Decision-Making Jobs in Scotland

Decision-Making
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 36 96
Rank change year-on-year +16 +60 -20
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 316 687 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.42% 10.06% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.31% 11.04% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 127 105 74
10th Percentile - £35,700 £32,382
25th Percentile - £41,250 £39,829
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £48,000 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -19.68% +19.86%
75th Percentile - £62,342 £80,627
90th Percentile £60,500 £94,923 £102,738
UK median annual salary £59,878 £55,000 £59,999
% change year-on-year +8.87% -8.33% 0.00%

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 2,794 6,223 4,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.12% 91.17% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 2,465 2,077
10th Percentile £30,400 £28,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in Scotland

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in Scotland.

Salary trend for Decision-Making in Scotland

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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
Edinburgh +45 89 £60,000 -7.69% 51
Renfrewshire +4 59 £51,645 +40.81% 44
Glasgow -4 44 £51,645 +21.52% 67
Inverclyde - 36 £51,645 -
East Ayrshire - 18 £60,000 -
Fife +2 15 £60,000 +38.89%
South Ayrshire -18 15 £60,000 -
Moray - 15 £60,000 -
North Lanarkshire +5 8 - - 1
South Lanarkshire 0 4 - -
Aberdeen +30 2 £45,000 - 8
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 2 - - 5
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Stirling - 2 - - 1
Ayrshire - 2 - - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £31,000 -
Decision-Making
UK

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.27%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.32%) CMS
2 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 98 (31.01%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.32%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.53%) Infor LN
1 8 (2.53%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.18%) AWS
2 14 (4.43%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.48%) Snowflake
4 7 (2.22%) Azure
5 5 (1.58%) Amazon SageMaker
6 4 (1.27%) GitHub
6 4 (1.27%) SaaS
7 3 (0.95%) Amazon S3
7 3 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.95%) Serverless
8 2 (0.63%) Collibra
8 2 (0.63%) dbt
8 2 (0.63%) GCP
8 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.32%) BlazeMeter
9 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.32%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.63%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) Intranet
2 1 (0.32%) Network Security
2 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.96%) Tableau
2 13 (4.11%) Power BI
3 7 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.90%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.58%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.27%) Apache Hive
6 4 (1.27%) Big Data
6 4 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.95%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (0.95%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.95%) DB2
7 3 (0.95%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.63%) Impala
8 2 (0.63%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.63%) Looker
8 2 (0.63%) Power Query
8 2 (0.63%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 8 (2.53%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (0.95%) Git
2 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) ERwin
3 2 (0.63%) Gradle
3 2 (0.63%) JIRA
3 2 (0.63%) JUnit
3 2 (0.63%) Maven
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 156 (49.37%) Social Skills
2 102 (32.28%) Presentation Skills
3 84 (26.58%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (22.78%) Finance
5 53 (16.77%) Electronics
6 32 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (9.18%) Banking
8 27 (8.54%) Law
9 17 (5.38%) Marketing
10 10 (3.16%) Legal
11 8 (2.53%) Police
12 6 (1.90%) Retail
13 5 (1.58%) Publishing
14 4 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.27%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.95%) Front Office
15 3 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.63%) Automotive
16 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.63%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (41.14%) Senior
2 37 (11.71%) Principal Engineer
2 37 (11.71%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 32 (10.13%) Innovation Manager
4 27 (8.54%) Software Engineer
5 26 (8.23%) Lead
6 16 (5.06%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 15 (4.75%) Analyst
7 15 (4.75%) Java Engineer
7 15 (4.75%) Java Software Engineer
8 10 (3.16%) Team Leader
9 9 (2.85%) Data Manager
9 9 (2.85%) Lead Software Engineer
10 8 (2.53%) Accountant
10 8 (2.53%) Developer
10 8 (2.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 8 (2.53%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 8 (2.53%) Project Accountant
10 8 (2.53%) Risk Manager
10 8 (2.53%) Senior Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.80%) Spring
2 9 (2.85%) React
2 9 (2.85%) Spring Boot
3 8 (2.53%) RESTful
4 7 (2.22%) Kafka
5 5 (1.58%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.27%) REST
7 2 (0.63%) FastAPI
7 2 (0.63%) JPA
7 2 (0.63%) PySpark
8 1 (0.32%) .NET
8 1 (0.32%) CSS
8 1 (0.32%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.32%) OpenVINO
Miscellaneous
1 109 (34.49%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.85%) Cloud Native
3 4 (1.27%) Algorithms
3 4 (1.27%) Reference Data
4 3 (0.95%) FMCG
4 3 (0.95%) Public Cloud
4 3 (0.95%) Social Media
5 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.63%) AS400
5 2 (0.63%) Derivative
5 2 (0.63%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (0.63%) iSeries
5 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.63%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.63%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.63%) Replication
6 1 (0.32%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (0.32%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.27%) Linux
2 3 (0.95%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (43.04%) Risk Management
2 100 (31.65%) Risk Assessment
3 83 (26.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 69 (21.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 67 (21.20%) Software Engineering
6 64 (20.25%) Analytics
7 58 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (17.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (13.92%) Agile
10 39 (12.34%) Customer Experience
11 37 (11.71%) Software Assurance
11 37 (11.71%) Systems Engineering
12 35 (11.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 29 (9.18%) Machine Learning
14 26 (8.23%) Operational Stability
15 25 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (7.91%) CI/CD
15 25 (7.91%) SDLC
16 21 (6.65%) Coaching
17 17 (5.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.86%) Python
2 27 (8.54%) SQL
3 19 (6.01%) Java
4 3 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.95%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.95%) PL/SQL
4 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.63%) RPG
5 2 (0.63%) RPG IV
5 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.32%) Bash
6 1 (0.32%) C++
6 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 160 (50.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 125 (39.56%) Degree
3 33 (10.44%) Chartered Engineer
4 18 (5.70%) Master's Degree
5 12 (3.80%) CRISC
6 8 (2.53%) ACCA
6 8 (2.53%) CIMA
7 4 (1.27%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.63%) CBAP
8 2 (0.63%) CISSP
8 2 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.63%) PhD
8 2 (0.63%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CISA
9 1 (0.32%) CISM
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.80%) COBIT
1 12 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.85%) IFRS
3 8 (2.53%) GAAP
4 7 (2.22%) ITGC
5 6 (1.90%) NIST
6 5 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.95%) QA
8 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.63%) GDPR
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.63%) HDFS
2 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.95%) Grafana
2 3 (0.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.63%) Netcool
3 2 (0.63%) Netcool/OMNIbus
3 2 (0.63%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 19 (6.01%) Oracle
2 9 (2.85%) SAP
3 8 (2.53%) Cognos
3 8 (2.53%) Infor
4 6 (1.90%) Microsoft
5 5 (1.58%) IBM
6 4 (1.27%) Databricks
7 3 (0.95%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.95%) Splunk
8 2 (0.63%) Cloudera
8 2 (0.63%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.63%) Informatica
8 2 (0.63%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.32%) Planview
9 1 (0.32%) StreamSets
9 1 (0.32%) Sybase