Decision-Making Job Trends in England

Decision-Making
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 39 48
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 3,298 2,385 3,991
As % of all permanent jobs in England 4.08% 6.12% 4.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.49% 6.56% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,135 1,030 2,336
10th Percentile £35,201 £36,750 £31,423
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,640 £85,938 £73,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,055 36,381 71,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.36% 93.39% 85.24%
Number of salaries quoted 38,771 20,528 53,796
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in England

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in England

Decision-Making
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London -8 1,219 £75,000 - 972
North of England +26 721 £55,000 -8.33% 373
South East +22 524 £59,000 -12.59% 503
North West +24 372 £55,000 -8.33% 211
Midlands -22 321 £55,000 +4.76% 245
Yorkshire +6 240 £57,239 +1.76% 121
East of England +10 214 £60,100 -21.95% 130
West Midlands -18 201 £57,500 +9.52% 149
South West +3 191 £52,500 -8.70% 131
East Midlands -2 118 £53,325 +12.26% 97
North East +22 109 £60,000 -21.05% 43
Decision-Making
UK

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 62 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 59 (1.79%) Confluence
3 41 (1.24%) CMS
4 37 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 12 (0.36%) Apache
7 12 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.18%) SAS
9 5 (0.15%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.15%) IIS
9 5 (0.15%) nginx
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.12%) Appian
10 4 (0.12%) Documentum
11 3 (0.091%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.091%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.061%) Camunda
12 2 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 270 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 102 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 35 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 34 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.39%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.24%) CATIA
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.12%) Fusion 360
11 3 (0.091%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.091%) Maya
12 2 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 41 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (1.03%) Adobe Campaign
3 24 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (0.61%) Workfront
5 18 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 11 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.24%) Shopify
9 7 (0.21%) Workday HCM
10 5 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 5 (0.15%) SAP PM
10 5 (0.15%) Visualfiles
11 4 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 3 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
12 3 (0.091%) Dynamics GP
12 3 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
12 3 (0.091%) SAP MDG
13 2 (0.061%) Distributed Ledger
13 2 (0.061%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 460 (13.95%) Power Platform
2 454 (13.77%) Azure
3 277 (8.40%) AWS
4 246 (7.46%) SaaS
5 110 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
6 107 (3.24%) GCP
7 71 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 60 (1.82%) Snowflake
9 57 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
9 57 (1.73%) Serverless
10 48 (1.46%) GitHub
11 45 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
13 42 (1.27%) Entra ID
14 37 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
15 36 (1.09%) PaaS
16 35 (1.06%) PowerApps
17 34 (1.03%) iPaaS
18 33 (1.00%) Power Automate
19 32 (0.97%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 139 (4.21%) Broadband
2 41 (1.24%) Firewall
3 18 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (0.49%) Internet
4 16 (0.49%) Wireless
5 14 (0.42%) DNS
5 14 (0.42%) Network Security
5 14 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
6 11 (0.33%) VPN
7 8 (0.24%) SMS
7 8 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.18%) VLAN
8 6 (0.18%) WAN
9 5 (0.15%) DHCP
9 5 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.12%) ATM
10 4 (0.12%) IPv4
10 4 (0.12%) SSL
11 3 (0.091%) Intranet
11 3 (0.091%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 434 (13.16%) Power BI
2 134 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
3 132 (4.00%) Tableau
4 75 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 71 (2.15%) SQL Server
6 70 (2.12%) Metadata
7 36 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (1.09%) Relational Database
8 35 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 32 (0.97%) BigQuery
10 30 (0.91%) NoSQL
10 30 (0.91%) Power Query
11 29 (0.88%) Big Data
12 26 (0.79%) MySQL
13 25 (0.76%) Star Schema
14 24 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 23 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
16 21 (0.64%) Looker
17 15 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
17 15 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 103 (3.12%) JIRA
2 79 (2.40%) Git
3 26 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
4 19 (0.58%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.49%) Postman
6 13 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 13 (0.39%) GitLab
7 12 (0.36%) MLflow
8 11 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.27%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.21%) JMeter
12 5 (0.15%) JUnit
12 5 (0.15%) Locust
12 5 (0.15%) Maven
12 5 (0.15%) MSI
12 5 (0.15%) Selenium
12 5 (0.15%) Vite
12 5 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 1,055 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 1,006 (30.50%) Finance
3 873 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
4 447 (13.55%) Marketing
5 231 (7.00%) Public Sector
6 206 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 179 (5.43%) Manufacturing
8 170 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
9 167 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
10 166 (5.03%) Law
11 161 (4.88%) Legal
12 148 (4.49%) Retail
13 116 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
14 104 (3.15%) Banking
15 88 (2.67%) Games
16 63 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
17 49 (1.49%) Aerospace
18 44 (1.33%) Telecoms
19 42 (1.27%) Electronics
19 42 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 552 (16.74%) Senior
2 445 (13.49%) Analyst
3 323 (9.79%) Lead
4 185 (5.61%) Development Manager
5 172 (5.22%) Data Engineer
6 169 (5.12%) Data Analyst
7 161 (4.88%) Senior Manager
8 154 (4.67%) Architect
9 135 (4.09%) Developer
9 135 (4.09%) Sales Executive
10 123 (3.73%) Product Manager
11 94 (2.85%) Consultant
12 90 (2.73%) Business Analyst
13 87 (2.64%) Business Manager
14 80 (2.43%) Data Manager
15 79 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
16 77 (2.33%) Accountant
17 74 (2.24%) Account Executive
18 67 (2.03%) Financial Analyst
19 63 (1.91%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.21%) React
2 49 (1.49%) .NET
3 37 (1.12%) REST
4 35 (1.06%) RESTful
5 34 (1.03%) Kafka
5 34 (1.03%) PySpark
6 33 (1.00%) CSS
7 30 (0.91%) HTML
7 30 (0.91%) LangChain
8 28 (0.85%) Node.js
9 24 (0.73%) Next.js
10 23 (0.70%) Middleware
11 22 (0.67%) TensorFlow
12 19 (0.58%) OpenAPI
12 19 (0.58%) Swagger
13 18 (0.55%) PyTorch
14 17 (0.52%) JSON
14 17 (0.52%) Vue
15 16 (0.49%) LangGraph
15 16 (0.49%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 186 (5.64%) Product Ownership
2 157 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 137 (4.15%) Management Information System
4 128 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 117 (3.55%) Cloud Native
6 102 (3.09%) Social Media
7 85 (2.58%) Marketing Technology
8 69 (2.09%) Over-the-Top Content
9 65 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 65 (1.97%) FMCG
10 52 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
11 50 (1.52%) Data Structures
11 50 (1.52%) Driving Licence
12 48 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
13 42 (1.27%) Algorithms
14 41 (1.24%) AI Agents
15 39 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
16 34 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
17 29 (0.88%) NHS
18 28 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 50 (1.52%) Windows
2 38 (1.15%) Linux
3 33 (1.00%) Android
4 31 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.061%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.030%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.030%) Unix
8 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 878 (26.62%) Analytics
2 743 (22.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 646 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
4 628 (19.04%) Agile
5 597 (18.10%) AI
6 562 (17.04%) Business Intelligence
7 514 (15.59%) Roadmaps
8 437 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 351 (10.64%) Mentoring
10 340 (10.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 327 (9.92%) Project Management
12 321 (9.73%) Data Modelling
13 316 (9.58%) Business Development
14 284 (8.61%) CRM
15 268 (8.13%) Actionable Insight
16 259 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 258 (7.82%) CI/CD
18 236 (7.16%) Coaching
19 233 (7.06%) Data Analysis
19 233 (7.06%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 484 (14.68%) SQL
2 423 (12.83%) Python
3 93 (2.82%) Java
4 63 (1.91%) TypeScript
5 60 (1.82%) R
6 57 (1.73%) C#
6 57 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 53 (1.61%) JavaScript
8 38 (1.15%) VBA
9 27 (0.82%) Bash
10 25 (0.76%) PowerShell
11 21 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 20 (0.61%) C++
12 20 (0.61%) Scala
13 12 (0.36%) Go
14 11 (0.33%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.27%) PHP
16 8 (0.24%) Bicep
17 7 (0.21%) C
18 6 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 586 (17.77%) Degree
2 192 (5.82%) ACCA
3 190 (5.76%) CIMA
4 181 (5.49%) Security Cleared
5 122 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 110 (3.34%) SC Cleared
7 107 (3.24%) PMI Certification
8 95 (2.88%) PMP
9 81 (2.46%) Master's Degree
10 49 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 45 (1.36%) CISSP
12 41 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 39 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 29 (0.88%) Azure Certification
15 27 (0.82%) CIPD
16 25 (0.76%) AAT
17 24 (0.73%) CISM
18 21 (0.64%) AWS Certification
19 20 (0.61%) DV Cleared
19 20 (0.61%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (9.82%) Data Quality
2 151 (4.58%) GDPR
3 131 (3.97%) QA
4 119 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 79 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 56 (1.70%) NIST
7 53 (1.61%) PMO
8 36 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
9 35 (1.06%) GRC
10 33 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 32 (0.97%) WCAG
12 29 (0.88%) IFRS
13 22 (0.67%) GAAP
14 19 (0.58%) SLA
15 18 (0.55%) PCI DSS
16 13 (0.39%) ISO 9001
16 13 (0.39%) NCSC
16 13 (0.39%) P3O
17 11 (0.33%) MiFID
18 10 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 77 (2.33%) Docker
2 30 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.24%) Firmware
5 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.15%) IAG
6 4 (0.12%) Squid
6 4 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.12%) vSphere
7 2 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 77 (2.33%) Terraform
2 76 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 23 (0.70%) Grafana
4 19 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.49%) Ansible
6 13 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.21%) SCCM
9 6 (0.18%) Packer
10 5 (0.15%) ZABBIX
11 4 (0.12%) Nmap
12 3 (0.091%) Argo
12 3 (0.091%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.091%) Control-M
12 3 (0.091%) Puppet
13 2 (0.061%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.061%) Data Guard
13 2 (0.061%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.061%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.061%) Salt
Vendors
1 441 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 142 (4.31%) Databricks
2 142 (4.31%) SAP
3 128 (3.88%) Salesforce
4 101 (3.06%) Adobe
5 84 (2.55%) Google
6 81 (2.46%) Dell
7 79 (2.40%) ServiceNow
8 77 (2.33%) Workday
9 69 (2.09%) HubSpot
10 62 (1.88%) Oracle
11 43 (1.30%) IBM
12 38 (1.15%) BMC
13 36 (1.09%) Informatica
14 26 (0.79%) Xero
15 24 (0.73%) Denodo
15 24 (0.73%) OpenAI
15 24 (0.73%) Teradata
16 22 (0.67%) Anaplan
16 22 (0.67%) Foundry