Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends in Kent

Data-Driven Decision Making
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 70 61
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 11 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.05% 0.69% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 0.79% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £45,625 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £55,050
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.68% +10.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Data-Driven 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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 855 636 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.98% 87.60% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 446 222 374
10th Percentile £27,375 £28,650 £25,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in Kent

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making within the Kent region over the 6 months to 28 December 2025. 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
Maidstone - 7 £42,500 - 8
Chatham - 1 - - 1
Data-Driven Decision Making
South East

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 9 (81.82%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Development Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Product Development Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Product Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Development Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Product Development Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Business Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Business Operations Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Head of Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
2 2 (18.18%) Agile
2 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Cost Control
3 1 (9.09%) Cost Management
3 1 (9.09%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
3 1 (9.09%) Facilities Management
3 1 (9.09%) Logistics
3 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NEBOSH
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft