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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 51 81
Rank change year-on-year +21 +30 +8
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,327 656 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.68% 4.83% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.50% 5.24% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 446 322
10th Percentile £390 £355 £283
25th Percentile £450 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £750 £763
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 13
10th Percentile £27.94 £26.53 £18.11
25th Percentile £32.03 £28.21 £35.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +20.00% -14.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £55.25 -
England median hourly rate £35.53 £30.40 £16.06
% change year-on-year +16.87% +89.31% -64.31%

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 17,688 12,531 14,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.21% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,675 8,382 10,562
10th Percentile £363 £329 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 239 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.13
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -11.76% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £53.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +7 184 £625 +13.64% 155
West London +12 53 £550 +2.16% 51
South London -2 16 £513 -14.58% 20
East London +5 5 £719 -7.23% 16
North London -2 1 £325 -50.00% 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 38 (2.86%) Confluence
2 30 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (2.11%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.90%) Apache
6 7 (0.53%) CMS
7 6 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.38%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Camunda
10 2 (0.15%) Mendix
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
11 1 (0.075%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.075%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (1.43%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.30%) CPLEX
9 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.38%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.30%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Actimize
6 2 (0.15%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.15%) Endur
6 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.15%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.15%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 258 (19.44%) Azure
2 246 (18.54%) AWS
3 164 (12.36%) Power Platform
4 103 (7.76%) GCP
5 69 (5.20%) SaaS
6 48 (3.62%) Snowflake
7 45 (3.39%) Amazon S3
8 41 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (3.01%) Serverless
10 30 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (2.26%) dbt
11 26 (1.96%) GitHub
12 24 (1.81%) Entra ID
13 23 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (1.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (1.28%) Power Automate
16 16 (1.21%) Azure AI
16 16 (1.21%) OCI
17 15 (1.13%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.06%) Firewall
2 13 (0.98%) WAN
3 11 (0.83%) VPN
4 9 (0.68%) DNS
4 9 (0.68%) Network Security
5 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.38%) NAS
6 5 (0.38%) SAN
6 5 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.30%) OpenVPN
8 3 (0.23%) BGP
8 3 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.23%) HTTP
8 3 (0.23%) IPsec
8 3 (0.23%) MPLS
8 3 (0.23%) OSPF
8 3 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.23%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.15%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (11.98%) Power BI
2 65 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (4.07%) Metadata
3 54 (4.07%) Tableau
4 38 (2.86%) BigQuery
5 25 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (1.88%) Power Query
6 22 (1.66%) Big Data
6 22 (1.66%) Data Lake
6 22 (1.66%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.58%) Looker
7 21 (1.58%) NoSQL
8 17 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (1.21%) Oracle Database
9 16 (1.21%) SQL Server
10 14 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 13 (0.98%) Delta Lake
11 13 (0.98%) Star Schema
12 12 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
13 11 (0.83%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 79 (5.95%) JIRA
2 43 (3.24%) Git
3 20 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.83%) GitLab
5 6 (0.45%) JUnit
5 6 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.38%) MLflow
6 5 (0.38%) Mockito
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.30%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.30%) ERwin
7 4 (0.30%) jMock
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
8 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.23%) VTune
8 3 (0.23%) Xcode
9 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
General
1 487 (36.70%) Finance
2 465 (35.04%) Social Skills
3 320 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (14.39%) Public Sector
5 143 (10.78%) Banking
6 87 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (5.28%) Marketing
7 70 (5.28%) Retail
8 51 (3.84%) Legal
9 45 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.03%) Local Government
14 25 (1.88%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.81%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.73%) Front Office
17 15 (1.13%) Aviation
18 14 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 198 (14.92%) Analyst
2 191 (14.39%) Senior
3 170 (12.81%) Lead
4 136 (10.25%) Architect
5 93 (7.01%) Business Analyst
6 91 (6.86%) Project Manager
7 89 (6.71%) Data Engineer
8 76 (5.73%) Developer
9 68 (5.12%) Data Analyst
10 54 (4.07%) Data Scientist
11 46 (3.47%) Consultant
12 39 (2.94%) Product Manager
13 37 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
13 37 (2.79%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (2.34%) Product Owner
16 30 (2.26%) Designer
17 27 (2.03%) User Researcher
18 24 (1.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 24 (1.81%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.01%) REST
2 30 (2.26%) Kafka
2 30 (2.26%) React
3 27 (2.03%) Pandas
4 23 (1.73%) PySpark
5 18 (1.36%) Middleware
6 17 (1.28%) AngularJS
6 17 (1.28%) NumPy
7 16 (1.21%) JSON
7 16 (1.21%) RESTful
7 16 (1.21%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.13%) .NET
8 15 (1.13%) Spring
8 15 (1.13%) Spring Boot
9 13 (0.98%) Node.js
10 11 (0.83%) HTML
10 11 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (0.83%) PyTorch
11 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (0.75%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 99 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 93 (7.01%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 42 (3.17%) Virtual Team
5 41 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (2.79%) Management Information System
7 36 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
8 35 (2.64%) AI Agents
9 25 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (1.66%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.51%) FMCG
11 20 (1.51%) NHS
12 17 (1.28%) CMDB
12 17 (1.28%) PMI
13 16 (1.21%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.21%) Taxonomies
14 14 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (1.06%) Data Centre
14 14 (1.06%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.21%) Windows
2 15 (1.13%) Linux
3 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.30%) Unix
6 3 (0.23%) VMS
6 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.15%) Android
7 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.075%) Solaris
8 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (28.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 369 (27.81%) Agile
3 327 (24.64%) Analytics
4 289 (21.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 282 (21.25%) AI
6 255 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
7 230 (17.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 220 (16.58%) Roadmaps
9 186 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
10 183 (13.79%) Data Modelling
11 173 (13.04%) CI/CD
12 166 (12.51%) DevOps
13 163 (12.28%) Data Pipeline
14 134 (10.10%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 134 (10.10%) Validation
15 128 (9.65%) Migration
16 125 (9.42%) Machine Learning
17 122 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
17 122 (9.19%) Data Science
18 119 (8.97%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 255 (19.22%) Python
2 254 (19.14%) SQL
3 72 (5.43%) Java
4 47 (3.54%) TypeScript
5 39 (2.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 26 (1.96%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.36%) C#
8 15 (1.13%) R
9 8 (0.60%) C++
10 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.53%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.53%) VBA
11 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.45%) Ruby
11 6 (0.45%) SPARQL
11 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.38%) Cypher
12 5 (0.38%) Gremlin
12 5 (0.38%) Scala
12 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 223 (16.80%) Security Cleared
2 181 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 104 (7.84%) Degree
4 52 (3.92%) PMP
5 47 (3.54%) PMI Certification
6 30 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 26 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.21%) CISSP
11 13 (0.98%) ACCA
12 10 (0.75%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.68%) CISM
14 8 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.53%) CIMA
15 7 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.45%) PhD
17 5 (0.38%) CISA
17 5 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (13.34%) Data Quality
2 93 (7.01%) PMO
3 69 (5.20%) QA
4 50 (3.77%) Accessibility
5 45 (3.39%) GDPR
6 19 (1.43%) NIST
7 18 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.98%) GRC
10 8 (0.60%) COREP
10 8 (0.60%) FINREP
10 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.60%) SLA
11 7 (0.53%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.45%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.30%) IFRS
13 4 (0.30%) NCSC
13 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.30%) SEPA
13 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (3.17%) Docker
2 19 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.53%) IAG
5 5 (0.38%) NFS
5 5 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.30%) Squid
7 3 (0.23%) Postfix
8 1 (0.075%) Firmware
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.075%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 76 (5.73%) Terraform
2 66 (4.97%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.13%) Ansible
4 14 (1.06%) Grafana
5 10 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.45%) Kibana
8 4 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.30%) vMotion
9 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.23%) SCCM
10 2 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.15%) Argo
10 2 (0.15%) Consul
10 2 (0.15%) Packer
10 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 181 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.45%) Databricks
3 50 (3.77%) SAP
4 49 (3.69%) Google
5 47 (3.54%) Oracle
6 42 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.79%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.21%) Workday
9 14 (1.06%) Adobe
10 11 (0.83%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.75%) Murex
12 9 (0.68%) Foundry
13 8 (0.60%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.60%) Bloomberg
13 8 (0.60%) GoldenSource
13 8 (0.60%) Splunk
13 8 (0.60%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.53%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.53%) VMware