Decision-Making Job Trends in Glasgow

Decision-Making
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 29 29
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +46
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 46 52 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 6.10% 5.92% 8.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.59% 6.66% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 13 19 18
10th Percentile £39,500 £41,416 £26,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +19.22% -0.74%
75th Percentile £85,000 £100,625 £61,123
90th Percentile - £110,000 £66,625
Scotland median annual salary £54,855 £50,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +9.71% +100.00% -58.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 606 781 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 80.37% 88.95% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 341 393 464
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £29,300
25th Percentile £32,851 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Glasgow over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Glasgow

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (6.52%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.09%) AWS
2 9 (19.57%) Power Platform
3 5 (10.87%) Azure
4 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.35%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.17%) GCP
5 1 (2.17%) GitHub
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.57%) Power BI
2 7 (15.22%) Tableau
3 4 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 3 (6.52%) Apache Hive
4 3 (6.52%) Big Data
4 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
5 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (4.35%) Hadoop
5 2 (4.35%) HBase
5 2 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (4.35%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.17%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.17%) DynamoDB
6 1 (2.17%) Impala
6 1 (2.17%) Kdb+
6 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
6 1 (2.17%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) Gradle
2 2 (4.35%) Maven
3 1 (2.17%) Git
3 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (73.91%) Finance
2 21 (45.65%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (39.13%) Law
4 17 (36.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
6 8 (17.39%) Marketing
7 7 (15.22%) Banking
8 5 (10.87%) Financial Institution
9 4 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (8.70%) Private Banking
10 3 (6.52%) Legal
10 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
11 2 (4.35%) Retail
12 1 (2.17%) Billing
12 1 (2.17%) Digital Health
12 1 (2.17%) Electronics
12 1 (2.17%) Front Office
12 1 (2.17%) Games
12 1 (2.17%) Investment Banking
12 1 (2.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Software Engineer
2 9 (19.57%) Java Engineer
2 9 (19.57%) Java Software Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) Lead
4 7 (15.22%) Analyst
4 7 (15.22%) Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Innovation Manager
6 5 (10.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Head of Data Management
6 5 (10.87%) Head of Risk Management
6 5 (10.87%) Insight Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Python Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Python Software Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Senior
8 3 (6.52%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) Spring
2 3 (6.52%) Kafka
2 3 (6.52%) React
2 3 (6.52%) Spring Boot
3 2 (4.35%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.35%) JPA
3 2 (4.35%) PySpark
3 2 (4.35%) REST
3 2 (4.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Life Science
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Reference Data
3 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.17%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.17%) Derivative
4 1 (2.17%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.17%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (65.22%) AI
2 21 (45.65%) Agile
3 16 (34.78%) Analytics
3 16 (34.78%) CI/CD
3 16 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (30.43%) Operational Stability
4 14 (30.43%) Software Engineering
5 13 (28.26%) Customer Experience
5 13 (28.26%) Machine Learning
5 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (28.26%) SDLC
6 12 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (19.57%) Data Engineering
9 8 (17.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 8 (17.39%) Risk Management
9 8 (17.39%) Visualisation
10 7 (15.22%) Test Automation
11 6 (13.04%) Change Management
11 6 (13.04%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 15 (32.61%) SQL
2 10 (21.74%) Java
3 6 (13.04%) Python
4 3 (6.52%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) AWS Certification
2 5 (10.87%) CRISC
2 5 (10.87%) Degree
3 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.17%) HNC
4 1 (2.17%) HND
4 1 (2.17%) PMP
4 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) GRC
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Grafana
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.17%) Netcool
1 1 (2.17%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 1 (2.17%) Terraform
1 1 (2.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Alteryx
2 4 (8.70%) Oracle
3 3 (6.52%) Databricks
3 3 (6.52%) Teradata
4 2 (4.35%) Cloudera
4 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.17%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.17%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.17%) Genesys
5 1 (2.17%) IBM
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.17%) Siemens
5 1 (2.17%) Splunk
5 1 (2.17%) Verint