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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 47 | 70 | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | +16 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing Decision-Making | 1,428 | 1,318 | 1,550 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.48% | 3.04% | 2.73% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.94% | 3.57% | 3.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 868 | 799 | 1,009 |
| 10th Percentile | £317 | £263 | £329 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £400 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £509 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.70% | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £604 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £713 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £479 | £479 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.88% | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 60 | 124 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.72 | £10.95 | £17.99 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.14 | £14.89 | £20.42 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.20 | £19.38 | £38.92 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +61.03% | -50.21% | -5.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £51.20 | £40.00 | £56.42 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.30 | £50.88 | £71.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.00 | £16.06 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.67% | -54.11% | -18.53% |
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 | 28,883 | 36,949 | 50,825 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.68% | 85.32% | 89.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,181 | 23,576 | 35,000 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | +0.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,432 | 2,509 | 1,726 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.75 | £12.28 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.42 | £16.12 | £16.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £37.50 | £38.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.93% | -1.77% | +46.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £61.30 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £72.50 | £75.59 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.66 | £38.12 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.31% | +8.91% | +66.67% |
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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 6 July 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 | +21 | 1,206 | £515 | - | 4,874 |
| UK excluding London | +9 | 656 | £479 | - | 2,494 |
| London | +29 | 627 | £525 | - | 2,716 |
| Work from Home | +23 | 429 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,051 |
| North of England | +10 | 196 | £484 | -3.25% | 687 |
| South East | +15 | 118 | £525 | -4.55% | 715 |
| Midlands | +11 | 118 | £425 | -1.45% | 361 |
| Scotland | +16 | 99 | £467 | +7.36% | 173 |
| Yorkshire | +48 | 91 | £489 | -11.14% | 216 |
| North West | -14 | 90 | £456 | -1.25% | 397 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 74 | £450 | - | 229 |
| South West | +13 | 72 | £520 | -1.89% | 232 |
| East of England | +16 | 42 | £550 | +31.34% | 260 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 42 | £375 | +15.38% | 128 |
| North East | +1 | 13 | £519 | +3.23% | 81 |
| Wales | -2 | 10 | £331 | -17.21% | 80 |
| Northern Ireland | -11 | 5 | £613 | +206.25% | 43 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | £463 | - |
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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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