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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 56 67
Rank change year-on-year +18 +11 +30
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 914 516 602
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.84% 3.82% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.45% 4.21% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 327 452
10th Percentile £363 £344 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -8.09%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £646
90th Percentile £750 £875 £775
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 25
10th Percentile - £28.52 £19.57
25th Percentile £18.25 £28.60 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £34.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -42.03% +24.06% -43.74%
75th Percentile £35.75 £51.18 £36.33
90th Percentile £41.84 £59.65 £54.50
England median hourly rate £40.73 £29.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year +38.07% +6.08% -46.82%

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 14,164 12,253 16,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.70% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,468 7,900 11,699
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% - -8.10%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 345
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.60 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.81 £25.50 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +12 123 £575 +21.05% 210
South London -16 16 £519 -13.58% 17
West London -23 10 £506 -22.12% 31
East London +6 2 £675 -12.90% 24
North London +4 2 £413 - 13
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 40 (4.38%) Confluence
2 21 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.64%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.88%) nginx
5 6 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.33%) CMS
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.22%) Apache
8 2 (0.22%) Appian
8 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.22%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.22%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.22%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 113 (12.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (2.19%) MS Visio
6 13 (1.42%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.33%) Notion
8 3 (0.33%) Trello
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.22%) InVision
9 2 (0.22%) Sketch
10 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 9 (0.98%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.55%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.44%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.44%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.33%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.33%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.33%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 176 (19.26%) Azure
2 165 (18.05%) Power Platform
3 131 (14.33%) AWS
4 55 (6.02%) GCP
5 38 (4.16%) SaaS
6 27 (2.95%) Serverless
6 27 (2.95%) Snowflake
7 26 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 24 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.52%) GitHub
10 22 (2.41%) Amazon S3
10 22 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (1.53%) Collibra
13 13 (1.42%) PaaS
14 12 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
14 12 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 11 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.42%) Firewall
1 13 (1.42%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.09%) VPN
3 9 (0.98%) DNS
4 7 (0.77%) HTTP
4 7 (0.77%) OpenVPN
5 6 (0.66%) Network Security
6 4 (0.44%) Multicast
6 4 (0.44%) NAS
6 4 (0.44%) SAN
6 4 (0.44%) tcpdump
6 4 (0.44%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.33%) 5G
7 3 (0.33%) Broadband
7 3 (0.33%) Internet
8 2 (0.22%) Calico
8 2 (0.22%) Intelligent Network
8 2 (0.22%) ISDN
8 2 (0.22%) PSTN
8 2 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (17.18%) Power BI
2 52 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (4.60%) Tableau
4 40 (4.38%) Metadata
5 33 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 28 (3.06%) Data Lake
7 24 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.86%) Big Data
9 16 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (1.64%) Delta Lake
10 15 (1.64%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.42%) Oracle Database
12 11 (1.20%) Hadoop
12 11 (1.20%) Power Query
13 10 (1.09%) Looker
13 10 (1.09%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.98%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 71 (7.77%) JIRA
2 35 (3.83%) Git
3 11 (1.20%) GitLab
4 10 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.09%) MLflow
5 9 (0.98%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.77%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.44%) ERwin
8 4 (0.44%) Selenium
9 3 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.33%) JUnit
9 3 (0.33%) Toad
10 2 (0.22%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
10 2 (0.22%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.22%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.22%) TestRail
11 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 373 (40.81%) Social Skills
2 322 (35.23%) Finance
3 272 (29.76%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (14.00%) Public Sector
5 103 (11.27%) Banking
6 45 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
7 44 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (4.38%) Marketing
9 30 (3.28%) Legal
9 30 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.28%) Retail
10 28 (3.06%) Front Office
11 25 (2.74%) Publishing
12 23 (2.52%) Telecoms
13 21 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (2.30%) Local Government
14 18 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.97%) Financial Institution
15 17 (1.86%) Billing
16 16 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 184 (20.13%) Analyst
2 121 (13.24%) Senior
3 107 (11.71%) Lead
4 91 (9.96%) Business Analyst
5 69 (7.55%) Developer
6 62 (6.78%) Architect
7 55 (6.02%) Project Manager
8 54 (5.91%) Data Analyst
9 50 (5.47%) Data Engineer
10 32 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (3.39%) Consultant
12 30 (3.28%) User Researcher
13 22 (2.41%) Senior Business Analyst
13 22 (2.41%) Senior Manager
14 21 (2.30%) Data Scientist
14 21 (2.30%) Product Manager
14 21 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (1.86%) Data Business Analyst
15 17 (1.86%) Senior Data Engineer
16 15 (1.64%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.74%) Kafka
2 23 (2.52%) Pandas
3 20 (2.19%) scikit-learn
4 19 (2.08%) AngularJS
4 19 (2.08%) REST
5 18 (1.97%) NumPy
6 16 (1.75%) Middleware
6 16 (1.75%) PySpark
7 15 (1.64%) .NET
7 15 (1.64%) PyTorch
7 15 (1.64%) React
8 14 (1.53%) RESTful
9 12 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.31%) TensorFlow
10 11 (1.20%) Plotly
11 10 (1.09%) LangChain
12 9 (0.98%) XML
13 8 (0.88%) HTML
13 8 (0.88%) JSON
13 8 (0.88%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.36%) Product Ownership
2 44 (4.81%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 32 (3.50%) Management Information System
5 28 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.97%) AI Agents
8 18 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.42%) Derivative
10 13 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.20%) NHS
13 10 (1.09%) FMCG
14 9 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.19%) Linux
2 15 (1.64%) Windows
3 3 (0.33%) VMS
3 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (28.88%) Agile
2 236 (25.82%) Problem-Solving
3 216 (23.63%) Analytics
4 203 (22.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 177 (19.37%) Business Intelligence
6 152 (16.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 141 (15.43%) AI
7 141 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 135 (14.77%) Roadmaps
9 128 (14.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 119 (13.02%) Actionable Insight
11 113 (12.36%) Data Modelling
12 106 (11.60%) Visualisation
13 97 (10.61%) Data Analysis
14 95 (10.39%) CI/CD
14 95 (10.39%) Data Governance
15 94 (10.28%) Project Management
16 91 (9.96%) ETL
17 90 (9.85%) DevOps
18 89 (9.74%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 202 (22.10%) SQL
2 169 (18.49%) Python
3 25 (2.74%) Java
4 20 (2.19%) TypeScript
5 18 (1.97%) C#
6 15 (1.64%) PL/SQL
7 14 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (1.53%) R
8 13 (1.42%) Bash
8 13 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.42%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.31%) C++
10 9 (0.98%) VBA
11 8 (0.88%) Bicep
12 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.44%) Korn
13 4 (0.44%) Scala
14 3 (0.33%) Groovy
14 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 134 (14.66%) Security Cleared
2 116 (12.69%) Degree
3 113 (12.36%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.16%) Master's Degree
5 34 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.74%) PMI Certification
6 25 (2.74%) PMP
7 15 (1.64%) ACCA
7 15 (1.64%) CIMA
8 14 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.31%) CISSP
10 11 (1.20%) CBAP
11 9 (0.98%) CISM
12 8 (0.88%) IIBA
12 8 (0.88%) PhD
13 7 (0.77%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.66%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (12.47%) Data Quality
2 50 (5.47%) PMO
3 46 (5.03%) QA
4 43 (4.70%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.52%) GDPR
6 17 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.86%) NIST
7 13 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.09%) GRC
8 10 (1.09%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.88%) WCAG
10 7 (0.77%) SLA
11 6 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.66%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.55%) COBIT
13 4 (0.44%) GMP
13 4 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 31 (3.39%) Docker
2 7 (0.77%) Squid
3 6 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.44%) HDFS
4 4 (0.44%) NFS
4 4 (0.44%) zsh
5 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.22%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 45 (4.92%) Kubernetes
1 45 (4.92%) Terraform
2 15 (1.64%) Grafana
3 14 (1.53%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.77%) Consul
5 7 (0.77%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.44%) Ansible
7 4 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
7 4 (0.44%) vMotion
8 3 (0.33%) Control-M
8 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.33%) Rancher
9 2 (0.22%) Argo
9 2 (0.22%) Istio
9 2 (0.22%) Kibana
9 2 (0.22%) logstash
10 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 114 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.58%) Oracle
3 43 (4.70%) Databricks
3 43 (4.70%) SAP
4 30 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 28 (3.06%) Salesforce
6 25 (2.74%) Google
7 12 (1.31%) Adobe
8 10 (1.09%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.09%) Workday
9 9 (0.98%) Red Hat
9 9 (0.98%) Software AG
10 8 (0.88%) Cisco
10 8 (0.88%) Planview
10 8 (0.88%) VMware
11 7 (0.77%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.66%) Ariba
12 6 (0.66%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.66%) Solace
12 6 (0.66%) TIBCO