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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 43 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 -15 +36
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 272 340 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.49% 5.19% 6.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 5.78% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 162 180 268
10th Percentile £33,325 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £57,100 £29,708
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +92.20% -45.99%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,313 £54,031
90th Percentile £84,375 £87,725 £69,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -3.23%

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 6,357 5,881 4,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.55% 89.81% 88.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,509 2,578 3,796
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -13 160 £65,000 +13.04% 157
East Midlands -12 109 £45,390 -19.95% 89
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 4 (1.47%) Confluence
1 4 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.10%) CMS
2 3 (1.10%) nginx
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (14.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.10%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.74%) Trello
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.10%) Shopify
3 2 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.37%) Odoo
4 1 (0.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 53 (19.49%) Power Platform
2 35 (12.87%) Azure
3 21 (7.72%) AWS
4 9 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.94%) SaaS
6 7 (2.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (2.21%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.84%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.47%) GitHub
9 4 (1.47%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.10%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.10%) PaaS
10 3 (1.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.74%) OCI
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.37%) BGP
1 1 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (0.37%) Firewall
1 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (0.37%) Network Security
1 1 (0.37%) OSPF
1 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.38%) Power BI
2 18 (6.62%) Tableau
3 11 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (2.94%) Metadata
6 6 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.84%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.84%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.84%) Looker
7 5 (1.84%) Power Query
8 4 (1.47%) MySQL
9 3 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.74%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.74%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.74%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.37%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (6.25%) JIRA
2 6 (2.21%) Burp Suite
2 6 (2.21%) Git
2 6 (2.21%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.10%) JUnit
3 3 (1.10%) Maven
3 3 (1.10%) Mockito
3 3 (1.10%) Vite
4 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (44.49%) Social Skills
2 98 (36.03%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (35.29%) Finance
4 46 (16.91%) Retail
5 40 (14.71%) Public Sector
6 32 (11.76%) Marketing
7 26 (9.56%) Law
8 24 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (7.72%) Manufacturing
10 17 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (4.04%) Legal
12 8 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.57%) Local Government
13 7 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (2.21%) Banking
14 6 (2.21%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.47%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.47%) Electronics
15 4 (1.47%) Social Housing
16 3 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (22.43%) Analyst
2 51 (18.75%) Senior
3 33 (12.13%) Lead
4 23 (8.46%) Data Analyst
5 21 (7.72%) Senior Analyst
6 17 (6.25%) Architect
7 16 (5.88%) Developer
8 15 (5.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 14 (5.15%) Data Engineer
10 12 (4.41%) Financial Analyst
11 11 (4.04%) Report Analyst
11 11 (4.04%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 11 (4.04%) Senior Reporting Analyst
12 10 (3.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 10 (3.68%) Enterprise Architect
12 10 (3.68%) Project Engineer
13 9 (3.31%) Digital Analyst
14 8 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
14 8 (2.94%) Customer Analyst
14 8 (2.94%) IT Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.04%) Flash
2 9 (3.31%) HTML
3 5 (1.84%) REST
4 4 (1.47%) CSS
5 3 (1.10%) .NET
5 3 (1.10%) Laravel
5 3 (1.10%) LEMP Stack
5 3 (1.10%) PySpark
5 3 (1.10%) React
5 3 (1.10%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (1.10%) Vue
5 3 (1.10%) YAML
6 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.74%) JSON
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.74%) Spring
6 2 (0.74%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.37%) XML
7 1 (0.37%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (7.35%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.35%) Security Posture
3 18 (6.62%) FMCG
4 17 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.68%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.31%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.21%) Insider Threat
9 5 (1.84%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.47%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.10%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.10%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.74%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.21%) Linux
2 3 (1.10%) Windows
3 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (34.56%) Analytics
2 89 (32.72%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (28.31%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (25.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (21.69%) Project Management
6 42 (15.44%) CRM
7 40 (14.71%) Agile
8 38 (13.97%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 38 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (13.24%) Actionable Insight
9 36 (13.24%) ERP
10 33 (12.13%) Data Management
11 31 (11.40%) Visualisation
12 30 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
13 29 (10.66%) Data Analysis
14 26 (9.56%) Change Management
15 25 (9.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (8.46%) Information Security
17 22 (8.09%) Data Visualisation
17 22 (8.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 66 (24.26%) SQL
2 41 (15.07%) Python
3 14 (5.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (4.04%) R
5 8 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.21%) Bash
6 6 (2.21%) Java
7 4 (1.47%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.47%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.10%) C
8 3 (1.10%) C#
8 3 (1.10%) PHP
8 3 (1.10%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.37%) C++
9 1 (0.37%) Scala
9 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 71 (26.10%) Degree
2 22 (8.09%) ACCA
3 21 (7.72%) Security Cleared
4 20 (7.35%) CIMA
5 17 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 15 (5.51%) CISSP
7 13 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (4.04%) AAT
9 10 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (3.31%) CISM
10 9 (3.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (3.31%) DBS Check
10 9 (3.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (2.57%) MCSE
13 6 (2.21%) CCNA
13 6 (2.21%) CEH
13 6 (2.21%) CISMP
13 6 (2.21%) GIAC
13 6 (2.21%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.56%) Data Quality
2 25 (9.19%) QA
3 23 (8.46%) PMO
4 14 (5.15%) GDPR
5 12 (4.41%) SLA
6 11 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (3.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (2.57%) GRC
8 7 (2.57%) NIST
9 5 (1.84%) COBIT
9 5 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.74%) NCSC
10 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (2.94%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.21%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.21%) Nmap
2 2 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Ansible
3 1 (0.37%) Control-M
3 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.87%) Salesforce
3 27 (9.93%) SAP
4 12 (4.41%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.31%) Oracle
6 8 (2.94%) Sage
7 7 (2.57%) Cisco
7 7 (2.57%) Databricks
8 6 (2.21%) Google
9 3 (1.10%) Civica
9 3 (1.10%) Northgate
10 2 (0.74%) Ariba
11 1 (0.37%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.37%) BMC
11 1 (0.37%) Genesys
11 1 (0.37%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.37%) IBM
11 1 (0.37%) NEC
11 1 (0.37%) Orchard
11 1 (0.37%) Talend