Decision-Making Contracts in the North of England

Decision-Making
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 86 66
Rank change year-on-year +41 -20 -1
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 179 129 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.78% 2.34% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 2.60% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 79 161
10th Percentile £383 £355 £313
25th Percentile £425 £461 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +1.46% +20.59%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £738
England median daily rate £525 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 5 31
10th Percentile - - £14.25
25th Percentile £10.95 £37.50 £17.19
Median hourly rate £15.00 £56.40 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year -73.40% +72.11% +48.95%
75th Percentile £16.06 £65.00 £50.71
90th Percentile - - £55.72
England median hourly rate £19.38 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -59.21% +5.56% +69.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,015 4,967 6,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.69% 90.15% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,426 3,410 4,610
10th Percentile £300 £300 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 385 207 254
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.74 £13.66
Median hourly rate £20.74 £27.20 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% +42.82% +7.18%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £34.04
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the North of England

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North West +50 136 £463 -13.95% 181
Yorkshire +9 34 £550 +5.77% 80
North East +14 9 £533 +15.14% 28
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (2.23%) WordPress
2 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 62 (34.64%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (6.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) SAP FI
1 2 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.17%) Azure
1 20 (11.17%) Taleo
2 12 (6.70%) AWS
3 8 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.47%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.91%) Serverless
5 4 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (2.23%) MailChimp
5 4 (2.23%) npm
6 3 (1.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.68%) Amazon Kinesis
6 3 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.68%) IaaS
6 3 (1.68%) PaaS
6 3 (1.68%) SaaS
7 2 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.23%) HTTP
1 4 (2.23%) LAN
1 4 (2.23%) Network Security
2 3 (1.68%) Firewall
2 3 (1.68%) VLAN
2 3 (1.68%) VoIP
2 3 (1.68%) VPN
2 3 (1.68%) WAN
2 3 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.56%) RTP
3 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.56%) Wireless
3 1 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.47%) Power BI
2 8 (4.47%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.35%) Tableau
4 5 (2.79%) Big Data
4 5 (2.79%) Data Mining
5 4 (2.23%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.23%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.68%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.12%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.56%) MySQL
8 1 (0.56%) Navicat
8 1 (0.56%) OLAP
8 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.68%) JIRA
2 2 (1.12%) Git
2 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) RStudio
General
1 69 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.55%) Finance
3 19 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.91%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.35%) Banking
6 6 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.23%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Front Office
8 3 (1.68%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.68%) Legal
8 3 (1.68%) Marketing
8 3 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Publishing
9 2 (1.12%) Automotive
9 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Billing
10 1 (0.56%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 27 (15.08%) Analyst
2 19 (10.61%) Architect
3 15 (8.38%) Lead
4 14 (7.82%) Project Manager
5 13 (7.26%) Service Analyst
5 13 (7.26%) Service Desk Analyst
6 12 (6.70%) Senior
7 9 (5.03%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 9 (5.03%) IT Support
8 7 (3.91%) Data Architect
8 7 (3.91%) Data Scientist
8 7 (3.91%) Developer
9 6 (3.35%) Software Engineer
10 5 (2.79%) Business Architect
10 5 (2.79%) Consultant
10 5 (2.79%) Data Engineer
10 5 (2.79%) Programme Manager
11 4 (2.23%) Azure Data Engineer
11 4 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.23%) AngularJS
1 4 (2.23%) RESTful
2 3 (1.68%) JSON
3 2 (1.12%) React Native
3 2 (1.12%) REST
3 2 (1.12%) Swagger
3 2 (1.12%) YAML
4 1 (0.56%) Kafka
4 1 (0.56%) Middleware
4 1 (0.56%) Node.js
4 1 (0.56%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.91%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.79%) NHS
3 4 (2.23%) Clustering
3 4 (2.23%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.23%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (2.23%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.23%) Taxonomies
4 3 (1.68%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.68%) Life Science
4 3 (1.68%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.12%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.12%) PKI
5 2 (1.12%) SCADA
6 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.56%) CCTV
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.56%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.56%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 35 (19.55%) Windows
2 29 (16.20%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.68%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.12%) Android
5 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.56%) Linux
6 1 (0.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (32.40%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (16.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (16.20%) Time Management
4 28 (15.64%) Customer Service
5 25 (13.97%) Data Protection
5 25 (13.97%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 25 (13.97%) Project Management
6 24 (13.41%) Agile
7 22 (12.29%) Analytics
8 21 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (10.61%) Data Governance
10 15 (8.38%) Visualisation
11 14 (7.82%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (7.82%) Data Analysis
11 14 (7.82%) Data Integration
11 14 (7.82%) Data Modelling
12 13 (7.26%) Machine Learning
13 12 (6.70%) Data Management
13 12 (6.70%) Data Strategy
13 12 (6.70%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.50%) SQL
2 8 (4.47%) Python
3 4 (2.23%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.23%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.12%) C#
4 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.56%) Java
5 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 33 (18.44%) SC Cleared
3 27 (15.08%) Degree
4 20 (11.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (5.59%) CISSP
6 9 (5.03%) CISM
7 7 (3.91%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.91%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.91%) PMP
8 6 (3.35%) CISA
8 6 (3.35%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.35%) MBA
9 1 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CRISC
9 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.56%) MCSE
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.53%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (5.03%) SLA
3 7 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.79%) PMO
5 3 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.68%) QA
6 2 (1.12%) GDPR
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.12%) NIST
6 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.56%) GMP
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 3 (1.68%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.68%) Hyper-V
1 3 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.68%) Autotask
1 3 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.68%) SCCM
2 1 (0.56%) Ansible
2 1 (0.56%) Control-M
2 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 74 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.53%) ServiceNow
3 9 (5.03%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.47%) Databricks
5 5 (2.79%) Citrix
5 5 (2.79%) Informatica
5 5 (2.79%) VMware
6 4 (2.23%) Hootsuite
6 4 (2.23%) SAP
7 3 (1.68%) Apple
7 3 (1.68%) Brio
7 3 (1.68%) Datto
8 2 (1.12%) Adobe
8 2 (1.12%) Facebook
8 2 (1.12%) Instagram
8 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Teradata
9 1 (0.56%) F5
9 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.56%) Palo Alto