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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 54 67
Rank change year-on-year +26 +13 -11
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 561 281 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.85% 4.85% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.53% 5.71% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 415 170 149
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £36,184
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £41,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% -13.64% +27.91%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,603
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,625 £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 10,152 4,923 8,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.74% 85.03% 77.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,239 2,955 4,955
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £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 £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -11.26%

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 20 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 20 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 +15 345 £55,000 - 185
East Midlands +28 216 £58,015 +45.33% 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 7 (1.25%) Confluence
2 5 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.53%) Apache
3 3 (0.53%) SAS
4 2 (0.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 79 (14.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (2.67%) 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 (0.53%) 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 92 (16.40%) Power Platform
2 71 (12.66%) Azure
3 51 (9.09%) SaaS
4 47 (8.38%) AWS
5 22 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (2.67%) Serverless
8 14 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (2.14%) GCP
10 9 (1.60%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.07%) PaaS
11 6 (1.07%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.89%) Google Ads
12 5 (0.89%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.71%) dbt
13 4 (0.71%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.03%) Wireless
2 8 (1.43%) Broadband
3 4 (0.71%) 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 88 (15.69%) Power BI
2 25 (4.46%) Power Query
3 22 (3.92%) Tableau
4 17 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.85%) Electronic Patient Records
6 11 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (1.96%) 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 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.71%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.71%) GIS
11 4 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (2.67%) JIRA
2 10 (1.78%) Git
3 4 (0.71%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.71%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.53%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.53%) 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 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 162 (28.88%) Finance
3 157 (27.99%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.16%) Marketing
5 55 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 49 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (7.13%) Manufacturing
8 39 (6.95%) Retail
9 35 (6.24%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (4.46%) Legal
11 24 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (4.10%) Telecoms
13 15 (2.67%) Law
14 10 (1.78%) Social Housing
15 7 (1.25%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (1.07%) German Language
16 6 (1.07%) Local Government
17 4 (0.71%) Banking
17 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (14.80%) Analyst
2 63 (11.23%) Senior
3 51 (9.09%) Lead
4 43 (7.66%) Data Analyst
5 42 (7.49%) Business Manager
6 38 (6.77%) Architect
7 27 (4.81%) Business Development Manager
7 27 (4.81%) Development Manager
8 25 (4.46%) Consultant
9 23 (4.10%) Developer
9 23 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (3.74%) Accountant
11 20 (3.57%) Data Engineer
11 20 (3.57%) Data Manager
12 18 (3.21%) Data Architect
12 18 (3.21%) Senior Data Analyst
13 17 (3.03%) Presales Consultant
13 17 (3.03%) Systems Analyst
14 16 (2.85%) Technical Engineer
14 16 (2.85%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.96%) AWS CDK
1 11 (1.96%) React
2 10 (1.78%) Next.js
3 9 (1.60%) Kafka
4 8 (1.43%) XML
5 7 (1.25%) Keycloak
5 7 (1.25%) Terraform
6 5 (0.89%) EDI
7 4 (0.71%) .NET
7 4 (0.71%) PySpark
7 4 (0.71%) REST
8 3 (0.53%) Blazor
8 3 (0.53%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.53%) JSON
8 3 (0.53%) Middleware
9 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.36%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.36%) Node.js
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.36%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.98%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.53%) NHS
4 27 (4.81%) Driving Licence
5 18 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (2.85%) SystemC
7 15 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (2.50%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.14%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.43%) PMI
11 6 (1.07%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.07%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.89%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.71%) Insider Threat
13 4 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (34.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 173 (30.84%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (28.52%) Analytics
4 118 (21.03%) Business Intelligence
5 90 (16.04%) Agile
5 90 (16.04%) Roadmaps
6 86 (15.33%) AI
7 83 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 72 (12.83%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 71 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 65 (11.59%) CRM
10 65 (11.59%) Data Analysis
11 63 (11.23%) Risk Management
12 61 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
12 61 (10.87%) Data Management
13 60 (10.70%) Business Development
14 58 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
15 55 (9.80%) Data Analytics
16 50 (8.91%) Data Governance
17 49 (8.73%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 110 (19.61%) SQL
2 65 (11.59%) Python
3 22 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (1.78%) Java
4 10 (1.78%) TypeScript
5 9 (1.60%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.25%) Go
7 6 (1.07%) R
8 5 (0.89%) C
8 5 (0.89%) C#
8 5 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (14.26%) Degree
2 39 (6.95%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.06%) CIMA
4 33 (5.88%) ACCA
5 31 (5.53%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.32%) CISSP
7 10 (1.78%) 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 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.71%) CCSP
11 4 (0.71%) CIPD
11 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (0.53%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.23%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.74%) GDPR
2 21 (3.74%) QA
3 15 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.50%) GRC
5 11 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.89%) SLA
9 4 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.53%) NIST
10 3 (0.53%) WCAG
11 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.36%) NCSC
11 2 (0.36%) PMO
12 1 (0.18%) AQAP
12 1 (0.18%) GxP
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.18%) ITGC
12 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (0.71%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Firmware
2 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.71%) Grafana
1 4 (0.71%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.71%) 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 (10.52%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.92%) SAP
3 19 (3.39%) Workday
4 18 (3.21%) Cognos
5 17 (3.03%) Google
6 15 (2.67%) IBM
7 11 (1.96%) Databricks
8 9 (1.60%) Oracle
9 8 (1.43%) SYSPRO
10 6 (1.07%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.89%) BT
11 5 (0.89%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.71%) Ariba
12 4 (0.71%) YouTube
13 3 (0.53%) Adobe
13 3 (0.53%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.53%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.53%) TOWER Software
14 2 (0.36%) Infor
14 2 (0.36%) NEC