Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in West London

Decision-Making
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 26 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 11 5 15
As % of all contract jobs in West London 3.51% 2.33% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 2.81% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile - - £455
25th Percentile £513 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £1,000 £558
Median % change year-on-year -47.50% +79.37% +15.54%
75th Percentile £575 - £583
90th Percentile £733 - £640
London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £32.57 - -
25th Percentile £34.18 £28.50 -
Median hourly rate £38.00 £29.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.02% -47.27% -
75th Percentile £42.94 £29.50 -
90th Percentile £45.22 - -
London median hourly rate £31.49 £37.50 £43.08
% change year-on-year -16.03% -12.96% -21.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 276 178 367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.18% 82.79% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 126 276
10th Percentile £204 £220 £200
25th Percentile £358 £363 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £411 £515
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -20.15% +0.73%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £600
90th Percentile £638 £588 £649
London median daily rate £526 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 23
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.20 £17.10
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.13 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.93 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -58.31% -11.29%
75th Percentile £30.56 £28.63 £69.50
90th Percentile £37.88 £37.53 £83.00
London median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in West London

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

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

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in West London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in West London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

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

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Hounslow +2 3 £525 -47.50% 5
Hillingdon - 3 - - 2
Decision-Making
London

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 1 (9.09%) ArcGIS
1 1 (9.09%) CMS
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) GCP
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
3 1 (9.09%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Big Data
1 3 (27.27%) BigQuery
2 2 (18.18%) Power BI
3 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (9.09%) Metadata
3 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Marketing
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Italian Language
5 1 (9.09%) Local Government
5 1 (9.09%) Spanish Language
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Data Scientist
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Production Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Pandas
1 3 (27.27%) scikit-learn
1 3 (27.27%) TensorFlow
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) AI Agents
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (36.36%) AI
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Vision
3 3 (27.27%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (27.27%) Data Science
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) Natural Language Processing
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Statistical Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Statistics
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) UiPath