Decision-Making Contracts with Work from Home Options

Decision-Making
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 67 93 82
Rank change year-on-year +26 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 452 634 1,380
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.03% 2.52% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 2.81% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 440 973
10th Percentile £331 £338 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.06%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £630
90th Percentile £708 £713 £737
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 20 19
10th Percentile £26.55 £18.80 £15.64
25th Percentile £27.81 £19.00 £22.46
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.16 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.94% -46.60% +49.66%
75th Percentile £45.07 £37.50 £47.63
90th Percentile £51.50 £57.50 £55.95
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £46.25 £44.96
% change year-on-year -58.11% +2.87% +52.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,143 22,599 40,333
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.00% 89.72% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,800 15,969 29,287
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 519 542
10th Percentile £14.96 £18.63 £14.28
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £37.39
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +42.69% +52.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £71.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Decision-Making
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Decision-Making trend for jobs with a WFH option

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Decision-Making.

Decision-Making daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Decision-Making daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Decision-Making.

Decision-Making hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Decision-Making hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.66%) CMS
2 3 (0.66%) Confluence
3 2 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.44%) SAS
4 1 (0.22%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) Mule
Applications
1 33 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.11%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.66%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.44%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.44%) Revit
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.88%) Loan IQ
2 4 (0.88%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.66%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.66%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.66%) Primavera
3 3 (0.66%) Shopify
4 2 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.44%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.44%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.22%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.17%) Azure
2 40 (8.85%) AWS
3 38 (8.41%) Power Platform
4 13 (2.88%) GCP
4 13 (2.88%) SaaS
5 10 (2.21%) Google Analytics
6 7 (1.55%) npm
6 7 (1.55%) Power Automate
7 6 (1.33%) IaaS
7 6 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.33%) PaaS
7 6 (1.33%) Serverless
8 5 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.11%) GitHub
8 5 (1.11%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.11%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.11%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.88%) Figma
10 3 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.66%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.88%) Firewall
2 9 (1.99%) VPN
3 8 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.55%) HTTP
4 7 (1.55%) Network Security
5 6 (1.33%) DNS
6 5 (1.11%) 3G
6 5 (1.11%) 4G
6 5 (1.11%) 5G
6 5 (1.11%) DHCP
6 5 (1.11%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (0.88%) Junos
7 4 (0.88%) SDH
7 4 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.88%) VLAN
7 4 (0.88%) WAN
8 3 (0.66%) BGP
8 3 (0.66%) MPLS
9 2 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.44%) RSVP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.96%) Power BI
2 23 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.32%) Tableau
5 10 (2.21%) Big Data
6 9 (1.99%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.77%) Data Mining
7 8 (1.77%) Looker
8 6 (1.33%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.33%) Metadata
9 5 (1.11%) MySQL
10 4 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.66%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.66%) PostHog
11 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (5.09%) JIRA
2 12 (2.65%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.43%) GitLab
4 9 (1.99%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.99%) Selenium
5 8 (1.77%) REST Assured
5 8 (1.77%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.88%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.88%) RStudio
7 2 (0.44%) Git
7 2 (0.44%) Maven
8 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.22%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.22%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.22%) Storybook
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.22%) VisualWorks
General
1 203 (44.91%) Social Skills
2 127 (28.10%) Finance
3 105 (23.23%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 50 (11.06%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (7.74%) Banking
8 19 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (4.20%) Retail
8 19 (4.20%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.10%) Front Office
10 11 (2.43%) Billing
10 11 (2.43%) Legal
11 10 (2.21%) Marketing
12 9 (1.99%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.77%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.77%) Law
13 8 (1.77%) Local Government
13 8 (1.77%) Police
14 7 (1.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (11.95%) Project Manager
2 53 (11.73%) Architect
3 51 (11.28%) Analyst
4 50 (11.06%) Senior
5 38 (8.41%) Developer
6 36 (7.96%) Lead
7 30 (6.64%) Consultant
8 21 (4.65%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (3.32%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.10%) Data Analyst
12 13 (2.88%) Data Engineer
12 13 (2.88%) Java Developer
13 12 (2.65%) Software Engineer
14 11 (2.43%) Business Architect
15 10 (2.21%) Delivery Manager
15 10 (2.21%) Senior Project Manager
16 9 (1.99%) Security Analyst
16 9 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
16 9 (1.99%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.32%) REST
2 11 (2.43%) AngularJS
3 9 (1.99%) .NET
4 8 (1.77%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.77%) Java EE
5 7 (1.55%) Spring
6 6 (1.33%) RESTful
7 5 (1.11%) React
8 4 (0.88%) CSS
8 4 (0.88%) GraphQL
8 4 (0.88%) LDAP
9 3 (0.66%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.66%) HTML
9 3 (0.66%) Node.js
9 3 (0.66%) scikit-learn
10 2 (0.44%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.44%) Murex MxML
10 2 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.44%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.30%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 10 (2.21%) NHS
3 10 (2.21%) Public Cloud
3 10 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.99%) Mobile App
5 8 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (1.77%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.55%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.55%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.33%) FMCG
7 6 (1.33%) Replication
8 5 (1.11%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.88%) Derivative
9 4 (0.88%) Equities
9 4 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.42%) Windows
2 16 (3.54%) Linux
3 6 (1.33%) Unix
4 4 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.66%) Android
6 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.44%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.44%) zOS
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (30.97%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (28.10%) Agile
3 89 (19.69%) Project Management
4 67 (14.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (13.27%) Analytics
6 53 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (11.50%) Data Analysis
8 51 (11.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 48 (10.62%) Migration
9 48 (10.62%) Roadmaps
10 47 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
11 46 (10.18%) PRINCE2
11 46 (10.18%) Visualisation
12 44 (9.73%) Data Governance
13 41 (9.07%) Project Delivery
13 41 (9.07%) Risk Management
14 38 (8.41%) Actionable Insight
15 36 (7.96%) Computer Science
16 35 (7.74%) Change Management
16 35 (7.74%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 58 (12.83%) SQL
2 37 (8.19%) Python
3 32 (7.08%) Java
4 11 (2.43%) C#
5 7 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.33%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.33%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.11%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.11%) R
8 3 (0.66%) VBA
9 2 (0.44%) Bash
9 2 (0.44%) Go
9 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.44%) Perl
9 2 (0.44%) PHP
9 2 (0.44%) Ruby
9 2 (0.44%) Scala
9 2 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 93 (20.58%) Security Cleared
2 92 (20.35%) Degree
3 73 (16.15%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.31%) Master's Degree
5 22 (4.87%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.87%) PMP
6 17 (3.76%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.88%) CISSP
8 12 (2.65%) PhD
9 11 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.43%) CISM
9 11 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 8 (1.77%) APMP
12 6 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.11%) CCNP
14 4 (0.88%) CCNA
14 4 (0.88%) HND
14 4 (0.88%) JNCIA
14 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.74%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.76%) PMO
3 16 (3.54%) QA
4 14 (3.10%) SLA
5 12 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.55%) NIST
7 6 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.88%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.88%) GDPR
9 4 (0.88%) MiFID
10 3 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.44%) NCSC
11 2 (0.44%) P3O
12 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.22%) IFRS
12 1 (0.22%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (3.32%) Docker
2 10 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.88%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.88%) vSphere
5 2 (0.44%) HDFS
5 2 (0.44%) NFS
6 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 17 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.10%) Terraform
3 10 (2.21%) Ansible
4 8 (1.77%) Docker Swarm
4 8 (1.77%) Podman
5 2 (0.44%) Grafana
5 2 (0.44%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.44%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.44%) VxRail
6 1 (0.22%) Matomo
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.22%) Nessus
6 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 57 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.31%) SAP
3 16 (3.54%) Google
4 12 (2.65%) Informatica
4 12 (2.65%) Oracle
5 11 (2.43%) Cisco
6 10 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.99%) VMware
8 8 (1.77%) Dell
9 6 (1.33%) Facebook
9 6 (1.33%) IBM
9 6 (1.33%) Instagram
9 6 (1.33%) Juniper
9 6 (1.33%) Nokia
10 5 (1.11%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.88%) Brio
11 4 (0.88%) Ciena
11 4 (0.88%) Databricks
11 4 (0.88%) Splunk