Decision-Making Job Trends in Oxford

Decision-Making
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxford 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 20 36 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 +18
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 10 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 4.15% 1.96% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.29% 2.07% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £25,705 £54,400 -
25th Percentile £37,364 £62,875 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,801 £77,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.63% +156.67% -44.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £88,500 £32,000
90th Percentile £87,625 £95,400 -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £56,623 £52,609 £48,000
% change year-on-year +7.63% +9.60% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 241 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 78.42% 94.51% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 133 113 224
10th Percentile £34,200 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £39,375 £51,250 £41,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,750 £95,000 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% +5.00%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Oxford

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Oxford

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

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Oxford

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 2 (20.00%) CMS
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (20.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (10.00%) Amazon SQS
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (10.00%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) SSL
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) VLAN
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Looker
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Power Query
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Head of IT
1 2 (20.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Accountant
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Management Accountant
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (20.00%) iPad
2 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Security
1 2 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (20.00%) Information Security
1 2 (20.00%) Network Management
1 2 (20.00%) Project Management
1 2 (20.00%) SABSA
1 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (20.00%) Server Management
1 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ACCA
1 2 (20.00%) CIMA
1 2 (20.00%) CISM
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
1 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (10.00%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (10.00%) Xero