Decision-Making Contracts in the South West

Decision-Making
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Decision-Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Decision-Making over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 76 48
Rank change year-on-year +34 -28 +11
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 126 107 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.97% 3.02% 4.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 3.37% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 69 89
10th Percentile £334 £319 £363
25th Percentile £463 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £646 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £800 £666
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 9 26
10th Percentile £13.47 £47.04 £42.29
25th Percentile £14.54 £51.19 £45.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.30 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +16.38% +0.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £56.10
90th Percentile £59.00 £67.20 £61.09
England median hourly rate £18.25 £50.05 £44.73
% change year-on-year -63.54% +11.91% +59.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Decision-Making is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,635 3,177 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.10% 89.59% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 2,333 2,317
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £593
90th Percentile £700 £723 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 324 198
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.36 £20.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +14.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.07 £69.88
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in the South West

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the South West

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Bristol +30 54 £500 -20.00% 60
Wiltshire -12 29 £600 +9.09% 13
Somerset +19 19 £563 +21.62% 22
Gloucestershire +3 12 £563 +40.63% 10
Devon -12 6 £465 - 32
Dorset +5 3 - - 13
Cornwall - 1 - - 5
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.59%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Primavera
1 1 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.56%) AWS
1 7 (5.56%) PaaS
1 7 (5.56%) SaaS
2 4 (3.17%) Azure
3 3 (2.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.59%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.59%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.70%) WAN
2 10 (7.94%) LAN
3 8 (6.35%) DHCP
3 8 (6.35%) DNS
3 8 (6.35%) MPLS
3 8 (6.35%) SAN
3 8 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (5.56%) PBX
4 7 (5.56%) VoIP
5 6 (4.76%) SDH
6 4 (3.17%) Junos
7 3 (2.38%) Firewall
7 3 (2.38%) Internet
8 2 (1.59%) Skype
8 2 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.79%) ISDN
9 1 (0.79%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.38%) Power BI
3 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 15 (11.90%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 62 (49.21%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.05%) Finance
3 20 (15.87%) Telecoms
4 18 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (13.49%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (12.70%) Aerospace
7 14 (11.11%) Public Sector
8 13 (10.32%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (5.56%) Digital Economy
10 7 (5.56%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (3.97%) Police
12 4 (3.17%) Aeronautics
12 4 (3.17%) Banking
13 3 (2.38%) Law
13 3 (2.38%) Marketing
14 2 (1.59%) Billing
15 1 (0.79%) Advertising
15 1 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (18.25%) Architect
2 21 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 19 (15.08%) Solutions Architect
4 18 (14.29%) Analyst
5 8 (6.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (6.35%) IT Analyst
5 8 (6.35%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 6 (4.76%) Support Engineer
6 6 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 5 (3.97%) Coordinator
8 4 (3.17%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 4 (3.17%) Lead
8 4 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 4 (3.17%) QA Specialist
9 3 (2.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (2.38%) Migration Manager
9 3 (2.38%) Migration Project Manager
9 3 (2.38%) Product Specialist
9 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 3 (2.38%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (0.79%) ModSecurity
1 1 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.73%) Data Centre
3 9 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.35%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.35%) Clustering
5 7 (5.56%) Blackberry
5 7 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (3.97%) Life Science
7 4 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.38%) Housing Association
8 3 (2.38%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.59%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.59%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.79%) PMI
10 1 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.70%) Windows
2 8 (6.35%) Unix
3 2 (1.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.16%) Project Management
2 27 (21.43%) Agile
2 27 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (18.25%) Change Management
3 23 (18.25%) Roadmaps
3 23 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 20 (15.87%) Enterprise Architecture
5 20 (15.87%) ITIL
6 19 (15.08%) Strategic Roadmap
6 19 (15.08%) TOGAF
7 17 (13.49%) ArchiMate
7 17 (13.49%) Architecture Governance
7 17 (13.49%) Business Case
8 16 (12.70%) Migration
9 14 (11.11%) Business Analysis
9 14 (11.11%) Time Management
10 13 (10.32%) BPMN
10 13 (10.32%) Customer Engagement
11 12 (9.52%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.73%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.38%) SQL
3 2 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.59%) Python
3 2 (1.59%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 66 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 36 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 32 (25.40%) DV Cleared
4 31 (24.60%) Degree
5 11 (8.73%) HND
5 11 (8.73%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (5.56%) CCNP
7 7 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.17%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.38%) PMP
9 3 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.59%) CISM
10 2 (1.59%) CISSP
10 2 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.59%) MCP
10 2 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.79%) APMG
11 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.14%) PMO
2 8 (6.35%) QA
3 5 (3.97%) SLA
4 4 (3.17%) GMP
5 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.59%) NIST
6 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.79%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.79%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 14 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.35%) Virtual Servers
2 8 (6.35%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (1.59%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 10 (7.94%) SCCM
2 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (6.35%) Nagios
2 8 (6.35%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.59%) Ansible
3 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.59%) MOM
3 2 (1.59%) VxRail
4 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.08%) Cisco
3 17 (13.49%) Juniper
3 17 (13.49%) Nokia
3 17 (13.49%) VMware
4 15 (11.90%) IBM
5 8 (6.35%) Hitachi
5 8 (6.35%) NetApp
6 7 (5.56%) Avaya
6 7 (5.56%) Ericsson
6 7 (5.56%) Google
6 7 (5.56%) Ribbon
7 5 (3.97%) Adobe
7 5 (3.97%) SAP
8 4 (3.17%) Ciena
8 4 (3.17%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.38%) Citrix
10 2 (1.59%) Dell
10 2 (1.59%) Remedy
10 2 (1.59%) Splunk