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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 42 71
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 +6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 923 923 718
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.69% 5.89% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 6.24% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 585 358 497
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,600
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,277 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%

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 12,171 14,780 16,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.27% 94.38% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,772 8,182 13,320
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,227 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 3 January 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 3 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
Central London +19 159 £75,000 - 188
West London -18 24 £65,000 -7.14% 27
East London -24 13 £32,010 -33.31% 11
South London -33 3 £66,350 +10.67% 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 25 (2.71%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (1.84%) Apache Spark
3 15 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.19%) Confluence
5 6 (0.65%) Apache
6 4 (0.43%) Appian
6 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.43%) SAS
7 2 (0.22%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 67 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.30%) Maya
5 8 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.33%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.98%) SAP FS
4 4 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) SimCorp Dimension
7 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 204 (22.10%) Azure
2 160 (17.33%) Power Platform
3 109 (11.81%) SaaS
4 104 (11.27%) AWS
5 49 (5.31%) GCP
6 44 (4.77%) Snowflake
7 35 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 31 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 26 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (2.71%) dbt
11 24 (2.60%) PaaS
12 22 (2.38%) GitHub
13 19 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.41%) Azure Machine Learning
15 13 (1.41%) Serverless
16 12 (1.30%) Azure AI
17 11 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (0.98%) Firewall
2 9 (0.98%) VPN
3 7 (0.76%) Network Security
3 7 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
3 7 (0.76%) WAN
4 6 (0.65%) BGP
4 6 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (0.65%) Internet
4 6 (0.65%) OSPF
4 6 (0.65%) Wireless
5 5 (0.54%) Broadband
5 5 (0.54%) LAN
6 4 (0.43%) ATM
6 4 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.43%) EIGRP
6 4 (0.43%) HSRP
6 4 (0.43%) SNMP
6 4 (0.43%) TACACS
6 4 (0.43%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (16.25%) Power BI
2 71 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (6.18%) Tableau
4 44 (4.77%) Data Lake
5 29 (3.14%) SQL Server
6 26 (2.82%) BigQuery
7 24 (2.60%) Metadata
8 23 (2.49%) Big Data
9 22 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (2.28%) Looker
11 20 (2.17%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.41%) Power Query
13 12 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
14 11 (1.19%) Hadoop
14 11 (1.19%) MySQL
15 9 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
16 8 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.87%) QlikView
16 8 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (2.49%) JIRA
2 17 (1.84%) Git
3 12 (1.30%) Postman
4 11 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.87%) MLflow
6 7 (0.76%) Selenium
7 5 (0.54%) MSI
8 4 (0.43%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.43%) ERwin
8 4 (0.43%) GitLab
8 4 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.33%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.33%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.33%) Maven
9 3 (0.33%) TestNG
9 3 (0.33%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.33%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.22%) Jaeger
10 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 431 (46.70%) Finance
2 360 (39.00%) Social Skills
3 302 (32.72%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (11.92%) Marketing
5 107 (11.59%) Law
6 78 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 75 (8.13%) Banking
7 75 (8.13%) Legal
8 66 (7.15%) Presentation Skills
9 63 (6.83%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (5.63%) Retail
11 50 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
12 33 (3.58%) Public Sector
13 32 (3.47%) Games
14 31 (3.36%) Financial Institution
15 27 (2.93%) French Language
16 23 (2.49%) Dutch Language
17 18 (1.95%) Front Office
17 18 (1.95%) Telecoms
18 16 (1.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 183 (19.83%) Senior
2 124 (13.43%) Analyst
3 105 (11.38%) Lead
4 85 (9.21%) Architect
5 63 (6.83%) Data Engineer
6 55 (5.96%) Data Analyst
7 54 (5.85%) Developer
8 51 (5.53%) Consultant
9 41 (4.44%) Senior Manager
10 38 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
11 35 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (3.68%) Lead Architect
13 29 (3.14%) Business Analyst
14 28 (3.03%) Development Manager
15 25 (2.71%) IT Manager
15 25 (2.71%) Senior Data Engineer
16 23 (2.49%) Product Manager
16 23 (2.49%) Sales Executive
17 22 (2.38%) Project Manager
18 18 (1.95%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.71%) React
2 23 (2.49%) Kafka
3 19 (2.06%) Middleware
4 17 (1.84%) REST
5 16 (1.73%) AngularJS
6 15 (1.63%) .NET
6 15 (1.63%) RESTful
7 13 (1.41%) CSS
8 12 (1.30%) TensorFlow
9 11 (1.19%) PyTorch
10 10 (1.08%) Node.js
10 10 (1.08%) OpenAPI
10 10 (1.08%) PySpark
11 9 (0.98%) scikit-learn
11 9 (0.98%) Swagger
11 9 (0.98%) Vue
12 7 (0.76%) Blazor
12 7 (0.76%) FastAPI
12 7 (0.76%) HTML
12 7 (0.76%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
2 56 (6.07%) Management Information System
3 55 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 44 (4.77%) Cloud Native
5 32 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 31 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 20 (2.17%) FMCG
8 16 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.73%) Data Structures
8 16 (1.73%) Fixed Income
8 16 (1.73%) Web Conferencing
9 13 (1.41%) Reinsurance
10 12 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
11 11 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.08%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.08%) Blockchain
13 9 (0.98%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.87%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.54%) Windows
2 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.22%) Linux
3 2 (0.22%) Unix
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (31.53%) Analytics
2 241 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
3 224 (24.27%) AI
4 203 (21.99%) Business Intelligence
5 177 (19.18%) Agile
6 164 (17.77%) Roadmaps
7 157 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 154 (16.68%) Data Modelling
9 145 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (13.11%) DevOps
11 116 (12.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 114 (12.35%) Actionable Insight
13 113 (12.24%) Project Management
14 111 (12.03%) Business Strategy
15 106 (11.48%) Machine Learning
16 105 (11.38%) ETL
17 100 (10.83%) Mentoring
18 94 (10.18%) Data Governance
19 90 (9.75%) Risk Management
20 89 (9.64%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 198 (21.45%) SQL
2 173 (18.74%) Python
3 40 (4.33%) JavaScript
4 28 (3.03%) C#
5 25 (2.71%) Java
6 20 (2.17%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.84%) R
8 14 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.19%) Scala
10 10 (1.08%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.76%) Bash
11 7 (0.76%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.65%) C++
12 6 (0.65%) Go
13 4 (0.43%) VBA
14 3 (0.33%) ABAP
15 2 (0.22%) RPG
15 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.11%) Groovy
16 1 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 193 (20.91%) Degree
2 43 (4.66%) Master's Degree
3 38 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (2.93%) CISSP
5 25 (2.71%) CIMA
5 25 (2.71%) CISM
6 24 (2.60%) ACCA
7 22 (2.38%) Security Cleared
7 22 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
8 18 (1.95%) CRISC
8 18 (1.95%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.84%) CISA
10 15 (1.63%) PMP
10 15 (1.63%) SC Cleared
11 13 (1.41%) MBA
11 13 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.08%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.98%) ICAEW
15 7 (0.76%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (12.57%) Data Quality
2 64 (6.93%) QA
3 33 (3.58%) GDPR
4 30 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (2.82%) IFRS
6 24 (2.60%) Accessibility
7 22 (2.38%) PMO
8 20 (2.17%) SLA
9 17 (1.84%) NIST
10 14 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (1.52%) GRC
11 13 (1.41%) GAAP
12 12 (1.30%) IFRS 17
13 10 (1.08%) Solvency II
14 8 (0.87%) MiFID
15 7 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 5 (0.54%) COBIT
17 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (3.90%) Docker
2 5 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.43%) ProxySG
4 2 (0.22%) NFS
4 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.25%) Terraform
3 8 (0.87%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.65%) Ansible
5 4 (0.43%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.33%) Argo
6 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.22%) Grafana
8 1 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.11%) Control-M
8 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 118 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.69%) Databricks
3 53 (5.74%) SAP
4 30 (3.25%) Google
4 30 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.49%) Oracle
6 21 (2.28%) Foundry
7 17 (1.84%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.73%) IBM
9 14 (1.52%) Anaplan
10 13 (1.41%) HubSpot
10 13 (1.41%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.30%) Software AG
12 11 (1.19%) Alteryx
13 10 (1.08%) Adobe
14 9 (0.98%) Cisco
14 9 (0.98%) Duck Creek
14 9 (0.98%) Guidewire
15 8 (0.87%) Workday
16 7 (0.76%) Informatica