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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 51 70
Rank change year-on-year +22 +19 -15
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 559 281 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.84% 4.85% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.50% 5.70% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 415 170 146
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £36,085
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £41,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £46,445 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.57% -15.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,603
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,125 £73,750
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 10,156 4,928 8,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.72% 84.99% 77.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,261 2,954 4,921
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 21 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 21 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 +15 344 £55,500 +0.91% 178
East Midlands +27 215 £58,015 +45.33% 111
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 7 (1.25%) Confluence
2 5 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.54%) Apache
3 3 (0.54%) SAS
4 2 (0.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 77 (13.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (2.68%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.89%) Primavera
3 5 (0.89%) SAP EHS
4 3 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.36%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.36%) Shopify
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 91 (16.28%) Power Platform
2 71 (12.70%) Azure
3 50 (8.94%) SaaS
4 46 (8.23%) AWS
5 22 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (2.50%) Serverless
8 13 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.15%) GCP
10 11 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (1.43%) Smartsheet
12 6 (1.07%) PaaS
12 6 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.89%) Google Ads
13 5 (0.89%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.72%) dbt
14 4 (0.72%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.04%) Wireless
2 8 (1.43%) Broadband
3 4 (0.72%) Internet
4 2 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
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 87 (15.56%) Power BI
2 25 (4.47%) Power Query
3 22 (3.94%) Tableau
4 17 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.86%) Electronic Patient Records
6 11 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.43%) Metadata
8 7 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.25%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.07%) QlikView
9 6 (1.07%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.89%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.72%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.72%) GIS
11 4 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (2.68%) JIRA
2 10 (1.79%) Git
3 4 (0.72%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.72%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.54%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.54%) JMeter
5 2 (0.36%) GitLab
5 2 (0.36%) Locust
6 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) Selenium
6 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 191 (34.17%) Social Skills
2 161 (28.80%) Finance
3 156 (27.91%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.20%) Marketing
5 55 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 49 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (6.80%) Manufacturing
7 38 (6.80%) Retail
8 36 (6.44%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (4.29%) Legal
9 24 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (4.11%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.50%) Law
12 10 (1.79%) Social Housing
13 7 (1.25%) Fire and Rescue
14 6 (1.07%) German Language
14 6 (1.07%) Local Government
15 4 (0.72%) Banking
15 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (14.85%) Analyst
2 63 (11.27%) Senior
3 50 (8.94%) Lead
4 43 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 42 (7.51%) Business Manager
6 39 (6.98%) Architect
7 27 (4.83%) Business Development Manager
7 27 (4.83%) Development Manager
8 25 (4.47%) Consultant
9 23 (4.11%) Developer
9 23 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (3.76%) Accountant
11 20 (3.58%) Data Engineer
11 20 (3.58%) Data Manager
12 18 (3.22%) Data Architect
12 18 (3.22%) Senior Data Analyst
13 17 (3.04%) Presales Consultant
13 17 (3.04%) Systems Analyst
14 16 (2.86%) Support Engineer
14 16 (2.86%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.79%) AWS CDK
1 10 (1.79%) React
2 9 (1.61%) Kafka
2 9 (1.61%) Next.js
3 8 (1.43%) XML
4 7 (1.25%) Keycloak
4 7 (1.25%) Terraform
5 5 (0.89%) EDI
6 4 (0.72%) .NET
6 4 (0.72%) PySpark
6 4 (0.72%) REST
7 3 (0.54%) Blazor
7 3 (0.54%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.54%) JSON
7 3 (0.54%) Middleware
8 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.02%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.55%) NHS
4 27 (4.83%) Driving Licence
5 17 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (2.86%) SystemC
7 14 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.43%) PMI
10 6 (1.07%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.07%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.89%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.72%) Insider Threat
12 4 (0.72%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.54%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (34.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 174 (31.13%) Problem-Solving
3 159 (28.44%) Analytics
4 116 (20.75%) Business Intelligence
5 91 (16.28%) Roadmaps
6 89 (15.92%) Agile
7 85 (15.21%) AI
8 84 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 71 (12.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 71 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 65 (11.63%) CRM
11 64 (11.45%) Data Analysis
12 63 (11.27%) Risk Management
13 61 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
13 61 (10.91%) Data Management
14 60 (10.73%) Business Development
15 58 (10.38%) Actionable Insight
16 55 (9.84%) Data Analytics
17 50 (8.94%) Data Governance
18 49 (8.77%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 109 (19.50%) SQL
2 64 (11.45%) Python
3 21 (3.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (1.79%) Java
5 9 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.43%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.25%) Go
8 5 (0.89%) C
8 5 (0.89%) C#
8 5 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.89%) R
9 1 (0.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (14.31%) Degree
2 39 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.90%) CIMA
4 32 (5.72%) ACCA
5 31 (5.55%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.33%) CISSP
7 10 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.43%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.07%) CISM
9 6 (1.07%) CITP
10 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.72%) CCSP
11 4 (0.72%) CIPD
11 4 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.54%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.27%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.76%) GDPR
2 21 (3.76%) QA
3 15 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.50%) GRC
5 11 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.89%) SLA
9 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.54%) NIST
10 3 (0.54%) WCAG
11 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.36%) NCSC
11 2 (0.36%) PMO
12 1 (0.18%) GxP
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.18%) ITGC
12 1 (0.18%) PSD2
12 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.72%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Firmware
2 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.72%) Grafana
1 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.72%) Nmap
2 2 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.18%) Ansible
3 1 (0.18%) Argo
3 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 59 (10.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.94%) SAP
3 19 (3.40%) Workday
4 18 (3.22%) Cognos
5 17 (3.04%) Google
6 15 (2.68%) IBM
7 11 (1.97%) Databricks
8 9 (1.61%) Oracle
9 8 (1.43%) SYSPRO
10 6 (1.07%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.89%) BT
11 5 (0.89%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.72%) Ariba
12 4 (0.72%) YouTube
13 3 (0.54%) Adobe
13 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.54%) TOWER Software
14 2 (0.36%) Infor
14 2 (0.36%) NEC