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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 65 79
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 +37
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 4,972 4,872 6,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.04% 4.69% 4.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.87% 4.91% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,623 2,031 3,080
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,987
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 £53,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% -3.18% +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 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
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 3 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 3 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 +12 4,005 £55,000 -8.33% 1,525
UK excluding London +17 3,434 £50,000 -6.10% 957
Work from Home +5 1,979 £56,500 -5.83% 641
London +39 1,297 £67,500 -3.01% 604
South East +47 923 £50,000 -16.67% 266
North of England -11 727 £52,500 -1.87% 241
Scotland +55 708 £45,543 -24.15% 48
Midlands +4 446 £52,500 +14.13% 159
North West +48 419 £50,000 -9.09% 139
West Midlands +2 298 £55,000 +30.18% 100
East of England +31 291 £47,500 -20.83% 102
South West -39 267 £50,000 - 130
Yorkshire -30 225 £56,500 +6.10% 80
East Midlands -3 140 £45,001 -21.74% 58
North East +5 83 £45,249 -13.81% 27
Wales +11 59 £42,500 -25.61% 30
Northern Ireland +35 16 £30,000 -33.33% 19
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
1 184 (3.70%) Apache Spark
2 105 (2.11%) Apache
3 72 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 63 (1.27%) FileNet
5 58 (1.17%) SAS
6 53 (1.07%) Confluence
7 40 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
8 38 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
9 26 (0.52%) CMS
10 20 (0.40%) Camunda
11 17 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
12 13 (0.26%) ArcGIS
13 12 (0.24%) Anypoint
13 12 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
14 11 (0.22%) CICS
14 11 (0.22%) OpenStack
15 8 (0.16%) Drupal
16 7 (0.14%) Jupyter
16 7 (0.14%) nginx
17 6 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 904 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 228 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 31 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 29 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.28%) SPSS
8 7 (0.14%) Sketch
9 6 (0.12%) InVision
10 5 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.080%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.080%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.080%) Siemens NX
11 4 (0.080%) Simulink
11 4 (0.080%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.060%) Trello
13 2 (0.040%) EViews
13 2 (0.040%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 42 (0.84%) 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 (0.080%) SAP APO
11 4 (0.080%) SAP SCM
12 3 (0.060%) NetSuite
12 3 (0.060%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 616 (12.39%) AWS
2 487 (9.79%) Azure
3 463 (9.31%) Power Platform
4 176 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
5 160 (3.22%) GCP
6 150 (3.02%) SaaS
7 128 (2.57%) Amazon S3
8 80 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 77 (1.55%) Serverless
10 67 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
11 65 (1.31%) GitHub
12 54 (1.09%) PowerApps
13 51 (1.03%) IaaS
14 49 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
15 47 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
15 47 (0.95%) Power Automate
16 42 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
17 39 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
18 38 (0.76%) Snowflake
19 37 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 467 (9.39%) Broadband
2 65 (1.31%) Firewall
3 45 (0.91%) DNS
4 44 (0.88%) WAN
5 33 (0.66%) VoIP
6 26 (0.52%) 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%) DHCP
11 18 (0.36%) DSL
11 18 (0.36%) Kerberos
12 17 (0.34%) Intranet
12 17 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (0.30%) Wireless
14 14 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
14 14 (0.28%) VLAN
15 13 (0.26%) TCP/IP
16 9 (0.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 429 (8.63%) Power BI
2 266 (5.35%) Tableau
3 168 (3.38%) SQL Server
4 157 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
5 148 (2.98%) Big Data
6 141 (2.84%) NoSQL
7 106 (2.13%) Hadoop
8 96 (1.93%) BigQuery
9 95 (1.91%) Relational Database
10 80 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
11 77 (1.55%) Data Lake
12 68 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
13 65 (1.31%) Apache Cassandra
14 59 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 48 (0.97%) DB2
16 47 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
17 45 (0.91%) MySQL
18 40 (0.80%) Apache Hive
19 37 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 34 (0.68%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 123 (2.47%) Jenkins
2 109 (2.19%) Git
3 103 (2.07%) JIRA
4 87 (1.75%) JUnit
5 62 (1.25%) Jasmine
6 45 (0.91%) Mockito
7 34 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 32 (0.64%) Maven
9 25 (0.50%) CircleCI
10 24 (0.48%) JMeter
10 24 (0.48%) Selenium
11 22 (0.44%) WebDriver
12 21 (0.42%) Cypress.io
13 20 (0.40%) Gradle
13 20 (0.40%) Travis CI
14 18 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 17 (0.34%) Karma Test Runner
15 17 (0.34%) Protractor
16 15 (0.30%) LabVIEW
17 11 (0.22%) ChangeMan
General
1 2,178 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 2,044 (41.11%) Finance
3 1,572 (31.62%) Analytical Skills
4 1,055 (21.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 699 (14.06%) Marketing
6 697 (14.02%) Law
7 602 (12.11%) Influencing Skills
8 459 (9.23%) Legal
9 397 (7.98%) Retail
10 241 (4.85%) Banking
11 235 (4.73%) Public Sector
12 182 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
13 143 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
14 110 (2.21%) Manufacturing
15 97 (1.95%) Telecoms
16 95 (1.91%) Investment Banking
17 94 (1.89%) Games
18 65 (1.31%) Front Office
19 51 (1.03%) Automotive
20 43 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,251 (25.16%) Analyst
2 989 (19.89%) Senior
3 502 (10.10%) Software Engineer
4 467 (9.39%) Lead
5 335 (6.74%) Senior Analyst
6 283 (5.69%) Project Manager
7 252 (5.07%) Architect
8 223 (4.49%) Java Engineer
9 217 (4.36%) Java Software Engineer
10 203 (4.08%) Data Scientist
11 193 (3.88%) Business Analyst
12 191 (3.84%) Senior Manager
13 188 (3.78%) Data Analyst
14 187 (3.76%) Financial Analyst
15 176 (3.54%) Developer
16 158 (3.18%) Commercial Analyst
17 141 (2.84%) Consultant
18 140 (2.82%) Development Manager
19 129 (2.59%) Full Stack Engineer
19 129 (2.59%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (4.69%) Spring
2 228 (4.59%) React
3 161 (3.24%) AngularJS
4 130 (2.61%) Kafka
5 125 (2.51%) .NET
6 124 (2.49%) J2EE
7 103 (2.07%) Spring Boot
8 97 (1.95%) HTML
9 95 (1.91%) GraphQL
10 93 (1.87%) Hibernate
11 91 (1.83%) PySpark
12 84 (1.69%) CSS
13 77 (1.55%) REST
14 65 (1.31%) Node.js
15 64 (1.29%) Pandas
16 63 (1.27%) Spring Integration
17 51 (1.03%) RESTful
18 47 (0.95%) TensorFlow
19 46 (0.93%) JSON
20 38 (0.76%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 381 (7.66%) Management Information System
2 276 (5.55%) Cloud Native
3 272 (5.47%) Algorithms
4 227 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
5 210 (4.22%) Product Ownership
6 152 (3.06%) Public Cloud
7 107 (2.15%) Driving Licence
8 105 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 98 (1.97%) Data Structures
10 69 (1.39%) Credit Risk
11 60 (1.21%) Social Media
12 56 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 55 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 55 (1.11%) IoT
14 54 (1.09%) Data Centre
15 51 (1.03%) NHS
15 51 (1.03%) Taxonomies
16 44 (0.88%) PMI
17 37 (0.74%) Tandem
18 35 (0.70%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 177 (3.56%) Windows
2 84 (1.69%) Linux
3 47 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 37 (0.74%) 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 12 (0.24%) Android
10 12 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.22%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.22%) Windows Vista
12 7 (0.14%) VME
13 3 (0.060%) Amazon Linux
13 3 (0.060%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.040%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.040%) VMS
15 1 (0.020%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,907 (38.35%) Agile
2 1,530 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 1,141 (22.95%) Mentoring
4 850 (17.10%) Actionable Insight
5 759 (15.27%) Software Engineering
6 742 (14.92%) Coaching
7 737 (14.82%) Project Management
8 732 (14.72%) Analytics
9 648 (13.03%) Business Case
10 597 (12.01%) Artificial Intelligence
11 593 (11.93%) Machine Learning
12 569 (11.44%) Data Analysis
13 567 (11.40%) Business Intelligence
14 553 (11.12%) SDLC
15 535 (10.76%) CI/CD
16 531 (10.68%) Computer Science
17 529 (10.64%) Budgeting
18 503 (10.12%) Risk Management
19 502 (10.10%) Budgeting and Forecasting
20 470 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 919 (18.48%) SQL
2 701 (14.10%) Python
3 620 (12.47%) Java
4 146 (2.94%) C#
5 137 (2.76%) JavaScript
6 115 (2.31%) Scala
7 111 (2.23%) R
8 88 (1.77%) TypeScript
9 67 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 62 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 49 (0.99%) PowerShell
12 44 (0.88%) C
12 44 (0.88%) Go
13 41 (0.82%) C++
14 37 (0.74%) Bash
14 37 (0.74%) PHP
15 26 (0.52%) PL/SQL
16 25 (0.50%) Ruby
17 23 (0.46%) PL/1
18 19 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,137 (22.87%) Degree
2 477 (9.59%) ACCA
3 465 (9.35%) CIMA
4 288 (5.79%) Security Cleared
5 204 (4.10%) Master's Degree
6 168 (3.38%) SC Cleared
7 149 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 108 (2.17%) DBS Check
9 73 (1.47%) PMI Certification
10 69 (1.39%) CISSP
11 59 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 49 (0.99%) PhD
13 44 (0.88%) HNC
14 39 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
15 38 (0.76%) CISM
16 37 (0.74%) APMP
16 37 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
17 34 (0.68%) MBA
18 32 (0.64%) DV Cleared
19 31 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 170 (3.42%) QA
3 130 (2.61%) SLA
4 105 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 94 (1.89%) GDPR
5 94 (1.89%) PMO
6 73 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 70 (1.41%) NIST
8 53 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
9 26 (0.52%) GRC
10 23 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 16 (0.32%) NCSC
13 14 (0.28%) IFRS
13 14 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 13 (0.26%) NIST 800
15 12 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 9 (0.18%) COBIT
16 9 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.14%) CDISC
System Software
1 99 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 93 (1.87%) Docker
3 54 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.34%) HDFS
5 17 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
8 8 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.080%) Firmware
10 4 (0.080%) NFS
11 1 (0.020%) KVM
11 1 (0.020%) RACF
Systems Management
1 224 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 103 (2.07%) Terraform
3 25 (0.50%) SCCM
4 22 (0.44%) Ansible
5 20 (0.40%) 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 (0.080%) Functional Safety
12 3 (0.060%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.060%) SCOM
13 2 (0.040%) Dell DRAC
14 1 (0.020%) CASB
14 1 (0.020%) Istio
14 1 (0.020%) Oracle ZFS
14 1 (0.020%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,076 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 200 (4.02%) Oracle
3 162 (3.26%) Google
4 155 (3.12%) Databricks
5 100 (2.01%) SAP
6 94 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 73 (1.47%) VMware
8 60 (1.21%) Alteryx
9 41 (0.82%) IBM
10 33 (0.66%) 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%) CA
14 18 (0.36%) Sybase
15 17 (0.34%) Cloudera
15 17 (0.34%) F5
16 16 (0.32%) Splunk
17 15 (0.30%) Capita