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 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 68 88 84
Rank change year-on-year +20 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 429 621 1,309
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.93% 2.58% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 2.87% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 437 942
10th Percentile £331 £338 £332
25th Percentile £418 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £528
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.32% +7.65%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £637
90th Percentile £688 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £546
% change year-on-year -6.55% +0.69% +10.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 17
10th Percentile £26.71 £18.39 £14.23
25th Percentile £27.81 £19.00 £19.91
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.73 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year +61.07% -33.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £44.41 £34.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £51.50 £37.65 £58.15
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £43.86 £45.00
% change year-on-year -55.83% -2.53% +58.26%

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 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.70%) CMS
2 3 (0.70%) Confluence
2 3 (0.70%) SAS
3 2 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) Mule
Applications
1 29 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.47%) Revit
7 2 (0.47%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.93%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.70%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.70%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.70%) Primavera
3 3 (0.70%) Shopify
4 2 (0.47%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.47%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.47%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.23%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 57 (13.29%) Azure
2 38 (8.86%) AWS
3 37 (8.62%) Power Platform
4 12 (2.80%) GCP
5 11 (2.56%) SaaS
6 10 (2.33%) Google Analytics
7 7 (1.63%) npm
8 6 (1.40%) IaaS
8 6 (1.40%) PaaS
8 6 (1.40%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.40%) Serverless
9 5 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.17%) GitHub
9 5 (1.17%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.17%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.17%) Smartsheet
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.70%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.03%) Firewall
2 9 (2.10%) VPN
3 8 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.63%) Network Security
5 6 (1.40%) DNS
5 6 (1.40%) HTTP
6 5 (1.17%) 3G
6 5 (1.17%) 4G
6 5 (1.17%) 5G
6 5 (1.17%) DHCP
6 5 (1.17%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (0.93%) Junos
7 4 (0.93%) SDH
7 4 (0.93%) VLAN
7 4 (0.93%) WAN
8 3 (0.70%) BGP
8 3 (0.70%) LAN
8 3 (0.70%) MPLS
8 3 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.47%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.16%) Power BI
2 22 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.50%) Tableau
5 10 (2.33%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.10%) Big Data
7 8 (1.86%) Data Mining
7 8 (1.86%) Looker
8 6 (1.40%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.40%) Metadata
9 5 (1.17%) MySQL
10 4 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.93%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.70%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.70%) PostHog
11 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.47%) MS Access
12 2 (0.47%) Power Query
12 2 (0.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.66%) JIRA
2 12 (2.80%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.33%) GitLab
4 9 (2.10%) Cucumber
4 9 (2.10%) Selenium
5 8 (1.86%) REST Assured
5 8 (1.86%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.17%) RStudio
7 4 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.70%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.70%) Git
9 2 (0.47%) Maven
10 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.23%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.23%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.23%) Storybook
10 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.23%) VisualWorks
General
1 195 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 116 (27.04%) Finance
3 103 (24.01%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (12.12%) Presentation Skills
5 46 (10.72%) Public Sector
6 37 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (6.29%) Banking
8 20 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.66%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.73%) Retail
10 14 (3.26%) Front Office
11 10 (2.33%) Local Government
12 9 (2.10%) Legal
12 9 (2.10%) Marketing
13 8 (1.86%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.86%) Law
14 7 (1.63%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.63%) Police
15 6 (1.40%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (11.89%) Architect
2 50 (11.66%) Analyst
3 48 (11.19%) Project Manager
3 48 (11.19%) Senior
4 40 (9.32%) Developer
5 35 (8.16%) Lead
6 30 (6.99%) Consultant
7 20 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (4.43%) Business Analyst
9 16 (3.73%) Senior Manager
10 14 (3.26%) Data Analyst
11 12 (2.80%) Data Engineer
11 12 (2.80%) Java Developer
11 12 (2.80%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.56%) Business Architect
12 11 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
13 10 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
14 9 (2.10%) Security Analyst
14 9 (2.10%) Senior Analyst
15 7 (1.63%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.26%) REST
2 11 (2.56%) AngularJS
3 10 (2.33%) .NET
4 8 (1.86%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.86%) Java EE
5 7 (1.63%) Spring
6 5 (1.17%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.17%) React
6 5 (1.17%) RESTful
7 4 (0.93%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.93%) LDAP
8 3 (0.70%) CSS
8 3 (0.70%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.47%) Murex MxML
9 2 (0.47%) Node.js
9 2 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.47%) Sass
9 2 (0.47%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 2 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.20%) Product Ownership
3 10 (2.33%) Mobile App
3 10 (2.33%) NHS
4 9 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (2.10%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.86%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.63%) FMCG
6 7 (1.63%) Replication
7 6 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.40%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.93%) Blog
9 4 (0.93%) Digital Media
9 4 (0.93%) Equities
9 4 (0.93%) Life Science
9 4 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.66%) Windows
2 15 (3.50%) Linux
3 6 (1.40%) Unix
4 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.70%) Android
6 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.47%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.47%) zOS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (25.64%) Agile
3 81 (18.88%) Project Management
4 65 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (13.99%) Analytics
6 57 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (11.66%) Data Analysis
7 50 (11.66%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 45 (10.49%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (10.49%) Roadmaps
8 45 (10.49%) Visualisation
9 43 (10.02%) Migration
10 41 (9.56%) Data Governance
11 40 (9.32%) PRINCE2
12 39 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
13 38 (8.86%) Risk Management
14 35 (8.16%) Computer Science
14 35 (8.16%) Data Visualisation
14 35 (8.16%) Mentoring
15 34 (7.93%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.52%) SQL
2 34 (7.93%) Python
3 29 (6.76%) Java
4 11 (2.56%) C#
5 7 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (1.63%) R
6 6 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.40%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.40%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.40%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.70%) Search Processing Language
7 3 (0.70%) VBA
8 2 (0.47%) Go
9 1 (0.23%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) Perl
9 1 (0.23%) PHP
9 1 (0.23%) Rust
9 1 (0.23%) Smalltalk
9 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (19.58%) Degree
1 84 (19.58%) Security Cleared
2 65 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.13%) Master's Degree
4 20 (4.66%) DV Cleared
4 20 (4.66%) PMP
5 16 (3.73%) PMI Certification
6 13 (3.03%) CISSP
7 12 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.56%) CISM
9 10 (2.33%) PhD
10 8 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 6 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.17%) APMP
12 5 (1.17%) CCNP
12 5 (1.17%) CEH
13 4 (0.93%) CCNA
13 4 (0.93%) HND
13 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.93%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.96%) PMO
3 13 (3.03%) QA
4 11 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.63%) GDPR
5 7 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.63%) NIST
6 6 (1.40%) SLA
7 5 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.93%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.93%) MiFID
9 3 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.47%) NCSC
10 2 (0.47%) P3O
10 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.23%) COBIT
11 1 (0.23%) IFRS
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 14 (3.26%) Docker
2 11 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.93%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.93%) vSphere
5 3 (0.70%) HDFS
6 2 (0.47%) NFS
7 1 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 16 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.26%) Terraform
3 10 (2.33%) Ansible
4 8 (1.86%) Docker Swarm
4 8 (1.86%) Podman
5 2 (0.47%) Grafana
5 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.47%) VxRail
6 1 (0.23%) Matomo
6 1 (0.23%) Nessus
6 1 (0.23%) SCOM
6 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.13%) SAP
3 15 (3.50%) Google
4 12 (2.80%) Informatica
4 12 (2.80%) Oracle
5 11 (2.56%) Cisco
5 11 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.10%) VMware
7 8 (1.86%) Dell
8 6 (1.40%) Facebook
8 6 (1.40%) IBM
8 6 (1.40%) Instagram
8 6 (1.40%) Juniper
8 6 (1.40%) Nokia
8 6 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.17%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.17%) Splunk
9 5 (1.17%) Xamarin
10 4 (0.93%) Brio
10 4 (0.93%) Ciena