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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 51 33
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 +22
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 166 90 117
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.34% 4.08% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.24% 4.60% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 63 48
10th Percentile £340 £323 £358
25th Percentile £413 £413 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year +13.48% -3.74% -9.44%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £578
90th Percentile £700 £638 £683
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 45
10th Percentile £20.30 £27.00 -
25th Percentile £21.14 £33.75 £10.95
Median hourly rate £50.00 £47.50 £11.20
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +324.30% -75.60%
75th Percentile £63.06 £61.25 £16.06
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 -
England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.20 £16.06
% change year-on-year +13.88% +94.27% -65.00%

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 3,166 1,956 2,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.71% 88.67% 84.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,849 1,264 1,215
10th Percentile £280 £282 £312
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £599 £575 £588
90th Percentile £677 £668 £678
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 127 172
10th Percentile £16.11 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £24.72 £18.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.38 £34.61
Median % change year-on-year +64.38% -20.89% +12.91%
75th Percentile £71.91 £56.88 £51.91
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.25 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.75
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.17% +3.59%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +15 109 £525 +16.67% 146
Cheshire -10 32 £495 +0.61% 36
Lancashire -1 10 £293 -51.21% 60
Merseyside -14 8 £550 +12.82% 35
Cumbria -13 3 £503 - 1
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 4 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.60%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.41%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.81%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.60%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.60%) Maximo
3 1 (0.60%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.60%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.60%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.46%) Azure
2 23 (13.86%) AWS
3 11 (6.63%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.82%) GCP
5 4 (2.41%) Serverless
6 3 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.81%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.20%) dbt
7 2 (1.20%) GitHub
7 2 (1.20%) Google Gemini
7 2 (1.20%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.20%) SaaS
7 2 (1.20%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (0.60%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.81%) Firewall
1 3 (1.81%) Network Security
2 2 (1.20%) Internet
3 1 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.60%) PABX
3 1 (0.60%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.60%) SMS
3 1 (0.60%) SNMP
3 1 (0.60%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.60%) VPN
3 1 (0.60%) WAN
3 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.63%) Power BI
2 5 (3.01%) Metadata
2 5 (3.01%) Tableau
3 3 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.60%) Looker
5 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.60%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) GitLab
3 1 (0.60%) Git
3 1 (0.60%) Hudson
3 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.60%) SonarQube
General
1 72 (43.37%) Social Skills
2 49 (29.52%) Finance
3 33 (19.88%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.43%) Influencing Skills
4 14 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.02%) Banking
6 9 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.82%) Retail
8 7 (4.22%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.61%) Law
10 5 (3.01%) Legal
11 4 (2.41%) Marketing
12 3 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.81%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.20%) Automotive
14 1 (0.60%) Billing
14 1 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 31 (18.67%) Analyst
2 24 (14.46%) Lead
3 15 (9.04%) Project Manager
3 15 (9.04%) Senior
4 14 (8.43%) Architect
5 13 (7.83%) Data Analyst
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 Manager
9 5 (3.01%) Consultant
9 5 (3.01%) Lead Architect
9 5 (3.01%) User Experience Researcher
10 4 (2.41%) Data Manager
10 4 (2.41%) Product Owner
10 4 (2.41%) Security Specialist
10 4 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.41%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.22%) Node.js
2 6 (3.61%) PySpark
3 4 (2.41%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.41%) Pandas
4 3 (1.81%) Great Expectations
4 3 (1.81%) OpenID
4 3 (1.81%) React
5 2 (1.20%) AWS CDK
5 2 (1.20%) CrewAI
5 2 (1.20%) LangChain
5 2 (1.20%) OAuth
5 2 (1.20%) RESTful
5 2 (1.20%) Spring
5 2 (1.20%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.20%) Vue
6 1 (0.60%) CSS
6 1 (0.60%) HTML
6 1 (0.60%) JWT
6 1 (0.60%) Kafka
6 1 (0.60%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.83%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.63%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.42%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.22%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.41%) CMDB
6 4 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.41%) NHS
7 3 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.81%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.81%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.20%) FMCG
8 2 (1.20%) Life Science
9 1 (0.60%) Blog
9 1 (0.60%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.41%) Windows
2 2 (1.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.60%) Android
3 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (32.53%) Agile
2 46 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (25.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (21.69%) Analytics
5 34 (20.48%) Roadmaps
6 28 (16.87%) AI
6 28 (16.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (13.86%) Migration
7 23 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (12.05%) Risk Management
10 18 (10.84%) Mentoring
11 17 (10.24%) Data Analysis
11 17 (10.24%) Workshop Facilitation
12 15 (9.04%) Project Management
12 15 (9.04%) Requirements Gathering
12 15 (9.04%) User Experience
12 15 (9.04%) Validation
13 14 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (8.43%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.24%) SQL
2 13 (7.83%) Python
3 7 (4.22%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.01%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.41%) Java
6 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 21 (12.65%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.84%) Degree
3 17 (10.24%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (2.41%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.81%) CISSP
7 3 (1.81%) PMP
8 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.20%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.20%) CISA
8 2 (1.20%) CISM
8 2 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.20%) CRISC
8 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.60%) ACSP
9 1 (0.60%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.60%) IIBA
9 1 (0.60%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (18.07%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.63%) QA
3 8 (4.82%) NIST
4 7 (4.22%) Accessibility
4 7 (4.22%) GRC
5 6 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (3.01%) GDPR
7 4 (2.41%) NCSC
8 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (1.81%) SLA
9 2 (1.20%) PMO
9 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.20%) Docker
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.41%) Terraform
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.20%) SCCM
3 1 (0.60%) CASB
3 1 (0.60%) Istio
3 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (9.04%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.23%) SAP
3 10 (6.02%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.61%) Google
5 4 (2.41%) Facebook
5 4 (2.41%) Oracle
5 4 (2.41%) Workday
6 3 (1.81%) Cisco
6 3 (1.81%) Databricks
6 3 (1.81%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.20%) Ariba
7 2 (1.20%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.60%) Adobe
8 1 (0.60%) Apple
8 1 (0.60%) BMC
8 1 (0.60%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.60%) IBM
8 1 (0.60%) Intel
8 1 (0.60%) OpenText