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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 45 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 -18 +43
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 278 404 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.56% 4.73% 7.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 5.60% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 168 177 270
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £55,000 £29,708
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +85.14% -44.47%
75th Percentile £69,250 £76,250 £53,438
90th Percentile £84,428 £88,400 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and 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 4,960 7,216 4,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.36% 84.48% 92.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,324 3,225 3,522
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £26,752
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.04%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +6 163 £62,500 +13.64% 129
East Midlands +3 114 £45,000 -21.74% 70
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 (1.44%) Confluence
1 4 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) nginx
4 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 42 (15.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.72%) Trello
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.72%) Shopify
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.36%) Odoo
4 1 (0.36%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 53 (19.06%) Power Platform
2 36 (12.95%) Azure
3 14 (5.04%) AWS
4 10 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.88%) SaaS
7 5 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.80%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.44%) GitHub
8 4 (1.44%) PaaS
8 4 (1.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.44%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.08%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.08%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.72%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.72%) Asana
10 2 (0.72%) Serverless
10 2 (0.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.36%) BGP
1 1 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (0.36%) Firewall
1 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (0.36%) Network Security
1 1 (0.36%) OSPF
1 1 (0.36%) SAN
1 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (18.35%) Power BI
2 20 (7.19%) Tableau
3 11 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.24%) Metadata
6 8 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.16%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.44%) Looker
10 3 (1.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.08%) Big Data
10 3 (1.08%) MySQL
10 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.72%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.72%) Power Query
11 2 (0.72%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 16 (5.76%) JIRA
2 3 (1.08%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.08%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.72%) Git
4 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 122 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 107 (38.49%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (36.69%) Finance
4 48 (17.27%) Retail
5 40 (14.39%) Marketing
6 38 (13.67%) Public Sector
7 30 (10.79%) Law
8 26 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (7.55%) Manufacturing
10 19 (6.83%) Legal
10 19 (6.83%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (3.60%) Banking
13 7 (2.52%) Local Government
13 7 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.44%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.44%) Electronics
15 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (21.58%) Analyst
2 46 (16.55%) Senior
3 32 (11.51%) Lead
4 22 (7.91%) Data Analyst
5 20 (7.19%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (5.76%) Architect
6 16 (5.76%) Data Engineer
6 16 (5.76%) Developer
7 15 (5.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 10 (3.60%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 10 (3.60%) Digital Analyst
8 10 (3.60%) Enterprise Architect
8 10 (3.60%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (3.60%) Project Engineer
8 10 (3.60%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.60%) Report Analyst
8 10 (3.60%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 10 (3.60%) Senior Reporting Analyst
9 9 (3.24%) Customer Analyst
9 9 (3.24%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.60%) Flash
2 6 (2.16%) HTML
2 6 (2.16%) React
3 5 (1.80%) .NET
4 3 (1.08%) CSS
5 2 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.72%) JSON
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.72%) PySpark
5 2 (0.72%) REST
5 2 (0.72%) Spring
5 2 (0.72%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.36%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.36%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.36%) Laravel
6 1 (0.36%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (0.36%) Node.js
6 1 (0.36%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.36%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.36%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (7.19%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.47%) FMCG
4 17 (6.12%) Security Posture
5 15 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.60%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.52%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.80%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.80%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.44%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.44%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.08%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.08%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.08%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.72%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.72%) Linux
1 2 (0.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (35.61%) Analytics
2 92 (33.09%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (28.06%) Business Intelligence
4 67 (24.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (21.58%) Project Management
6 46 (16.55%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 44 (15.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (15.47%) CRM
9 39 (14.03%) Agile
10 35 (12.59%) Visualisation
11 34 (12.23%) Data Management
12 33 (11.87%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (11.87%) ERP
13 32 (11.51%) Data Analysis
14 31 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (9.71%) Data Science
15 27 (9.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (8.99%) Data Analytics
16 25 (8.99%) Mentoring
16 25 (8.99%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.82%) SQL
2 43 (15.47%) Python
3 13 (4.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (3.96%) R
5 7 (2.52%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.16%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.80%) C#
8 4 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.08%) Java
10 1 (0.36%) Bash
10 1 (0.36%) C++
10 1 (0.36%) PHP
10 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 69 (24.82%) Degree
2 18 (6.47%) ACCA
3 16 (5.76%) CIMA
4 15 (5.40%) Security Cleared
5 12 (4.32%) CISSP
5 12 (4.32%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.60%) AAT
7 9 (3.24%) CISM
7 9 (3.24%) DBS Check
7 9 (3.24%) Numerate Degree
7 9 (3.24%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.44%) MCSE
11 3 (1.08%) CCNA
11 3 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.08%) MCP
11 3 (1.08%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.07%) Data Quality
2 23 (8.27%) PMO
3 20 (7.19%) QA
4 14 (5.04%) GDPR
5 13 (4.68%) SLA
6 10 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (2.52%) GRC
7 7 (2.52%) NIST
8 5 (1.80%) COBIT
8 5 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.72%) NCSC
9 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 3 (1.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.08%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.08%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.08%) Nmap
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.03%) Salesforce
3 27 (9.71%) SAP
4 12 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.60%) Databricks
6 6 (2.16%) Oracle
6 6 (2.16%) Sage
7 4 (1.44%) Cisco
7 4 (1.44%) Google
8 3 (1.08%) Civica
8 3 (1.08%) Northgate
9 2 (0.72%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.72%) Ariba
9 2 (0.72%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.36%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.36%) Foundry
10 1 (0.36%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.36%) Meraki
10 1 (0.36%) Palantir
10 1 (0.36%) SonicWALL