Decision-Making
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Decision-Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Decision-Making over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 66 80
Rank change year-on-year +22 +14 +37
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 4,958 4,769 6,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.03% 4.70% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.87% 4.91% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,609 1,980 3,058
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £36,949
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,962
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,627 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Decision-Making is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the UK

Decision-Making
Top 18 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 7 May 2024. 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 3,997 £55,000 -8.33% 1,882
UK excluding London +16 3,422 £50,000 -4.76% 1,146
Work from Home +5 1,958 £55,000 -8.33% 749
London +43 1,294 £67,500 -3.01% 764
South East +47 918 £47,500 -20.49% 302
North of England -9 723 £52,014 -3.68% 290
Scotland +64 703 £45,543 -24.12% 49
Midlands +4 452 £54,700 +21.56% 217
North West +50 419 £50,000 -8.26% 167
West Midlands +8 301 £55,000 +32.02% 136
East of England +23 291 £47,500 -17.39% 120
South West -47 264 £50,000 - 142
Yorkshire -31 221 £56,500 +4.26% 96
East Midlands -6 142 £45,001 -18.18% 81
North East +3 83 £45,249 -13.81% 32
Wales +19 59 £42,500 -23.86% 37
Northern Ireland +36 15 £30,000 -33.33% 20
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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
1 182 (3.67%) Apache Spark
2 102 (2.06%) Apache
3 70 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 63 (1.27%) FileNet
5 59 (1.19%) SAS
6 51 (1.03%) Confluence
7 39 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 39 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 26 (0.52%) CMS
9 20 (0.40%) Camunda
10 17 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
11 13 (0.26%) ArcGIS
12 12 (0.24%) Anypoint
12 12 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
13 11 (0.22%) CICS
13 11 (0.22%) OpenStack
14 8 (0.16%) Drupal
15 7 (0.14%) Jupyter
15 7 (0.14%) nginx
16 6 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 908 (18.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 235 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
3 135 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 31 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 29 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 15 (0.30%) SPSS
8 7 (0.14%) Sketch
9 6 (0.12%) InVision
10 5 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.081%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.081%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.081%) Siemens NX
11 4 (0.081%) Simulink
11 4 (0.081%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.061%) Trello
13 2 (0.040%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.040%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 41 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.36%) iTrent
3 16 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.26%) Primavera
5 11 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 10 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 8 (0.16%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 5 (0.10%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.10%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.10%) SAP SD
10 5 (0.10%) SAP WM
11 4 (0.081%) SAP APO
11 4 (0.081%) SAP SCM
12 3 (0.061%) NetSuite
12 3 (0.061%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 610 (12.30%) AWS
2 478 (9.64%) Azure
3 456 (9.20%) Power Platform
4 172 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
5 156 (3.15%) GCP
6 148 (2.99%) SaaS
7 127 (2.56%) Amazon S3
8 82 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 76 (1.53%) Serverless
10 66 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
11 63 (1.27%) GitHub
12 51 (1.03%) PowerApps
13 48 (0.97%) IaaS
14 47 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
15 45 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
15 45 (0.91%) Power Automate
16 40 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
17 39 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
17 39 (0.79%) Snowflake
18 36 (0.73%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 467 (9.42%) Broadband
2 61 (1.23%) Firewall
3 45 (0.91%) WAN
4 40 (0.81%) DNS
5 33 (0.67%) VoIP
6 25 (0.50%) LAN
7 23 (0.46%) Network Security
8 22 (0.44%) Unified Communications
9 21 (0.42%) VPN
10 19 (0.38%) Internet
11 18 (0.36%) DSL
11 18 (0.36%) Kerberos
12 17 (0.34%) DHCP
12 17 (0.34%) Intranet
13 16 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
14 14 (0.28%) Wireless
15 13 (0.26%) TCP/IP
15 13 (0.26%) VLAN
16 9 (0.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 421 (8.49%) Power BI
2 263 (5.30%) Tableau
3 167 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 157 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
5 145 (2.92%) Big Data
6 138 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 105 (2.12%) Hadoop
8 93 (1.88%) BigQuery
8 93 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 80 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
10 75 (1.51%) Data Lake
11 67 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 65 (1.31%) Apache Cassandra
13 59 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 48 (0.97%) DB2
15 45 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
16 43 (0.87%) MySQL
17 40 (0.81%) Apache Hive
18 37 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 34 (0.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 119 (2.40%) Jenkins
2 110 (2.22%) Git
3 100 (2.02%) JIRA
4 87 (1.75%) JUnit
5 62 (1.25%) Jasmine
6 45 (0.91%) Mockito
7 32 (0.65%) Artifactory
7 32 (0.65%) Maven
8 25 (0.50%) CircleCI
9 24 (0.48%) JMeter
9 24 (0.48%) Selenium
10 22 (0.44%) WebDriver
11 20 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 20 (0.40%) Gradle
11 20 (0.40%) Travis CI
12 18 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 17 (0.34%) Karma Test Runner
13 17 (0.34%) Protractor
14 15 (0.30%) LabVIEW
15 11 (0.22%) ChangeMan
General
1 2,181 (43.99%) Social Skills
2 2,031 (40.96%) Finance
3 1,555 (31.36%) Analytical Skills
4 1,058 (21.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 697 (14.06%) Marketing
6 692 (13.96%) Law
7 603 (12.16%) Influencing Skills
8 456 (9.20%) Legal
9 400 (8.07%) Retail
10 238 (4.80%) Public Sector
11 228 (4.60%) Banking
12 182 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
13 143 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
14 109 (2.20%) Manufacturing
15 95 (1.92%) Investment Banking
16 94 (1.90%) Games
17 92 (1.86%) Telecoms
18 64 (1.29%) Front Office
19 52 (1.05%) Automotive
20 43 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,244 (25.09%) Analyst
2 981 (19.79%) Senior
3 501 (10.10%) Software Engineer
4 467 (9.42%) Lead
5 331 (6.68%) Senior Analyst
6 284 (5.73%) Project Manager
7 251 (5.06%) Architect
8 223 (4.50%) Java Engineer
9 217 (4.38%) Java Software Engineer
10 203 (4.09%) Data Scientist
11 191 (3.85%) Senior Manager
12 190 (3.83%) Business Analyst
13 186 (3.75%) Financial Analyst
14 185 (3.73%) Data Analyst
15 175 (3.53%) Developer
16 158 (3.19%) Commercial Analyst
17 150 (3.03%) Development Manager
18 133 (2.68%) Consultant
19 129 (2.60%) Full Stack Engineer
19 129 (2.60%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (4.70%) Spring
2 227 (4.58%) React
3 161 (3.25%) AngularJS
4 127 (2.56%) Kafka
5 124 (2.50%) .NET
6 122 (2.46%) J2EE
7 103 (2.08%) Spring Boot
8 97 (1.96%) HTML
9 95 (1.92%) GraphQL
10 93 (1.88%) Hibernate
11 90 (1.82%) PySpark
12 84 (1.69%) CSS
13 76 (1.53%) REST
14 64 (1.29%) Node.js
15 63 (1.27%) Pandas
15 63 (1.27%) Spring Integration
16 51 (1.03%) RESTful
17 47 (0.95%) TensorFlow
18 45 (0.91%) JSON
19 38 (0.77%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 384 (7.75%) Management Information System
2 276 (5.57%) Cloud Native
3 272 (5.49%) Algorithms
4 228 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
5 211 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 152 (3.07%) Public Cloud
7 108 (2.18%) Driving Licence
8 104 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 99 (2.00%) Data Structures
10 70 (1.41%) Credit Risk
11 60 (1.21%) Social Media
12 55 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 55 (1.11%) Data Centre
13 54 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 52 (1.05%) IoT
15 51 (1.03%) Taxonomies
16 50 (1.01%) NHS
17 44 (0.89%) PMI
18 35 (0.71%) Client/Server
18 35 (0.71%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 173 (3.49%) Windows
2 84 (1.69%) Linux
3 45 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 37 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 28 (0.56%) Unix
6 25 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (0.32%) Windows 7
10 13 (0.26%) Android
11 12 (0.24%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 11 (0.22%) Windows Vista
13 7 (0.14%) VME
14 3 (0.061%) Amazon Linux
14 3 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
14 3 (0.061%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.040%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.040%) VMS
16 1 (0.020%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,888 (38.08%) Agile
2 1,525 (30.76%) Problem-Solving
3 1,139 (22.97%) Mentoring
4 842 (16.98%) Actionable Insight
5 757 (15.27%) Software Engineering
6 744 (15.01%) Coaching
7 739 (14.91%) Project Management
8 720 (14.52%) Analytics
9 646 (13.03%) Business Case
10 594 (11.98%) Artificial Intelligence
11 592 (11.94%) Machine Learning
12 568 (11.46%) Data Analysis
13 560 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
14 554 (11.17%) SDLC
15 533 (10.75%) Computer Science
16 530 (10.69%) CI/CD
17 527 (10.63%) Budgeting
18 505 (10.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
19 503 (10.15%) Risk Management
20 465 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 916 (18.48%) SQL
2 693 (13.98%) Python
3 618 (12.46%) Java
4 146 (2.94%) C#
5 137 (2.76%) JavaScript
6 115 (2.32%) Scala
7 111 (2.24%) R
8 87 (1.75%) TypeScript
9 65 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 61 (1.23%) T-SQL
11 49 (0.99%) PowerShell
12 44 (0.89%) C
13 42 (0.85%) C++
13 42 (0.85%) Go
14 37 (0.75%) PHP
15 35 (0.71%) Bash
16 26 (0.52%) PL/SQL
17 25 (0.50%) Ruby
18 23 (0.46%) PL/1
19 18 (0.36%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1,135 (22.89%) Degree
2 477 (9.62%) ACCA
3 465 (9.38%) CIMA
4 286 (5.77%) Security Cleared
5 206 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 168 (3.39%) SC Cleared
7 150 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 106 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 73 (1.47%) PMI Certification
10 69 (1.39%) CISSP
11 60 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 49 (0.99%) PhD
13 44 (0.89%) HNC
14 39 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 38 (0.77%) CISM
16 37 (0.75%) APMP
17 36 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
18 35 (0.71%) MBA
19 32 (0.65%) DV Cleared
19 32 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (4.13%) Data Quality
2 168 (3.39%) QA
3 130 (2.62%) SLA
4 105 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 95 (1.92%) PMO
6 93 (1.88%) GDPR
7 75 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 72 (1.45%) NIST
9 45 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 26 (0.52%) GRC
11 23 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 16 (0.32%) NCSC
14 14 (0.28%) IFRS
14 14 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 13 (0.26%) NIST 800
16 12 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 9 (0.18%) COBIT
17 9 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 7 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 95 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 91 (1.84%) Docker
3 51 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.34%) HDFS
6 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
9 7 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.081%) Firmware
11 4 (0.081%) NFS
12 1 (0.020%) KVM
12 1 (0.020%) RACF
Systems Management
1 222 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 97 (1.96%) Terraform
3 26 (0.52%) SCCM
4 22 (0.44%) Ansible
5 21 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
7 9 (0.18%) Grafana
8 7 (0.14%) Graphite
9 6 (0.12%) Autotask
9 6 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.10%) Puppet
11 4 (0.081%) Functional Safety
12 3 (0.061%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.061%) SCOM
13 2 (0.040%) Dell DRAC
14 1 (0.020%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 1 (0.020%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.020%) Kiali
14 1 (0.020%) Plesk
Vendors
1 1,083 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 200 (4.03%) Oracle
3 159 (3.21%) Google
4 153 (3.09%) Databricks
5 100 (2.02%) SAP
6 93 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 70 (1.41%) VMware
8 60 (1.21%) Alteryx
9 41 (0.83%) IBM
10 33 (0.67%) ServiceNow
11 27 (0.54%) Cisco
12 26 (0.52%) Adobe
12 26 (0.52%) Pega
13 22 (0.44%) Cognos
14 18 (0.36%) Capita
14 18 (0.36%) Sybase
15 17 (0.34%) CA
15 17 (0.34%) Cloudera
15 17 (0.34%) F5
16 16 (0.32%) Splunk