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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 50 68
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 +29
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 988 551 592
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.04% 4.26% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.73% 4.68% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 368 433
10th Percentile £363 £350 £359
25th Percentile £438 £423 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £551 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.01% -8.09%
75th Percentile £649 £675 £645
90th Percentile £750 £838 £775
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 28
10th Percentile - £28.30 £19.57
25th Percentile £18.25 £28.60 £27.81
Median hourly rate £20.00 £42.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +37.70% -33.23%
75th Percentile £41.75 £54.23 £45.13
90th Percentile £59.37 £59.10 £54.13
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.80 £19.38
% change year-on-year +56.25% +48.65% -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 14,689 11,780 16,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.80% 91.03% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,858 7,852 11,511
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £680 £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 228 159 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.36 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £57.13 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £70.75 £77.68 £69.05
England median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +12 136 £550 +5.26% 280
South London -15 19 £519 -13.58% 19
West London -15 14 £518 -17.20% 43
East London +2 3 £697 -10.06% 30
North London +2 2 £413 - 3
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 47 (4.76%) Confluence
2 24 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.91%) nginx
5 5 (0.51%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.40%) CMS
6 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Camunda
7 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.10%) Appian
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 117 (11.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 34 (3.44%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (2.02%) MS Visio
6 15 (1.52%) 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
2 8 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.51%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.40%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.30%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.30%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.30%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.20%) Lorenzo
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.20%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 202 (20.45%) Azure
2 178 (18.02%) Power Platform
3 151 (15.28%) AWS
4 74 (7.49%) GCP
5 44 (4.45%) SaaS
6 32 (3.24%) Serverless
6 32 (3.24%) Snowflake
7 30 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 27 (2.73%) GitHub
10 26 (2.63%) Amazon S3
11 24 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (1.42%) Collibra
14 14 (1.42%) PaaS
14 14 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.32%) Power Automate
15 13 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.52%) Firewall
2 14 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.11%) 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
1 170 (17.21%) Power BI
2 62 (6.28%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (4.96%) Tableau
4 39 (3.95%) Metadata
5 31 (3.14%) SQL Server
6 26 (2.63%) Data Lake
7 25 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.82%) Big Data
9 17 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (1.62%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.52%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.32%) Delta Lake
12 13 (1.32%) Looker
12 13 (1.32%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.32%) Oracle Database
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%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 84 (8.50%) JIRA
2 35 (3.54%) Git
3 12 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.11%) GitLab
5 10 (1.01%) MLflow
5 10 (1.01%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.91%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.51%) 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
1 403 (40.79%) Social Skills
2 360 (36.44%) Finance
3 281 (28.44%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (14.07%) Public Sector
5 116 (11.74%) Banking
6 46 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
6 46 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
7 45 (4.55%) Marketing
8 36 (3.64%) Legal
8 36 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.44%) Retail
10 29 (2.94%) Front Office
11 26 (2.63%) Telecoms
12 25 (2.53%) Publishing
13 23 (2.33%) Financial Institution
14 22 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (2.02%) Billing
16 19 (1.92%) Local Government
17 18 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.82%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 186 (18.83%) Analyst
2 139 (14.07%) Senior
3 113 (11.44%) Lead
4 97 (9.82%) Business Analyst
5 84 (8.50%) Developer
6 72 (7.29%) Architect
7 61 (6.17%) Project Manager
8 56 (5.67%) Data Engineer
9 53 (5.36%) Data Analyst
10 32 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (3.14%) Consultant
11 31 (3.14%) User Researcher
12 27 (2.73%) Senior Manager
13 26 (2.63%) Product Manager
13 26 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.33%) Senior Business Analyst
15 22 (2.23%) Data Scientist
16 19 (1.92%) Senior Data Engineer
17 18 (1.82%) Programme Manager
18 17 (1.72%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.94%) REST
2 25 (2.53%) Pandas
3 24 (2.43%) Kafka
4 22 (2.23%) AngularJS
4 22 (2.23%) scikit-learn
5 19 (1.92%) Middleware
5 19 (1.92%) NumPy
5 19 (1.92%) React
6 16 (1.62%) .NET
6 16 (1.62%) PySpark
6 16 (1.62%) PyTorch
7 15 (1.52%) RESTful
8 14 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (1.32%) TensorFlow
10 11 (1.11%) Plotly
11 10 (1.01%) LangChain
11 10 (1.01%) XML
12 9 (0.91%) OpenID
13 8 (0.81%) LDAP
13 8 (0.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.28%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
4 31 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (2.53%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.33%) AI Agents
8 20 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.52%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.52%) Derivative
11 15 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.42%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.21%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.21%) FMCG
13 12 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (1.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.82%) Linux
2 13 (1.32%) 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
1 284 (28.74%) Agile
2 240 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
3 238 (24.09%) Analytics
4 219 (22.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 193 (19.53%) Business Intelligence
6 172 (17.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 159 (16.09%) AI
8 151 (15.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 150 (15.18%) Roadmaps
10 139 (14.07%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 133 (13.46%) Data Modelling
12 122 (12.35%) Actionable Insight
13 111 (11.23%) DevOps
14 110 (11.13%) CI/CD
15 109 (11.03%) Visualisation
16 104 (10.53%) ETL
17 103 (10.43%) Migration
18 98 (9.92%) Project Management
19 97 (9.82%) Data Governance
20 96 (9.72%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 222 (22.47%) SQL
2 191 (19.33%) Python
3 35 (3.54%) Java
4 27 (2.73%) TypeScript
5 18 (1.82%) C#
5 18 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.52%) PL/SQL
6 15 (1.52%) R
7 13 (1.32%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.11%) Bash
9 10 (1.01%) C++
10 9 (0.91%) VBA
11 7 (0.71%) Bicep
11 7 (0.71%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.40%) Groovy
12 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.40%) Scala
13 3 (0.30%) Korn
Qualifications
1 158 (15.99%) Security Cleared
2 128 (12.96%) SC Cleared
3 117 (11.84%) Degree
4 36 (3.64%) Master's Degree
5 35 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.83%) PMI Certification
7 27 (2.73%) PMP
8 15 (1.52%) ACCA
8 15 (1.52%) CIMA
9 14 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.32%) CISSP
11 11 (1.11%) CBAP
12 10 (1.01%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.91%) CISM
13 9 (0.91%) PhD
13 9 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.81%) IIBA
14 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.61%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (13.56%) Data Quality
2 60 (6.07%) PMO
3 53 (5.36%) QA
4 44 (4.45%) Accessibility
5 32 (3.24%) GDPR
6 16 (1.62%) NIST
7 14 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.32%) 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 (0.51%) COBIT
16 4 (0.40%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.40%) Solvency II
17 3 (0.30%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 23 (2.33%) 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
6 2 (0.20%) zsh
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.10%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 48 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.66%) 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 (0.51%) 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
1 132 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.36%) Oracle
3 49 (4.96%) Databricks
4 43 (4.35%) SAP
5 37 (3.74%) Google
5 37 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.04%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.62%) Adobe
8 13 (1.32%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.32%) 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%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.81%) VMware
12 7 (0.71%) Foundry
13 6 (0.61%) Murex
14 5 (0.51%) Ariba