Decision-Making Job Trends

Decision-Making
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 32 48
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +19
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 3,130 2,851 4,059
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.22% 6.54% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.41% 6.98% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,873 1,148 2,509
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,525 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% +25.27% -8.83%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £46,950
% change year-on-year -4.60% +27.80% -14.45%

All Process & 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 57,853 40,823 73,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.60% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 35,092 22,156 55,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,366 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%
75th Percentile £76,674 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in the UK

Decision-Making
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the UK

Decision-Making
Top 17 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 14 March 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
England -14 2,758 £62,500 -9.42% 2,045
UK excluding London -12 1,794 £57,239 -4.60% 1,506
London -10 1,029 £75,000 - 855
Work from Home +34 973 £60,000 -7.69% 952
North of England +4 568 £57,239 -0.45% 380
South East +17 457 £60,000 -14.29% 524
Midlands -18 283 £57,500 +4.55% 231
North West -7 262 £52,500 -8.70% 209
Yorkshire 0 204 £57,239 -0.45% 131
East of England -11 177 £57,500 -11.54% 127
West Midlands -19 166 £60,000 +4.35% 139
South West -6 152 £47,500 -21.26% 169
East Midlands -27 115 £51,058 +10.40% 92
North East +38 102 £62,500 -13.38% 49
Scotland -43 72 £70,000 +16.67% 52
Wales +12 47 £42,500 -34.62% 34
Northern Ireland -1 40 £29,750 -66.38% 9

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 70 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.63%) Confluence
3 31 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (0.99%) CMS
4 21 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.54%) SAS
6 13 (0.42%) Apache
7 12 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.35%) WordPress
9 6 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.19%) Drupal
9 6 (0.19%) nginx
10 5 (0.16%) IIS
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.13%) Appian
11 4 (0.13%) Documentum
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.096%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.096%) Joomla!
12 3 (0.096%) Umbraco
Applications
1 344 (10.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 141 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 15 (0.48%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.29%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.29%) Trello
9 6 (0.19%) CATIA
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.13%) Fusion 360
10 4 (0.13%) Maya
11 3 (0.096%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.032%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.032%) SPSS
12 1 (0.032%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 41 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.54%) SAP CO
3 17 (0.54%) Shopify
4 14 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
6 12 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 11 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.32%) Workfront
9 8 (0.26%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
9 8 (0.26%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
11 5 (0.16%) SAP Business One
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
12 4 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
13 3 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
13 3 (0.096%) Oracle Receivables
13 3 (0.096%) ResourceLink
13 3 (0.096%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 531 (16.96%) Power Platform
2 462 (14.76%) Azure
3 261 (8.34%) SaaS
4 244 (7.80%) AWS
5 118 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
6 107 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 99 (3.16%) GCP
8 74 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 74 (2.36%) Snowflake
9 59 (1.88%) GitHub
10 55 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
12 45 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 45 (1.44%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
14 43 (1.37%) PaaS
15 41 (1.31%) Serverless
16 40 (1.28%) Entra ID
17 39 (1.25%) Power Automate
18 33 (1.05%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 80 (2.56%) Broadband
2 39 (1.25%) Firewall
3 31 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
4 25 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
5 17 (0.54%) Network Security
6 14 (0.45%) Internet
7 12 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.38%) VPN
7 12 (0.38%) Wireless
8 11 (0.35%) DNS
9 8 (0.26%) VLAN
10 7 (0.22%) WAN
11 6 (0.19%) DHCP
12 5 (0.16%) SSL
13 4 (0.13%) ATM
13 4 (0.13%) Intranet
13 4 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.13%) LAN
13 4 (0.13%) Modbus
13 4 (0.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 497 (15.88%) Power BI
2 156 (4.98%) Tableau
3 139 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (3.07%) SQL Server
5 84 (2.68%) Data Lake
6 79 (2.52%) Metadata
7 57 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (1.57%) Power Query
8 49 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 47 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
10 35 (1.12%) MySQL
10 35 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 31 (0.99%) Looker
12 29 (0.93%) Relational Database
13 27 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 27 (0.86%) BigQuery
13 27 (0.86%) NoSQL
14 26 (0.83%) Big Data
15 21 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
15 21 (0.67%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 94 (3.00%) JIRA
2 40 (1.28%) Git
3 20 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.61%) Postman
5 13 (0.42%) MLflow
6 12 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.26%) Burp Suite
7 8 (0.26%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.22%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.22%) JMeter
8 7 (0.22%) JUnit
8 7 (0.22%) Maven
9 6 (0.19%) Mockito
9 6 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.19%) Selenium
10 5 (0.16%) GitLab
10 5 (0.16%) Locust
10 5 (0.16%) MSI
10 5 (0.16%) Vite
11 4 (0.13%) ER Studio
General
1 1,199 (38.31%) Social Skills
2 1,080 (34.50%) Finance
3 936 (29.90%) Analytical Skills
4 429 (13.71%) Marketing
5 231 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 199 (6.36%) Manufacturing
7 195 (6.23%) Presentation Skills
8 194 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 183 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
10 179 (5.72%) Retail
11 170 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
12 163 (5.21%) Legal
13 162 (5.18%) Law
14 124 (3.96%) Banking
15 83 (2.65%) Games
16 70 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
17 62 (1.98%) Advertising
18 45 (1.44%) Telecoms
19 44 (1.41%) Financial Institution
20 40 (1.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 502 (16.04%) Senior
2 453 (14.47%) Analyst
3 286 (9.14%) Lead
4 183 (5.85%) Architect
5 165 (5.27%) Data Analyst
6 151 (4.82%) Senior Manager
7 148 (4.73%) Data Engineer
8 147 (4.70%) Development Manager
9 133 (4.25%) Developer
10 126 (4.03%) Consultant
11 115 (3.67%) Sales Executive
12 106 (3.39%) Product Manager
13 90 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
14 87 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
15 76 (2.43%) Business Analyst
16 73 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
17 72 (2.30%) Business Manager
18 63 (2.01%) Accountant
19 61 (1.95%) Account Executive
20 56 (1.79%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (1.92%) React
2 47 (1.50%) .NET
3 39 (1.25%) REST
4 38 (1.21%) RESTful
5 28 (0.89%) JSON
5 28 (0.89%) Middleware
6 27 (0.86%) CSS
7 25 (0.80%) HTML
8 24 (0.77%) TensorFlow
9 23 (0.73%) Kafka
10 22 (0.70%) OpenAPI
11 21 (0.67%) Spring
11 21 (0.67%) Swagger
12 20 (0.64%) PySpark
12 20 (0.64%) PyTorch
13 18 (0.58%) AngularJS
13 18 (0.58%) Spring Boot
13 18 (0.58%) XML
14 17 (0.54%) Vue
15 16 (0.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 205 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
2 152 (4.86%) Management Information System
3 145 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 138 (4.41%) Product Ownership
5 116 (3.71%) Cloud Native
6 88 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 86 (2.75%) Social Media
8 66 (2.11%) FMCG
9 53 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 51 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 50 (1.60%) Data Structures
12 46 (1.47%) Algorithms
13 40 (1.28%) Virtual Team
14 37 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
15 36 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
16 35 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
17 31 (0.99%) EPoS
18 30 (0.96%) Over-the-Top Content
19 28 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
20 27 (0.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.57%) Windows
2 32 (1.02%) Android
2 32 (1.02%) Linux
3 29 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.064%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.064%) Unix
6 2 (0.064%) zOS
7 1 (0.032%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 897 (28.66%) Analytics
2 746 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
3 742 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 637 (20.35%) Business Intelligence
5 614 (19.62%) AI
6 586 (18.72%) Agile
7 457 (14.60%) Roadmaps
8 447 (14.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 409 (13.07%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 399 (12.75%) Project Management
11 332 (10.61%) Data Modelling
12 320 (10.22%) CRM
13 319 (10.19%) Actionable Insight
14 302 (9.65%) Mentoring
15 291 (9.30%) Data Analysis
16 270 (8.63%) Visualisation
17 258 (8.24%) Business Development
18 245 (7.83%) ETL
19 243 (7.76%) B2B
20 242 (7.73%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 534 (17.06%) SQL
2 421 (13.45%) Python
3 86 (2.75%) Java
4 84 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 64 (2.04%) R
6 60 (1.92%) JavaScript
7 56 (1.79%) TypeScript
8 48 (1.53%) VBA
9 42 (1.34%) C#
10 29 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 22 (0.70%) PowerShell
12 20 (0.64%) Bash
13 13 (0.42%) C++
13 13 (0.42%) Scala
14 11 (0.35%) PHP
15 10 (0.32%) Go
16 7 (0.22%) C
17 6 (0.19%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.19%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.16%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 588 (18.79%) Degree
2 173 (5.53%) ACCA
3 172 (5.50%) CIMA
4 167 (5.34%) Security Cleared
5 105 (3.35%) DBS Check
6 101 (3.23%) Master's Degree
7 99 (3.16%) SC Cleared
8 94 (3.00%) PMI Certification
9 77 (2.46%) PMP
10 61 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 52 (1.66%) CISSP
12 41 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 39 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
14 35 (1.12%) MBA
15 34 (1.09%) CISM
16 32 (1.02%) CIPD
17 30 (0.96%) AAT
18 29 (0.93%) Azure Certification
19 28 (0.89%) AWS Certification
20 25 (0.80%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (10.10%) Data Quality
2 153 (4.89%) GDPR
3 130 (4.15%) Accessibility
4 126 (4.03%) QA
5 87 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 61 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
7 51 (1.63%) NIST
7 51 (1.63%) PMO
8 46 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 33 (1.05%) GRC
9 33 (1.05%) IFRS
10 25 (0.80%) GAAP
11 20 (0.64%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.54%) NCSC
13 16 (0.51%) SLA
13 16 (0.51%) WCAG
14 14 (0.45%) ISO 9001
14 14 (0.45%) P3O
15 11 (0.35%) MiFID
16 9 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 78 (2.49%) Docker
2 31 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.32%) Firmware
5 6 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.064%) RACF
8 1 (0.032%) NFS
8 1 (0.032%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 63 (2.01%) Terraform
3 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.35%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.32%) Grafana
6 8 (0.26%) Nmap
7 7 (0.22%) Ansible
8 4 (0.13%) SCCM
9 3 (0.096%) Control-M
9 3 (0.096%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.096%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.064%) Argo
10 2 (0.064%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.064%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.064%) Packer
10 2 (0.064%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.032%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.032%) Kibana
11 1 (0.032%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 469 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 163 (5.21%) SAP
3 143 (4.57%) Databricks
4 124 (3.96%) Salesforce
5 80 (2.56%) Google
6 79 (2.52%) HubSpot
6 79 (2.52%) ServiceNow
7 72 (2.30%) Oracle
8 60 (1.92%) Adobe
9 53 (1.69%) Dell
10 50 (1.60%) Workday
11 33 (1.05%) Anaplan
12 30 (0.96%) Foundry
12 30 (0.96%) Informatica
13 28 (0.89%) IBM
14 27 (0.86%) BMC
15 23 (0.73%) OpenAI
16 20 (0.64%) Alteryx
16 20 (0.64%) Verint
16 20 (0.64%) YouTube