Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Decision-Making
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 47 60
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 -5
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 111 43 51
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 5.98% 3.64% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% 4.23% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 20 37
10th Percentile £339 £142 £318
25th Percentile £401 £383 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £522 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% +16.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £569
90th Percentile £615 £639 £645
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.48 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £18.73 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.89% - -
75th Percentile £22.14 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £31.49 £32.92 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.35% -28.71% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,663 1,016 1,613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.60% 86.03% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,121 609 1,028
10th Percentile £250 £232 £300
25th Percentile £385 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 30 25
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.52 £15.69
25th Percentile £17.48 £15.88 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +2.06% +1.48%
75th Percentile £39.68 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £57.25 £60.29 £38.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Yorkshire

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
South Yorkshire -3 67 £483 -3.40% 19
West Yorkshire -3 40 £525 -16.00% 35
North Yorkshire - 1 £425 - 10
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 23 (20.72%) Confluence
2 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.50%) Apache Pig
4 1 (0.90%) Apache
4 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.90%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 23 (20.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.13%) Power Platform
2 9 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.41%) Azure
4 5 (4.50%) AWS
4 5 (4.50%) GCP
5 2 (1.80%) GitHub
5 2 (1.80%) OCI
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.90%) dbt
6 1 (0.90%) Figma
6 1 (0.90%) IBM Blueworks
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.90%) PaaS
6 1 (0.90%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.90%) SaaS
6 1 (0.90%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.50%) Kerberos
2 4 (3.60%) Firewall
3 2 (1.80%) DNS
3 2 (1.80%) NAS
3 2 (1.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (26.13%) Power BI
2 11 (9.91%) Power Query
3 6 (5.41%) PowerPivot
4 5 (4.50%) Apache Hive
4 5 (4.50%) Data Mining
4 5 (4.50%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.70%) Tableau
6 2 (1.80%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.80%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.90%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.90%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.90%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.90%) Metadata
7 1 (0.90%) MySQL
7 1 (0.90%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.90%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.90%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 30 (27.03%) JIRA
2 3 (2.70%) Git
2 3 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.80%) GitLab
4 1 (0.90%) Bundler
4 1 (0.90%) ESLint
4 1 (0.90%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.90%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.90%) PVCS
4 1 (0.90%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.90%) webpack
General
1 54 (48.65%) Finance
2 36 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (30.63%) Social Skills
4 27 (24.32%) Banking
5 6 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.50%) Legal
6 5 (4.50%) Police
7 4 (3.60%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.60%) Retail
8 3 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.70%) Marketing
8 3 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.80%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 37 (33.33%) Analyst
2 15 (13.51%) Business Analyst
3 13 (11.71%) Architect
3 13 (11.71%) Lead
4 11 (9.91%) Data Analyst
4 11 (9.91%) Security Architect
5 10 (9.01%) Senior
5 10 (9.01%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (8.11%) Security Solutions Architect
7 8 (7.21%) Data Scientist
8 7 (6.31%) Incident Manager
9 6 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) Strategy Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Lead Architect
10 5 (4.50%) Lead Security Architect
10 5 (4.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 5 (4.50%) Product Manager
10 5 (4.50%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.50%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) OAuth
1 5 (4.50%) SAML
2 2 (1.80%) CSS
2 2 (1.80%) GraphQL
2 2 (1.80%) HTML
2 2 (1.80%) Middleware
2 2 (1.80%) React
3 1 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.90%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.90%) Compass CSS Framework
3 1 (0.90%) Enzyme
3 1 (0.90%) Handlebars
3 1 (0.90%) Jest
3 1 (0.90%) Pandas
3 1 (0.90%) PySpark
3 1 (0.90%) pytest
3 1 (0.90%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.90%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.90%) WebdriverIO
3 1 (0.90%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.01%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.31%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.50%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.50%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.70%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.80%) IVR
7 1 (0.90%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.90%) NHS
7 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.41%) Windows
2 2 (1.80%) Linux
2 2 (1.80%) VMS
2 2 (1.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (34.23%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (30.63%) Agile
3 26 (23.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (19.82%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (19.82%) Visualisation
5 20 (18.02%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (17.12%) Incident Response
7 18 (16.22%) Data Governance
8 17 (15.32%) Analytics
8 17 (15.32%) Migration
9 16 (14.41%) Actionable Insight
9 16 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (14.41%) Technical Debt
10 15 (13.51%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (12.61%) Data Analysis
11 14 (12.61%) Data Modelling
11 14 (12.61%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 13 (11.71%) Project Governance
12 13 (11.71%) Project Management
12 13 (11.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.82%) Python
2 20 (18.02%) SQL
3 9 (8.11%) VBA
4 6 (5.41%) Java
5 5 (4.50%) Scala
6 3 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.80%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.80%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.90%) C#
8 1 (0.90%) R
8 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (18.02%) Degree
2 15 (13.51%) CISM
2 15 (13.51%) CISSP
3 11 (9.91%) TOGAF Certification
4 8 (7.21%) Master's Degree
4 8 (7.21%) PhD
5 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.90%) PMP
7 1 (0.90%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.90%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.81%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.31%) GDPR
2 7 (6.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (5.41%) PMO
4 5 (4.50%) SLA
5 3 (2.70%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.80%) COBIT
6 2 (1.80%) QA
7 1 (0.90%) GRC
7 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.90%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.80%) VMware NSX
1 2 (1.80%) vSphere
2 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.50%) Ansible
1 5 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.70%) Terraform
3 2 (1.80%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.80%) vRealize
4 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.81%) BiZZdesign
3 11 (9.91%) CyberArk
4 10 (9.01%) Centrify
5 9 (8.11%) ServiceNow
6 6 (5.41%) Splunk
7 4 (3.60%) F5
7 4 (3.60%) SAP
7 4 (3.60%) Thycotic
8 2 (1.80%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.80%) Dell
8 2 (1.80%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.80%) Genesys
8 2 (1.80%) Google
8 2 (1.80%) HP
8 2 (1.80%) Oracle
8 2 (1.80%) VMware
9 1 (0.90%) GoldenSource
9 1 (0.90%) NEC
9 1 (0.90%) Planview