Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in the North West

Decision-Making
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 48 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 +33
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 166 85 114
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.41% 3.90% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.32% 4.43% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 57 47
10th Percentile £363 £330 £354
25th Percentile £413 £413 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £453
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% +0.77% -15.81%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £581
90th Percentile £700 £651 £685
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.29% -2.24% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 45
10th Percentile £20.64 £27.00 -
25th Percentile £21.14 £33.75 £10.95
Median hourly rate £55.25 £47.50 £11.20
Median % change year-on-year +16.32% +324.30% -75.60%
75th Percentile £73.75 £61.25 £16.06
90th Percentile £95.00 £68.00 -
England median hourly rate £35.53 £29.48 £16.06
% change year-on-year +20.53% +83.55% -64.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,123 1,920 2,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.06% 88.15% 84.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 1,232 1,246
10th Percentile £278 £278 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -7.75% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £671 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 125 187
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.43 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.87% -12.52% +6.04%
75th Percentile £74.26 £58.27 £51.91
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.50 £70.90
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in the North West

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the North West over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the North West

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the North West over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the North West

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Manchester +10 107 £500 +11.11% 201
Cheshire -8 32 £490 -1.41% 50
Lancashire -2 9 £285 -52.50% 51
Merseyside -18 7 £550 +15.79% 27
Cumbria 0 6 £507 - 3
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (3.01%) Confluence
2 3 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.60%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.81%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.20%) Maximo
4 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.60%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.60%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.60%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (13.86%) AWS
2 21 (12.65%) Azure
3 9 (5.42%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.41%) GCP
4 4 (2.41%) Serverless
5 3 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.81%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.20%) Azure AKS
6 2 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.20%) dbt
6 2 (1.20%) GitHub
6 2 (1.20%) Google Gemini
6 2 (1.20%) IaaS
6 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.20%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.20%) Firewall
1 2 (1.20%) Internet
1 2 (1.20%) Network Security
2 1 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.60%) PABX
2 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.60%) SMS
2 1 (0.60%) SNMP
2 1 (0.60%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.60%) VPN
2 1 (0.60%) WAN
2 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.42%) Power BI
2 5 (3.01%) Metadata
2 5 (3.01%) Tableau
3 3 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.60%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.60%) DocumentDB
4 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.60%) GIS
4 1 (0.60%) Looker
4 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.60%) QGIS
4 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.60%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) JIRA
2 3 (1.81%) GitLab
3 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) Git
4 1 (0.60%) Hudson
4 1 (0.60%) SonarQube
General
1 79 (47.59%) Social Skills
2 53 (31.93%) Finance
3 39 (23.49%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.64%) Influencing Skills
4 16 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.02%) Banking
6 9 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.82%) Retail
8 7 (4.22%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.41%) Law
9 4 (2.41%) Legal
9 4 (2.41%) Marketing
9 4 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.60%) Advertising
11 1 (0.60%) Automotive
11 1 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 31 (18.67%) Analyst
2 26 (15.66%) Lead
3 19 (11.45%) Senior
4 13 (7.83%) Architect
4 13 (7.83%) Data Analyst
5 12 (7.23%) Project Manager
6 10 (6.02%) Business Analyst
7 9 (5.42%) Developer
7 9 (5.42%) Programme Manager
8 6 (3.61%) Data Engineer
8 6 (3.61%) Product Manager
8 6 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.61%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.01%) Consultant
9 5 (3.01%) Engagement Manager
9 5 (3.01%) Lead Architect
9 5 (3.01%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (3.01%) User Experience Researcher
10 4 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.41%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.42%) Node.js
2 6 (3.61%) AngularJS
2 6 (3.61%) PySpark
3 5 (3.01%) React
4 4 (2.41%) Pandas
4 4 (2.41%) Vue
5 3 (1.81%) Great Expectations
6 2 (1.20%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.20%) CrewAI
6 2 (1.20%) Kafka
6 2 (1.20%) LangChain
6 2 (1.20%) OAuth
6 2 (1.20%) OpenID
6 2 (1.20%) RESTful
6 2 (1.20%) Spring
6 2 (1.20%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.60%) CSS
7 1 (0.60%) HTML
7 1 (0.60%) Nunjucks
7 1 (0.60%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.83%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.63%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.02%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.22%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.41%) NHS
5 4 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.81%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.81%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.20%) CMDB
7 2 (1.20%) FMCG
7 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Life Science
7 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.81%) Windows
2 2 (1.20%) Android
2 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.13%) Agile
2 46 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (24.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (22.89%) Analytics
5 33 (19.88%) Roadmaps
6 32 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (16.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (15.06%) AI
9 24 (14.46%) Mentoring
10 23 (13.86%) Migration
11 20 (12.05%) Data Analysis
11 20 (12.05%) Risk Management
12 19 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (10.84%) Project Management
14 17 (10.24%) Validation
15 15 (9.04%) Actionable Insight
15 15 (9.04%) Data Modelling
15 15 (9.04%) User Experience
16 14 (8.43%) CRM
16 14 (8.43%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.04%) SQL
2 14 (8.43%) Python
3 8 (4.82%) TypeScript
4 7 (4.22%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.41%) Java
6 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 19 (11.45%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.84%) Degree
3 16 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (3.01%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.41%) PMP
7 3 (1.81%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.81%) CISSP
8 2 (1.20%) CISA
8 2 (1.20%) CISM
8 2 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.20%) CRISC
9 1 (0.60%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.60%) ACCA
9 1 (0.60%) CIMA
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.87%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.02%) QA
3 8 (4.82%) Accessibility
4 7 (4.22%) GRC
5 5 (3.01%) GDPR
6 4 (2.41%) NIST
7 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (1.81%) PMO
7 3 (1.81%) SLA
8 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (2.41%) Docker
2 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.61%) Terraform
2 2 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.20%) SCCM
3 1 (0.60%) CASB
3 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (7.83%) Microsoft
1 13 (7.83%) SAP
2 9 (5.42%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.41%) Databricks
3 4 (2.41%) Facebook
3 4 (2.41%) Oracle
3 4 (2.41%) Workday
4 3 (1.81%) Google
4 3 (1.81%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.81%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.20%) Ariba
5 2 (1.20%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.20%) Cisco
5 2 (1.20%) IBM
5 2 (1.20%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.60%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.60%) IFS
6 1 (0.60%) Optimizely
6 1 (0.60%) Splunk
6 1 (0.60%) UiPath