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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 67 80
Rank change year-on-year +23 +13 +32
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 4,989 4,634 7,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.00% 4.67% 4.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.86% 4.89% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,611 1,943 3,089
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £36,815
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £99,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,589
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.03% +2.07%

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 85,075 94,861 153,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 95.59% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 55,938 82,447
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,714
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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% +10.53%

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 17 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 17 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 4,030 £55,000 -8.33% 1,739
UK excluding London +15 3,437 £50,000 -4.76% 1,115
Work from Home +7 1,956 £55,000 -8.33% 792
London +45 1,314 £67,500 -3.57% 663
South East +43 927 £45,802 -19.65% 289
North of England -12 724 £51,500 -4.63% 286
Scotland +64 704 £46,772 -22.08% 50
Midlands +6 461 £54,700 +21.56% 197
North West +48 421 £50,000 -9.09% 164
West Midlands +9 308 £55,000 +34.71% 122
East of England +27 289 £47,500 -13.64% 98
South West -42 261 £50,000 - 158
Yorkshire -34 220 £55,000 +2.80% 92
East Midlands +1 144 £45,001 -18.18% 75
North East +4 83 £45,249 -13.81% 35
Wales +21 60 £42,500 -23.86% 47
Northern Ireland +29 14 £30,000 -33.33% 17
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
1 180 (3.61%) Apache Spark
2 100 (2.00%) Apache
3 71 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 63 (1.26%) FileNet
5 61 (1.22%) SAS
6 52 (1.04%) Confluence
7 39 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
8 38 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
9 25 (0.50%) CMS
10 20 (0.40%) Camunda
11 17 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
12 13 (0.26%) ArcGIS
12 13 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
13 11 (0.22%) CICS
14 9 (0.18%) OpenStack
15 8 (0.16%) Drupal
15 8 (0.16%) Jupyter
16 7 (0.14%) nginx
17 6 (0.12%) IBM Notes
17 6 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 917 (18.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 242 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 145 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 31 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 29 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 17 (0.34%) 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 39 (0.78%) 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
8 7 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
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%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.080%) SAP APO
11 4 (0.080%) SAP SCM
12 3 (0.060%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 611 (12.25%) AWS
2 484 (9.70%) Azure
3 458 (9.18%) Power Platform
4 169 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
5 158 (3.17%) GCP
6 145 (2.91%) SaaS
7 124 (2.49%) Amazon S3
8 79 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 75 (1.50%) Serverless
10 65 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
11 64 (1.28%) GitHub
12 50 (1.00%) PowerApps
13 49 (0.98%) IaaS
14 44 (0.88%) Power Automate
15 43 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
15 43 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
16 39 (0.78%) Snowflake
17 38 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
18 37 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
18 37 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 467 (9.36%) Broadband
2 60 (1.20%) Firewall
3 45 (0.90%) WAN
4 40 (0.80%) DNS
5 33 (0.66%) VoIP
6 25 (0.50%) LAN
7 23 (0.46%) Network Security
8 22 (0.44%) Unified Communications
9 21 (0.42%) VPN
10 18 (0.36%) DSL
10 18 (0.36%) Internet
10 18 (0.36%) Kerberos
11 17 (0.34%) DHCP
11 17 (0.34%) Intranet
12 16 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
14 13 (0.26%) VLAN
14 13 (0.26%) Wireless
15 12 (0.24%) TCP/IP
16 9 (0.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 422 (8.46%) Power BI
2 274 (5.49%) Tableau
3 170 (3.41%) SQL Server
4 158 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
5 143 (2.87%) Big Data
5 143 (2.87%) NoSQL
6 103 (2.06%) Hadoop
7 94 (1.88%) BigQuery
8 93 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 80 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
10 78 (1.56%) Data Lake
11 65 (1.30%) Apache Cassandra
12 61 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
13 56 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 48 (0.96%) DB2
15 45 (0.90%) MySQL
16 41 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
17 38 (0.76%) Apache Hive
17 38 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 34 (0.68%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 124 (2.49%) Git
2 118 (2.37%) Jenkins
3 100 (2.00%) JIRA
4 87 (1.74%) JUnit
5 62 (1.24%) Jasmine
6 45 (0.90%) Mockito
7 32 (0.64%) Maven
8 30 (0.60%) Artifactory
9 25 (0.50%) CircleCI
10 22 (0.44%) JMeter
10 22 (0.44%) Selenium
11 20 (0.40%) Gradle
11 20 (0.40%) Travis CI
11 20 (0.40%) WebDriver
12 19 (0.38%) Cypress.io
13 18 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 17 (0.34%) Karma Test Runner
14 17 (0.34%) Protractor
15 15 (0.30%) LabVIEW
16 12 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2,191 (43.92%) Social Skills
2 2,054 (41.17%) Finance
3 1,564 (31.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1,063 (21.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 696 (13.95%) Marketing
6 695 (13.93%) Law
7 609 (12.21%) Influencing Skills
8 464 (9.30%) Legal
9 407 (8.16%) Retail
10 225 (4.51%) Banking
10 225 (4.51%) Public Sector
11 183 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
12 140 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
13 114 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 95 (1.90%) Investment Banking
15 92 (1.84%) Games
15 92 (1.84%) Telecoms
16 64 (1.28%) Front Office
17 52 (1.04%) Automotive
18 43 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,255 (25.16%) Analyst
2 998 (20.00%) Senior
3 506 (10.14%) Software Engineer
4 463 (9.28%) Lead
5 332 (6.65%) Senior Analyst
6 283 (5.67%) Project Manager
7 239 (4.79%) Architect
8 223 (4.47%) Java Engineer
9 217 (4.35%) Java Software Engineer
10 213 (4.27%) Data Scientist
11 193 (3.87%) Senior Manager
12 189 (3.79%) Business Analyst
13 188 (3.77%) Data Analyst
14 184 (3.69%) Financial Analyst
15 174 (3.49%) Developer
16 165 (3.31%) Development Manager
17 158 (3.17%) Commercial Analyst
18 141 (2.83%) Business Manager
19 129 (2.59%) Full Stack Engineer
19 129 (2.59%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (4.67%) Spring
2 232 (4.65%) React
3 161 (3.23%) AngularJS
4 131 (2.63%) .NET
5 127 (2.55%) Kafka
6 120 (2.41%) J2EE
7 103 (2.06%) Spring Boot
8 101 (2.02%) PySpark
9 98 (1.96%) HTML
10 95 (1.90%) GraphQL
11 93 (1.86%) Hibernate
12 85 (1.70%) CSS
13 76 (1.52%) REST
14 72 (1.44%) Pandas
15 63 (1.26%) Spring Integration
16 62 (1.24%) Node.js
17 59 (1.18%) TensorFlow
18 53 (1.06%) RESTful
19 48 (0.96%) scikit-learn
20 45 (0.90%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 394 (7.90%) Management Information System
2 285 (5.71%) Algorithms
3 277 (5.55%) Cloud Native
4 232 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 211 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 152 (3.05%) Public Cloud
7 107 (2.14%) Driving Licence
8 106 (2.12%) Onboarding
9 100 (2.00%) Data Structures
10 70 (1.40%) Credit Risk
11 60 (1.20%) Social Media
12 55 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
12 55 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
13 54 (1.08%) IoT
14 53 (1.06%) Data Centre
15 51 (1.02%) NHS
15 51 (1.02%) Taxonomies
16 45 (0.90%) PMI
17 35 (0.70%) Client/Server
18 33 (0.66%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 179 (3.59%) Windows
2 87 (1.74%) Linux
3 45 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 38 (0.76%) Windows 10
5 29 (0.58%) Unix
6 26 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 25 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (0.34%) Windows 7
10 14 (0.28%) Android
11 13 (0.26%) Apple iOS
12 12 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 11 (0.22%) Windows Vista
14 8 (0.16%) VME
15 3 (0.060%) Amazon Linux
15 3 (0.060%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.040%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.040%) VMS
17 1 (0.020%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,870 (37.48%) Agile
2 1,538 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
3 1,141 (22.87%) Mentoring
4 842 (16.88%) Actionable Insight
5 760 (15.23%) Software Engineering
6 755 (15.13%) Coaching
7 746 (14.95%) Project Management
8 720 (14.43%) Analytics
9 643 (12.89%) Business Case
10 606 (12.15%) Artificial Intelligence
11 604 (12.11%) Machine Learning
12 573 (11.49%) Data Analysis
13 562 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
14 553 (11.08%) SDLC
15 538 (10.78%) Computer Science
16 529 (10.60%) CI/CD
17 528 (10.58%) Budgeting
18 512 (10.26%) Budgeting and Forecasting
19 493 (9.88%) Risk Management
20 468 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 942 (18.88%) SQL
2 699 (14.01%) Python
3 615 (12.33%) Java
4 152 (3.05%) C#
5 139 (2.79%) JavaScript
6 113 (2.26%) Scala
7 111 (2.22%) R
8 90 (1.80%) TypeScript
9 64 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 60 (1.20%) T-SQL
11 51 (1.02%) PowerShell
12 44 (0.88%) C
12 44 (0.88%) C++
13 41 (0.82%) Go
14 37 (0.74%) Bash
15 36 (0.72%) PHP
16 26 (0.52%) PL/SQL
16 26 (0.52%) Ruby
17 23 (0.46%) PL/1
18 19 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,153 (23.11%) Degree
2 479 (9.60%) ACCA
3 465 (9.32%) CIMA
4 289 (5.79%) Security Cleared
5 211 (4.23%) Master's Degree
6 167 (3.35%) SC Cleared
7 150 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 117 (2.35%) DBS Check
9 75 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 67 (1.34%) CISSP
11 60 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 51 (1.02%) PhD
13 46 (0.92%) HNC
14 39 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
15 37 (0.74%) APMP
15 37 (0.74%) CISM
16 36 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
17 34 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
18 32 (0.64%) DV Cleared
19 31 (0.62%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 169 (3.39%) QA
3 133 (2.67%) SLA
4 109 (2.18%) Accessibility
5 96 (1.92%) GDPR
6 92 (1.84%) PMO
7 77 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 72 (1.44%) NIST
9 44 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
10 26 (0.52%) GRC
11 24 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 16 (0.32%) IFRS
13 16 (0.32%) NCSC
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%) CDISC
System Software
1 94 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 92 (1.84%) Docker
3 53 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.34%) HDFS
6 16 (0.32%) 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 (0.080%) Firmware
11 4 (0.080%) NFS
12 1 (0.020%) KVM
12 1 (0.020%) RACF
Systems Management
1 221 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 96 (1.92%) Terraform
3 27 (0.54%) SCCM
4 23 (0.46%) 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 (0.080%) Functional Safety
12 3 (0.060%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.060%) SCOM
13 2 (0.040%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.040%) Progress Chef
14 1 (0.020%) FTK
14 1 (0.020%) Istio
14 1 (0.020%) Kiali
Vendors
1 1,093 (21.91%) Microsoft
2 204 (4.09%) Oracle
3 165 (3.31%) Databricks
4 160 (3.21%) Google
5 99 (1.98%) SAP
6 81 (1.62%) Salesforce
7 72 (1.44%) VMware
8 59 (1.18%) Alteryx
9 41 (0.82%) IBM
10 31 (0.62%) ServiceNow
11 27 (0.54%) Cisco
12 26 (0.52%) Adobe
12 26 (0.52%) Pega
13 22 (0.44%) Cognos
14 19 (0.38%) CA
15 18 (0.36%) Capita
15 18 (0.36%) Sybase
16 17 (0.34%) Cloudera
16 17 (0.34%) F5
17 16 (0.32%) Splunk