Decision-Making Job Trends in London

Decision-Making
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 25 43
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 +37
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,328 1,125 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.23% 9.21% 5.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.66% 9.61% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 827 384 714
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,875 £55,000 £44,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +9.26% -3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,339 11,707 21,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.38% 95.83% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,856 6,973 16,061
10th Percentile £40,808 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,300 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in London

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in London over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in London

Decision-Making
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Central London -3 173 £77,500 +3.33% 233
West London -8 74 £60,000 -11.53% 49
South London -8 38 £47,050 -21.26% 9
East London -13 27 £29,500 -52.80% 30
North London -10 2 £72,500 +39.42% 8
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 31 (2.33%) Confluence
2 20 (1.51%) CMS
3 18 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.53%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.45%) Apache
6 6 (0.45%) SAS
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.15%) Camunda
9 1 (0.075%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.075%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.075%) Mendix
9 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.075%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (3.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 37 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 3 (0.23%) Blender
8 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.23%) Maya
Business Applications
1 34 (2.56%) Workfront
2 18 (1.36%) Adobe Campaign
3 16 (1.20%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.38%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.38%) Shopify
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.23%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.15%) SAP BRIM
9 2 (0.15%) SAP SCM
9 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.075%) Misys Equation
10 1 (0.075%) Misys Midas
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.075%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.075%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 235 (17.70%) Azure
2 146 (10.99%) SaaS
3 139 (10.47%) Power Platform
4 117 (8.81%) AWS
5 63 (4.74%) GCP
6 45 (3.39%) iPaaS
7 35 (2.64%) Snowflake
8 32 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 28 (2.11%) GitHub
11 24 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (1.51%) PaaS
13 19 (1.43%) Adobe Analytics
13 19 (1.43%) Anthropic Claude
14 18 (1.36%) Figma
15 17 (1.28%) dbt
16 16 (1.20%) Google Sheets
16 16 (1.20%) Serverless
17 15 (1.13%) Contentsquare
18 14 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 93 (7.00%) Broadband
2 13 (0.98%) Firewall
3 11 (0.83%) Internet
4 5 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.30%) IPv4
5 4 (0.30%) Network Security
5 4 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.23%) ATM
6 3 (0.23%) Intranet
7 1 (0.075%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.075%) DSL
7 1 (0.075%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.075%) NAS
7 1 (0.075%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.075%) SMS
7 1 (0.075%) WAN
7 1 (0.075%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (9.64%) Power BI
2 69 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (4.44%) Tableau
4 55 (4.14%) Metadata
5 40 (3.01%) Data Lake
6 24 (1.81%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.73%) SQL Server
8 19 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (0.83%) Star Schema
11 10 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (0.75%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.75%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.68%) Big Data
12 9 (0.68%) Looker
13 8 (0.60%) GIS
13 8 (0.60%) MySQL
14 7 (0.53%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (2.48%) Git
2 30 (2.26%) JIRA
3 21 (1.58%) Claude Code
4 13 (0.98%) Postman
5 8 (0.60%) GitLab
5 8 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.45%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.30%) MLflow
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.23%) JMeter
8 3 (0.23%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) rollup.js
10 1 (0.075%) Ant
10 1 (0.075%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.075%) Locust
10 1 (0.075%) Maven
10 1 (0.075%) MSI
10 1 (0.075%) Storybook
General
1 486 (36.60%) Finance
2 376 (28.31%) Social Skills
3 295 (22.21%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (13.70%) Marketing
5 118 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 93 (7.00%) Public Sector
7 89 (6.70%) Banking
8 82 (6.17%) Legal
9 80 (6.02%) Law
10 66 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
11 58 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
12 57 (4.29%) Retail
13 53 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.48%) Financial Institution
15 31 (2.33%) Games
16 28 (2.11%) Publishing
17 22 (1.66%) Advertising
18 20 (1.51%) Front Office
19 17 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
20 14 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 220 (16.57%) Senior
2 130 (9.79%) Analyst
3 129 (9.71%) Lead
4 80 (6.02%) Architect
4 80 (6.02%) Data Engineer
5 54 (4.07%) Account Executive
6 50 (3.77%) Senior Manager
7 49 (3.69%) Consultant
8 48 (3.61%) Sales Executive
9 45 (3.39%) Product Owner
10 43 (3.24%) Data Analyst
11 41 (3.09%) Developer
11 41 (3.09%) Software Engineer
12 36 (2.71%) Business Manager
13 35 (2.64%) Accountant
13 35 (2.64%) Senior Sales Executive
14 33 (2.48%) Development Manager
15 32 (2.41%) Product Manager
16 28 (2.11%) Senior Account Executive
16 28 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.54%) React
2 27 (2.03%) Kafka
3 23 (1.73%) RESTful
4 22 (1.66%) .NET
4 22 (1.66%) LangChain
5 18 (1.36%) CSS
6 17 (1.28%) LangGraph
7 15 (1.13%) HTML
7 15 (1.13%) Next.js
8 14 (1.05%) REST
9 13 (0.98%) OpenAPI
9 13 (0.98%) Swagger
10 11 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (0.83%) PySpark
11 10 (0.75%) Node.js
11 10 (0.75%) Spring
12 9 (0.68%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.68%) Pandas
12 9 (0.68%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.68%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 98 (7.38%) Product Ownership
2 85 (6.40%) Social Media
3 73 (5.50%) Marketing Technology
4 65 (4.89%) Over-the-Top Content
5 64 (4.82%) Cloud Native
6 57 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 34 (2.56%) Management Information System
9 30 (2.26%) AI Agents
10 28 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 27 (2.03%) Algorithms
11 27 (2.03%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (1.51%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.28%) Fixed Income
15 16 (1.20%) Derivative
16 15 (1.13%) Reinsurance
17 14 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
18 13 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
19 12 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.28%) Windows
2 11 (0.83%) Linux
3 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.23%) Android
4 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.075%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (32.08%) Analytics
2 340 (25.60%) AI
3 260 (19.58%) Roadmaps
4 250 (18.83%) Agile
5 206 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 206 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
6 198 (14.91%) Business Intelligence
7 164 (12.35%) Data Modelling
8 160 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 147 (11.07%) Business Development
10 144 (10.84%) Mentoring
11 141 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 120 (9.04%) Machine Learning
13 116 (8.73%) Data Engineering
14 115 (8.66%) Thought Leadership
15 111 (8.36%) CI/CD
15 111 (8.36%) Customer Experience
16 110 (8.28%) Risk Management
16 110 (8.28%) Software Engineering
17 105 (7.91%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 228 (17.17%) Python
2 196 (14.76%) SQL
3 48 (3.61%) Java
4 46 (3.46%) TypeScript
5 32 (2.41%) R
6 28 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 27 (2.03%) C#
8 16 (1.20%) C++
9 15 (1.13%) Bash
10 11 (0.83%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.68%) Go
12 9 (0.68%) Julia
12 9 (0.68%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.45%) Rust
14 5 (0.38%) Scala
15 3 (0.23%) Ruby
16 2 (0.15%) RPG
16 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 221 (16.64%) Degree
2 63 (4.74%) Security Cleared
3 43 (3.24%) ACCA
4 41 (3.09%) Master's Degree
5 39 (2.94%) CIMA
5 39 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 26 (1.96%) CISSP
7 22 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.66%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.58%) PMP
9 18 (1.36%) CISM
10 13 (0.98%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.75%) CISA
12 10 (0.75%) CRISC
12 10 (0.75%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.68%) ICAEW
13 9 (0.68%) PhD
13 9 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (8.58%) Data Quality
2 87 (6.55%) GDPR
3 40 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.79%) NIST
5 36 (2.71%) QA
6 34 (2.56%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.43%) GRC
8 18 (1.36%) WCAG
9 16 (1.20%) PMO
10 15 (1.13%) IFRS
11 10 (0.75%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.68%) NIST 800
13 8 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.60%) Basel III
13 8 (0.60%) GAAP
13 8 (0.60%) MiFID
14 7 (0.53%) EU AI Act
14 7 (0.53%) PERC
15 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
16 5 (0.38%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 33 (2.48%) Docker
2 13 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.38%) IAG
5 4 (0.30%) Squid
5 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.30%) vSphere
6 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.075%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (2.64%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.26%) Terraform
3 18 (1.36%) Grafana
4 12 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.83%) Ansible
6 4 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.30%) Packer
6 4 (0.30%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.23%) Argo
7 3 (0.23%) SCCM
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
8 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.15%) Salt
9 1 (0.075%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.075%) CASB
9 1 (0.075%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 162 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.55%) Adobe
3 72 (5.42%) Databricks
4 58 (4.37%) Dell
5 45 (3.39%) Google
6 40 (3.01%) Oracle
7 36 (2.71%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.64%) SAP
9 25 (1.88%) Informatica
10 18 (1.36%) Denodo
10 18 (1.36%) Teradata
11 17 (1.28%) Xero
12 15 (1.13%) Foundry
13 14 (1.05%) ServiceNow
14 13 (0.98%) OpenAI
14 13 (0.98%) Palantir
15 12 (0.90%) HubSpot
16 9 (0.68%) Talend
17 8 (0.60%) Ariba
18 7 (0.53%) Alteryx