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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 17 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 7.76% 1.79% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 2.00% 4.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 3
10th Percentile £412 £461 -
25th Percentile £480 £477 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% -5.68% -
75th Percentile £725 £552 -
90th Percentile £748 £562 -
Wiltshire median daily rate £500 £738 £550
% change year-on-year -32.20% +34.09% +12.82%

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 170 100 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 77.63% 89.29% 78.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 58 60
10th Percentile £333 £210 £304
25th Percentile £419 £308 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £725 £575 £550
90th Percentile £788 £624 £639
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £563 £538
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £28.75 - -
25th Percentile £46.00 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £49.50 - -
90th Percentile £49.80 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £38.50 £22.50 £12.79
% change year-on-year +71.11% +75.92% -78.68%

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 2 September 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 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) AWS
2 5 (29.41%) Amazon Cognito
2 5 (29.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) Azure
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (70.59%) Public Sector
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Lead
2 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Lead Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Technical Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Technical Leader
3 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Financial Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Report Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Workday Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Digital Product Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) HR Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
2 5 (29.41%) Analytics
2 5 (29.41%) Compliance Audit
2 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (29.41%) Data Governance
2 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Privileged Access Management
2 5 (29.41%) Risk Analysis
2 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (29.41%) Zero Trust
3 4 (23.53%) Business Case
3 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
3 4 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (23.53%) Service Design
4 3 (17.65%) Coaching
4 3 (17.65%) Scorecard
4 3 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (17.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Data Quality
2 4 (23.53%) NCSC
2 4 (23.53%) NIST
2 4 (23.53%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) OneLogin
1 4 (23.53%) Workday
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft