Decision-Making Jobs in the South East

Decision-Making
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 35 79
Rank change year-on-year -29 +44 -28
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 375 927 533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.98% 5.48% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 6.51% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 144 446 187
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,063 £39,378 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,670 £45,802 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.91% -18.21% -6.67%
75th Percentile £73,833 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,681 14,247 13,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.06% 84.19% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,154 9,867 7,803
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,283 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the South East

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the South East.

Salary trend for Decision-Making in the South East

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the South East

Decision-Making
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley -35 139 £64,000 +42.22% 1,113
Berkshire +13 105 £60,000 +14.18% 728
Hampshire +52 101 £52,500 -4.55% 423
Surrey -34 52 £65,000 +41.92% 284
Isle of Wight - 30 £60,000 -
Kent +12 26 £40,000 -44.06% 239
Buckinghamshire -67 20 £73,833 +64.07% 241
Oxfordshire -8 14 £66,250 +76.67% 170
Middlesex -29 13 - - 10
East Sussex +4 10 £53,750 -2.27% 142
West Sussex +28 5 £51,500 +21.18% 141
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (3.20%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.07%) Confluence
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
5 2 (0.53%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 35 (9.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.27%) Notion
5 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.13%) Infor LN
1 8 (2.13%) SAP BPC
2 5 (1.33%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 56 (14.93%) Azure
2 54 (14.40%) Power Platform
3 23 (6.13%) AWS
4 15 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (3.47%) SaaS
6 6 (1.60%) GCP
7 5 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (1.33%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.07%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (0.80%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.80%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.80%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.80%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.80%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.53%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.33%) Firewall
1 5 (1.33%) Network Security
2 4 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (1.07%) VPN
3 2 (0.53%) SCCP
4 1 (0.27%) ADSL2
4 1 (0.27%) Broadband
4 1 (0.27%) DHCP
4 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.27%) Intranet
4 1 (0.27%) SAN
4 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (13.60%) Power BI
2 22 (5.87%) Tableau
3 21 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (4.80%) Data Lake
5 12 (3.20%) Big Data
6 10 (2.67%) Hadoop
6 10 (2.67%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.67%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.33%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.80%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.80%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.80%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.53%) Metadata
11 2 (0.53%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 10 (2.67%) JIRA
2 8 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.80%) Git
5 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (0.53%) DbUnit
5 2 (0.53%) jMock
5 2 (0.53%) JUnit
5 2 (0.53%) Maven
5 2 (0.53%) MLflow
5 2 (0.53%) Mockito
5 2 (0.53%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.27%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 131 (34.93%) Social Skills
2 108 (28.80%) Finance
3 106 (28.27%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (18.67%) Electronics
5 60 (16.00%) Law
6 54 (14.40%) Marketing
7 33 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.07%) Manufacturing
9 18 (4.80%) Telecoms
10 17 (4.53%) Automotive
10 17 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.73%) Public Sector
12 12 (3.20%) Legal
13 9 (2.40%) Local Government
14 8 (2.13%) Aerospace
14 8 (2.13%) Police
14 8 (2.13%) Retail
15 7 (1.87%) Advertising
15 7 (1.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 68 (18.13%) Senior
2 56 (14.93%) Lead
3 48 (12.80%) Principal Engineer
4 47 (12.53%) Analyst
5 46 (12.27%) Software Assurance Engineer
6 22 (5.87%) Data Analytics Director
6 22 (5.87%) Financial Analyst
6 22 (5.87%) Head of Analytics
7 20 (5.33%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 18 (4.80%) Head of AI
9 13 (3.47%) Data Engineer
9 13 (3.47%) Product Manager
10 12 (3.20%) IT Manager
11 11 (2.93%) Marketing Manager
11 11 (2.93%) Product Marketing Manager
12 10 (2.67%) Business Analyst
12 10 (2.67%) Project Analyst
12 10 (2.67%) Sales Executive
13 9 (2.40%) Architect
13 9 (2.40%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.67%) Kafka
2 7 (1.87%) .NET
2 7 (1.87%) REST
3 5 (1.33%) CSS
3 5 (1.33%) HTML
3 5 (1.33%) Pandas
3 5 (1.33%) XML
4 3 (0.80%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (0.80%) NumPy
4 3 (0.80%) PyTorch
4 3 (0.80%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.80%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.53%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.53%) JPA
5 2 (0.53%) Leaflet
5 2 (0.53%) React
5 2 (0.53%) RESTful
5 2 (0.53%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.07%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.80%) FMCG
3 16 (4.27%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.93%) Social Media
5 8 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.87%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.87%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.87%) Housing Association
7 5 (1.33%) CMDB
7 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.07%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.07%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.07%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.07%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.07%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.80%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.80%) NHS
9 3 (0.80%) PACS
9 3 (0.80%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.33%) Windows
1 5 (1.33%) Windows Server
2 3 (0.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (32.00%) Analytics
2 108 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (23.47%) Business Intelligence
4 79 (21.07%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 62 (16.53%) Roadmaps
6 61 (16.27%) Data Governance
7 60 (16.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 58 (15.47%) Software Engineering
9 52 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (13.07%) Agile
10 49 (13.07%) Machine Learning
11 48 (12.80%) Systems Engineering
12 46 (12.27%) Actionable Insight
12 46 (12.27%) Software Assurance
13 43 (11.47%) Data Modelling
13 43 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (10.13%) Business Strategy
14 38 (10.13%) Data Strategy
15 35 (9.33%) Data Science
16 34 (9.07%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 53 (14.13%) SQL
2 29 (7.73%) Python
3 14 (3.73%) Java
4 9 (2.40%) R
5 8 (2.13%) Scala
6 7 (1.87%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.60%) C#
8 5 (1.33%) C++
9 4 (1.07%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.80%) Bash
10 3 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.80%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) Fortran
12 1 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 136 (36.27%) Degree
2 86 (22.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 44 (11.73%) Master's Degree
4 31 (8.27%) Security Cleared
5 24 (6.40%) SC Cleared
6 22 (5.87%) DV Cleared
7 17 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.73%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.67%) ACCA
9 10 (2.67%) CIMA
9 10 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.87%) MRICS
11 6 (1.60%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.60%) CISSP
11 6 (1.60%) PhD
11 6 (1.60%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.07%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.07%) PMP
12 4 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.13%) Accessibility
2 16 (4.27%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.20%) GDPR
4 11 (2.93%) QA
5 8 (2.13%) GAAP
5 8 (2.13%) IFRS
6 6 (1.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.60%) SLA
7 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.07%) GMP
8 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.53%) NIST
10 1 (0.27%) COBIT
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.33%) Docker
1 5 (1.33%) Hyper-V
1 5 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.80%) HDFS
3 2 (0.53%) Firmware
4 1 (0.27%) Postfix
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (1.33%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.53%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.27%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 64 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.20%) Salesforce
3 26 (6.93%) SAP
4 10 (2.67%) Oracle
5 9 (2.40%) Cognos
5 9 (2.40%) Google
6 8 (2.13%) Infor
7 7 (1.87%) Anaplan
7 7 (1.87%) Databricks
7 7 (1.87%) VMware
8 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.33%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.33%) Workday
10 4 (1.07%) Cisco
10 4 (1.07%) Informatica
11 3 (0.80%) Dell
12 2 (0.53%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.53%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.53%) Jaspersoft
13 1 (0.27%) Meraki