Decision-Making Job Trends in Birmingham

Decision-Making
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 35 59
Rank change year-on-year -7 +24 -4
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 68 109 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.94% 6.05% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 6.49% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 43 65 47
10th Percentile £46,950 £37,500 £42,258
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £45,026
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,125 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,910 £76,845 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £29,708
% change year-on-year +13.04% +93.55% -43.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,367 1,680 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.25% 93.23% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 964 785 1,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £90,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Birmingham

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (5.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.94%) Confluence
3 1 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.47%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.47%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) Power Platform
2 16 (23.53%) Azure
3 7 (10.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (8.82%) AWS
5 4 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.41%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.94%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.94%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.94%) Serverless
7 2 (2.94%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.47%) ChatGPT
8 1 (1.47%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) BGP
1 1 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (1.47%) Firewall
1 1 (1.47%) Network Security
1 1 (1.47%) OSPF
1 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (32.35%) Power BI
2 7 (10.29%) Tableau
3 6 (8.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (7.35%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (7.35%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (4.41%) Metadata
6 3 (4.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (2.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.94%) Power Query
8 1 (1.47%) Big Data
8 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.47%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JUnit
1 4 (5.88%) Maven
1 4 (5.88%) Mockito
2 2 (2.94%) JIRA
3 1 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 24 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (30.88%) Finance
4 14 (20.59%) Public Sector
5 10 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (11.76%) Marketing
7 5 (7.35%) Banking
8 4 (5.88%) Legal
8 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.88%) Retail
9 3 (4.41%) Spanish Language
10 2 (2.94%) Law
11 1 (1.47%) Back Office
11 1 (1.47%) Billing
11 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.47%) Games
11 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (22.06%) Senior
2 11 (16.18%) Analyst
3 9 (13.24%) Lead
4 8 (11.76%) Developer
5 7 (10.29%) Architect
5 7 (10.29%) Data Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Senior Developer
7 5 (7.35%) Consultant
8 4 (5.88%) Data Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (5.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 4 (5.88%) Head of Information
8 4 (5.88%) Head of Information Security
8 4 (5.88%) Head of Security
8 4 (5.88%) Java Developer
8 4 (5.88%) Senior Data Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (5.88%) Senior Java Developer
9 3 (4.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Power BI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) REST
2 2 (2.94%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.94%) HTML
2 2 (2.94%) React
2 2 (2.94%) Spring
2 2 (2.94%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.47%) .NET
3 1 (1.47%) EDI
3 1 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.47%) JSON
3 1 (1.47%) PySpark
3 1 (1.47%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (8.82%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.41%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.41%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.41%) Credit Risk
4 3 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.47%) CCTV
6 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.47%) FMCG
6 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) NHS
6 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.06%) Analytics
2 27 (39.71%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (36.76%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (23.53%) Agile
5 14 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (20.59%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 13 (19.12%) Risk Management
7 12 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
8 11 (16.18%) AI
8 11 (16.18%) Strategic Thinking
9 10 (14.71%) Computer Science
9 10 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (13.24%) Machine Learning
10 9 (13.24%) Visualisation
11 8 (11.76%) Project Management
12 7 (10.29%) Data Analysis
12 7 (10.29%) Information Security
12 7 (10.29%) Migration
12 7 (10.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (42.65%) SQL
2 14 (20.59%) Python
3 7 (10.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (10.29%) R
4 6 (8.82%) Java
5 4 (5.88%) Bash
5 4 (5.88%) C
5 4 (5.88%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.94%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.47%) C#
7 1 (1.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.76%) Degree
2 7 (10.29%) SC Cleared
2 7 (10.29%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.94%) CISM
5 2 (2.94%) CISSP
5 2 (2.94%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.47%) CCIE
6 1 (1.47%) CCNP
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.47%) PMP
6 1 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 6 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.88%) COBIT
4 4 (5.88%) GDPR
4 4 (5.88%) NIST
4 4 (5.88%) QA
5 3 (4.41%) GRC
5 3 (4.41%) PMO
6 2 (2.94%) SLA
7 1 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.47%) Ansible
2 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.88%) Oracle
3 3 (4.41%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.47%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (1.47%) Anaplan
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco
4 1 (1.47%) Databricks
4 1 (1.47%) Genesys
4 1 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) Meraki
4 1 (1.47%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.47%) SAP
4 1 (1.47%) Verint