Decision-Making Job Trends in Belfast

Decision-Making
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 39 34
Rank change year-on-year +19 -5 +28
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 20 9 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 5.97% 3.14% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.87% 3.57% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile - £68,230 £43,250
25th Percentile £25,500 £73,868 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £88,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -63.28% +86.32% +22.48%
75th Percentile £51,375 £100,000 £89,375
90th Percentile £67,396 - £113,750
County Antrim median annual salary £38,000 £88,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -57.06% +86.32% +22.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 252 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 75.82% 87.80% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 149 83 181
10th Percentile £26,850 £40,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £78,312 £88,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
County Antrim median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Belfast

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Belfast over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Belfast

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) CICS
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (5.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.00%) PaaS
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (10.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 2 (10.00%) DB2
2 2 (10.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (10.00%) Tableau
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Finance
3 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Legal
6 2 (10.00%) Billing
6 2 (10.00%) Games
6 2 (10.00%) Marketing
6 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Consultant
2 4 (20.00%) Recruitment Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Lead
3 3 (15.00%) Product Manager
3 3 (15.00%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Trainee
3 3 (15.00%) Trainee Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Business Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Product Manager
4 2 (10.00%) SAP Data Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.00%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
3 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (10.00%) VSAM
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Analytics
2 7 (35.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) Project Management
4 5 (25.00%) AI
4 5 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 5 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (20.00%) Time Management
5 4 (20.00%) WFM
6 3 (15.00%) Business Development
6 3 (15.00%) Customer Insight
6 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
6 3 (15.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) COBOL
2 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (10.00%) JCL
3 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (15.00%) PMP
3 1 (5.00%) CAPM
3 1 (5.00%) CBAP
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) MBA
3 1 (5.00%) PgMP
3 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.00%) Basel III
2 1 (5.00%) EMIR
2 1 (5.00%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Anaplan
2 2 (10.00%) Genesys
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) Verint
3 1 (5.00%) BMC
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Remedy