Decision-Making Job Trends in the East Midlands

Decision-Making
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 64 82
Rank change year-on-year +31 +18 -2
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 218 94 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.66% 4.04% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.17% 4.73% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 154 55 26
10th Percentile £30,500 £24,926 £30,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £25,938 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,015 £39,919 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.33% -20.16% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £51,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,215 £65,000 £60,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,218 1,986 3,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.83% 85.35% 75.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,775 1,101 1,835
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,208 £27,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the East Midlands

Decision-Making
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire +6 74 £60,000 +20.00% 68
Leicestershire +4 67 £65,000 +62.83% 19
Northamptonshire +25 37 £42,500 +6.25% 49
Derbyshire +11 22 £55,000 +105.61% 21
Lincolnshire -25 10 £42,500 +57.41% 19
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (0.92%) Confluence
1 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) CMS
2 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (16.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (6.88%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.38%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.92%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.46%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.14%) Power Platform
2 25 (11.47%) Azure
3 23 (10.55%) AWS
4 18 (8.26%) SaaS
5 17 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
6 10 (4.59%) Serverless
7 8 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.83%) Google Sheets
9 3 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.38%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.92%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.92%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.46%) Contentsquare
11 1 (0.46%) Figma
11 1 (0.46%) GitHub
11 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.83%) Wireless
2 3 (1.38%) Broadband
3 1 (0.46%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.22%) Power BI
2 11 (5.05%) Power Query
3 8 (3.67%) Electronic Patient Records
3 8 (3.67%) Tableau
4 6 (2.75%) QlikView
4 6 (2.75%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.38%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (1.38%) GIS
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.38%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.46%) DTS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.83%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.92%) JIRA
3 1 (0.46%) Git
General
1 86 (39.45%) Social Skills
2 81 (37.16%) Finance
3 77 (35.32%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (8.72%) Retail
5 18 (8.26%) Marketing
6 15 (6.88%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.21%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.29%) Law
9 5 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.38%) Banking
11 3 (1.38%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.92%) Advertising
12 2 (0.92%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.92%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.46%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 50 (22.94%) Analyst
2 29 (13.30%) Senior
3 28 (12.84%) Data Analyst
4 17 (7.80%) Developer
4 17 (7.80%) Senior Analyst
4 17 (7.80%) Senior Data Analyst
5 15 (6.88%) Analyst Developer
5 15 (6.88%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 15 (6.88%) Financial Analyst
5 15 (6.88%) Systems Analyst
5 15 (6.88%) Systems Developer
5 15 (6.88%) TM1 Analyst
5 15 (6.88%) TM1 Developer
6 14 (6.42%) Business Manager
6 14 (6.42%) Lead
7 13 (5.96%) Data Manager
8 12 (5.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 11 (5.05%) Analytics Developer
9 11 (5.05%) Consultant
9 11 (5.05%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.59%) AWS CDK
1 10 (4.59%) Next.js
1 10 (4.59%) React
2 3 (1.38%) EDI
3 2 (0.92%) Node.js
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.46%) .NET
4 1 (0.46%) Blazor
4 1 (0.46%) Django
4 1 (0.46%) Middleware
4 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.30%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.42%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (5.50%) NHS
4 10 (4.59%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.67%) SystemC
6 5 (2.29%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.83%) Insider Threat
7 4 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.38%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.38%) BBC
8 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.92%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.92%) Robotics
9 2 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.46%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (40.37%) Continuous Improvement
1 88 (40.37%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (34.40%) Analytics
3 43 (19.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 42 (19.27%) Actionable Insight
5 40 (18.35%) Roadmaps
6 39 (17.89%) Business Intelligence
7 33 (15.14%) Data Analysis
8 31 (14.22%) Agile
8 31 (14.22%) Data Analytics
8 31 (14.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (13.76%) Mentoring
10 29 (13.30%) Strategic Thinking
11 28 (12.84%) CRM
11 28 (12.84%) Data Management
12 27 (12.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 26 (11.93%) AI
13 26 (11.93%) Financial Analysis
14 25 (11.47%) Data Transformation
15 24 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 45 (20.64%) SQL
2 27 (12.39%) Python
3 10 (4.59%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.92%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.92%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.46%) C
5 1 (0.46%) C#
5 1 (0.46%) R
5 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (12.39%) Degree
2 12 (5.50%) ACCA
2 12 (5.50%) CIMA
3 10 (4.59%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.59%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.75%) CISM
4 6 (2.75%) CISSP
5 4 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (1.83%) CCSP
5 4 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.92%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.92%) CISMP
7 1 (0.46%) APMG
7 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.72%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.59%) GRC
3 9 (4.13%) QA
4 5 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.29%) SLA
5 4 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.83%) GDPR
6 2 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.46%) GxP
7 1 (0.46%) NIST
7 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) Firmware
1 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Nmap
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (14.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.34%) Workday
3 15 (6.88%) Cognos
3 15 (6.88%) IBM
4 8 (3.67%) SYSPRO
5 5 (2.29%) Oracle
6 4 (1.83%) Google
6 4 (1.83%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.38%) Adobe
7 3 (1.38%) SAP
8 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.46%) Databricks
8 1 (0.46%) Infor
8 1 (0.46%) JDA
8 1 (0.46%) RedPrairie
8 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.46%) VMware