Decision-Making Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Decision-Making
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 71 9
Rank change year-on-year +50 -62 +42
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 105 19 266
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 5.94% 1.87% 13.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.82% 1.95% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 75 15 106
10th Percentile £41,250 £52,318 £32,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,835 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £73,833 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.74% +64.07% -17.43%
75th Percentile £64,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,533 £60,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £45,802
% change year-on-year -7.69% +41.92% -22.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,343 973 1,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 76.00% 95.67% 86.91%
Number of salaries quoted 871 363 1,027
10th Percentile £30,250 £24,800 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,967 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.01% +13.26% -10.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £66,201 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Buckinghamshire

Decision-Making
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +15 79 £62,500 +4.17% 24
Newport Pagnell - 8 - -
Aylesbury - 5 - - 3
High Wycombe -9 4 £42,500 -42.44% 4
Marlow -8 2 - - 2
Buckingham - 1 - -
Decision-Making
South East

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (1.90%) CMS
2 1 (0.95%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (15.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (11.43%) Spreadsheet
3 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (9.52%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.90%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.90%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.95%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (31.43%) Power Platform
2 10 (9.52%) AWS
2 10 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (8.57%) Azure
3 9 (8.57%) SaaS
4 4 (3.81%) Google Analytics
5 3 (2.86%) IaaS
5 3 (2.86%) PaaS
6 2 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.90%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.95%) GCP
7 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.95%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (30.48%) Power BI
2 8 (7.62%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.81%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.90%) Metadata
5 2 (1.90%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.90%) Power Query
5 2 (1.90%) PowerPivot
5 2 (1.90%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.71%) Yeoman
General
1 53 (50.48%) Analytical Skills
2 51 (48.57%) Social Skills
3 45 (42.86%) Finance
4 23 (21.90%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (14.29%) Manufacturing
6 12 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (9.52%) Marketing
8 9 (8.57%) Law
8 9 (8.57%) Retail
9 7 (6.67%) Public Sector
10 6 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.86%) Advertising
11 3 (2.86%) Legal
12 2 (1.90%) Local Government
12 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.95%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.95%) Automotive
13 1 (0.95%) Banking
13 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (35.24%) Analyst
2 24 (22.86%) Financial Analyst
3 17 (16.19%) Data Engineer
4 15 (14.29%) Data Analyst
5 14 (13.33%) Developer
5 14 (13.33%) Senior
6 13 (12.38%) Microsoft Engineer
6 13 (12.38%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (9.52%) Business Developer
7 10 (9.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 10 (9.52%) Power BI Developer
8 9 (8.57%) Senior Manager
9 8 (7.62%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 8 (7.62%) Power BI Specialist
9 8 (7.62%) Supply Chain Analyst
10 6 (5.71%) Lead
10 6 (5.71%) Software Engineer
11 5 (4.76%) Architect
11 5 (4.76%) Lead Software Engineer
11 5 (4.76%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.57%) SAP CO-PA
2 5 (4.76%) .NET
3 2 (1.90%) MFC
3 2 (1.90%) Node.js
3 2 (1.90%) React
4 1 (0.95%) CSS
4 1 (0.95%) HTML
4 1 (0.95%) MACH
4 1 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (2.86%) NHS
4 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.90%) Credit Risk
4 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.95%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (40.95%) Analytics
2 37 (35.24%) Agile
3 32 (30.48%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (24.76%) ERP
5 25 (23.81%) Budgeting
5 25 (23.81%) ETL
6 24 (22.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 23 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (20.95%) Financial Analysis
9 20 (19.05%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 16 (15.24%) Performance Analysis
11 15 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
11 15 (14.29%) Data Analytics
12 14 (13.33%) Computer Science
13 13 (12.38%) Business Strategy
13 13 (12.38%) Data Integration
13 13 (12.38%) Platform Engineering
14 12 (11.43%) CI/CD
14 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (10.48%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 35 (33.33%) SQL
2 17 (16.19%) Python
3 14 (13.33%) VBA
4 12 (11.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (8.57%) C#
6 2 (1.90%) C++
6 2 (1.90%) R
7 1 (0.95%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (24.76%) ACCA
1 26 (24.76%) CIMA
2 24 (22.86%) Degree
3 7 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.76%) PMP
5 3 (2.86%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.95%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.95%) MBA
6 1 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) GDPR
2 5 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.76%) PMO
3 4 (3.81%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.90%) QA
4 2 (1.90%) SLA
5 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (3.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (30.48%) Microsoft
2 28 (26.67%) SAP
3 4 (3.81%) Google
4 2 (1.90%) Databricks
4 2 (1.90%) Oracle
5 1 (0.95%) Salesforce