Objectives and Key Results Jobs

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 769 790
Rank change year-on-year +100 +21 -116
Permanent jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 42 141 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% 0.16% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10 51 89
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £51,489
25th Percentile £50,938 £52,500 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £79,726 £76,383
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +4.38% -1.44%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,964 £101,185
90th Percentile £84,500 £88,750 £144,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £79,932 £60,249
% change year-on-year -21.81% +32.67% -17.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Objectives and Key Results 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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Objectives and Key Results as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Objectives and Key Results.

Salary trend for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Objectives and Key Results within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +100 35 £70,000 -12.31% 267
UK excluding London +130 31 £62,500 -21.81% 163
Work from Home +92 15 £63,750 -20.24% 177
South East +80 13 £50,000 - 61
London +101 9 £75,000 -6.25% 134
Midlands +53 6 £50,000 -31.00% 19
North of England +28 5 £62,500 -21.81% 29
East Midlands - 5 £75,000 - 7
Scotland +96 4 - - 10
Yorkshire +60 4 £62,500 -21.81% 14
South West +115 2 £70,000 +1.54% 14
West Midlands +52 1 £50,000 -31.00% 11
North West -7 1 - - 12
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

Objectives and Key Results
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 3 (7.14%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.38%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) Confluence
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) AWS
2 4 (9.52%) Amazon S3
2 4 (9.52%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (9.52%) Serverless
3 3 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (7.14%) Amazon SageMaker
3 3 (7.14%) GitHub
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) Azure
5 1 (2.38%) IaaS
5 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Firewall
1 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.14%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (7.14%) Parquet
2 3 (7.14%) Spark SQL
2 3 (7.14%) Tableau
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) JIRA
2 3 (7.14%) Git
2 3 (7.14%) GitLab
General
1 24 (57.14%) Finance
2 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 12 (28.57%) Law
3 12 (28.57%) Legal
4 10 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Banking
6 4 (9.52%) Marketing
7 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (7.14%) Retail
8 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.38%) German Language
9 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (14.29%) Lead
2 5 (11.90%) Senior
3 4 (9.52%) Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Designer
3 4 (9.52%) Service Designer
4 3 (7.14%) Data Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Head of Data Management
4 3 (7.14%) Product Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Senior Product Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Technical Leader
5 2 (4.76%) Product Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Service Desk Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Service Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Business Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.38%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) PySpark
1 3 (7.14%) XGBoost
2 1 (2.38%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) Digital Media
2 3 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.14%) Private Cloud
2 3 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (61.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (57.14%) Analytics
3 16 (38.10%) Coaching
4 13 (30.95%) Decision-Making
5 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (28.57%) Information Security
5 12 (28.57%) Performance Management
6 11 (26.19%) Agile
6 11 (26.19%) Asset Management
6 11 (26.19%) Business Agility
6 11 (26.19%) IT Asset Management
6 11 (26.19%) Mentoring
6 11 (26.19%) People Management
6 11 (26.19%) Performance Metrics
6 11 (26.19%) Roadmaps
6 11 (26.19%) Software Asset Management
7 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 7 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
9 6 (14.29%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) Python
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) Degree
2 11 (26.19%) Master's Degree
3 4 (9.52%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.38%) MCP
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.38%) OCP
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.76%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) SLA
3 1 (2.38%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Databricks
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Apple
2 1 (2.38%) Bloomberg
2 1 (2.38%) Cisco
2 1 (2.38%) Dell
2 1 (2.38%) HP
2 1 (2.38%) HubSpot
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle
2 1 (2.38%) SonicWALL
2 1 (2.38%) Sun