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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 54 62
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 354 229 453
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.67% 4.73% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 5.29% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 265 142 288
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,783 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.02% +21.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,875 £67,625
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £86,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +10.00% -7.60%

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 9,589 4,332 9,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.41% 89.49% 80.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,841 2,338 7,318
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,956 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,959 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,795 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +4.83% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,343
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -17 217 £55,100 -1.99% 173
East Midlands +15 135 £54,150 +54.71% 94
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 11 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.98%) CMS
2 7 (1.98%) Confluence
3 4 (1.13%) nginx
3 4 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.28%) Drupal
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 49 (13.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.13%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.13%) Shopify
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.19%) Power Platform
2 52 (14.69%) Azure
3 37 (10.45%) AWS
4 29 (8.19%) SaaS
5 15 (4.24%) Serverless
6 14 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (3.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 12 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (3.11%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.54%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.41%) GitHub
12 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.41%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.41%) Smartsheet
13 4 (1.13%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (1.13%) GCP
13 4 (1.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.80%) Wireless
2 3 (0.85%) Broadband
2 3 (0.85%) SSL
3 2 (0.56%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.56%) Internet
3 2 (0.56%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) DHCP
4 1 (0.28%) DNS
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) LAN
4 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.28%) SNMP
4 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.28%) VLAN
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.28%) WAN
4 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (20.06%) Power BI
2 18 (5.08%) Power Query
3 15 (4.24%) Tableau
4 12 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.54%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.98%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.69%) Metadata
9 5 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.13%) MySQL
11 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.85%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.56%) Looker
12 2 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.28%) Parquet
13 1 (0.28%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 13 (3.67%) JIRA
2 9 (2.54%) Git
3 4 (1.13%) Burp Suite
3 4 (1.13%) JUnit
3 4 (1.13%) Maven
3 4 (1.13%) Metasploit
3 4 (1.13%) Mockito
3 4 (1.13%) Vite
4 3 (0.85%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.56%) JMeter
5 2 (0.56%) Locust
5 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 129 (36.44%) Social Skills
2 108 (30.51%) Finance
3 91 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.02%) Marketing
5 37 (10.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (9.60%) Public Sector
7 24 (6.78%) Retail
8 16 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.24%) Law
10 14 (3.95%) Legal
11 12 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.69%) German Language
14 6 (1.69%) Local Government
14 6 (1.69%) Social Housing
15 4 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.13%) Games
16 3 (0.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 65 (18.36%) Analyst
2 43 (12.15%) Senior
3 30 (8.47%) Data Analyst
4 26 (7.34%) Developer
5 24 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (4.52%) Lead
6 16 (4.52%) Support Engineer
6 16 (4.52%) Technical Engineer
6 16 (4.52%) Technical Support
6 16 (4.52%) Technical Support Engineer
7 15 (4.24%) Business Manager
7 15 (4.24%) Senior Data Analyst
8 14 (3.95%) Architect
8 14 (3.95%) Business Analyst
8 14 (3.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 13 (3.67%) Business Development Manager
9 13 (3.67%) Development Manager
10 12 (3.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 10 (2.82%) Accountant
11 10 (2.82%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.67%) AWS CDK
1 13 (3.67%) React
2 12 (3.39%) Next.js
3 9 (2.54%) REST
4 6 (1.69%) HTML
5 5 (1.41%) Vue
6 4 (1.13%) CSS
6 4 (1.13%) Laravel
6 4 (1.13%) LEMP Stack
6 4 (1.13%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (1.13%) XML
6 4 (1.13%) YAML
7 3 (0.85%) JDBC
7 3 (0.85%) LDAP
7 3 (0.85%) PySpark
7 3 (0.85%) SAML
7 3 (0.85%) Web Services
8 2 (0.56%) Middleware
8 2 (0.56%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.78%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.21%) Driving Licence
4 18 (5.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (3.11%) NHS
8 7 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.69%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.41%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.41%) Robotics
11 4 (1.13%) Insider Threat
12 3 (0.85%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.85%) BBC
12 3 (0.85%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.85%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.56%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.26%) Linux
2 3 (0.85%) Android
3 2 (0.56%) Robot Operating System
3 2 (0.56%) Windows
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (32.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 110 (31.07%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (28.25%) Analytics
4 89 (25.14%) Business Intelligence
5 61 (17.23%) Agile
6 60 (16.95%) Roadmaps
7 55 (15.54%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 54 (15.25%) CRM
9 46 (12.99%) Actionable Insight
9 46 (12.99%) Data Analysis
10 44 (12.43%) Data Modelling
11 39 (11.02%) AI
12 38 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 36 (10.17%) Collaborative Working
14 34 (9.60%) Data Management
15 33 (9.32%) Mentoring
16 32 (9.04%) Data Protection
16 32 (9.04%) Risk Management
16 32 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (8.76%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 85 (24.01%) SQL
2 40 (11.30%) Python
3 19 (5.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (3.67%) R
5 12 (3.39%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.11%) T-SQL
7 8 (2.26%) Bash
8 7 (1.98%) Java
9 6 (1.69%) C
10 5 (1.41%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.13%) PHP
11 4 (1.13%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.85%) VBA
13 2 (0.56%) C++
14 1 (0.28%) C#
14 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (14.12%) Degree
2 24 (6.78%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.93%) CIMA
4 20 (5.65%) ACCA
5 18 (5.08%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.98%) CISSP
8 5 (1.41%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.41%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.13%) CCNA
9 4 (1.13%) CEH
9 4 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.13%) CISMP
9 4 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.13%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.13%) GIAC
9 4 (1.13%) GPEN
9 4 (1.13%) MCSE
9 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.30%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.93%) QA
3 14 (3.95%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.67%) GDPR
5 8 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.13%) PMO
7 4 (1.13%) SLA
8 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.85%) GRC
8 3 (0.85%) WCAG
9 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.56%) NIST
9 2 (0.56%) P3O
9 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (3.11%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.69%) Terraform
3 4 (1.13%) Nmap
3 4 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.56%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.56%) Grafana
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Control-M
5 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 42 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.67%) Google
3 12 (3.39%) SAP
4 10 (2.82%) Cognos
4 10 (2.82%) Databricks
5 8 (2.26%) Oracle
5 8 (2.26%) Workday
6 7 (1.98%) IBM
7 5 (1.41%) Cisco
7 5 (1.41%) HubSpot
7 5 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.13%) Ariba
9 3 (0.85%) Adobe
9 3 (0.85%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.85%) Sage
10 2 (0.56%) NEC
10 2 (0.56%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.28%) Northgate
11 1 (0.28%) QAD
11 1 (0.28%) VMware