Decision Science Jobs in the UK excluding London

Decision Science (Decision Theory)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Decision Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Decision Science over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 754 360
Rank change year-on-year +189 -394 +485
Permanent jobs citing Decision Science 10 4 497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.006% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.007% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £37,879
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,606 £55,000 £38,903
Median % change year-on-year +41.10% +41.38% -
75th Percentile £79,648 - £42,342
90th Percentile £86,250 - £86,000
UK median annual salary £77,606 £70,000 £40,113
% change year-on-year +10.87% +74.51% -43.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Decision Science 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,916 59,553 57,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 83.98% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,120 41,216 29,549
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Decision Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Decision Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Decision Science in the UK excluding London

Decision Science
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Decision Science in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Decision Science in the UK excluding London

Decision Science
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Decision Science in the UK excluding London

Decision Science
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision Science within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Scotland - 4 £77,606 - 2
South West +113 3 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 2 £82,500 -
Midlands - 2 £82,500 -
North West - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 3
Decision Science
UK

Decision Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (70.00%) SAS
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Banking
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Credit Risk Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Data Scientist
1 4 (40.00%) Risk Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Decision Scientist
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) PySpark
2 1 (10.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Credit Risk
2 3 (30.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (60.00%) Analytics
2 6 (60.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
2 6 (60.00%) Data Science
2 6 (60.00%) Statistics
3 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (40.00%) Customer Insight
4 4 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
4 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (40.00%) Model Validation
4 4 (40.00%) People Management
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (30.00%) Statistical Modelling
6 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (20.00%) Predictive Modelling
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (40.00%) PhD
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) CRD IV
1 4 (40.00%) IFRS
1 4 (40.00%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce