Decision-Making Jobs in the Midlands

Decision-Making
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 60 68
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 277 477 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.00% 3.57% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 4.48% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 157 265 214
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,869 £41,254 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £54,700 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +27.21% -15.60%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,650 £58,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,000 £73,765
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,700 £59,541
% change year-on-year +9.69% -8.13% -0.77%

All Process and 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 6,069 10,643 7,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.54% 79.64% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,906 7,032 4,389
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the Midlands

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Decision-Making in the Midlands

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

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 12 July 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
West Midlands -8 169 £55,000 - 192
East Midlands +8 105 £39,919 -20.16% 103
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
3 2 (0.72%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.36%) Revit
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.61%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.44%) Infor LN
3 4 (1.44%) SAP BPC
4 3 (1.08%) Shopify
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.36%) iTrent
5 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (21.30%) Power Platform
2 49 (17.69%) Azure
3 21 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
4 14 (5.05%) PowerApps
5 13 (4.69%) AWS
5 13 (4.69%) Power Automate
6 10 (3.61%) IaaS
6 10 (3.61%) PaaS
6 10 (3.61%) SaaS
7 6 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (2.17%) Google Ads
7 6 (2.17%) Google Analytics
8 5 (1.81%) GitHub
9 4 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.44%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.44%) Serverless
10 3 (1.08%) GCP
10 3 (1.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.44%) SMS
1 4 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.08%) VLAN
3 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.72%) WAN
4 1 (0.36%) 5G
4 1 (0.36%) ADSL2
4 1 (0.36%) Firewall
4 1 (0.36%) Internet
4 1 (0.36%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (0.36%) Modbus
4 1 (0.36%) MQTT
4 1 (0.36%) Network Security
4 1 (0.36%) SAN
4 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (20.58%) Power BI
2 22 (7.94%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (6.86%) Tableau
4 18 (6.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (5.05%) SQL Server
5 14 (5.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (3.61%) Star Schema
7 7 (2.53%) Big Data
7 7 (2.53%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.44%) Metadata
11 3 (1.08%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.08%) MySQL
12 2 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.72%) Parquet
12 2 (0.72%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (2.53%) JIRA
2 7 (2.53%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.17%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (1.81%) Git
5 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.72%) DbUnit
6 2 (0.72%) GitLab
6 2 (0.72%) jMock
6 2 (0.72%) JUnit
6 2 (0.72%) Maven
6 2 (0.72%) Mockito
6 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.36%) FitNesse
7 1 (0.36%) Newman
7 1 (0.36%) Postman
7 1 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 135 (48.74%) Finance
2 110 (39.71%) Social Skills
3 88 (31.77%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (21.66%) Marketing
5 39 (14.08%) Legal
6 25 (9.03%) Law
7 23 (8.30%) Retail
8 20 (7.22%) Electronics
8 20 (7.22%) Public Sector
9 15 (5.42%) Manufacturing
10 14 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.89%) Police
14 6 (2.17%) Banking
14 6 (2.17%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.81%) Automotive
15 5 (1.81%) Social Housing
16 4 (1.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 44 (15.88%) Analyst
2 28 (10.11%) Senior
3 26 (9.39%) Customer Executive
4 23 (8.30%) Developer
5 16 (5.78%) Lead
6 15 (5.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 14 (5.05%) Architect
8 13 (4.69%) Business Analyst
8 13 (4.69%) Data Analyst
9 12 (4.33%) Power BI Developer
9 12 (4.33%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (4.33%) Sales Representative
9 12 (4.33%) Software Assurance Engineer
9 12 (4.33%) Systems Analyst
10 11 (3.97%) Business Developer
10 11 (3.97%) SQL Developer
11 10 (3.61%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.61%) ETL Developer
11 10 (3.61%) Graduate
11 10 (3.61%) SQL BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.81%) .NET
2 4 (1.44%) React
3 3 (1.08%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.08%) EDI
3 3 (1.08%) HTML
3 3 (1.08%) REST
3 3 (1.08%) XML
4 2 (0.72%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (0.72%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.72%) CSS
4 2 (0.72%) Hibernate
4 2 (0.72%) JPA
4 2 (0.72%) JSON
4 2 (0.72%) PowerMock
4 2 (0.72%) RESTful
4 2 (0.72%) SOAP
4 2 (0.72%) Spring
4 2 (0.72%) Spring Batch
4 2 (0.72%) Spring Integration
4 2 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.39%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.25%) Taxonomies
4 8 (2.89%) Marketing Technology
5 7 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.81%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.81%) Pricing Data
7 5 (1.81%) Replication
7 5 (1.81%) Social Media
8 4 (1.44%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.08%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.08%) NHS
9 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.17%) Linux
2 3 (1.08%) Windows
2 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (35.02%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (25.63%) Analytics
3 66 (23.83%) Business Intelligence
3 66 (23.83%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 49 (17.69%) CRM
5 46 (16.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (15.88%) Data Analysis
7 42 (15.16%) Agile
8 37 (13.36%) Artificial Intelligence
8 37 (13.36%) Project Management
9 36 (13.00%) Business Development
9 36 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (11.19%) ETL
11 30 (10.83%) Actionable Insight
11 30 (10.83%) Roadmaps
11 30 (10.83%) Software Engineering
11 30 (10.83%) Visualisation
12 26 (9.39%) Contract Negotiation
12 26 (9.39%) Data Modelling
13 24 (8.66%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 67 (24.19%) SQL
2 29 (10.47%) Python
3 8 (2.89%) Java
4 6 (2.17%) R
5 5 (1.81%) C#
5 5 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.44%) C++
7 3 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.08%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.08%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.72%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.36%) C
9 1 (0.36%) VB
9 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (16.61%) Degree
2 24 (8.66%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (4.33%) Master's Degree
4 9 (3.25%) ACCA
4 9 (3.25%) CIMA
5 8 (2.89%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.81%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.81%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.44%) PhD
8 3 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.72%) CBAP
9 2 (0.72%) CITP
9 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) IIBA
9 2 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.50%) GDPR
3 10 (3.61%) QA
4 6 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (2.17%) PMO
5 4 (1.44%) GAAP
5 4 (1.44%) IFRS
6 3 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.08%) SLA
7 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.72%) NCSC
8 1 (0.36%) COBIT
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (2.17%) Docker
2 2 (0.72%) Postfix
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.72%) Grafana
1 2 (0.72%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (14.44%) Salesforce
2 29 (10.47%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.42%) SAP
4 13 (4.69%) Oracle
5 11 (3.97%) Databricks
6 8 (2.89%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.89%) Cognos
7 7 (2.53%) Google
8 4 (1.44%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.44%) IBM
8 4 (1.44%) Infor
8 4 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.08%) Informatica
10 2 (0.72%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.72%) Avaya
10 2 (0.72%) Cisco
10 2 (0.72%) Facebook
10 2 (0.72%) Jaspersoft
10 2 (0.72%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.72%) SolarWinds