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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 49 43
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +14
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 183 85 91
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.64% 3.84% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% 4.33% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 60 47
10th Percentile £335 £336 £358
25th Percentile £420 £389 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.98% -7.52%
75th Percentile £575 £532 £594
90th Percentile £700 £638 £685
England median daily rate £530 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +3.41% -2.38% -5.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 18
10th Percentile £19.08 - -
25th Percentile £21.14 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £10.95
75th Percentile £67.69 - -
90th Percentile £76.13 - £11.32
England median hourly rate £35.53 £31.50 £31.97
% change year-on-year +12.79% -1.45% -30.33%

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 3,274 1,962 2,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 88.70% 84.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 1,278 1,226
10th Percentile £290 £300 £311
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £595 £575 £588
90th Percentile £681 £663 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 131 136
10th Percentile £16.26 £13.50 £10.98
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.44 £19.80
Median hourly rate £45.25 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +79.92% -37.63% +15.21%
75th Percentile £72.75 £52.50 £54.45
90th Percentile £84.38 £72.50 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +17 120 £525 +16.67% 297
Cheshire -5 32 £495 +4.65% 67
Lancashire +6 16 £325 - 74
Merseyside -13 8 £563 +15.38% 47
Cumbria - 3 £503 - 6
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 6 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.19%) Confluence
3 2 (1.09%) CMS
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.64%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.55%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.55%) Maximo
3 1 (0.55%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.55%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.55%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.75%) AWS
2 24 (13.11%) Azure
3 11 (6.01%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.37%) GCP
5 5 (2.73%) Serverless
6 3 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.09%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.09%) dbt
7 2 (1.09%) GitHub
7 2 (1.09%) Google Gemini
7 2 (1.09%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.09%) SaaS
7 2 (1.09%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.55%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.64%) Firewall
1 3 (1.64%) Network Security
2 2 (1.09%) Internet
2 2 (1.09%) WAN
3 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.55%) LAN
3 1 (0.55%) PABX
3 1 (0.55%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.55%) SMS
3 1 (0.55%) SNMP
3 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.55%) VoIP
3 1 (0.55%) VPN
3 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.01%) Power BI
2 5 (2.73%) Metadata
2 5 (2.73%) Tableau
3 3 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.55%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.55%) Looker
5 1 (0.55%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.09%) GitLab
3 1 (0.55%) Git
3 1 (0.55%) Hudson
3 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) SonarQube
General
1 78 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 47 (25.68%) Finance
3 33 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (5.46%) Banking
7 9 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.92%) Retail
8 8 (4.37%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.28%) Law
9 6 (3.28%) Legal
10 5 (2.73%) Marketing
11 4 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.09%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.09%) Automotive
13 2 (1.09%) Local Government
14 1 (0.55%) Billing
Job Titles
1 30 (16.39%) Analyst
1 30 (16.39%) Lead
2 16 (8.74%) Project Manager
3 15 (8.20%) Architect
4 13 (7.10%) Data Analyst
4 13 (7.10%) Senior
5 11 (6.01%) Developer
6 9 (4.92%) Programme Manager
7 8 (4.37%) Product Manager
8 6 (3.28%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.28%) Senior Manager
9 5 (2.73%) Consultant
9 5 (2.73%) Data Engineer
9 5 (2.73%) Lead Architect
9 5 (2.73%) Lead Developer
9 5 (2.73%) Security Specialist
9 5 (2.73%) Software Engineer
9 5 (2.73%) Support Officer
10 4 (2.19%) Product Owner
10 4 (2.19%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.28%) Node.js
1 6 (3.28%) PySpark
2 4 (2.19%) Spring
2 4 (2.19%) Spring Boot
2 4 (2.19%) Terraform
3 3 (1.64%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.64%) Great Expectations
3 3 (1.64%) Kafka
3 3 (1.64%) OpenID
3 3 (1.64%) Pandas
4 2 (1.09%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.09%) CrewAI
4 2 (1.09%) LangChain
4 2 (1.09%) OAuth
4 2 (1.09%) React
4 2 (1.09%) RESTful
5 1 (0.55%) CSS
5 1 (0.55%) HTML
5 1 (0.55%) REST
5 1 (0.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.65%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.10%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.92%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.73%) NHS
7 4 (2.19%) CMDB
7 4 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.64%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.64%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.09%) FMCG
9 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.09%) Life Science
9 2 (1.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.73%) Windows
2 2 (1.09%) Android
2 2 (1.09%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (31.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 55 (30.05%) Agile
3 51 (27.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (21.31%) Roadmaps
5 38 (20.77%) Analytics
6 33 (18.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 30 (16.39%) AI
8 29 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (14.21%) Risk Management
10 25 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (12.02%) Migration
12 19 (10.38%) Mentoring
12 19 (10.38%) Software Engineering
13 17 (9.29%) Data Analysis
13 17 (9.29%) Project Management
13 17 (9.29%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (9.29%) Workshop Facilitation
14 15 (8.20%) User Experience
15 14 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (7.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.74%) SQL
2 12 (6.56%) Python
3 8 (4.37%) Java
4 7 (3.83%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.19%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.55%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 28 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.57%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.84%) Degree
4 8 (4.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.73%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (2.19%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.64%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.64%) CISSP
7 3 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.64%) PMP
8 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.09%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.09%) CISA
8 2 (1.09%) CISM
8 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.09%) CRISC
8 2 (1.09%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.55%) CEH
9 1 (0.55%) CIMA
9 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.85%) Data Quality
2 16 (8.74%) NIST
3 13 (7.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (6.56%) GRC
5 11 (6.01%) NCSC
6 10 (5.46%) QA
7 8 (4.37%) Accessibility
8 5 (2.73%) GDPR
9 4 (2.19%) SLA
10 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.64%) PMO
11 2 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.09%) Docker
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.09%) SCCM
2 1 (0.55%) CASB
2 1 (0.55%) Istio
2 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.55%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (9.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.56%) SAP
3 10 (5.46%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.28%) Google
5 4 (2.19%) Facebook
5 4 (2.19%) Oracle
5 4 (2.19%) Workday
6 3 (1.64%) Cisco
6 3 (1.64%) Databricks
6 3 (1.64%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.09%) Ariba
7 2 (1.09%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.55%) Adobe
8 1 (0.55%) Apple
8 1 (0.55%) BMC
8 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.55%) Intel
8 1 (0.55%) OpenText
8 1 (0.55%) VMware