Decision-Making
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 48 | 58 | 90 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | +32 | -13 |
| Contract jobs citing Decision-Making | 1,307 | 1,463 | 1,594 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.47% | 3.36% | 2.67% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.92% | 3.89% | 2.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 794 | 941 | 995 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | £275 | £341 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £410 | £440 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | - | -2.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £637 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £729 | £725 | £747 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 64 | 129 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.20 | £10.95 | £17.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.14 | £14.54 | £22.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.49 | £19.38 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +62.54% | -59.21% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.84 | £35.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.84 | £50.00 | £65.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.31 | £16.06 | £53.43 |
| % change year-on-year | +70.07% | -69.94% | +20.06% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,551 | 37,621 | 53,662 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.82% | 86.30% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,137 | 24,254 | 37,244 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £521 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.86% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £744 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.80% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,437 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.70 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.50 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.31% | -4.83% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.00 | £59.95 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.94 | £36.50 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.45% | +1.39% | +80.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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 |
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| England | +7 | 1,103 | £525 | - | 3,399 |
| UK excluding London | +9 | 592 | £500 | - | 1,568 |
| London | +20 | 584 | £550 | +4.76% | 1,965 |
| Work from Home | +14 | 401 | £500 | -4.76% | 1,704 |
| North of England | +4 | 166 | £499 | +2.26% | 444 |
| South East | -2 | 111 | £500 | -9.05% | 383 |
| Scotland | +25 | 97 | £475 | +8.45% | 114 |
| Midlands | +3 | 95 | £450 | +5.88% | 266 |
| North West | -9 | 92 | £494 | +6.70% | 305 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 67 | £425 | -5.56% | 166 |
| South West | -9 | 62 | £550 | - | 183 |
| Yorkshire | +25 | 53 | £450 | -18.18% | 102 |
| East of England | +25 | 41 | £600 | +14.12% | 155 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 26 | £450 | +66.67% | 94 |
| North East | +10 | 19 | £550 | +4.02% | 38 |
| Wales | +5 | 11 | £331 | -36.92% | 36 |
| Northern Ireland | -3 | 9 | £613 | -4.30% | 19 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | £463 | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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