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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 37 55
Rank change year-on-year -28 +18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 302 283 427
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.46% 5.82% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 6.53% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 212 191 269
10th Percentile £32,050 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,247 £38,750 £39,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £51,716
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +1.52% +14.92%
75th Percentile £70,313 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,313 £87,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -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 9,026 4,337 9,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 73.53% 89.17% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,296 2,612 7,071
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -20 192 £60,000 +14.29% 145
East Midlands -41 108 £54,150 +14.00% 104
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 13 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.31%) Confluence
3 8 (2.65%) CMS
4 5 (1.66%) nginx
5 4 (1.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) Drupal
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 52 (17.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.66%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.66%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Shopify
2 4 (1.32%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.99%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) Odoo
5 1 (0.33%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 76 (25.17%) Power Platform
2 57 (18.87%) Azure
3 39 (12.91%) AWS
4 17 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.97%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (4.64%) SaaS
7 12 (3.97%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.31%) Serverless
9 9 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.98%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.99%) Smartsheet
13 5 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.66%) GitHub
14 4 (1.32%) GCP
14 4 (1.32%) Google Analytics
14 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.32%) OneDrive
14 4 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.32%) Wireless
2 3 (0.99%) Broadband
2 3 (0.99%) SSL
3 2 (0.66%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (24.17%) Power BI
2 15 (4.97%) Power Query
3 14 (4.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (4.64%) Tableau
4 12 (3.97%) Metadata
5 11 (3.64%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.66%) MySQL
9 5 (1.66%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.32%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.99%) Looker
11 3 (0.99%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.66%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 2 (0.66%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.66%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.66%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.66%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (5.30%) JIRA
2 9 (2.98%) Git
3 6 (1.99%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.99%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.66%) Vite
5 4 (1.32%) JUnit
5 4 (1.32%) Maven
5 4 (1.32%) Mockito
6 3 (0.99%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.66%) JMeter
7 2 (0.66%) Locust
7 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.33%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (43.05%) Social Skills
2 95 (31.46%) Finance
3 94 (31.13%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.93%) Public Sector
5 29 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (9.27%) Retail
7 25 (8.28%) Marketing
8 24 (7.95%) Manufacturing
9 16 (5.30%) Legal
10 15 (4.97%) Law
10 15 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.66%) Electronics
13 5 (1.66%) Games
13 5 (1.66%) Local Government
14 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.32%) Banking
14 4 (1.32%) German Language
15 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (22.19%) Analyst
2 41 (13.58%) Senior
3 23 (7.62%) Senior Analyst
4 22 (7.28%) Developer
5 21 (6.95%) Data Analyst
6 17 (5.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 16 (5.30%) Data Manager
7 16 (5.30%) Lead
8 14 (4.64%) Architect
8 14 (4.64%) Consultant
8 14 (4.64%) Financial Analyst
9 11 (3.64%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 9 (2.98%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.98%) Data Scientist
11 9 (2.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (2.98%) Governance Manager
11 9 (2.98%) Product Owner
11 9 (2.98%) Senior Financial Analyst
12 8 (2.65%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.31%) React
2 9 (2.98%) AWS CDK
2 9 (2.98%) Next.js
2 9 (2.98%) REST
3 8 (2.65%) Flash
4 7 (2.32%) HTML
5 6 (1.99%) Vue
6 5 (1.66%) CSS
6 5 (1.66%) Laravel
6 5 (1.66%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (1.66%) Tailwind CSS
6 5 (1.66%) YAML
7 4 (1.32%) XML
8 3 (0.99%) JDBC
8 3 (0.99%) LDAP
8 3 (0.99%) PySpark
8 3 (0.99%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.99%) SAML
8 3 (0.99%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.61%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.96%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.97%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.97%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.98%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.99%) Insider Threat
8 5 (1.66%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.66%) NHS
9 4 (1.32%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.99%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.99%) PMI
10 3 (0.99%) Robotics
10 3 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.98%) Linux
2 3 (0.99%) Android
3 2 (0.66%) Robot Operating System
3 2 (0.66%) Windows
4 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (30.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 84 (27.81%) Business Intelligence
4 83 (27.48%) Analytics
5 63 (20.86%) Agile
6 56 (18.54%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 46 (15.23%) Data Modelling
8 45 (14.90%) Roadmaps
9 39 (12.91%) Actionable Insight
9 39 (12.91%) CRM
10 36 (11.92%) Mentoring
11 35 (11.59%) Data Analysis
12 32 (10.60%) Visualisation
13 31 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
15 28 (9.27%) AI
15 28 (9.27%) Data Governance
15 28 (9.27%) ETL
16 27 (8.94%) Project Management
17 25 (8.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 74 (24.50%) SQL
2 34 (11.26%) Python
3 18 (5.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (4.64%) R
5 11 (3.64%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.98%) Bash
6 9 (2.98%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.32%) Java
8 6 (1.99%) C
8 6 (1.99%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.66%) PHP
10 4 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.99%) VBA
12 2 (0.66%) C++
13 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (15.56%) Degree
2 26 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.62%) ACCA
3 23 (7.62%) CIMA
4 21 (6.95%) SC Cleared
5 18 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.64%) CISSP
7 8 (2.65%) AAT
7 8 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.99%) CCNA
8 6 (1.99%) CEH
8 6 (1.99%) CISMP
8 6 (1.99%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.99%) GIAC
8 6 (1.99%) GPEN
8 6 (1.99%) MCSE
8 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (1.99%) OSCP
8 6 (1.99%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (16.23%) Data Quality
2 23 (7.62%) QA
3 19 (6.29%) GDPR
4 14 (4.64%) Accessibility
5 11 (3.64%) Actionable Recommendations
5 11 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (3.31%) PMO
7 6 (1.99%) NIST
8 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.32%) SLA
10 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.99%) GRC
10 3 (0.99%) WCAG
11 2 (0.66%) COBIT
11 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.66%) P3O
11 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (3.97%) Docker
2 2 (0.66%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.32%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.99%) Nmap
3 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.32%) Terraform
4 2 (0.66%) Grafana
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.33%) Control-M
Vendors
1 46 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.30%) SAP
3 12 (3.97%) Databricks
4 11 (3.64%) Google
5 6 (1.99%) Cisco
5 6 (1.99%) Oracle
5 6 (1.99%) Sage
6 5 (1.66%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.66%) Workday
7 4 (1.32%) Ariba
7 4 (1.32%) Cognos
7 4 (1.32%) IBM
8 3 (0.99%) Adobe
8 3 (0.99%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.99%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.66%) Civica
9 2 (0.66%) Northgate
9 2 (0.66%) Orchard
10 1 (0.33%) Talend
10 1 (0.33%) Verint