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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 61 52
Rank change year-on-year +38 -9 -22
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 715 251 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.57% 4.53% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.46% 5.21% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 498 160 129
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,900 £37,400
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,869 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.81% -16.09% +53.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,625 £77,290
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.48% +1.94%

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 11,065 4,815 7,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.75% 86.85% 80.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,812 2,803 3,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,281 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +29 445 £52,842 -10.06% 200
East Midlands +28 270 £49,250 +23.13% 126
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 8 (1.12%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.84%) SAS
3 5 (0.70%) Apache
3 5 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.70%) Confluence
4 3 (0.42%) WordPress
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 108 (15.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.78%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.98%) Notion
5 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (3.50%) Primavera
1 25 (3.50%) SAP EHS
2 12 (1.68%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (1.40%) Sonata
4 5 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.28%) Shopify
7 1 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 106 (14.83%) Power Platform
2 85 (11.89%) Azure
3 49 (6.85%) SaaS
4 46 (6.43%) AWS
5 33 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (3.50%) Smartsheet
7 21 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.82%) GCP
10 12 (1.68%) Serverless
11 11 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.40%) GitHub
13 7 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.84%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.84%) Google Ads
15 5 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (0.70%) Snowflake
16 4 (0.56%) dbt
16 4 (0.56%) IaaS
16 4 (0.56%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.38%) Wireless
2 6 (0.84%) Internet
3 5 (0.70%) Broadband
4 4 (0.56%) VLAN
5 3 (0.42%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) 5G
6 1 (0.14%) DHCP
6 1 (0.14%) Extranet
6 1 (0.14%) Firewall
6 1 (0.14%) LAN
6 1 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (0.14%) Modbus
6 1 (0.14%) MQTT
6 1 (0.14%) Network Security
6 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.14%) SNMP
6 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.14%) WAN
6 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (14.27%) Power BI
2 25 (3.50%) Power Query
3 24 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (3.22%) Tableau
5 19 (2.66%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.24%) Electronic Patient Records
7 15 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.40%) Metadata
11 9 (1.26%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.84%) GIS
13 6 (0.84%) QlikView
13 6 (0.84%) SQL Server
14 5 (0.70%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.70%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.70%) Looker
14 5 (0.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (3.36%) Git
2 13 (1.82%) JIRA
3 5 (0.70%) GitLab
4 4 (0.56%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.56%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.28%) JMeter
5 2 (0.28%) Postman
5 2 (0.28%) Selenium
5 2 (0.28%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 242 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 212 (29.65%) Analytical Skills
3 202 (28.25%) Finance
4 82 (11.47%) Public Sector
5 69 (9.65%) Marketing
6 59 (8.25%) Legal
6 59 (8.25%) Manufacturing
7 54 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 42 (5.87%) Telecoms
10 35 (4.90%) Retail
11 27 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.24%) Law
14 15 (2.10%) Automotive
15 11 (1.54%) Social Housing
16 10 (1.40%) Fire and Rescue
17 8 (1.12%) Banking
17 8 (1.12%) Local Government
18 5 (0.70%) German Language
Job Titles
1 89 (12.45%) Analyst
2 80 (11.19%) Senior
3 78 (10.91%) Lead
4 65 (9.09%) Business Manager
5 51 (7.13%) Architect
6 49 (6.85%) Business Development Manager
6 49 (6.85%) Development Manager
7 47 (6.57%) Data Engineer
8 45 (6.29%) Data Analyst
9 27 (3.78%) Developer
10 24 (3.36%) Consultant
11 23 (3.22%) Data Architect
12 22 (3.08%) Accountant
12 22 (3.08%) Sales Executive
12 22 (3.08%) Senior Architect
13 19 (2.66%) Data Manager
14 17 (2.38%) Financial Analyst
14 17 (2.38%) Presales Consultant
14 17 (2.38%) Senior Data Analyst
14 17 (2.38%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.10%) Kafka
1 15 (2.10%) PySpark
2 13 (1.82%) Keycloak
3 8 (1.12%) .NET
3 8 (1.12%) React
3 8 (1.12%) REST
4 6 (0.84%) AWS CDK
4 6 (0.84%) XML
5 5 (0.70%) EDI
5 5 (0.70%) JSON
5 5 (0.70%) Next.js
5 5 (0.70%) Terraform
6 4 (0.56%) Playwright
6 4 (0.56%) STL
7 3 (0.42%) Blazor
7 3 (0.42%) CSS
7 3 (0.42%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.42%) HTML
7 3 (0.42%) RESTful
8 2 (0.28%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 73 (10.21%) Management Information System
2 61 (8.53%) Driving Licence
3 55 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (5.45%) NHS
5 28 (3.92%) PMI
6 23 (3.22%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.66%) SystemC
8 16 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.68%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.12%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.12%) CCTV
12 8 (1.12%) IoT
13 6 (0.84%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.70%) Algorithms
15 4 (0.56%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.84%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (32.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 196 (27.41%) Analytics
3 192 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
4 141 (19.72%) Business Intelligence
5 119 (16.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 113 (15.80%) Agile
7 104 (14.55%) AI
8 100 (13.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 99 (13.85%) CRM
10 98 (13.71%) Business Development
11 83 (11.61%) Roadmaps
12 73 (10.21%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 71 (9.93%) Data Governance
13 71 (9.93%) Data Management
13 71 (9.93%) ERP
14 68 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
15 67 (9.37%) Actionable Insight
16 66 (9.23%) Data Analytics
17 63 (8.81%) Data Modelling
17 63 (8.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (18.74%) SQL
2 85 (11.89%) Python
3 28 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.82%) Go
4 13 (1.82%) Java
5 10 (1.40%) C#
5 10 (1.40%) C++
5 10 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.98%) C
6 7 (0.98%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.84%) R
8 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.14%) Bicep
9 1 (0.14%) PHP
9 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (14.97%) Degree
2 65 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 59 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.73%) ACCA
5 37 (5.17%) CIMA
6 28 (3.92%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.96%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.40%) CISSP
10 6 (0.84%) CIPD
10 6 (0.84%) CISM
11 5 (0.70%) CITP
11 5 (0.70%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.56%) CCSP
12 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (13.57%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.62%) GDPR
3 29 (4.06%) QA
4 20 (2.80%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.54%) GRC
6 10 (1.40%) PMO
7 7 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.56%) SLA
11 3 (0.42%) AQAP
11 3 (0.42%) NCSC
11 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.28%) ITGC
12 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.28%) WCAG
13 1 (0.14%) GxP
13 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 4 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.42%) Docker
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.56%) Nmap
2 3 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (0.28%) Grafana
3 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) Argo
4 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 110 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.57%) SAP
3 18 (2.52%) Google
4 17 (2.38%) Oracle
5 15 (2.10%) Cognos
5 15 (2.10%) Workday
6 14 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.68%) Databricks
7 12 (1.68%) IBM
8 10 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.26%) YouTube
10 8 (1.12%) SYSPRO
11 6 (0.84%) Adaptive Insights
11 6 (0.84%) Anaplan
12 5 (0.70%) BT
12 5 (0.70%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.56%) Pega
13 4 (0.56%) Sage
14 3 (0.42%) Infor
14 3 (0.42%) TOWER Software