Decision-Making Job Trends in Scotland

Decision-Making
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -45 0 +59
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 72 154 544
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.38% 7.35% 11.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 7.86% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 21 43 184
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,866 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +114.29% -53.37%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,303 £47,270
90th Percentile - £100,000 £61,123
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,525 £54,151
% change year-on-year -8.79% +26.55% -9.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,346 1,960 4,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 77.58% 93.56% 92.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 932 2,255
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Scotland

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Scotland

Decision-Making
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
Glasgow -11 27 £78,750 -8.43% 19
Edinburgh -37 25 £57,500 -5.34% 18
North Lanarkshire -15 5 - -
Renfrewshire -11 3 - -
Lanarkshire +3 2 - - 15
South Lanarkshire -10 2 - -
Ayrshire -2 1 - -
North Ayrshire -5 1 - -
East Ayrshire -6 1 - -
West Dunbartonshire -8 1 - -
Stirling -12 1 - - 1
Perthshire - 1 £127,500 -
West Lothian - 1 - - 2
Perth and Kinross - 1 £127,500 -
Decision-Making
UK

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (2.78%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (1.39%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Azure
2 9 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
2 9 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 8 (11.11%) AWS
4 7 (9.72%) GitHub
4 7 (9.72%) GitHub Copilot
4 7 (9.72%) Power Platform
4 7 (9.72%) Snowflake
5 4 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.17%) GCP
6 3 (4.17%) SaaS
7 1 (1.39%) dbt
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.11%) Metadata
2 7 (9.72%) Data Lake
2 7 (9.72%) Power BI
3 3 (4.17%) Tableau
4 2 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle APEX
General
1 39 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (51.39%) Social Skills
3 29 (40.28%) Finance
4 6 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Financial Institution
5 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.56%) Games
6 4 (5.56%) Retail
7 3 (4.17%) Banking
7 3 (4.17%) Front Office
8 2 (2.78%) Advertising
8 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Legal
8 2 (2.78%) Marketing
9 1 (1.39%) Billing
9 1 (1.39%) Law
9 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Police
9 1 (1.39%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (22.22%) Innovation Manager
2 11 (15.28%) Analyst
3 8 (11.11%) Lead
4 6 (8.33%) Senior
5 5 (6.94%) Architect
5 5 (6.94%) Head of Data Management
5 5 (6.94%) Head of Risk Management
6 4 (5.56%) Data Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Forecast Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Insight Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) JSON
1 1 (1.39%) Kafka
1 1 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.17%) Social Media
5 2 (2.78%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.78%) IoT
5 2 (2.78%) Life Science
5 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.78%) PMI
5 2 (2.78%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.39%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (61.11%) Analytics
2 43 (59.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (47.22%) AI
4 25 (34.72%) Agile
4 25 (34.72%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 25 (34.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (33.33%) Customer Experience
6 19 (26.39%) Critical Thinking
7 17 (23.61%) Data Engineering
8 16 (22.22%) DevOps
8 16 (22.22%) Emotional Intelligence
9 15 (20.83%) Coaching
9 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (16.67%) CI/CD
10 12 (16.67%) Risk Management
10 12 (16.67%) Test Automation
11 11 (15.28%) Asset Management
11 11 (15.28%) Data Pipeline
12 10 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (13.89%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.83%) SQL
2 9 (12.50%) Python
3 7 (9.72%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Degree
2 7 (9.72%) CRISC
3 6 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 3 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.78%) CISM
5 2 (2.78%) CISSP
5 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.78%) MBA
5 2 (2.78%) PMP
6 1 (1.39%) ACCA
6 1 (1.39%) CBAP
6 1 (1.39%) CIMA
6 1 (1.39%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.17%) NIST
3 2 (2.78%) COBIT
3 2 (2.78%) GRC
3 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.39%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.39%) PMO
4 1 (1.39%) QA
4 1 (1.39%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 10 (13.89%) Databricks
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.17%) Charles River
3 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.78%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.78%) Teradata
5 1 (1.39%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.39%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.39%) Genesys
5 1 (1.39%) Google
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle
5 1 (1.39%) Verint