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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 52 64
Rank change year-on-year +19 +12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 504 265 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.70% 4.70% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 5.50% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 389 161 203
10th Percentile £31,490 £26,250 £35,184
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -8.59% +23.31%
75th Percentile £72,000 £67,500 £65,603
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.65%

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 9,496 4,821 9,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.75% 85.43% 78.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,751 2,901 5,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -1 295 £55,500 +0.91% 138
East Midlands +28 209 £58,015 +45.33% 114
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 8 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.39%) Confluence
3 4 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.79%) CMS
4 3 (0.60%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Drupal
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.20%) nginx
5 1 (0.20%) SAS
5 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (2.58%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.79%) Primavera
3 4 (0.79%) SAP EHS
4 3 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.40%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 89 (17.66%) Power Platform
2 66 (13.10%) Azure
3 45 (8.93%) SaaS
4 42 (8.33%) AWS
5 18 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (3.57%) Serverless
6 17 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.98%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.79%) Smartsheet
11 8 (1.59%) GCP
11 8 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.99%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.79%) GitHub
13 4 (0.79%) Google Ads
13 4 (0.79%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.79%) PaaS
14 3 (0.60%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.37%) Wireless
2 8 (1.59%) Broadband
3 3 (0.60%) SSL
4 2 (0.40%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.40%) Internet
4 2 (0.40%) Network Security
5 1 (0.20%) DHCP
5 1 (0.20%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) Firewall
5 1 (0.20%) LAN
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) SNMP
5 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.20%) VLAN
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) WAN
5 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (16.87%) Power BI
2 25 (4.96%) Power Query
3 22 (4.37%) Tableau
4 16 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.79%) Metadata
7 8 (1.59%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.39%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.39%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.99%) QlikView
11 4 (0.79%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.20%) DTS
13 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (2.58%) JIRA
2 10 (1.98%) Git
3 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.40%) JMeter
4 2 (0.40%) Locust
4 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 172 (34.13%) Social Skills
2 148 (29.37%) Finance
3 143 (28.37%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.52%) Marketing
5 44 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (8.73%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.54%) Retail
7 30 (5.95%) Manufacturing
8 29 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (4.37%) Legal
11 17 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (3.37%) Telecoms
12 15 (2.98%) Law
13 7 (1.39%) Local Government
13 7 (1.39%) Social Housing
14 6 (1.19%) German Language
15 4 (0.79%) Banking
15 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 85 (16.87%) Analyst
2 52 (10.32%) Senior
3 41 (8.13%) Data Analyst
3 41 (8.13%) Lead
4 30 (5.95%) Business Manager
5 27 (5.36%) Architect
5 27 (5.36%) Developer
6 24 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (4.17%) Accountant
7 21 (4.17%) Business Development Manager
7 21 (4.17%) Development Manager
8 19 (3.77%) Data Engineer
9 18 (3.57%) Business Analyst
9 18 (3.57%) Data Manager
9 18 (3.57%) Senior Data Analyst
10 17 (3.37%) Data Architect
11 16 (3.17%) Support Engineer
11 16 (3.17%) Technical Engineer
11 16 (3.17%) Technical Support
11 16 (3.17%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.78%) AWS CDK
1 14 (2.78%) React
2 13 (2.58%) Next.js
3 7 (1.39%) Kafka
3 7 (1.39%) REST
4 6 (1.19%) XML
5 5 (0.99%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.79%) .NET
6 4 (0.79%) PySpark
7 3 (0.60%) Blazor
7 3 (0.60%) JDBC
7 3 (0.60%) LDAP
7 3 (0.60%) SAML
7 3 (0.60%) Web Services
8 2 (0.40%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.40%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.40%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.40%) Semantic Kernel
8 2 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (3.37%) NHS
6 16 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.19%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.99%) PMI
11 5 (0.99%) Robotics
12 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.79%) Insider Threat
13 3 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Windows
2 2 (0.40%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (32.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 151 (29.96%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (29.76%) Analytics
4 113 (22.42%) Business Intelligence
5 83 (16.47%) Roadmaps
6 77 (15.28%) Agile
7 74 (14.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 70 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 69 (13.69%) CRM
10 67 (13.29%) AI
11 66 (13.10%) Data Analysis
12 62 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 59 (11.71%) Data Management
14 57 (11.31%) Risk Management
15 56 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
16 53 (10.52%) Cybersecurity
16 53 (10.52%) Data Analytics
17 50 (9.92%) Data Governance
17 50 (9.92%) Data Modelling
18 49 (9.72%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 107 (21.23%) SQL
2 62 (12.30%) Python
3 22 (4.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (2.58%) TypeScript
5 11 (2.18%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.79%) R
7 6 (1.19%) Java
8 5 (0.99%) C#
8 5 (0.99%) Go
9 4 (0.79%) C
9 4 (0.79%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.60%) VBA
11 1 (0.20%) Bash
11 1 (0.20%) Bicep
11 1 (0.20%) C++
11 1 (0.20%) PHP
11 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 72 (14.29%) Degree
2 32 (6.35%) CIMA
3 31 (6.15%) ACCA
4 30 (5.95%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.18%) CISSP
7 8 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.39%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.19%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.99%) CISM
10 5 (0.99%) CITP
11 4 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.79%) CCSP
11 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (0.79%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.60%) CIPD
13 2 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (11.90%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.57%) GDPR
2 18 (3.57%) QA
3 15 (2.98%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.58%) GRC
5 11 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.79%) SLA
10 3 (0.60%) NIST
10 3 (0.60%) WCAG
11 2 (0.40%) PMO
12 1 (0.20%) GxP
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (0.99%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.39%) Terraform
2 4 (0.79%) Grafana
2 4 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.79%) Nmap
2 4 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) Argo
4 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 53 (10.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.97%) SAP
3 17 (3.37%) Cognos
4 16 (3.17%) Google
5 15 (2.98%) Workday
6 13 (2.58%) IBM
7 10 (1.98%) Databricks
8 7 (1.39%) SYSPRO
9 5 (0.99%) BT
9 5 (0.99%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.99%) Oracle
9 5 (0.99%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.99%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.79%) Ariba
11 3 (0.60%) Adobe
11 3 (0.60%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.60%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.40%) Infor
12 2 (0.40%) NEC
13 1 (0.20%) Fortinet