Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Decision-Making
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +11
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 6 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 7.14% 9.23% 7.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% 10.91% 9.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £364 -
25th Percentile - £375 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £272 £400 £337
Median % change year-on-year -32.11% +18.87% -48.23%
75th Percentile - - £453
90th Percentile - - £526
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £425 £444
% change year-on-year +5.88% -4.23% -15.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66 55 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 78.57% 84.62% 82.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 31 65
10th Percentile £177 £150 £284
25th Percentile £240 £180 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -11.60%
75th Percentile £419 £488 £500
90th Percentile £575 £550 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 9
10th Percentile £34.60 £12.25 £14.29
25th Percentile £47.13 £16.38 £23.00
Median hourly rate £68.00 £18.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +277.78% -52.00% +67.34%
75th Percentile - £20.24 £51.25
90th Percentile - £25.52 £54.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £18.07 £22.50
% change year-on-year +38.39% -19.71% +26.98%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 23 March 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
Stoke-on-Trent -5 1 £272 -32.11% 4
Decision-Making
West Midlands

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Local Government
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) Active Listening
2 5 (83.33%) Coaching
2 5 (83.33%) Conflict Resolution
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 5 (83.33%) Project Planning
2 5 (83.33%) Release Management
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Assessment
2 5 (83.33%) Service Management
2 5 (83.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Salesforce
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP