Objectives and Key Results Job Trends

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 587 636
Rank change year-on-year -19 +49 +147
Permanent jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 41 117 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.069% 0.22% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.24% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 16 57 36
10th Percentile £65,625 £53,863 £52,500
25th Percentile £83,438 £54,439 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £124,375 £92,750 £145,625
90th Percentile £180,000 £118,870 £167,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £65,000 £150,000
% change year-on-year +26.92% -56.67% +114.29%

All Process & 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 48,377 48,922 48,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.45% 90.25% 90.80%
Number of salaries quoted 28,391 23,950 36,604
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Objectives and Key Results relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Objectives and Key Results job vacancy trend in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Objectives and Key Results.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Objectives and Key Results in the UK

Objectives and Key Results
Top 9 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 6 January 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 -3 41 £90,000 +38.46% 30
London +20 20 £95,000 +3.83% 13
UK excluding London -4 20 £82,500 +26.92% 19
Work from Home +5 15 £90,000 +38.46% 15
South East +12 14 £75,000 +6.01% 8
North of England +24 5 £200,000 - 6
Yorkshire - 4 - - 2
North West +23 1 £200,000 - 4
South West -4 1 - - 1

Objectives and Key Results
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 9 (21.95%) SugarCRM
2 3 (7.32%) Confluence
3 2 (4.88%) MTS
4 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Power Platform
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) SaaS
3 7 (17.07%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Broadband
1 1 (2.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (24.39%) Power BI
2 3 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (7.32%) MongoDB
2 3 (7.32%) MySQL
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata
3 1 (2.44%) Power Query
3 1 (2.44%) QlikView
3 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 18 (43.90%) Finance
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Presentation Skills
3 12 (29.27%) Marketing
4 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.20%) Games
5 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Billing
6 3 (7.32%) Legal
7 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Public Speaking
7 2 (4.88%) Retail
8 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Lead
2 5 (12.20%) Chief Technology Officer
3 4 (9.76%) Senior
4 3 (7.32%) Product Lead
4 3 (7.32%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Developer
5 2 (4.88%) Engineering Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Head of Development
5 2 (4.88%) Head of Software Development
5 2 (4.88%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (4.88%) Software Engineering Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Software Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Team Leader
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Leader
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Support
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Support Team Leader
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Team Leader
5 2 (4.88%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) React
1 5 (12.20%) REST
1 5 (12.20%) Symfony
1 5 (12.20%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 5 (12.20%) WebGL
2 3 (7.32%) .NET
3 1 (2.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Management Information System
2 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (12.20%) Educational Technology
3 5 (12.20%) Mobile Games
3 5 (12.20%) Product Ownership
4 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
4 3 (7.32%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.32%) Reinsurance
5 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.44%) IoT
5 1 (2.44%) NHS
5 1 (2.44%) Smart Home
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Android
1 8 (19.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Decision-Making
2 13 (31.71%) Agile
2 13 (31.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (29.27%) Budgeting
3 12 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (24.39%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 10 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (24.39%) CRM
4 10 (24.39%) Performance Metrics
4 10 (24.39%) Software Engineering
4 10 (24.39%) Validation
5 9 (21.95%) AI
5 9 (21.95%) Analytics
5 9 (21.95%) Data Analysis
5 9 (21.95%) Data Management
5 9 (21.95%) Data Matching
5 9 (21.95%) Information Management
5 9 (21.95%) Product Management
5 9 (21.95%) Roadmaps
5 9 (21.95%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Kotlin
2 6 (14.63%) PHP
3 4 (9.76%) Python
3 4 (9.76%) SQL
4 3 (7.32%) C#
4 3 (7.32%) Ruby
4 3 (7.32%) Swift
5 2 (4.88%) Perl
6 1 (2.44%) R
6 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (41.46%) Degree
2 9 (21.95%) HNC
3 2 (4.88%) CEH
3 2 (4.88%) CISA
3 2 (4.88%) CISSP
3 2 (4.88%) OSCP
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) GRC
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.88%) NIST
2 2 (4.88%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.88%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) OpenAI