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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 49 12
Rank change year-on-year +23 -37 +42
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 238 112 309
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 8.66% 3.42% 13.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.72% 4.06% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 44 30 289
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,918 -
25th Percentile £47,188 £38,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,178 £45,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.84% +80.00% -54.55%
75th Percentile £71,532 £71,546 £28,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,875 £61,123
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year - +12.68% -11.25%

All Process and 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 2,448 2,758 2,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.05% 84.27% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 1,305 1,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,100 £82,548
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025. 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 +8 83 £56,250 -6.25% 23
Edinburgh +9 51 £57,500 +44.74% 30
North Lanarkshire - 24 - -
Renfrewshire +2 18 - - 4
South Lanarkshire - 12 - -
West Lothian - 9 £50,000 - 7
Stirling +5 7 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 7 £60,000 -
Ayrshire - 6 - -
North Ayrshire - 6 - -
East Ayrshire - 6 - -
Lanarkshire - 6 - - 10
Dundee +1 1 £69,248 +76.00% 3
Fife - 1 £50,000 - 5
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 9 (3.78%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.42%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 36 (15.13%) AWS
2 26 (10.92%) Azure
3 12 (5.04%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.20%) Snowflake
5 7 (2.94%) GitHub
6 6 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.26%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (1.26%) SaaS
8 3 (1.26%) Serverless
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (0.84%) Collibra
9 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.42%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.42%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.42%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.04%) Power BI
2 10 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.20%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.78%) Apache Hive
3 9 (3.78%) Big Data
3 9 (3.78%) Tableau
4 6 (2.52%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.10%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.10%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.10%) HBase
6 4 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.68%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.68%) Impala
6 4 (1.68%) KDB
6 4 (1.68%) Kdb+
6 4 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.68%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.68%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Gradle
1 5 (2.10%) Maven
2 4 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.68%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) ERwin
4 1 (0.42%) Git
General
1 128 (53.78%) Social Skills
2 127 (53.36%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (43.28%) Finance
4 60 (25.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (23.95%) Law
6 34 (14.29%) Marketing
7 29 (12.18%) Banking
8 15 (6.30%) Legal
9 11 (4.62%) Retail
10 10 (4.20%) Private Banking
11 8 (3.36%) Front Office
11 8 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.94%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.10%) Advertising
13 5 (2.10%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.68%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (1.68%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.68%) Publishing
15 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 96 (40.34%) Innovation Manager
2 52 (21.85%) Software Engineer
3 32 (13.45%) Java Engineer
3 32 (13.45%) Java Software Engineer
4 20 (8.40%) Lead
5 17 (7.14%) Analyst
5 17 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 17 (7.14%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 15 (6.30%) Python Engineer
6 15 (6.30%) Python Software Engineer
7 14 (5.88%) Senior
8 13 (5.46%) Developer
8 13 (5.46%) Lead Software Engineer
9 9 (3.78%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 9 (3.78%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (3.78%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 9 (3.78%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.78%) Java Software Developer
9 9 (3.78%) Software Developer
10 8 (3.36%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.82%) Spring
2 15 (6.30%) Spring Boot
3 12 (5.04%) Kafka
3 12 (5.04%) React
4 8 (3.36%) AngularJS
4 8 (3.36%) REST
4 8 (3.36%) RESTful
5 5 (2.10%) JPA
5 5 (2.10%) PySpark
6 1 (0.42%) .NET
6 1 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.24%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.36%) Reference Data
3 5 (2.10%) Digital Media
3 5 (2.10%) FMCG
3 5 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.10%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.68%) Derivative
4 4 (1.68%) Distributed Applications
4 4 (1.68%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.26%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.26%) Social Media
6 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.84%) Life Science
6 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.84%) PMI
6 2 (0.84%) Replication
6 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (69.33%) AI
2 126 (52.94%) Analytics
3 120 (50.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 109 (45.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 103 (43.28%) Customer Experience
6 102 (42.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 77 (32.35%) Agile
8 52 (21.85%) Operational Stability
8 52 (21.85%) Software Engineering
9 51 (21.43%) CI/CD
10 48 (20.17%) Critical Thinking
10 48 (20.17%) Emotional Intelligence
10 48 (20.17%) SDLC
11 46 (19.33%) Machine Learning
12 42 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (10.50%) Data Engineering
14 23 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (9.24%) Risk Management
16 18 (7.56%) Full-Stack Development
17 17 (7.14%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.75%) SQL
2 37 (15.55%) Java
3 33 (13.87%) Python
4 8 (3.36%) PL/SQL
5 7 (2.94%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (3.36%) Degree
2 7 (2.94%) AWS Certification
3 5 (2.10%) CRISC
4 2 (0.84%) ACCA
4 2 (0.84%) CIMA
4 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.42%) CBAP
5 1 (0.42%) HNC
5 1 (0.42%) HND
5 1 (0.42%) PMP
5 1 (0.42%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.52%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.52%) GDPR
3 4 (1.68%) GRC
3 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.68%) QA
4 3 (1.26%) GAAP
4 3 (1.26%) IFRS
4 3 (1.26%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.42%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.10%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (2.10%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.10%) Terraform
2 4 (1.68%) Grafana
2 4 (1.68%) Netcool
2 4 (1.68%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 4 (1.68%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (6.72%) Oracle
2 13 (5.46%) Databricks
3 11 (4.62%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.94%) Alteryx
5 6 (2.52%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.10%) Cloudera
7 4 (1.68%) Charles River
7 4 (1.68%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.68%) IBM
7 4 (1.68%) Splunk
8 3 (1.26%) Teradata
9 2 (0.84%) Informatica
9 2 (0.84%) Xero
10 1 (0.42%) Siemens