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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 53 64
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -9
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 556 280 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.89% 4.85% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 5.71% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 418 172 159
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £35,736
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £48,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% -12.27% +27.91%
75th Percentile £71,813 £67,500 £66,050
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,875 £74,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 10,008 4,907 8,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.97% 85.07% 77.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7,116 2,996 5,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,793 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +7 336 £55,000 - 206
East Midlands +30 220 £58,015 +45.33% 139
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 6 (1.08%) Confluence
2 5 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.54%) Apache
3 3 (0.54%) CMS
3 3 (0.54%) SAS
4 2 (0.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.18%) Drupal
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 81 (14.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (2.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.90%) Primavera
3 5 (0.90%) SAP EHS
4 3 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.54%) Shopify
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.18%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.09%) Power Platform
2 69 (12.41%) Azure
3 49 (8.81%) SaaS
4 47 (8.45%) AWS
5 21 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (3.24%) Serverless
7 15 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.80%) GCP
11 9 (1.62%) Smartsheet
12 8 (1.44%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.08%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.90%) Google Ads
14 5 (0.90%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.72%) dbt
15 4 (0.72%) GitHub
15 4 (0.72%) Google Sheets
16 3 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
16 3 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.06%) Wireless
2 8 (1.44%) Broadband
3 3 (0.54%) SSL
4 2 (0.36%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.36%) Internet
4 2 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) DHCP
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) LAN
5 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.18%) SNMP
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) VLAN
5 1 (0.18%) VPN
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
5 1 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (16.37%) Power BI
2 28 (5.04%) Power Query
3 23 (4.14%) Tableau
4 18 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.34%) Electronic Patient Records
6 11 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.80%) Metadata
7 10 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.08%) QlikView
9 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.90%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.72%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.54%) GIS
12 3 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (2.16%) JIRA
2 9 (1.62%) Git
3 4 (0.72%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.72%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.36%) JMeter
4 2 (0.36%) Locust
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 187 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 165 (29.68%) Finance
3 156 (28.06%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.89%) Marketing
5 51 (9.17%) Public Sector
6 49 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (7.01%) Retail
8 37 (6.65%) Manufacturing
9 31 (5.58%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (4.50%) Legal
10 25 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (4.14%) Telecoms
12 21 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.70%) Law
14 10 (1.80%) Social Housing
15 7 (1.26%) Fire and Rescue
15 7 (1.26%) Local Government
16 6 (1.08%) German Language
17 4 (0.72%) Banking
17 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (15.47%) Analyst
2 56 (10.07%) Senior
3 51 (9.17%) Lead
4 43 (7.73%) Data Analyst
5 36 (6.47%) Business Manager
6 32 (5.76%) Architect
7 25 (4.50%) Developer
8 23 (4.14%) Business Development Manager
8 23 (4.14%) Consultant
8 23 (4.14%) Development Manager
8 23 (4.14%) Senior Analyst
9 22 (3.96%) Data Manager
10 21 (3.78%) Accountant
11 19 (3.42%) Data Architect
11 19 (3.42%) Data Engineer
12 18 (3.24%) Senior Data Analyst
13 16 (2.88%) Systems Analyst
13 16 (2.88%) Technical Engineer
13 16 (2.88%) Technical Support
13 16 (2.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.52%) AWS CDK
1 14 (2.52%) React
2 13 (2.34%) Next.js
3 8 (1.44%) Kafka
4 7 (1.26%) REST
4 7 (1.26%) XML
5 6 (1.08%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.72%) .NET
6 4 (0.72%) EDI
6 4 (0.72%) PySpark
7 3 (0.54%) Blazor
7 3 (0.54%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.54%) JDBC
7 3 (0.54%) LDAP
7 3 (0.54%) SAML
7 3 (0.54%) Web Services
8 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) Semantic Kernel
8 2 (0.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.35%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (5.40%) NHS
4 24 (4.32%) Driving Licence
5 18 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.52%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.34%) SystemC
8 11 (1.98%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.44%) PMI
11 7 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.08%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.72%) Insider Threat
14 4 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.54%) Windows
2 2 (0.36%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (33.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 171 (30.76%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (28.78%) Analytics
4 120 (21.58%) Business Intelligence
5 89 (16.01%) Agile
6 85 (15.29%) Roadmaps
7 76 (13.67%) AI
7 76 (13.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 74 (13.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 68 (12.23%) CRM
10 67 (12.05%) Data Analysis
11 66 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 63 (11.33%) Data Management
13 61 (10.97%) Risk Management
14 60 (10.79%) Actionable Insight
15 59 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
16 56 (10.07%) Data Analytics
17 53 (9.53%) Business Development
18 52 (9.35%) Data Modelling
19 51 (9.17%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 112 (20.14%) SQL
2 65 (11.69%) Python
3 24 (4.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (2.34%) TypeScript
5 11 (1.98%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.62%) Java
7 7 (1.26%) R
8 6 (1.08%) C
8 6 (1.08%) Go
9 5 (0.90%) C#
9 5 (0.90%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.36%) VBA
11 1 (0.18%) Bash
11 1 (0.18%) Bicep
11 1 (0.18%) PHP
11 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 78 (14.03%) Degree
2 34 (6.12%) CIMA
3 33 (5.94%) ACCA
4 32 (5.76%) Security Cleared
5 26 (4.68%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.16%) CISSP
7 9 (1.62%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.44%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.26%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.08%) CITP
11 5 (0.90%) CISM
12 4 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.72%) CCSP
12 4 (0.72%) CIPD
12 4 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.72%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.18%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.87%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.96%) GDPR
3 18 (3.24%) QA
4 16 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.34%) GRC
6 11 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.90%) SLA
10 3 (0.54%) NIST
10 3 (0.54%) WCAG
11 2 (0.36%) PMO
12 1 (0.18%) GxP
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (0.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.26%) Terraform
2 4 (0.72%) Grafana
2 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.72%) Nmap
3 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 59 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.14%) SAP
3 18 (3.24%) Cognos
4 17 (3.06%) Google
4 17 (3.06%) Workday
5 14 (2.52%) IBM
6 10 (1.80%) Databricks
7 8 (1.44%) SYSPRO
8 7 (1.26%) Oracle
9 5 (0.90%) BT
9 5 (0.90%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.72%) Ariba
10 4 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.54%) Adobe
11 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.54%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.36%) Infor
12 2 (0.36%) NEC
13 1 (0.18%) Fortinet