Decision-Making Job Trends in Kent

Decision-Making
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent 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 49 40 62
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -37
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 39 35 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 3.72% 4.92% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 5.52% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 2
10th Percentile £27,547 £55,750 £64,950
25th Percentile £28,875 £57,500 £71,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £67,500 £83,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% -18.67% +66.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,750 £94,125
90th Percentile £63,375 £70,000 £100,650
South East median annual salary £58,500 £66,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.70% +10.42% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 860 634 507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.06% 89.04% 78.85%
Number of salaries quoted 455 202 402
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,500 £23,525
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Kent

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Kent

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

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Kent

Decision-Making
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the Kent region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Sandwich - 5 - -
Chatham -2 3 - - 2
Dover - 3 £57,500 - 2
Sevenoaks - 3 £37,500 - 1
Tunbridge Wells - 3 £26,733 - 1
Sittingbourne - 2 £31,500 -
Dartford +7 1 £30,000 - 36
Canterbury - 1 £40,000 -
West Malling - 1 £35,000 - 1
Decision-Making
South East

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) ChatGPT
1 4 (10.26%) SaaS
1 4 (10.26%) Veeva
2 1 (2.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.56%) Nutanix
2 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Firewall
1 1 (2.56%) SAN
1 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) GCC
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (28.21%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Digital Health
4 4 (10.26%) Marketing
4 4 (10.26%) Retail
5 3 (7.69%) Advertising
5 3 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Arabic Language
7 1 (2.56%) Automotive
7 1 (2.56%) Back Office
7 1 (2.56%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Analyst
2 5 (12.82%) Development Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Digital Transformation
4 3 (7.69%) Business Development Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Business Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) Head of Technology
4 3 (7.69%) Internal Sales Executive
4 3 (7.69%) Sales Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) Sales Executive
5 2 (5.13%) Commercial Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) IT Support
5 2 (5.13%) Product Development Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Product Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Development Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Product Development Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Product Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.56%) AS400
5 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.56%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.56%) IoT
5 1 (2.56%) iPad
5 1 (2.56%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
1 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Business Development
1 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.08%) Agile
3 8 (20.51%) Budgeting
3 8 (20.51%) CRM
3 8 (20.51%) Project Management
4 7 (17.95%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 6 (15.38%) B2B
5 6 (15.38%) Business Analysis
5 6 (15.38%) Change Management
5 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.38%) Financial Analysis
5 6 (15.38%) Logistics
6 5 (12.82%) AI
6 5 (12.82%) Analytics
6 5 (12.82%) Customer Experience
6 5 (12.82%) Digital Transformation Strategy
7 4 (10.26%) Business Strategy
7 4 (10.26%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) ACCA
2 6 (15.38%) CIMA
3 3 (7.69%) CIPD
3 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) PMO
2 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) SAP
2 4 (10.26%) Workday
3 2 (5.13%) Adaptive Insights
3 2 (5.13%) HubSpot
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) Citrix
4 1 (2.56%) Ivanti
4 1 (2.56%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) WatchGuard