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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 52 80
Rank change year-on-year +22 +28 +19
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1,268 607 518
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.57% 4.67% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 5.07% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 407 353
10th Percentile £375 £356 £288
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -10.45%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £776 £763 £773
England median daily rate £520 £515 £514
% change year-on-year +0.97% +0.19% -8.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 21
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.64 £19.57
25th Percentile £31.44 £28.31 £27.81
Median hourly rate £34.87 £38.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +26.23% -29.77%
75th Percentile £57.69 £51.23 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.23 £55.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £30.81 £18.00
% change year-on-year +15.34% +71.14% -58.96%

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 17,155 11,979 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.25% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,402 8,003 11,123
10th Percentile £358 £335 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 225 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £23.33 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £68.68
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +5 174 £625 +13.64% 326
West London +1 44 £523 -5.00% 40
South London +10 20 £519 -13.58% 16
East London +1 6 £719 -7.23% 23
North London - 1 £325 - 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 39 (3.08%) Confluence
2 25 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.79%) nginx
6 8 (0.63%) Apache
7 7 (0.55%) CMS
8 5 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.24%) SAS
10 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.16%) Camunda
10 2 (0.16%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Hyperledger
10 2 (0.16%) Mendix
10 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.079%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 88 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.58%) Chatbot
4 20 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.079%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.079%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.39%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.39%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.39%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.16%) Actimize
6 2 (0.16%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP CAR
6 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 253 (19.95%) Azure
2 230 (18.14%) AWS
3 169 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 102 (8.04%) GCP
5 64 (5.05%) SaaS
6 50 (3.94%) Amazon S3
7 44 (3.47%) Serverless
8 43 (3.39%) Snowflake
9 42 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
11 29 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (2.29%) GitHub
12 26 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
13 24 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 23 (1.81%) dbt
15 20 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 19 (1.50%) Entra ID
17 17 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
18 16 (1.26%) Collibra
18 16 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.26%) Firewall
1 16 (1.26%) VPN
2 14 (1.10%) DNS
3 11 (0.87%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.71%) Network Security
4 9 (0.71%) OpenVPN
5 7 (0.55%) HTTP
5 7 (0.55%) WAN
6 5 (0.39%) NAS
6 5 (0.39%) SAN
7 3 (0.24%) BGP
7 3 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.24%) MPLS
7 3 (0.24%) OSPF
7 3 (0.24%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.24%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.16%) IPsec
8 2 (0.16%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (12.85%) Power BI
2 65 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (4.57%) Tableau
4 57 (4.50%) Metadata
5 35 (2.76%) BigQuery
6 27 (2.13%) Data Lake
7 26 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (1.81%) Big Data
9 22 (1.74%) NoSQL
9 22 (1.74%) SQL Server
10 21 (1.66%) Looker
11 20 (1.58%) Power Query
11 20 (1.58%) Relational Database
12 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (1.42%) Oracle Database
13 16 (1.26%) Delta Lake
14 13 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (0.95%) Parquet
16 11 (0.87%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 82 (6.47%) JIRA
2 43 (3.39%) Git
3 20 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.87%) GitLab
4 11 (0.87%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.55%) JUnit
6 7 (0.55%) MLflow
7 6 (0.47%) ERwin
8 5 (0.39%) Mockito
9 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.32%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.32%) jMock
9 4 (0.32%) Maven
10 3 (0.24%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.24%) Toad
10 3 (0.24%) VTune
10 3 (0.24%) Xcode
11 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
General
1 457 (36.04%) Finance
2 447 (35.25%) Social Skills
3 288 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (14.20%) Public Sector
5 131 (10.33%) Banking
6 73 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
7 68 (5.36%) Marketing
8 64 (5.05%) Retail
9 50 (3.94%) Legal
10 39 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 35 (2.76%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (2.13%) Financial Institution
16 24 (1.89%) Local Government
17 22 (1.74%) Investment Banking
18 20 (1.58%) Front Office
19 17 (1.34%) Billing
20 13 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 194 (15.30%) Analyst
2 185 (14.59%) Senior
3 158 (12.46%) Lead
4 117 (9.23%) Architect
5 94 (7.41%) Data Engineer
6 92 (7.26%) Business Analyst
7 88 (6.94%) Project Manager
8 77 (6.07%) Developer
9 67 (5.28%) Data Analyst
10 48 (3.79%) Consultant
11 47 (3.71%) Data Scientist
12 40 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
13 34 (2.68%) Product Manager
14 32 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (2.44%) User Researcher
16 30 (2.37%) Senior Manager
17 28 (2.21%) Designer
17 28 (2.21%) Product Owner
18 26 (2.05%) Technical Leader
19 25 (1.97%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.23%) REST
2 32 (2.52%) React
3 28 (2.21%) Kafka
3 28 (2.21%) Pandas
4 26 (2.05%) PySpark
5 19 (1.50%) .NET
5 19 (1.50%) Middleware
6 18 (1.42%) AngularJS
6 18 (1.42%) NumPy
6 18 (1.42%) scikit-learn
7 17 (1.34%) RESTful
8 15 (1.18%) JSON
8 15 (1.18%) Spring
8 15 (1.18%) Spring Boot
9 12 (0.95%) HTML
9 12 (0.95%) Node.js
9 12 (0.95%) PyTorch
10 10 (0.79%) LDAP
10 10 (0.79%) OpenID
10 10 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.10%) Cloud Native
2 89 (7.02%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 39 (3.08%) Virtual Team
6 36 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.44%) AI Agents
7 31 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.50%) NHS
11 18 (1.42%) FMCG
12 17 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.34%) Taxonomies
13 16 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.26%) PMI
14 14 (1.10%) CMDB
14 14 (1.10%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.26%) Windows
2 14 (1.10%) Linux
3 6 (0.47%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.32%) Unix
6 3 (0.24%) VMS
6 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.079%) Solaris
8 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (27.92%) Agile
2 324 (25.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 311 (24.53%) Analytics
4 265 (20.90%) AI
4 265 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 255 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (16.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 200 (15.77%) Roadmaps
8 184 (14.51%) Data Modelling
9 183 (14.43%) Business Intelligence
10 177 (13.96%) CI/CD
11 169 (13.33%) DevOps
12 156 (12.30%) Data Pipeline
13 134 (10.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 130 (10.25%) Migration
15 125 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
16 124 (9.78%) Data Science
17 119 (9.38%) Validation
18 118 (9.31%) ETL
18 118 (9.31%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 256 (20.19%) SQL
2 253 (19.95%) Python
3 69 (5.44%) Java
4 51 (4.02%) TypeScript
5 32 (2.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 26 (2.05%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.66%) C#
8 16 (1.26%) R
9 10 (0.79%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.63%) VBA
11 7 (0.55%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.47%) C++
12 6 (0.47%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.47%) Ruby
13 5 (0.39%) Bicep
13 5 (0.39%) Scala
13 5 (0.39%) SPARQL
14 4 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 219 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 180 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 106 (8.36%) Degree
4 48 (3.79%) PMP
5 43 (3.39%) PMI Certification
6 28 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.26%) ACCA
10 16 (1.26%) CISSP
11 10 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.79%) CIMA
12 9 (0.71%) CISM
13 8 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.55%) CBAP
15 6 (0.47%) CISA
15 6 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (13.64%) Data Quality
2 84 (6.62%) PMO
3 70 (5.52%) QA
4 46 (3.63%) Accessibility
4 46 (3.63%) GDPR
5 19 (1.50%) NIST
6 15 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (0.87%) GRC
7 11 (0.87%) SLA
8 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.55%) COREP
9 7 (0.55%) FINREP
9 7 (0.55%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.32%) GAAP
10 4 (0.32%) IFRS
10 4 (0.32%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (2.92%) Docker
2 14 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.71%) Squid
4 5 (0.39%) NFS
4 5 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.32%) IAG
6 3 (0.24%) Postfix
6 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.079%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 79 (6.23%) Terraform
2 66 (5.21%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.50%) Grafana
4 15 (1.18%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.10%) Ansible
6 12 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.71%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.55%) Consul
8 7 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.47%) Kibana
9 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.32%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (0.32%) vMotion
11 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.24%) SCCM
12 2 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
12 2 (0.16%) Puppet
12 2 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 182 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.81%) Databricks
3 50 (3.94%) Google
3 50 (3.94%) Oracle
4 44 (3.47%) SAP
5 38 (3.00%) ServiceNow
6 36 (2.84%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.34%) Workday
8 14 (1.10%) Adobe
9 13 (1.03%) Atlassian
10 12 (0.95%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.87%) Dynatrace
12 10 (0.79%) Murex
13 9 (0.71%) Foundry
14 8 (0.63%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.63%) Splunk
15 7 (0.55%) Anaplan
15 7 (0.55%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.55%) VMware