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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 51 66
Rank change year-on-year +14 +15 +33
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 991 546 590
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.03% 4.26% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.72% 4.68% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 363 430
10th Percentile £366 £350 £358
25th Percentile £431 £416 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +1.85% -8.28%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £838 £775
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.86% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 27
10th Percentile - £28.32 £19.57
25th Percentile £18.25 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £27.75 £49.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.94% +62.30% -30.46%
75th Percentile £41.84 £53.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £58.55 £54.25
England median hourly rate £45.23 £30.00 £19.38
% change year-on-year +50.77% +54.84% -62.95%

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 14,745 11,676 16,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.09% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,820 11,502
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% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 162 343
10th Percentile £18.14 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £71.50 £77.25 £69.35
England median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +17 138 £550 +5.26% 287
South London -18 18 £519 -13.58% 26
West London -14 15 £518 -17.20% 63
East London 0 3 £697 -10.06% 41
North London - 2 £413 - 2
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 46 (4.64%) Confluence
2 24 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.91%) nginx
6 5 (0.50%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.40%) Apache
7 4 (0.40%) CMS
8 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.20%) Camunda
8 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.10%) Appian
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 115 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (4.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (3.53%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (2.02%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.72%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.30%) Notion
8 3 (0.30%) Trello
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) InVision
9 2 (0.20%) Sketch
10 1 (0.10%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 9 (0.91%) NetSuite
1 9 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 5 (0.50%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.40%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.30%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.30%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.30%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.20%) Lorenzo
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.20%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 204 (20.59%) Azure
2 178 (17.96%) Power Platform
3 154 (15.54%) AWS
4 75 (7.57%) GCP
5 46 (4.64%) SaaS
6 32 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (3.23%) Serverless
6 32 (3.23%) Snowflake
7 30 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 28 (2.83%) GitHub
10 26 (2.62%) Amazon S3
11 24 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.51%) PaaS
15 14 (1.41%) Collibra
15 14 (1.41%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.51%) Firewall
2 14 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.21%) VPN
4 10 (1.01%) DNS
5 8 (0.81%) Network Security
5 8 (0.81%) OpenVPN
6 7 (0.71%) HTTP
7 4 (0.40%) Multicast
7 4 (0.40%) NAS
7 4 (0.40%) SAN
7 4 (0.40%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.40%) WAN
7 4 (0.40%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.30%) 5G
8 3 (0.30%) Broadband
8 3 (0.30%) Internet
9 2 (0.20%) Calico
9 2 (0.20%) Intelligent Network
9 2 (0.20%) NaaS
9 2 (0.20%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (17.26%) Power BI
2 64 (6.46%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (4.94%) Tableau
4 39 (3.94%) Metadata
5 30 (3.03%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.32%) Data Lake
6 23 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.82%) Big Data
8 16 (1.61%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.61%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.51%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.41%) Looker
11 13 (1.31%) Oracle Database
12 12 (1.21%) Delta Lake
13 11 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.01%) Hadoop
14 10 (1.01%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 87 (8.78%) JIRA
2 38 (3.83%) Git
3 12 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.11%) GitLab
4 11 (1.11%) MLflow
5 10 (1.01%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.91%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.50%) ERwin
9 4 (0.40%) JUnit
10 3 (0.30%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.30%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.30%) Selenium
10 3 (0.30%) Toad
11 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.20%) DbUnit
11 2 (0.20%) jMock
11 2 (0.20%) Postman
11 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 402 (40.57%) Social Skills
2 359 (36.23%) Finance
3 280 (28.25%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (14.23%) Public Sector
5 115 (11.60%) Banking
6 48 (4.84%) Marketing
7 46 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
9 37 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (3.53%) Legal
11 33 (3.33%) Retail
12 28 (2.83%) Front Office
13 26 (2.62%) Telecoms
14 24 (2.42%) Publishing
15 23 (2.32%) Financial Institution
16 22 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 20 (2.02%) Billing
17 20 (2.02%) Local Government
18 19 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.92%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 183 (18.47%) Analyst
2 136 (13.72%) Senior
3 114 (11.50%) Lead
4 94 (9.49%) Business Analyst
5 82 (8.27%) Developer
6 74 (7.47%) Architect
7 65 (6.56%) Project Manager
8 58 (5.85%) Data Engineer
9 55 (5.55%) Data Analyst
10 31 (3.13%) User Researcher
11 30 (3.03%) Consultant
11 30 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
12 26 (2.62%) Senior Manager
12 26 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (2.32%) Data Scientist
14 22 (2.22%) Product Manager
15 21 (2.12%) Senior Business Analyst
16 19 (1.92%) Programme Manager
17 18 (1.82%) Senior Data Engineer
18 17 (1.72%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.83%) REST
2 26 (2.62%) Kafka
2 26 (2.62%) Pandas
3 23 (2.32%) scikit-learn
4 22 (2.22%) AngularJS
5 20 (2.02%) Middleware
5 20 (2.02%) NumPy
6 18 (1.82%) React
7 16 (1.61%) .NET
7 16 (1.61%) PySpark
7 16 (1.61%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.51%) RESTful
9 14 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (1.31%) TensorFlow
11 11 (1.11%) Plotly
12 10 (1.01%) LangChain
12 10 (1.01%) XML
13 9 (0.91%) JSON
13 9 (0.91%) OpenID
14 8 (0.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.16%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.35%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 31 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.62%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (2.32%) AI Agents
9 20 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.72%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.51%) Data Centre
14 14 (1.41%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.41%) Derivative
15 13 (1.31%) FMCG
16 12 (1.21%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.11%) Fixed Income
17 11 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.72%) Linux
2 13 (1.31%) Windows
3 3 (0.30%) VMS
3 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (28.15%) Agile
2 238 (24.02%) Analytics
3 235 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
4 217 (21.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 194 (19.58%) Business Intelligence
6 175 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 158 (15.94%) AI
8 151 (15.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 150 (15.14%) Roadmaps
10 140 (14.13%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 137 (13.82%) Data Modelling
12 123 (12.41%) Actionable Insight
13 113 (11.40%) DevOps
14 111 (11.20%) CI/CD
15 110 (11.10%) Visualisation
16 106 (10.70%) Migration
17 105 (10.60%) ETL
18 102 (10.29%) Project Management
19 98 (9.89%) Data Governance
20 94 (9.49%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 225 (22.70%) SQL
2 191 (19.27%) Python
3 34 (3.43%) Java
4 28 (2.83%) TypeScript
5 19 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (1.82%) C#
7 15 (1.51%) PL/SQL
7 15 (1.51%) R
8 14 (1.41%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.01%) Bash
10 10 (1.01%) C++
11 9 (0.91%) VBA
12 7 (0.71%) Bicep
12 7 (0.71%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.40%) Groovy
13 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.40%) Scala
14 3 (0.30%) Korn
Qualifications
1 161 (16.25%) Security Cleared
2 129 (13.02%) SC Cleared
3 117 (11.81%) Degree
4 37 (3.73%) Master's Degree
5 35 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.93%) PMI Certification
7 28 (2.83%) PMP
8 15 (1.51%) ACCA
8 15 (1.51%) CIMA
9 14 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.41%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.31%) CISSP
11 11 (1.11%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.11%) CBAP
12 10 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.91%) CISM
13 9 (0.91%) PhD
14 8 (0.81%) IIBA
14 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.61%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (13.62%) Data Quality
2 61 (6.16%) PMO
3 56 (5.65%) QA
4 42 (4.24%) Accessibility
5 31 (3.13%) GDPR
6 16 (1.61%) NIST
7 14 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (1.11%) GRC
10 10 (1.01%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.91%) SLA
12 8 (0.81%) WCAG
13 7 (0.71%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.50%) COBIT
16 4 (0.40%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.40%) Solvency II
17 3 (0.30%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 26 (2.62%) Docker
2 9 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.81%) Squid
4 6 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.40%) HDFS
5 4 (0.40%) NFS
6 2 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.10%) Postfix
7 1 (0.10%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.10%) zsh
Systems Management
1 50 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 47 (4.74%) Terraform
3 19 (1.92%) Grafana
4 18 (1.82%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.81%) Consul
6 8 (0.81%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.71%) Ansible
7 7 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.50%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.40%) vMotion
10 3 (0.30%) Control-M
10 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.30%) Rancher
11 2 (0.20%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.20%) Argo
11 2 (0.20%) Istio
11 2 (0.20%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 135 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.25%) Oracle
3 48 (4.84%) Databricks
4 45 (4.54%) SAP
5 38 (3.83%) Google
5 38 (3.83%) ServiceNow
6 31 (3.13%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.72%) Adobe
8 13 (1.31%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.31%) Workday
9 10 (1.01%) Atlassian
9 10 (1.01%) Red Hat
10 9 (0.91%) Planview
10 9 (0.91%) Software AG
11 8 (0.81%) Cisco
11 8 (0.81%) VMware
12 7 (0.71%) Foundry
12 7 (0.71%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.61%) Murex
14 5 (0.50%) Ariba