Decision-Making Job Trends in the Midlands

Decision-Making
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 54 63
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 555 272 359
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.88% 4.74% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 5.58% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 419 170 157
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £36,118
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £41,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £48,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% -12.27% +27.91%
75th Percentile £72,000 £67,500 £66,498
90th Percentile £85,500 £85,000 £74,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,997 4,876 8,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.95% 85.05% 77.77%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 2,971 5,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
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 Midlands

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the Midlands

Decision-Making
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands +12 334 £55,000 - 205
East Midlands +34 221 £58,302 +46.05% 143
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 6 (1.08%) Confluence
2 5 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.54%) Apache
3 3 (0.54%) CMS
3 3 (0.54%) SAS
4 2 (0.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.18%) Drupal
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 80 (14.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (2.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.72%) Primavera
3 4 (0.72%) SAP EHS
4 3 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.54%) Shopify
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.18%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.12%) Power Platform
2 69 (12.43%) Azure
3 50 (9.01%) SaaS
4 47 (8.47%) AWS
5 21 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (3.24%) Serverless
7 15 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.80%) GCP
11 8 (1.44%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.44%) Smartsheet
12 6 (1.08%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.90%) Google Ads
13 5 (0.90%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.72%) dbt
14 4 (0.72%) GitHub
14 4 (0.72%) Google Sheets
15 3 (0.54%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.06%) Wireless
2 8 (1.44%) Broadband
3 3 (0.54%) SSL
4 2 (0.36%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.36%) Internet
4 2 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) DHCP
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) LAN
5 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.18%) SNMP
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) VLAN
5 1 (0.18%) VPN
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
5 1 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (16.40%) Power BI
2 29 (5.23%) Power Query
3 23 (4.14%) Tableau
4 18 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.34%) Electronic Patient Records
6 11 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.80%) Metadata
8 9 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.26%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.08%) QlikView
10 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.90%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.72%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.36%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.36%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (2.16%) JIRA
2 9 (1.62%) Git
3 4 (0.72%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.72%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.36%) JMeter
4 2 (0.36%) Locust
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 186 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 164 (29.55%) Finance
3 156 (28.11%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (9.73%) Marketing
5 51 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 49 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (7.03%) Retail
8 37 (6.67%) Manufacturing
9 31 (5.59%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (4.32%) Legal
12 23 (4.14%) Telecoms
13 20 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.70%) Law
15 9 (1.62%) Social Housing
16 7 (1.26%) Fire and Rescue
16 7 (1.26%) Local Government
17 6 (1.08%) German Language
18 4 (0.72%) Banking
18 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (15.50%) Analyst
2 56 (10.09%) Senior
3 50 (9.01%) Lead
4 43 (7.75%) Data Analyst
5 36 (6.49%) Business Manager
6 32 (5.77%) Architect
7 25 (4.50%) Developer
8 23 (4.14%) Business Development Manager
8 23 (4.14%) Consultant
8 23 (4.14%) Development Manager
8 23 (4.14%) Senior Analyst
9 21 (3.78%) Accountant
9 21 (3.78%) Data Manager
10 19 (3.42%) Data Architect
10 19 (3.42%) Data Engineer
11 18 (3.24%) Senior Data Analyst
12 16 (2.88%) Support Engineer
12 16 (2.88%) Technical Engineer
12 16 (2.88%) Technical Support
12 16 (2.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.52%) AWS CDK
1 14 (2.52%) React
2 13 (2.34%) Next.js
3 8 (1.44%) Kafka
4 7 (1.26%) REST
4 7 (1.26%) XML
5 6 (1.08%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.72%) .NET
6 4 (0.72%) PySpark
7 3 (0.54%) Blazor
7 3 (0.54%) EDI
7 3 (0.54%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.54%) JDBC
7 3 (0.54%) LDAP
7 3 (0.54%) SAML
7 3 (0.54%) Web Services
8 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.36%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.19%) Management Information System
2 33 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (5.41%) NHS
4 24 (4.32%) Driving Licence
5 18 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.52%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.34%) SystemC
8 11 (1.98%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.26%) PMI
12 6 (1.08%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.72%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.54%) Windows
2 2 (0.36%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (33.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 171 (30.81%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (28.83%) Analytics
4 120 (21.62%) Business Intelligence
5 87 (15.68%) Agile
6 85 (15.32%) Roadmaps
7 76 (13.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 75 (13.51%) AI
8 75 (13.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 70 (12.61%) CRM
10 68 (12.25%) Data Analysis
11 66 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 64 (11.53%) Data Management
13 61 (10.99%) Risk Management
14 60 (10.81%) Actionable Insight
15 58 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
16 56 (10.09%) Data Analytics
17 52 (9.37%) Business Development
17 52 (9.37%) Data Modelling
18 51 (9.19%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 111 (20.00%) SQL
2 65 (11.71%) Python
3 24 (4.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (2.34%) TypeScript
5 11 (1.98%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.62%) Java
7 7 (1.26%) R
8 6 (1.08%) C
8 6 (1.08%) Go
9 5 (0.90%) C#
9 5 (0.90%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.54%) VBA
11 1 (0.18%) Bash
11 1 (0.18%) Bicep
11 1 (0.18%) PHP
11 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 77 (13.87%) Degree
2 34 (6.13%) CIMA
3 33 (5.95%) ACCA
4 32 (5.77%) Security Cleared
5 26 (4.68%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.16%) CISSP
7 9 (1.62%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.26%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.08%) CITP
10 5 (0.90%) CISM
11 4 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.72%) CCSP
11 4 (0.72%) CIPD
11 4 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.72%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.18%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.89%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.96%) GDPR
3 18 (3.24%) QA
4 16 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.34%) GRC
6 11 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.90%) SLA
11 3 (0.54%) NIST
11 3 (0.54%) WCAG
12 2 (0.36%) PMO
13 1 (0.18%) GxP
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (0.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.26%) Terraform
2 4 (0.72%) Grafana
2 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.72%) Nmap
3 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 59 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.96%) SAP
3 18 (3.24%) Cognos
4 17 (3.06%) Google
4 17 (3.06%) Workday
5 14 (2.52%) IBM
6 10 (1.80%) Databricks
7 8 (1.44%) SYSPRO
8 6 (1.08%) Oracle
9 5 (0.90%) BT
9 5 (0.90%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.72%) Ariba
10 4 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.54%) Adobe
11 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.54%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.36%) Infor
12 2 (0.36%) NEC
13 1 (0.18%) Fortinet