Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Decision-Making
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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 7 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 1 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 3.33% 31.25% 8.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% 38.46% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £364 -
25th Percentile - £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £272 £400 £298
Median % change year-on-year -32.11% +34.23% -
75th Percentile - - £355
90th Percentile - - £390
Staffordshire median daily rate £272 £400 £337
% change year-on-year -32.11% +18.87% -48.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17 13 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 56.67% 81.25% 76.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 24
10th Percentile £202 £325 £308
25th Percentile £259 £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +6.67% -26.47%
75th Percentile £400 £405 £491
90th Percentile £419 £488 £575
Staffordshire median daily rate £350 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -11.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 £12.25 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £12.50 £10.93
Median % change year-on-year +120.00% +14.36% -
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.49 -
90th Percentile - £21.93 -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £68.00 £18.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +277.78% -52.00% +67.34%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP