Decision-Making Jobs

Decision-Making
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 44 65
Rank change year-on-year +12 +21 +13
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 3,273 4,941 4,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.28% 5.02% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.73% 5.84% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,333 2,605 2,051
10th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,958 £72,500 £80,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,775
% change year-on-year +15.00% -5.26% -4.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the UK

Decision-Making
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Decision-Making in the UK

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the UK

Decision-Making
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +10 2,712 £65,000 +18.18% 3,399
UK excluding London -1 1,832 £57,500 +15.00% 1,568
London +18 1,215 £75,000 +7.14% 1,965
Work from Home -30 648 £60,000 +6.19% 1,704
North of England -29 420 £60,000 +14.29% 444
South East -26 368 £65,000 +30.00% 383
Scotland +20 315 £51,645 +13.40% 114
Midlands +5 312 £52,500 - 266
North West -33 275 £60,000 +20.00% 305
South West +55 195 £60,000 +19.40% 183
West Midlands -1 194 £52,500 -4.55% 166
East of England -14 170 £65,000 +36.84% 155
Yorkshire +8 134 £57,500 +1.77% 102
East Midlands +24 115 £53,444 +12.51% 94
Wales +22 39 £57,500 +35.29% 36
Northern Ireland +32 12 £88,500 +195.00% 19
North East -13 11 £75,000 +65.75% 38
Channel Islands +2 2 £78,750 - 1
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 - 2

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 85 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.07%) Apache Spark
3 26 (0.79%) Jupyter
4 21 (0.64%) SAS
5 16 (0.49%) CMS
6 14 (0.43%) Apache
7 13 (0.40%) Confluence
7 13 (0.40%) OpenEdge
8 10 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.31%) IBM Domino
8 10 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.21%) Drupal
10 4 (0.12%) Kinematics
11 3 (0.092%) Moodle
12 2 (0.061%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.061%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.061%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.061%) WordPress
13 1 (0.031%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 470 (14.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 320 (9.78%) Microsoft Office
3 196 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.40%) SPSS
6 11 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.31%) Trello
8 7 (0.21%) Maya
9 4 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.092%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.092%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.061%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.061%) Sketch
12 1 (0.031%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.031%) CapCut
12 1 (0.031%) Notion
12 1 (0.031%) Pro Tools
12 1 (0.031%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 49 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (1.22%) Infor LN
2 40 (1.22%) SAP BPC
3 28 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 24 (0.73%) Ripple
4 24 (0.73%) Ripple XRP
5 19 (0.58%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
6 11 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
7 9 (0.27%) Shopify
8 6 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.15%) CiviCRM
9 5 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
10 3 (0.092%) Magento
10 3 (0.092%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.061%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.061%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 366 (11.18%) Power Platform
2 321 (9.81%) Azure
3 247 (7.55%) AWS
4 101 (3.09%) SaaS
5 71 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
6 68 (2.08%) GCP
7 61 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 59 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 51 (1.56%) Google Analytics
10 44 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 43 (1.31%) Snowflake
12 37 (1.13%) Power Automate
12 37 (1.13%) Serverless
13 33 (1.01%) PowerApps
14 32 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
15 30 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
16 27 (0.82%) Amazon S3
17 26 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (0.79%) GitHub
18 24 (0.73%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 26 (0.79%) Firewall
2 12 (0.37%) WAN
3 11 (0.34%) Intranet
3 11 (0.34%) VLAN
4 9 (0.27%) Internet
4 9 (0.27%) Unified Communications
4 9 (0.27%) VPN
5 8 (0.24%) Network Security
6 7 (0.21%) SMS
7 6 (0.18%) 5G
7 6 (0.18%) BGP
7 6 (0.18%) HSRP
7 6 (0.18%) IP Telephony
7 6 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.15%) Broadband
8 5 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.12%) 4G
9 4 (0.12%) FTP
9 4 (0.12%) LAN
10 3 (0.092%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (9.59%) Power BI
2 193 (5.90%) Tableau
3 126 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (1.83%) SQL Server
5 56 (1.71%) Big Data
6 43 (1.31%) Data Lake
7 41 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 35 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 33 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 31 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 30 (0.92%) Metadata
11 30 (0.92%) NoSQL
12 29 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (0.76%) Power Query
14 24 (0.73%) BigQuery
15 20 (0.61%) Looker
16 18 (0.55%) Data Mining
16 18 (0.55%) MySQL
17 17 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
18 16 (0.49%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 50 (1.53%) JIRA
2 42 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
3 40 (1.22%) Git
4 28 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 11 (0.34%) Visual Studio
7 10 (0.31%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.27%) GitLab
9 4 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.092%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.092%) JUnit
10 3 (0.092%) MLflow
11 2 (0.061%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.061%) ERwin
11 2 (0.061%) kappa
11 2 (0.061%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.031%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.031%) Newman
12 1 (0.031%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.031%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,613 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 1,454 (44.42%) Finance
3 1,189 (36.33%) Analytical Skills
4 587 (17.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 583 (17.81%) Banking
6 462 (14.12%) Financial Institution
7 432 (13.20%) Marketing
8 430 (13.14%) French Language
9 425 (12.99%) German Language
10 332 (10.14%) Electronics
11 241 (7.36%) Legal
12 232 (7.09%) Presentation Skills
13 201 (6.14%) Law
14 114 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
15 101 (3.09%) Retail
16 79 (2.41%) Manufacturing
16 79 (2.41%) Public Sector
17 62 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
18 57 (1.74%) Police
19 42 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 789 (24.11%) Analyst
2 474 (14.48%) Senior
3 427 (13.05%) Credit Analyst
4 422 (12.89%) Research Analyst
5 321 (9.81%) Lead
6 224 (6.84%) Principal Engineer
7 193 (5.90%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 127 (3.88%) Business Manager
9 123 (3.76%) Customer Executive
10 111 (3.39%) Development Manager
11 108 (3.30%) Architect
11 108 (3.30%) Business Development Manager
12 99 (3.02%) Data Scientist
13 89 (2.72%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 84 (2.57%) Developer
14 84 (2.57%) Senior Electrical Engineer
15 75 (2.29%) Business Analyst
15 75 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
16 73 (2.23%) Data Engineer
16 73 (2.23%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (1.50%) .NET
2 28 (0.86%) Pandas
3 27 (0.82%) React
4 22 (0.67%) CSS
5 21 (0.64%) HTML
5 21 (0.64%) PySpark
6 20 (0.61%) Kafka
7 18 (0.55%) .NET Core
7 18 (0.55%) EDI
7 18 (0.55%) scikit-learn
7 18 (0.55%) TensorFlow
8 17 (0.52%) AngularJS
9 16 (0.49%) RESTful
10 13 (0.40%) REST
10 13 (0.40%) Spring
10 13 (0.40%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.31%) ASP.NET
11 10 (0.31%) J2EE
11 10 (0.31%) NumPy
11 10 (0.31%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 463 (14.15%) Credit Risk
2 422 (12.89%) Fixed Income
3 288 (8.80%) Management Information System
4 171 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
5 114 (3.48%) Algorithms
5 114 (3.48%) Product Ownership
6 75 (2.29%) Social Media
7 48 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 44 (1.34%) FMCG
9 39 (1.19%) Onboarding
10 32 (0.98%) Blockchain
11 30 (0.92%) Data Structures
11 30 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (0.92%) NHS
12 29 (0.89%) Cloud Native
12 29 (0.89%) Data Centre
12 29 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
13 28 (0.86%) Cyberattack
14 27 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (0.70%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 69 (2.11%) Windows
2 29 (0.89%) Windows Vista
3 20 (0.61%) Linux
4 14 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.21%) Unix
6 5 (0.15%) Android
6 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.092%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.061%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.031%) Android TV
10 1 (0.031%) Debian
10 1 (0.031%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.031%) VMS
10 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.031%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 818 (24.99%) Problem-Solving
2 744 (22.73%) Risk Management
3 676 (20.65%) Analytics
4 629 (19.22%) Business Strategy
5 577 (17.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 534 (16.32%) Risk Assessment
7 506 (15.46%) Business Intelligence
8 485 (14.82%) Asset Management
9 471 (14.39%) Financial Modelling
10 457 (13.96%) Portfolio Management
11 452 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 441 (13.47%) Artificial Intelligence
13 424 (12.95%) Credit Risk Analysis
14 415 (12.68%) Agile
15 357 (10.91%) Software Engineering
16 326 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 325 (9.93%) Business Development
18 315 (9.62%) Roadmaps
19 295 (9.01%) Project Management
20 294 (8.98%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 411 (12.56%) SQL
2 409 (12.50%) Python
3 81 (2.47%) Java
4 76 (2.32%) JavaScript
5 54 (1.65%) C++
6 53 (1.62%) R
7 45 (1.37%) C#
8 30 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (0.58%) T-SQL
10 15 (0.46%) Go
10 15 (0.46%) Scala
11 13 (0.40%) PowerShell
12 10 (0.31%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.24%) VB
14 7 (0.21%) Bash
14 7 (0.21%) PHP
15 5 (0.15%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.15%) VBA
16 4 (0.12%) RPG
16 4 (0.12%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1,177 (35.96%) Degree
2 631 (19.28%) Master's Degree
3 529 (16.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 424 (12.95%) CFA
5 112 (3.42%) ACCA
6 111 (3.39%) Security Cleared
7 110 (3.36%) CIMA
8 67 (2.05%) DBS Check
9 64 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 59 (1.80%) DV Cleared
11 52 (1.59%) SC Cleared
12 49 (1.50%) CRISC
13 37 (1.13%) PhD
14 34 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
15 26 (0.79%) Azure Certification
16 25 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 23 (0.70%) CISSP
18 21 (0.64%) CCAB
19 19 (0.58%) PMI Certification
20 15 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (5.90%) Data Quality
2 87 (2.66%) Accessibility
2 87 (2.66%) GDPR
3 54 (1.65%) QA
4 52 (1.59%) COBIT
5 46 (1.41%) IFRS
6 40 (1.22%) GAAP
7 24 (0.73%) NIST
8 20 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 18 (0.55%) ITGC
10 16 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 16 (0.49%) PMO
11 14 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.24%) NCSC
14 7 (0.21%) SLA
15 5 (0.15%) IFRS 9
15 5 (0.15%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 63 (1.92%) Docker
2 22 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.092%) HDFS
7 2 (0.061%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.031%) ACF2
8 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.031%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.031%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.031%) RACF
8 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 25 (0.76%) Terraform
3 10 (0.31%) Ansible
4 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.12%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.12%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.12%) Oozie
6 3 (0.092%) Grafana
7 2 (0.061%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.061%) Kibana
7 2 (0.061%) Marathon
7 2 (0.061%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.061%) SCCM
8 1 (0.031%) EnCase
8 1 (0.031%) FTK
8 1 (0.031%) Matomo
8 1 (0.031%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.031%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.031%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.031%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 426 (13.02%) Bloomberg
2 335 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 259 (7.91%) Salesforce
4 149 (4.55%) SAP
5 108 (3.30%) Google
6 82 (2.51%) Oracle
7 65 (1.99%) Databricks
8 47 (1.44%) Cognos
9 41 (1.25%) Adobe
9 41 (1.25%) YouTube
10 40 (1.22%) Infor
11 28 (0.86%) Intel
12 21 (0.64%) IBM
12 21 (0.64%) VMware
13 19 (0.58%) ServiceNow
14 18 (0.55%) HubSpot
15 16 (0.49%) Informatica
16 13 (0.40%) Marketo
16 13 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 11 (0.34%) Workday