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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 74 55
Rank change year-on-year +22 -19 +4
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 108 96 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.30% 2.84% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 3.18% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 59 81
10th Percentile £363 £344 £408
25th Percentile £463 £451 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -0.47%
75th Percentile £636 £644 £638
90th Percentile £658 £803 £668
England median daily rate £525 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 20
10th Percentile £12.94 £36.54 £44.87
25th Percentile £14.54 £51.51 £45.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.83 £49.34
Median % change year-on-year -27.05% +11.13% +2.79%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.65 £56.36
90th Percentile £55.00 £69.40 £64.36
England median hourly rate £18.25 £46.25 £44.96
% change year-on-year -60.54% +2.87% +72.92%

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 2,686 3,015 3,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.07% 89.10% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,682 2,172 2,330
10th Percentile £238 £313 £300
25th Percentile £401 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 317 205
10th Percentile £13.85 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.44 £15.40 £23.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +17.97% +8.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.31 £69.36
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

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 9 June 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

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 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 9 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
Bristol +31 49 £500 -18.37% 40
Somerset +14 21 £575 +39.39% 15
Wiltshire -16 20 £550 -2.44% 19
Gloucestershire +3 11 £550 +87.22% 18
Dorset +6 3 - - 11
Devon -15 1 £500 +7.53% 22
Cornwall - 1 - - 4
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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 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.93%) Apache
3 1 (0.93%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.93%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.41%) AWS
2 7 (6.48%) PaaS
2 7 (6.48%) SaaS
3 6 (5.56%) Azure
4 5 (4.63%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.89%) WAN
2 9 (8.33%) DNS
2 9 (8.33%) LAN
3 8 (7.41%) DHCP
3 8 (7.41%) MPLS
3 8 (7.41%) SAN
3 8 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (6.48%) PBX
4 7 (6.48%) VoIP
5 6 (5.56%) SDH
6 4 (3.70%) Junos
7 3 (2.78%) Internet
8 2 (1.85%) Firewall
8 2 (1.85%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.93%) ISDN
9 1 (0.93%) PSTN
9 1 (0.93%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.63%) Power BI
3 4 (3.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 15 (13.89%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.93%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 53 (49.07%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.52%) Telecoms
3 19 (17.59%) Finance
4 17 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (15.74%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (14.81%) Aerospace
6 13 (12.04%) Public Sector
7 11 (10.19%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (6.48%) Digital Economy
8 7 (6.48%) Manufacturing
9 6 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (4.63%) Police
11 4 (3.70%) Aeronautics
11 4 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (2.78%) Banking
12 3 (2.78%) Law
12 3 (2.78%) Marketing
13 1 (0.93%) Advertising
13 1 (0.93%) Electronics
13 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (21.30%) Architect
2 19 (17.59%) Solutions Architect
3 16 (14.81%) Analyst
3 16 (14.81%) Project Manager
4 9 (8.33%) IT Analyst
5 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (4.63%) Coordinator
7 4 (3.70%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (3.70%) Developer
7 4 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
7 4 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 4 (3.70%) QA Specialist
7 4 (3.70%) Support Engineer
8 3 (2.78%) Business Architect
8 3 (2.78%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (2.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (2.78%) Product Specialist
8 3 (2.78%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) REST
2 1 (0.93%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.93%) OAuth
2 1 (0.93%) OpenID
2 1 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.74%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.19%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.41%) Client/Server
3 8 (7.41%) Clustering
3 8 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.48%) Blackberry
4 7 (6.48%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.70%) Life Science
6 3 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.78%) Housing Association
6 3 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.78%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) PMI
7 1 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.93%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.89%) Windows
2 8 (7.41%) Unix
3 2 (1.85%) Linux
4 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.93%) Project Management
2 21 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (17.59%) Roadmaps
4 18 (16.67%) Change Management
5 17 (15.74%) ArchiMate
5 17 (15.74%) Architecture Governance
5 17 (15.74%) Enterprise Architecture
5 17 (15.74%) Strategic Roadmap
5 17 (15.74%) TOGAF
6 16 (14.81%) Agile
7 15 (13.89%) Business Analysis
7 15 (13.89%) PRINCE2
8 14 (12.96%) ITIL
8 14 (12.96%) Migration
9 13 (12.04%) BPMN
9 13 (12.04%) Customer Engagement
9 13 (12.04%) Time Management
10 12 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
11 11 (10.19%) Network Management
11 11 (10.19%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.26%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.63%) SQL
3 3 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (2.78%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (1.85%) Python
5 1 (0.93%) Java
5 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.93%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (47.22%) Security Cleared
2 30 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 27 (25.00%) Degree
4 25 (23.15%) DV Cleared
5 11 (10.19%) HND
5 11 (10.19%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (6.48%) CCNP
6 7 (6.48%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.70%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.93%) APMG
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.93%) MCP
10 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.93%) PMP
10 1 (0.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) QA
2 5 (4.63%) PMO
3 4 (3.70%) GMP
4 2 (1.85%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 12 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (7.41%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (1.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (8.33%) SCCM
2 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (7.41%) Nagios
2 8 (7.41%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.85%) Ansible
3 2 (1.85%) MOM
3 2 (1.85%) VxRail
4 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 18 (16.67%) Cisco
3 17 (15.74%) Juniper
3 17 (15.74%) Nokia
4 15 (13.89%) IBM
4 15 (13.89%) VMware
5 8 (7.41%) Hitachi
5 8 (7.41%) NetApp
6 7 (6.48%) Avaya
6 7 (6.48%) Ericsson
6 7 (6.48%) Google
6 7 (6.48%) Ribbon
7 5 (4.63%) SAP
8 4 (3.70%) Adobe
8 4 (3.70%) Ciena
8 4 (3.70%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.78%) Splunk
10 2 (1.85%) Dell
11 1 (0.93%) Citrix
11 1 (0.93%) Red Hat