Decision-Making Contracts with Work from Home Options

Decision-Making
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 86 86
Rank change year-on-year +16 0 +8
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 425 622 1,286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.88% 2.61% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 2.91% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 440 935
10th Percentile £331 £350 £338
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +4.22% +5.50%
75th Percentile £619 £639 £638
90th Percentile £695 £753 £738
UK median daily rate £504 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 17
10th Percentile - - £13.85
25th Percentile £27.81 £19.00 £19.91
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.16 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year +57.94% -32.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £51.50 £37.70 £58.15
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £41.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -53.22% -7.97% +55.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Decision-Making falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,892 21,388 39,955
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.30% 89.62% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,688 15,183 29,114
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 493 516
10th Percentile £14.91 £18.49 £14.94
25th Percentile £23.81 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.75 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.25
90th Percentile £74.35 £78.60 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

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 11 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 11 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 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.71%) CMS
2 3 (0.71%) Confluence
2 3 (0.71%) SAS
3 2 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.24%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) Appian
4 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) Mule
Applications
1 26 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.47%) Revit
6 2 (0.47%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.94%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.71%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.71%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.71%) Primavera
3 3 (0.71%) 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 (0.24%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.24%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.94%) Azure
2 40 (9.41%) AWS
3 35 (8.24%) Power Platform
4 13 (3.06%) GCP
5 11 (2.59%) SaaS
6 10 (2.35%) Google Analytics
7 8 (1.88%) npm
8 6 (1.41%) IaaS
8 6 (1.41%) PaaS
8 6 (1.41%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.41%) Serverless
9 5 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.18%) GitHub
9 5 (1.18%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.18%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.18%) Smartsheet
10 4 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.71%) Figma
11 3 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.82%) Firewall
2 9 (2.12%) VPN
3 8 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.65%) Network Security
5 6 (1.41%) DNS
5 6 (1.41%) HTTP
6 5 (1.18%) 3G
6 5 (1.18%) 4G
6 5 (1.18%) 5G
6 5 (1.18%) DHCP
6 5 (1.18%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (0.94%) Junos
7 4 (0.94%) SDH
7 4 (0.94%) VLAN
7 4 (0.94%) WAN
8 3 (0.71%) BGP
8 3 (0.71%) LAN
8 3 (0.71%) MPLS
8 3 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.47%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.76%) Power BI
2 22 (5.18%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.29%) Tableau
5 10 (2.35%) Big Data
5 10 (2.35%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.88%) Data Mining
6 8 (1.88%) Looker
7 6 (1.41%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.41%) Metadata
8 5 (1.18%) MySQL
9 4 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.94%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.94%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.71%) PostHog
10 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.47%) Power Query
11 2 (0.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (4.24%) JIRA
2 12 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.35%) GitLab
4 9 (2.12%) Cucumber
4 9 (2.12%) Selenium
5 8 (1.88%) REST Assured
5 8 (1.88%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.94%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.94%) RStudio
7 3 (0.71%) Git
8 2 (0.47%) Maven
9 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.24%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.24%) Storybook
9 1 (0.24%) VisualWorks
General
1 191 (44.94%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.06%) Finance
3 100 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.29%) Presentation Skills
5 43 (10.12%) Public Sector
6 37 (8.71%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (6.35%) Banking
8 20 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.71%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.29%) Front Office
9 14 (3.29%) Retail
10 11 (2.59%) Marketing
11 8 (1.88%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.88%) Law
11 8 (1.88%) Legal
11 8 (1.88%) Local Government
12 7 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.65%) Police
13 6 (1.41%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (11.76%) Analyst
2 48 (11.29%) Architect
3 46 (10.82%) Senior
4 45 (10.59%) Project Manager
5 40 (9.41%) Developer
6 36 (8.47%) Lead
7 32 (7.53%) Consultant
8 18 (4.24%) Business Analyst
8 18 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (3.53%) Data Analyst
9 15 (3.53%) Senior Manager
10 13 (3.06%) Java Developer
11 12 (2.82%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.59%) Data Engineer
13 10 (2.35%) Business Architect
13 10 (2.35%) Senior Project Manager
14 9 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
14 9 (2.12%) Security Analyst
14 9 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
15 8 (1.88%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.06%) REST
2 12 (2.82%) AngularJS
3 10 (2.35%) .NET
4 8 (1.88%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.88%) Java EE
4 8 (1.88%) Spring
5 6 (1.41%) React
6 5 (1.18%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.18%) RESTful
7 4 (0.94%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.94%) LDAP
8 3 (0.71%) CSS
8 3 (0.71%) Kafka
8 3 (0.71%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.47%) ADO
9 2 (0.47%) HTML
9 2 (0.47%) J2EE
9 2 (0.47%) Middleware
9 2 (0.47%) VML
9 2 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 11 (2.59%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.35%) NHS
5 9 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.12%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.65%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.65%) FMCG
6 7 (1.65%) Replication
7 6 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.18%) Digital Media
9 4 (0.94%) Blog
9 4 (0.94%) Equities
9 4 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.94%) Life Science
9 4 (0.94%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.71%) Windows
2 14 (3.29%) Linux
3 6 (1.41%) Unix
4 4 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.71%) Android
6 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.47%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.47%) zOS
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (30.82%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (24.71%) Agile
3 76 (17.88%) Project Management
4 64 (15.06%) Analytics
5 62 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (12.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 47 (11.06%) Data Analysis
9 45 (10.59%) Roadmaps
10 44 (10.35%) Data Governance
11 43 (10.12%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (9.88%) Migration
12 42 (9.88%) Visualisation
13 39 (9.18%) Actionable Insight
14 37 (8.71%) Data Modelling
14 37 (8.71%) PRINCE2
14 37 (8.71%) Risk Management
15 36 (8.47%) Computer Science
16 35 (8.24%) Mentoring
17 34 (8.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (14.12%) SQL
2 31 (7.29%) Java
2 31 (7.29%) Python
3 11 (2.59%) C#
4 7 (1.65%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (1.41%) PL/SQL
5 6 (1.41%) R
5 6 (1.41%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.18%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
7 3 (0.71%) VBA
8 2 (0.47%) Go
9 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.24%) PHP
9 1 (0.24%) Rust
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) Smalltalk
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (19.29%) Degree
2 79 (18.59%) Security Cleared
3 62 (14.59%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.65%) Master's Degree
5 19 (4.47%) PMP
6 18 (4.24%) DV Cleared
7 15 (3.53%) PMI Certification
8 13 (3.06%) CISSP
8 13 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.59%) CISM
10 10 (2.35%) PhD
11 7 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.18%) CCNP
13 5 (1.18%) CEH
14 4 (0.94%) CCNA
14 4 (0.94%) CISA
14 4 (0.94%) HND
14 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.47%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.29%) PMO
3 11 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.59%) QA
4 8 (1.88%) GDPR
4 8 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.65%) NIST
6 6 (1.41%) SLA
7 5 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.94%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.94%) MiFID
9 3 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.47%) NCSC
10 2 (0.47%) P3O
10 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.24%) COBIT
11 1 (0.24%) IFRS
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 15 (3.53%) Docker
2 10 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.94%) vSphere
5 3 (0.71%) HDFS
6 2 (0.47%) NFS
Systems Management
1 17 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.29%) Terraform
3 11 (2.59%) Ansible
4 8 (1.88%) Docker Swarm
4 8 (1.88%) Podman
5 2 (0.47%) Grafana
5 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.47%) VxRail
6 1 (0.24%) Matomo
6 1 (0.24%) Nessus
6 1 (0.24%) SCOM
6 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.94%) SAP
3 15 (3.53%) Google
4 12 (2.82%) Cisco
4 12 (2.82%) Informatica
4 12 (2.82%) Oracle
5 11 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.88%) Dell
6 8 (1.88%) VMware
7 7 (1.65%) Nokia
7 7 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.41%) Facebook
8 6 (1.41%) IBM
8 6 (1.41%) Instagram
8 6 (1.41%) Juniper
9 5 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.18%) Splunk
9 5 (1.18%) Xamarin
10 4 (0.94%) Brio
10 4 (0.94%) Ciena