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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 43 65
Rank change year-on-year +5 +22 +15
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 3,246 4,980 4,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.01% 5.04% 4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.41% 5.88% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 2,625 2,004
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,589 £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 £80,627
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -5.66% -3.64%

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 50,654 84,747 98,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.80% 85.73% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,617 59,812 57,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £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 8 May 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 8 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 +3 2,685 £65,000 +18.18% 4,692
UK excluding London -4 1,807 £57,500 +15.00% 2,527
London +16 1,207 £75,000 +11.11% 2,853
Work from Home -43 654 £60,000 +8.22% 2,887
North of England -35 414 £58,750 +11.90% 548
South East -30 368 £65,000 +36.84% 977
Scotland +15 308 £51,645 +13.40% 162
Midlands +1 304 £52,500 -4.02% 330
North West -42 271 £60,000 +20.00% 371
South West +51 194 £60,000 +20.00% 227
West Midlands -5 190 £52,500 -4.55% 199
East of England -15 166 £65,000 +36.84% 266
Yorkshire +7 133 £57,500 +1.77% 128
East Midlands +15 111 £52,500 +16.67% 116
Wales +20 39 £52,592 +23.75% 46
Northern Ireland +34 13 £88,500 +195.00% 38
North East -15 10 £75,000 +65.75% 52
Channel Islands +2 2 £78,750 - 2
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 - 5

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 81 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 26 (0.80%) Jupyter
4 21 (0.65%) SAS
5 15 (0.46%) CMS
6 14 (0.43%) Apache
7 13 (0.40%) Confluence
8 12 (0.37%) OpenEdge
9 10 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 10 (0.31%) IBM Domino
10 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
11 6 (0.18%) Drupal
12 4 (0.12%) Kinematics
12 4 (0.12%) Moodle
13 3 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.062%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.062%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.062%) WordPress
15 1 (0.031%) Umbraco
Applications
1 458 (14.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 317 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
3 192 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.40%) SPSS
5 12 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.31%) Trello
7 7 (0.22%) Maya
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.092%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.062%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.062%) Sketch
11 1 (0.031%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.031%) CapCut
11 1 (0.031%) Notion
11 1 (0.031%) Pro Tools
11 1 (0.031%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 49 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (1.23%) Infor LN
2 40 (1.23%) SAP BPC
3 29 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 24 (0.74%) Ripple
4 24 (0.74%) Ripple XRP
5 22 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 11 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
8 8 (0.25%) Shopify
9 6 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.15%) CiviCRM
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
12 3 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
12 3 (0.092%) Magento
13 2 (0.062%) Oracle General Ledger
13 2 (0.062%) Oracle Payables
13 2 (0.062%) Oracle Receivables
13 2 (0.062%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 367 (11.31%) Power Platform
2 315 (9.70%) Azure
3 250 (7.70%) AWS
4 109 (3.36%) SaaS
5 70 (2.16%) GCP
5 70 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 52 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
7 52 (1.60%) Google Analytics
8 45 (1.39%) Snowflake
9 42 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 36 (1.11%) Power Automate
11 34 (1.05%) PowerApps
12 33 (1.02%) Serverless
13 32 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
14 26 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (0.77%) Adobe Analytics
15 25 (0.77%) Amazon S3
16 24 (0.74%) GitHub
17 23 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (0.74%) Firewall
2 12 (0.37%) WAN
3 10 (0.31%) Internet
3 10 (0.31%) Intranet
3 10 (0.31%) VLAN
4 9 (0.28%) Unified Communications
4 9 (0.28%) VPN
5 8 (0.25%) Network Security
6 7 (0.22%) 5G
6 7 (0.22%) IP Telephony
6 7 (0.22%) SMS
6 7 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.18%) Broadband
8 5 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.15%) VoIP
9 4 (0.12%) 4G
9 4 (0.12%) BGP
9 4 (0.12%) FTP
9 4 (0.12%) HSRP
9 4 (0.12%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 317 (9.77%) Power BI
2 196 (6.04%) Tableau
3 125 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (1.85%) SQL Server
5 56 (1.73%) Big Data
6 42 (1.29%) Data Lake
6 42 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 35 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 34 (1.05%) Relational Database
9 31 (0.96%) Metadata
10 29 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
10 29 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
11 25 (0.77%) Power Query
12 24 (0.74%) BigQuery
13 22 (0.68%) Looker
14 18 (0.55%) MySQL
15 17 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (0.52%) Data Mining
16 16 (0.49%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 50 (1.54%) JIRA
2 43 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
3 40 (1.23%) Git
4 25 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 12 (0.37%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.28%) GitLab
7 6 (0.18%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.12%) JUnit
9 3 (0.092%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.092%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.092%) MLflow
10 2 (0.062%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.062%) ERwin
10 2 (0.062%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.062%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.062%) webpack
11 1 (0.031%) FitNesse
11 1 (0.031%) jMock
11 1 (0.031%) Maven
General
1 1,598 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 1,445 (44.52%) Finance
3 1,178 (36.29%) Analytical Skills
4 575 (17.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 570 (17.56%) Banking
6 456 (14.05%) Financial Institution
7 429 (13.22%) Marketing
8 422 (13.00%) French Language
9 417 (12.85%) German Language
10 330 (10.17%) Electronics
11 240 (7.39%) Legal
12 234 (7.21%) Presentation Skills
13 204 (6.28%) Law
14 106 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
15 101 (3.11%) Retail
16 77 (2.37%) Public Sector
17 76 (2.34%) Manufacturing
18 65 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
19 54 (1.66%) Police
20 40 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 769 (23.69%) Analyst
2 471 (14.51%) Senior
3 418 (12.88%) Credit Analyst
4 414 (12.75%) Research Analyst
5 319 (9.83%) Lead
6 224 (6.90%) Principal Engineer
7 193 (5.95%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 128 (3.94%) Business Manager
9 123 (3.79%) Customer Executive
10 112 (3.45%) Development Manager
11 108 (3.33%) Business Development Manager
12 102 (3.14%) Architect
13 98 (3.02%) Data Scientist
14 88 (2.71%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 86 (2.65%) Developer
16 84 (2.59%) Senior Electrical Engineer
17 80 (2.46%) Business Analyst
18 79 (2.43%) Financial Analyst
19 74 (2.28%) Data Engineer
20 68 (2.09%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (1.57%) .NET
2 29 (0.89%) Pandas
3 27 (0.83%) React
4 22 (0.68%) CSS
5 21 (0.65%) HTML
5 21 (0.65%) PySpark
6 20 (0.62%) Kafka
7 18 (0.55%) .NET Core
7 18 (0.55%) AngularJS
7 18 (0.55%) EDI
7 18 (0.55%) scikit-learn
7 18 (0.55%) TensorFlow
8 17 (0.52%) RESTful
9 15 (0.46%) REST
10 14 (0.43%) Spring
10 14 (0.43%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.31%) ASP.NET
11 10 (0.31%) NumPy
11 10 (0.31%) XGBoost
12 9 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 454 (13.99%) Credit Risk
2 415 (12.78%) Fixed Income
3 284 (8.75%) Management Information System
4 171 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
5 112 (3.45%) Algorithms
6 111 (3.42%) Product Ownership
7 75 (2.31%) Social Media
8 50 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
9 44 (1.36%) FMCG
10 35 (1.08%) Cloud Native
11 32 (0.99%) Blockchain
11 32 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 30 (0.92%) Onboarding
13 29 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
14 28 (0.86%) Cyberattack
14 28 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
14 28 (0.86%) NHS
15 27 (0.83%) Data Structures
16 24 (0.74%) Learning Management System
17 23 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 68 (2.09%) Windows
2 28 (0.86%) Windows Vista
3 20 (0.62%) Linux
4 14 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.22%) Unix
6 5 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.092%) Android
8 3 (0.092%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.062%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.031%) Android TV
10 1 (0.031%) Debian
10 1 (0.031%) VMS
10 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.031%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (25.02%) Problem-Solving
2 733 (22.58%) Risk Management
3 668 (20.58%) Analytics
4 597 (18.39%) Business Strategy
5 583 (17.96%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 526 (16.20%) Risk Assessment
7 506 (15.59%) Business Intelligence
8 472 (14.54%) Asset Management
9 459 (14.14%) Financial Modelling
10 451 (13.89%) Portfolio Management
11 450 (13.86%) Artificial Intelligence
11 450 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 416 (12.82%) Credit Risk Analysis
13 405 (12.48%) Agile
14 356 (10.97%) Software Engineering
15 338 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 329 (10.14%) Business Development
17 308 (9.49%) Roadmaps
18 298 (9.18%) Project Management
19 296 (9.12%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 411 (12.66%) SQL
2 402 (12.38%) Python
3 76 (2.34%) Java
3 76 (2.34%) JavaScript
4 53 (1.63%) C++
5 51 (1.57%) R
6 46 (1.42%) C#
7 28 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 21 (0.65%) T-SQL
9 14 (0.43%) Scala
10 12 (0.37%) PowerShell
11 11 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 9 (0.28%) Go
13 7 (0.22%) VB
14 6 (0.18%) Bash
14 6 (0.18%) PHP
15 5 (0.15%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.15%) VBA
16 4 (0.12%) RPG
16 4 (0.12%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1,164 (35.86%) Degree
2 621 (19.13%) Master's Degree
3 530 (16.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 416 (12.82%) CFA
5 116 (3.57%) ACCA
6 113 (3.48%) CIMA
7 105 (3.23%) Security Cleared
8 67 (2.06%) DBS Check
9 62 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 58 (1.79%) DV Cleared
11 50 (1.54%) SC Cleared
12 49 (1.51%) CRISC
13 37 (1.14%) PhD
14 34 (1.05%) Chartered Engineer
15 26 (0.80%) Azure Certification
15 26 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
16 22 (0.68%) CISSP
17 21 (0.65%) CCAB
18 19 (0.59%) PMI Certification
19 14 (0.43%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 91 (2.80%) GDPR
3 84 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 52 (1.60%) COBIT
5 51 (1.57%) QA
6 47 (1.45%) IFRS
7 41 (1.26%) GAAP
8 24 (0.74%) NIST
9 21 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (0.55%) ITGC
10 18 (0.55%) PMO
11 15 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 14 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 8 (0.25%) SLA
16 7 (0.22%) NCSC
17 5 (0.15%) IFRS 9
17 5 (0.15%) PCI DSS
18 4 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 61 (1.88%) Docker
2 21 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.092%) HDFS
7 2 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.031%) ACF2
8 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.031%) Firmware
8 1 (0.031%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.031%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.031%) Postfix
8 1 (0.031%) RACF
8 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (1.76%) Kubernetes
2 22 (0.68%) Terraform
3 9 (0.28%) Ansible
4 5 (0.15%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.15%) Grafana
4 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.12%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.12%) Oozie
6 3 (0.092%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.062%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.062%) Kibana
7 2 (0.062%) Marathon
7 2 (0.062%) 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
1 418 (12.88%) Bloomberg
2 339 (10.44%) Microsoft
3 257 (7.92%) Salesforce
4 150 (4.62%) SAP
5 112 (3.45%) Google
6 83 (2.56%) Oracle
7 62 (1.91%) Databricks
8 47 (1.45%) Cognos
9 42 (1.29%) Adobe
10 41 (1.26%) YouTube
11 40 (1.23%) Infor
12 27 (0.83%) Intel
13 21 (0.65%) IBM
13 21 (0.65%) VMware
14 19 (0.59%) ServiceNow
15 18 (0.55%) HubSpot
16 16 (0.49%) Informatica
17 14 (0.43%) Marketo
17 14 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
18 12 (0.37%) Workday