Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Decision-Making
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 20 18
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 12 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 6.03% 1.87% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.27% 2.06% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £412 £461 -
25th Percentile £446 £477 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% -5.68% +2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £552 -
90th Percentile £725 £562 -
Wiltshire median daily rate £450 £725 £550
% change year-on-year -37.93% +31.82% +3.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 97 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 82.91% 90.65% 80.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 63 59
10th Percentile £305 £217 £291
25th Percentile £413 £308 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -12.84%
75th Percentile £600 £559 £550
90th Percentile £725 £600 £600
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -8.70% +6.88% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 8
10th Percentile £21.20 - -
25th Percentile £30.36 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £16.50
75th Percentile £49.13 - £30.25
90th Percentile £49.75 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £36.36 £22.50 £14.54
% change year-on-year +61.58% +54.75% -78.93%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Swindon

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Swindon over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Swindon

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (58.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Report Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Workday Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Product Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Product Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) HR Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Reporting Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Analytics
2 4 (33.33%) Business Case
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 4 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 4 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 4 (33.33%) Service Design
3 3 (25.00%) Coaching
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) AI
4 2 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (16.67%) Data Security
4 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 2 (16.67%) Product Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) NCSC
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Workday
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) OneLogin