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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 57 57
Rank change year-on-year +34 0 -26
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 699 264 373
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.44% 4.70% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.33% 5.41% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 495 164 125
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,775 £36,550
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,869 £41,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +41.03%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,650
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,193 £77,145
England median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,311
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.69% -4.13%

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 11,037 4,879 7,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.13% 86.85% 79.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,845 2,823 3,669
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +21 435 £55,000 -2.65% 397
East Midlands +30 264 £50,000 +25.00% 227
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 9 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.00%) Confluence
3 6 (0.86%) SAS
4 4 (0.57%) Apache
4 4 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.29%) WordPress
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 108 (15.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.57%) Notion
4 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (3.58%) Primavera
1 25 (3.58%) SAP EHS
2 13 (1.86%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (1.43%) Sonata
4 5 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.29%) Shopify
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 103 (14.74%) Power Platform
2 85 (12.16%) Azure
3 49 (7.01%) AWS
4 48 (6.87%) SaaS
5 32 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (3.58%) Smartsheet
7 23 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (2.00%) GCP
9 13 (1.86%) Serverless
10 11 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.29%) GitHub
12 8 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (0.86%) Google Ads
14 5 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (0.72%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.72%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.57%) dbt
15 4 (0.57%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.43%) Wireless
2 6 (0.86%) Broadband
3 5 (0.72%) Internet
4 4 (0.57%) VLAN
5 3 (0.43%) Intranet
6 2 (0.29%) Network Security
7 1 (0.14%) DHCP
7 1 (0.14%) Extranet
7 1 (0.14%) Firewall
7 1 (0.14%) LAN
7 1 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.14%) Modbus
7 1 (0.14%) MQTT
7 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.14%) SNMP
7 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (14.16%) Power BI
2 27 (3.86%) Power Query
3 25 (3.58%) Tableau
4 21 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.29%) Electronic Patient Records
6 15 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.57%) Metadata
10 10 (1.43%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.29%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.00%) SQL Server
14 6 (0.86%) GIS
14 6 (0.86%) QlikView
15 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
16 4 (0.57%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 17 (2.43%) Git
2 15 (2.15%) JIRA
3 5 (0.72%) GitLab
4 4 (0.57%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.57%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.29%) JMeter
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) Selenium
5 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 239 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 199 (28.47%) Analytical Skills
2 199 (28.47%) Finance
3 86 (12.30%) Public Sector
4 72 (10.30%) Marketing
5 57 (8.15%) Legal
6 56 (8.01%) Manufacturing
7 51 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (7.30%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (5.58%) Telecoms
9 35 (5.01%) Retail
10 27 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.00%) Law
13 12 (1.72%) Automotive
14 11 (1.57%) Social Housing
15 10 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.14%) Banking
16 8 (1.14%) Local Government
17 6 (0.86%) German Language
Job Titles
1 92 (13.16%) Analyst
2 79 (11.30%) Senior
3 78 (11.16%) Lead
4 64 (9.16%) Business Manager
5 48 (6.87%) Architect
5 48 (6.87%) Business Development Manager
5 48 (6.87%) Development Manager
6 46 (6.58%) Data Analyst
7 38 (5.44%) Data Engineer
8 27 (3.86%) Developer
9 25 (3.58%) Accountant
9 25 (3.58%) Consultant
10 22 (3.15%) Data Architect
10 22 (3.15%) Sales Executive
11 20 (2.86%) Data Manager
11 20 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (2.86%) Senior Architect
12 17 (2.43%) Management Accountant
12 17 (2.43%) Presales Consultant
12 17 (2.43%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.15%) Kafka
2 13 (1.86%) Keycloak
2 13 (1.86%) PySpark
3 9 (1.29%) React
4 7 (1.00%) AWS CDK
4 7 (1.00%) REST
4 7 (1.00%) XML
5 6 (0.86%) .NET
5 6 (0.86%) Next.js
6 5 (0.72%) EDI
6 5 (0.72%) Terraform
7 4 (0.57%) JSON
7 4 (0.57%) Playwright
7 4 (0.57%) STL
8 3 (0.43%) Blazor
8 3 (0.43%) CSS
8 3 (0.43%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.43%) HTML
8 3 (0.43%) Middleware
8 3 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.59%) Management Information System
2 57 (8.15%) Driving Licence
3 50 (7.15%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (5.72%) NHS
5 28 (4.01%) PMI
6 21 (3.00%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.72%) SystemC
8 17 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.43%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.29%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.14%) CCTV
15 6 (0.86%) IoT
16 5 (0.72%) Algorithms
16 5 (0.72%) Security Posture
17 4 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (32.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 191 (27.32%) Problem-Solving
3 187 (26.75%) Analytics
4 135 (19.31%) Business Intelligence
5 114 (16.31%) Agile
6 105 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 99 (14.16%) AI
8 98 (14.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 97 (13.88%) Business Development
10 96 (13.73%) CRM
11 87 (12.45%) Roadmaps
12 74 (10.59%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 71 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
14 67 (9.59%) Data Management
14 67 (9.59%) ERP
15 66 (9.44%) Data Analysis
15 66 (9.44%) Risk Management
16 63 (9.01%) Actionable Insight
16 63 (9.01%) Data Analytics
17 62 (8.87%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 122 (17.45%) SQL
2 80 (11.44%) Python
3 27 (3.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.86%) Go
5 11 (1.57%) Java
6 9 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.14%) C#
7 8 (1.14%) C++
7 8 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.86%) R
9 5 (0.72%) C
9 5 (0.72%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.14%) Bicep
10 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 106 (15.16%) Degree
2 66 (9.44%) Security Cleared
3 60 (8.58%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.58%) ACCA
5 35 (5.01%) CIMA
6 28 (4.01%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.00%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.57%) CISSP
10 6 (0.86%) CIPD
10 6 (0.86%) CISM
11 5 (0.72%) CITP
11 5 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.57%) CCSP
12 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.73%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.01%) GDPR
2 28 (4.01%) QA
3 19 (2.72%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.72%) GRC
5 9 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.14%) PMO
7 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.72%) SLA
9 4 (0.57%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.43%) AQAP
10 3 (0.43%) NCSC
11 2 (0.29%) ITGC
11 2 (0.29%) NIST
11 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.29%) WCAG
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.57%) Nmap
2 3 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (0.29%) Grafana
3 2 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) Argo
4 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 95 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.44%) SAP
3 18 (2.58%) Google
4 17 (2.43%) Workday
5 16 (2.29%) Cognos
6 14 (2.00%) Oracle
7 13 (1.86%) IBM
8 10 (1.43%) Databricks
8 10 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.29%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.29%) YouTube
10 8 (1.14%) SYSPRO
11 5 (0.72%) BT
11 5 (0.72%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.57%) Pega
12 4 (0.57%) Sage
13 3 (0.43%) Infor
13 3 (0.43%) NCR
13 3 (0.43%) TOWER Software
13 3 (0.43%) Veritas