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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 49 75
Rank change year-on-year +20 +26 +21
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,155 574 542
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.38% 4.69% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.22% 5.09% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 783 379 378
10th Percentile £375 £363 £313
25th Percentile £440 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £643
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
England median daily rate £511 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £26.52 £27.72 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.25 £28.60 -
Median hourly rate £34.23 £49.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -30.85% +77.99% -35.97%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.22 £41.88
90th Percentile £76.60 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.08 £18.00
% change year-on-year +60.90% +72.64% -60.00%

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 15,989 11,284 15,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.37% 92.22% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,696 7,602 11,075
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 184 305
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.25 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% +23.16% -25.52%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.90
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +9 159 £575 +4.55% 350
West London -5 36 £520 -13.33% 30
South London -5 18 £519 -13.58% 11
East London -2 5 £697 -10.06% 26
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 41 (3.55%) Confluence
2 20 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.87%) nginx
6 5 (0.43%) CMS
6 5 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.35%) 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%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.17%) Mendix
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.17%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 90 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (2.77%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 16 (1.39%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.26%) Notion
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.087%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.087%) InVision
9 1 (0.087%) Sketch
9 1 (0.087%) SPSS
9 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.43%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.35%) 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%) 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%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.17%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 231 (20.00%) Azure
2 195 (16.88%) AWS
3 163 (14.11%) Power Platform
4 91 (7.88%) GCP
5 73 (6.32%) SaaS
6 38 (3.29%) Amazon S3
6 38 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (3.20%) Serverless
8 36 (3.12%) Snowflake
9 31 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 31 (2.68%) GitHub
10 28 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (1.56%) Collibra
15 17 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 16 (1.39%) dbt
16 16 (1.39%) PaaS
17 15 (1.30%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.13%) DNS
1 13 (1.13%) VPN
2 12 (1.04%) Firewall
3 11 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.78%) HTTP
4 9 (0.78%) OpenVPN
5 4 (0.35%) NAS
5 4 (0.35%) Network Security
5 4 (0.35%) 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 (0.087%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.087%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (13.42%) Power BI
2 66 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.76%) Tableau
4 51 (4.42%) Metadata
5 31 (2.68%) BigQuery
6 30 (2.60%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.25%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.73%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.56%) Looker
9 18 (1.56%) Oracle Database
9 18 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (1.56%) Power Query
10 17 (1.47%) Big Data
10 17 (1.47%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.30%) Delta Lake
11 15 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (1.13%) Parquet
13 12 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (0.95%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 84 (7.27%) JIRA
2 39 (3.38%) Git
3 17 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.13%) GitLab
5 12 (1.04%) MLflow
6 11 (0.95%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.52%) ERwin
8 6 (0.52%) JUnit
8 6 (0.52%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.35%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.35%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.35%) jMock
9 4 (0.35%) Maven
9 4 (0.35%) 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
1 409 (35.41%) Social Skills
2 399 (34.55%) Finance
3 273 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (13.77%) Public Sector
5 126 (10.91%) Banking
6 66 (5.71%) Marketing
7 57 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (4.07%) Legal
9 46 (3.98%) Retail
10 37 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (2.86%) Telecoms
12 27 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (2.25%) Financial Institution
14 24 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.65%) Billing
15 19 (1.65%) Local Government
16 18 (1.56%) Front Office
17 16 (1.39%) Investment Banking
18 12 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 192 (16.62%) Analyst
2 175 (15.15%) Senior
3 133 (11.52%) Lead
4 96 (8.31%) Architect
4 96 (8.31%) Business Analyst
5 79 (6.84%) Data Engineer
5 79 (6.84%) Developer
6 75 (6.49%) Project Manager
7 67 (5.80%) Data Analyst
8 51 (4.42%) Consultant
9 39 (3.38%) Data Scientist
10 37 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (2.77%) Product Manager
12 31 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (2.60%) Senior Manager
14 28 (2.42%) User Researcher
15 25 (2.16%) Senior Data Engineer
16 24 (2.08%) Designer
17 22 (1.90%) Product Owner
17 22 (1.90%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.03%) REST
2 30 (2.60%) Pandas
3 21 (1.82%) Middleware
3 21 (1.82%) React
4 20 (1.73%) .NET
5 19 (1.65%) Kafka
5 19 (1.65%) PySpark
6 18 (1.56%) NumPy
6 18 (1.56%) scikit-learn
7 17 (1.47%) AngularJS
7 17 (1.47%) RESTful
8 16 (1.39%) Spring
8 16 (1.39%) Spring Boot
9 15 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (1.13%) PyTorch
11 12 (1.04%) LangChain
12 11 (0.95%) HTML
13 10 (0.87%) Node.js
13 10 (0.87%) OpenID
14 9 (0.78%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 76 (6.58%) Cloud Native
2 67 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 32 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (2.42%) Virtual Team
6 27 (2.34%) AI Agents
7 25 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 25 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 22 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.56%) PMI
10 18 (1.56%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.39%) NHS
13 13 (1.13%) FMCG
14 11 (0.95%) Algorithms
14 11 (0.95%) CMDB
15 10 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.13%) Windows
2 12 (1.04%) Linux
3 4 (0.35%) 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 (0.087%) Solaris
6 1 (0.087%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (27.01%) Agile
2 272 (23.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 271 (23.46%) Analytics
4 241 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
5 223 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 221 (19.13%) AI
7 186 (16.10%) Roadmaps
8 183 (15.84%) Business Intelligence
9 181 (15.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 172 (14.89%) Data Modelling
11 150 (12.99%) CI/CD
11 150 (12.99%) DevOps
12 121 (10.48%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 119 (10.30%) Data Pipeline
14 118 (10.22%) Project Management
15 117 (10.13%) Actionable Insight
15 117 (10.13%) ETL
16 113 (9.78%) Data Governance
17 112 (9.70%) Migration
18 107 (9.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 240 (20.78%) SQL
2 221 (19.13%) Python
3 60 (5.19%) Java
4 33 (2.86%) TypeScript
5 28 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (1.99%) C#
7 18 (1.56%) R
8 17 (1.47%) JavaScript
9 16 (1.39%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.78%) VBA
11 7 (0.61%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.43%) Bicep
13 5 (0.43%) Ruby
13 5 (0.43%) Scala
14 4 (0.35%) C++
14 4 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.35%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.26%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.087%) Bash
Qualifications
1 199 (17.23%) Security Cleared
2 160 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 112 (9.70%) Degree
4 43 (3.72%) PMP
5 39 (3.38%) PMI Certification
6 31 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (2.51%) Master's Degree
8 23 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (1.56%) ACCA
11 16 (1.39%) CISSP
12 15 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.04%) CBAP
13 12 (1.04%) CIMA
14 10 (0.87%) CISM
15 9 (0.78%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.78%) IIBA
16 8 (0.69%) PhD
16 8 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (14.11%) Data Quality
2 73 (6.32%) PMO
3 66 (5.71%) QA
4 39 (3.38%) GDPR
5 31 (2.68%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.65%) NIST
7 17 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.95%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.95%) SLA
10 7 (0.61%) GRC
10 7 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.52%) COREP
11 6 (0.52%) FINREP
11 6 (0.52%) GAAP
11 6 (0.52%) IFRS
11 6 (0.52%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.43%) NCSC
13 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 31 (2.68%) Docker
2 9 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.78%) Squid
3 7 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.35%) NFS
5 3 (0.26%) IAG
5 3 (0.26%) Postfix
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.17%) vSphere
7 1 (0.087%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 67 (5.80%) Terraform
2 61 (5.28%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.56%) Grafana
4 14 (1.21%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.87%) Ansible
7 9 (0.78%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.61%) Consul
8 7 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.43%) Kibana
9 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.35%) Control-M
10 4 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (0.35%) 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 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 162 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.85%) Oracle
3 52 (4.50%) Databricks
4 48 (4.16%) SAP
5 42 (3.64%) Google
6 39 (3.38%) ServiceNow
7 37 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.73%) Workday
9 14 (1.21%) Adobe
10 12 (1.04%) Atlassian
10 12 (1.04%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.95%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.78%) Foundry
12 9 (0.78%) VMware
13 8 (0.69%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.69%) Software AG
14 7 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.61%) Splunk
15 6 (0.52%) Palantir
15 6 (0.52%) Planview