%) LangChain
14 9 (0.95%) OpenID
15 8 (0.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.89%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 35 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 31 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 29 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (2.53%) Virtual Team
8 19 (2.00%) AI Agents
8 19 (2.00%) Algorithms
9 18 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.37%) Derivative
14 12 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (1.05%) FMCG
15 10 (1.05%) NHS
15 10 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.21%) Linux
2 15 (1.58%) Windows
3 3 (0.32%) VMS
3 3 (0.32%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (29.16%) Agile
2 241 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
3 227 (23.89%) Analytics
4 212 (22.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 183 (19.26%) Business Intelligence
6 163 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 149 (15.68%) AI
8 144 (15.16%) Roadmaps
9 142 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 133 (14.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 120 (12.63%) Data Modelling
12 118 (12.42%) Actionable Insight
13 110 (11.58%) Visualisation
14 102 (10.74%) CI/CD
15 99 (10.42%) DevOps
15 99 (10.42%) Project Management
16 97 (10.21%) Data Analysis
16 97 (10.21%) Data Governance
17 96 (10.11%) ETL
18 95 (10.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 210 (22.11%) SQL
2 176 (18.53%) Python
3 29 (3.05%) Java
4 21 (2.21%) TypeScript
5 17 (1.79%) C#
6 15 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (1.58%) PL/SQL
6 15 (1.58%) R
7 14 (1.47%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.37%) Bash
8 13 (1.37%) JavaScript
9 11 (1.16%) C++
10 9 (0.95%) VBA
11 8 (0.84%) Bicep
12 7 (0.74%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.42%) Scala
14 3 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.32%) Groovy
14 3 (0.32%) Korn
14 3 (0.32%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 144 (15.16%) Security Cleared
2 120 (12.63%) SC Cleared
3 116 (12.21%) Degree
4 37 (3.89%) Master's Degree
5 34 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.95%) PMP
7 27 (2.84%) PMI Certification
8 15 (1.58%) ACCA
8 15 (1.58%) CIMA
8 15 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.37%) CISSP
11 11 (1.16%) CBAP
12 9 (0.95%) CISM
12 9 (0.95%) PhD
12 9 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (0.84%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.84%) IIBA
14 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (12.53%) Data Quality
2 58 (6.11%) PMO
3 49 (5.16%) QA
4 43 (4.53%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.74%) GDPR
6 17 (1.79%) NIST
7 16 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.05%) GRC
9 10 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.84%) SLA
10 8 (0.84%) WCAG
11 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.63%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.53%) COBIT
13 4 (0.42%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.42%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.42%) Solvency II
System Software
1 29 (3.05%) Docker
2 8 (0.84%) Squid
3 7 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.42%) HDFS
5 4 (0.42%) NFS
5 4 (0.42%) zsh
6 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 46 (4.84%) Kubernetes
1 46 (4.84%) Terraform
2 18 (1.89%) Grafana
3 17 (1.79%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.84%) Consul
5 8 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.63%) Ansible
7 6 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (0.42%) vMotion
9 3 (0.32%) Control-M
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.32%) Rancher
10 2 (0.21%) Argo
10 2 (0.21%) Istio
10 2 (0.21%) Kibana
10 2 (0.21%) logstash
10 2 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 125 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.47%) Oracle
3 48 (5.05%) Databricks
4 43 (4.53%) SAP
5 33 (3.47%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.16%) Google
6 30 (3.16%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.58%) Adobe
8 12 (1.26%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.05%) Planview
9 10 (1.05%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.05%) Workday
10 9 (0.95%) Atlassian
10 9 (0.95%) Cisco
10 9 (0.95%) Software AG
11 8 (0.84%) VMware
12 7 (0.74%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.63%) Ariba
13 6 (0.63%) Foundry
13 6 (0.63%) TIBCO