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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 57 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 474 253 476
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.60% 4.54% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.14% 5.30% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 369 151 265
10th Percentile £31,910 £26,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £54,939
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -8.99% +27.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,844
% change year-on-year - +9.40% -7.89%

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 9,214 4,776 10,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.91% 85.68% 79.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,541 2,831 7,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
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 11 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 11 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 +10 282 £57,500 +4.55% 157
East Midlands +21 192 £58,302 +55.64% 115
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 10 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.69%) Confluence
3 5 (1.05%) CMS
4 3 (0.63%) Apache
4 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.42%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) Drupal
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 63 (13.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.53%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.63%) Primavera
3 3 (0.63%) SAP EHS
4 2 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.42%) Shopify
5 1 (0.21%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 86 (18.14%) Power Platform
2 63 (13.29%) Azure
3 40 (8.44%) AWS
4 39 (8.23%) SaaS
5 18 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 18 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.59%) Serverless
7 15 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (2.32%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.90%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.69%) Smartsheet
12 7 (1.48%) GCP
13 5 (1.05%) GitHub
13 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.84%) Copilot Studio
14 4 (0.84%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.84%) PaaS
14 4 (0.84%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.59%) Wireless
2 8 (1.69%) Broadband
3 3 (0.63%) SSL
4 2 (0.42%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.42%) Internet
4 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 1 (0.21%) DHCP
5 1 (0.21%) DNS
5 1 (0.21%) Firewall
5 1 (0.21%) LAN
5 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.21%) SNMP
5 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.21%) VLAN
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
5 1 (0.21%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (17.09%) Power BI
2 22 (4.64%) Power Query
3 20 (4.22%) Tableau
4 14 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.90%) Metadata
6 9 (1.90%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.48%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.84%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.84%) QlikView
9 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.42%) MySQL
11 2 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (2.95%) JIRA
2 11 (2.32%) Git
3 4 (0.84%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.84%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.42%) JMeter
5 2 (0.42%) Locust
5 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.42%) Vite
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 166 (35.02%) Social Skills
2 136 (28.69%) Finance
3 129 (27.22%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (9.49%) Marketing
6 43 (9.07%) Public Sector
7 35 (7.38%) Retail
8 28 (5.91%) Manufacturing
9 26 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (3.80%) Legal
12 17 (3.59%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.95%) Law
14 13 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.69%) Local Government
16 7 (1.48%) Social Housing
17 6 (1.27%) German Language
18 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
19 3 (0.63%) Banking
20 2 (0.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 85 (17.93%) Analyst
2 53 (11.18%) Senior
3 41 (8.65%) Data Analyst
4 34 (7.17%) Lead
5 29 (6.12%) Developer
6 27 (5.70%) Senior Analyst
7 25 (5.27%) Architect
7 25 (5.27%) Business Manager
8 20 (4.22%) Accountant
9 19 (4.01%) Business Analyst
9 19 (4.01%) Business Development Manager
9 19 (4.01%) Development Manager
9 19 (4.01%) Senior Data Analyst
10 16 (3.38%) Data Engineer
10 16 (3.38%) Data Manager
10 16 (3.38%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.38%) Technical Engineer
10 16 (3.38%) Technical Support
10 16 (3.38%) Technical Support Engineer
11 15 (3.16%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.16%) React
2 14 (2.95%) AWS CDK
3 13 (2.74%) Next.js
4 8 (1.69%) REST
5 6 (1.27%) Kafka
6 5 (1.05%) .NET
7 4 (0.84%) PySpark
7 4 (0.84%) Vue
7 4 (0.84%) XML
8 3 (0.63%) Blazor
8 3 (0.63%) CSS
8 3 (0.63%) HTML
8 3 (0.63%) JDBC
8 3 (0.63%) Keycloak
8 3 (0.63%) LDAP
8 3 (0.63%) SAML
8 3 (0.63%) Web Services
9 2 (0.42%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.42%) EDI
9 2 (0.42%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.07%) Management Information System
2 24 (5.06%) Driving Licence
3 21 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.22%) Product Ownership
5 19 (4.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.95%) NHS
7 10 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.90%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.27%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.27%) Robotics
10 6 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.05%) PMI
12 4 (0.84%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.84%) Insider Threat
13 3 (0.63%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.63%) Android
1 3 (0.63%) Windows
2 2 (0.42%) Linux
2 2 (0.42%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (32.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 144 (30.38%) Analytics
3 142 (29.96%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (22.36%) Business Intelligence
5 85 (17.93%) Roadmaps
6 71 (14.98%) Agile
7 69 (14.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 68 (14.35%) CRM
9 63 (13.29%) AI
9 63 (13.29%) Data Analysis
9 63 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 60 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 58 (12.24%) Actionable Insight
12 55 (11.60%) Data Management
13 53 (11.18%) Risk Management
14 52 (10.97%) Data Analytics
14 52 (10.97%) Data Modelling
15 50 (10.55%) Cybersecurity
15 50 (10.55%) Mentoring
16 47 (9.92%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 105 (22.15%) SQL
2 60 (12.66%) Python
3 20 (4.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (2.74%) TypeScript
5 11 (2.32%) T-SQL
6 10 (2.11%) R
7 5 (1.05%) C#
7 5 (1.05%) Java
7 5 (1.05%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.63%) Go
8 3 (0.63%) VBA
9 2 (0.42%) Bash
9 2 (0.42%) C
9 2 (0.42%) C++
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) Bicep
10 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 69 (14.56%) Degree
2 29 (6.12%) CIMA
3 28 (5.91%) ACCA
4 27 (5.70%) Security Cleared
5 21 (4.43%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.11%) CISSP
6 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.27%) CITP
9 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.84%) CCSP
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.84%) CISM
10 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (0.63%) CIPD
12 2 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (12.03%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.22%) QA
3 18 (3.80%) GDPR
4 15 (3.16%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.32%) GRC
5 11 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.84%) SLA
9 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.63%) WCAG
10 2 (0.42%) NIST
10 2 (0.42%) P3O
11 1 (0.21%) GxP
11 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.21%) PMO
11 1 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 7 (1.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.69%) Terraform
2 5 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.84%) Grafana
3 4 (0.84%) Nmap
3 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Argo
6 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 51 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.80%) SAP
3 16 (3.38%) Cognos
4 15 (3.16%) Google
5 14 (2.95%) Workday
6 12 (2.53%) IBM
7 10 (2.11%) Databricks
8 6 (1.27%) SYSPRO
9 5 (1.05%) BT
9 5 (1.05%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.05%) Oracle
9 5 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.84%) Ariba
10 4 (0.84%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.84%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.63%) Adobe
11 3 (0.63%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.42%) NEC
13 1 (0.21%) QAD
13 1 (0.21%) VMware