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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	17	30	47
Rank change year-on-year	+13	+17	-33
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making	257	215	130
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	6.03%	8.19%	3.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	8.77%	9.04%	4.65%
Number of salaries quoted	78	43	34
10^th Percentile	£32,500	£42,500	£37,345
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£48,750	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£57,500	£51,093
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	+12.54%	+104.37%
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£72,016	£76,500
90^th Percentile	£113,250	£85,000	£108,125
UK median annual salary	£57,500	£60,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.17%	-	+14.18%

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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,930	2,378	2,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	68.75%	90.56%	84.03%
Number of salaries quoted	1,670	1,032	1,340
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£38,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+44.74%	-30.91%	+4.76%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£60,000	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£78,706	£82,050
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£54,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+10.09%	-9.17%	-

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 Salary Trend in Scotland

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 19 October 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 19 October 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	+8	76	£50,000	-16.67%	71
Edinburgh	+18	74	£70,000	+19.15%	73
Midlothian	-	26	£65,000	-	8
Stirling	+8	16	£52,000	-	1
West Lothian	-1	11	-	-	5
North Lanarkshire	-3	9	£45,000	-	1
Renfrewshire	+1	8	-	-	3
South Lanarkshire	-9	8	-	-	1
Aberdeen	-	8	£47,500	-	11
Inverclyde	-	7	-	-	1
Dundee	+2	5	£155,000	+123.83%	4
Fife	-9	2	-	-	6
Lanarkshire	+7	1	£67,500	-	10
North Ayrshire	-3	1	-	-
Highlands	-	1	-	-	4
Falkirk	-	1	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	1	-	-	3
Clackmannanshire	-	1	-	-	2
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
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Decision-Making Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing Decision-Making also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Decision-Making.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	27.2%	70
2	Continuous Improvement	26.8%	69
3	AI	25.3%	65
4	Project Delivery	19.8%	51
5	Business Development	19.1%	49
5	Problem-Solving	19.1%	49
7	Business Continuity	18.3%	47
7	Capacity Planning	18.3%	47
9	BCP	17.9%	46
9	Business Continuity Planning	17.9%	46
9	Economics	17.9%	46
9	Firewall	17.9%	46
9	Network Architecture	17.9%	46
9	Network Security	17.9%	46
9	VLAN	17.9%	46
9	Vulnerability Remediation	17.9%	46
17	Stakeholder Management	17.1%	44
18	Microsoft	14.8%	38
19	AWS	13.6%	35
19	Customer Experience	13.6%	35
21	Line Management	12.8%	33
22	Coaching	12.1%	31
23	Azure	11.7%	30
23	CRM	11.7%	30
25	Analytics	11.3%	29
25	Risk Management	11.3%	29
27	Business Strategy	10.5%	27
28	Roadmaps	9.3%	24
29	Microsoft Excel	8.9%	23
29	Salesforce	8.9%	23

Decision-Making Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	27.2%	70
2	Continuous Improvement	26.8%	69
3	AI	25.3%	65
4	Project Delivery	19.8%	51
5	Business Development	19.1%	49
5	Problem-Solving	19.1%	49
7	Business Continuity	18.3%	47
7	Capacity Planning	18.3%	47
9	BCP	17.9%	46
9	Business Continuity Planning	17.9%	46
9	Economics	17.9%	46
9	Network Architecture	17.9%	46
9	Vulnerability Remediation	17.9%	46
14	Stakeholder Management	17.1%	44
15	Customer Experience	13.6%	35
16	Line Management	12.8%	33
17	Coaching	12.1%	31
18	CRM	11.7%	30
19	Analytics	11.3%	29
19	Risk Management	11.3%	29