Decision-Making Contracts in the North of England

Decision-Making
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 41 86
Rank change year-on-year +3 +45 -26
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 169 192 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.13% 4.03% 2.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.70% 4.70% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 99 95
10th Percentile £316 £269 £310
25th Percentile £404 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.26% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £631
90th Percentile £638 £689 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 53 10
10th Percentile - - £36.55
25th Percentile £22.14 £10.95 £41.16
Median hourly rate £25.22 £15.00 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year +68.10% -75.29% +85.23%
75th Percentile £29.69 £16.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £18.50 £51.57
% change year-on-year +62.16% -64.12% +21.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North West -5 93 £490 +5.95% 351
Yorkshire +21 55 £450 -18.18% 113
North East +10 19 £550 +4.02% 48
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.73%) Confluence
1 8 (4.73%) IBM Domino
2 4 (2.37%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.18%) Apache
4 2 (1.18%) SAS
5 1 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (5.92%) MS Visio
3 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.96%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.37%) Trello
6 3 (1.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (8.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.59%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.24%) Power Platform
2 17 (10.06%) Azure
3 16 (9.47%) GCP
4 12 (7.10%) AWS
5 5 (2.96%) Amazon S3
5 5 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.37%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (2.37%) Azure AI
6 4 (2.37%) Google Gemini
6 4 (2.37%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.78%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.78%) Figma
7 3 (1.78%) SaaS
8 2 (1.18%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.18%) dbt
8 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.18%) Serverless
8 2 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.96%) Network Security
2 2 (1.18%) DNS
2 2 (1.18%) Firewall
2 2 (1.18%) VPN
2 2 (1.18%) WAN
3 1 (0.59%) BGP
3 1 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.59%) DHCP
3 1 (0.59%) DMZ
3 1 (0.59%) DWDM
3 1 (0.59%) Internet
3 1 (0.59%) IPsec
3 1 (0.59%) L2TP
3 1 (0.59%) MPLS
3 1 (0.59%) Multicast
3 1 (0.59%) OSPF
3 1 (0.59%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.59%) SSL
3 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.24%) Power BI
2 17 (10.06%) Tableau
3 14 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (5.33%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.55%) Looker
6 5 (2.96%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.96%) Metadata
7 4 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (2.37%) Flink
7 4 (2.37%) Neo4j
7 4 (2.37%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.37%) Power Query
8 3 (1.78%) SAP HANA
9 2 (1.18%) Big Data
9 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.18%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.18%) MySQL
9 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.59%) QlikView
10 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (12.43%) JIRA
2 6 (3.55%) Git
3 2 (1.18%) ERwin
3 2 (1.18%) GitLab
3 2 (1.18%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (1.18%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.59%) Selenium
General
1 74 (43.79%) Social Skills
2 48 (28.40%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (28.40%) Finance
3 19 (11.24%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.88%) Manufacturing
5 14 (8.28%) Legal
6 11 (6.51%) Banking
6 11 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.92%) Marketing
8 7 (4.14%) Automotive
9 6 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (3.55%) Police
9 6 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.55%) Retail
10 5 (2.96%) Retail Banking
11 4 (2.37%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.78%) Military
12 3 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.18%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 35 (20.71%) Analyst
2 16 (9.47%) Senior
3 15 (8.88%) Architect
4 14 (8.28%) Business Analyst
5 12 (7.10%) Project Manager
6 11 (6.51%) Data Analyst
6 11 (6.51%) Lead
7 8 (4.73%) Coordinator
7 8 (4.73%) CRM Coordinator
7 8 (4.73%) Developer
7 8 (4.73%) Technical Coordinator
8 7 (4.14%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.55%) Support Analyst
10 5 (2.96%) Junior
10 5 (2.96%) Junior Analyst
10 5 (2.96%) Junior Data Analyst
10 5 (2.96%) Scala Developer
10 5 (2.96%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.55%) PyTorch
1 6 (3.55%) TensorFlow
2 5 (2.96%) Akka
2 5 (2.96%) Play Framework
3 4 (2.37%) Apache Beam
3 4 (2.37%) JDBC
3 4 (2.37%) Kafka
3 4 (2.37%) Spark Streaming
4 3 (1.78%) Middleware
5 2 (1.18%) PySpark
6 1 (0.59%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.59%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.59%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.59%) Node.js
6 1 (0.59%) OLE
6 1 (0.59%) pytest
6 1 (0.59%) React
6 1 (0.59%) RESTful
6 1 (0.59%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.59%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.10%) Algorithms
2 11 (6.51%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.51%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.14%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.55%) CMDB
4 6 (3.55%) Industry 4.0
4 6 (3.55%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 6 (3.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (2.37%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.37%) PMI
5 4 (2.37%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.78%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.78%) Social Media
7 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.18%) NHS
7 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.18%) Windows
2 1 (0.59%) Linux
2 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (60.36%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (36.69%) Agile
3 50 (29.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (17.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 29 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (17.16%) Project Management
6 27 (15.98%) Business Intelligence
6 27 (15.98%) Risk Management
7 24 (14.20%) Analytics
8 23 (13.61%) Data Analysis
9 22 (13.02%) Visualisation
10 20 (11.83%) Strategic Thinking
11 19 (11.24%) CI/CD
11 19 (11.24%) Data Management
11 19 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (10.65%) Change Management
12 18 (10.65%) Roadmaps
13 17 (10.06%) Business Analysis
14 16 (9.47%) DevOps
15 15 (8.88%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.83%) SQL
2 17 (10.06%) Python
3 8 (4.73%) Scala
4 5 (2.96%) R
5 4 (2.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.37%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.59%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.59%) Bash
6 1 (0.59%) Bicep
6 1 (0.59%) Java
6 1 (0.59%) Perl
6 1 (0.59%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (17.16%) Degree
2 13 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.14%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.14%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.14%) PMP
5 6 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.18%) CBAP
6 2 (1.18%) CCA
6 2 (1.18%) Tableau Certification
7 1 (0.59%) APMG
7 1 (0.59%) CCIE
7 1 (0.59%) CCNP
7 1 (0.59%) CIMA
7 1 (0.59%) CIPD
7 1 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.51%) PMO
3 9 (5.33%) Accessibility
4 7 (4.14%) SLA
5 5 (2.96%) QA
6 4 (2.37%) GDPR
7 3 (1.78%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.59%) GMP
9 1 (0.59%) GRC
9 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (4.14%) Docker
2 4 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.14%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.55%) MOM
3 5 (2.96%) Ansible
3 5 (2.96%) Kibana
4 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.78%) Terraform
5 2 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.59%) Grafana
6 1 (0.59%) HP Data Protector
6 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.59%) NetApp OnCommand
6 1 (0.59%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.59%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.59%) vMotion
6 1 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (10.65%) SAP
2 17 (10.06%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.92%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.73%) Google
5 6 (3.55%) Rockwell
5 6 (3.55%) Siemens
6 4 (2.37%) Databricks
6 4 (2.37%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.78%) Ariba
7 3 (1.78%) Concur
7 3 (1.78%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.18%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.18%) Brio
8 2 (1.18%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.18%) Splunk
8 2 (1.18%) Workday
9 1 (0.59%) Arista
9 1 (0.59%) F5
9 1 (0.59%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.59%) Veeam