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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 46 56
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 +6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 327 249 453
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.51% 4.95% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 5.53% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 241 162 283
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,193 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -6.41% +21.56%
75th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £67,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,202 £87,250
England median annual salary £60,484 £62,072 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.56% +12.86% -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 9,405 4,506 9,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.33% 89.53% 81.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,700 2,550 7,134
10th Percentile £29,625 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,374
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,077 £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 15 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 15 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 -17 203 £57,500 +6.98% 157
East Midlands +8 122 £52,500 +30.43% 96
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 14 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.14%) CMS
2 7 (2.14%) Confluence
3 4 (1.22%) nginx
3 4 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) Drupal
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 46 (14.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.22%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 5 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.22%) Shopify
3 2 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 75 (22.94%) Power Platform
2 54 (16.51%) Azure
3 37 (11.31%) AWS
4 24 (7.34%) SaaS
5 16 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (3.98%) Serverless
7 12 (3.67%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (3.67%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.75%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.53%) GitHub
11 5 (1.53%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.53%) Smartsheet
12 4 (1.22%) GCP
12 4 (1.22%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.28%) Wireless
2 3 (0.92%) Broadband
2 3 (0.92%) SSL
3 2 (0.61%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.61%) Internet
4 1 (0.31%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (22.02%) Power BI
2 16 (4.89%) Power Query
3 14 (4.28%) Tableau
4 13 (3.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.75%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.14%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.83%) Metadata
8 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.22%) MySQL
10 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.92%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.92%) Looker
10 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.31%) DB2
12 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.28%) JIRA
2 9 (2.75%) Git
3 4 (1.22%) Burp Suite
3 4 (1.22%) JUnit
3 4 (1.22%) Maven
3 4 (1.22%) Metasploit
3 4 (1.22%) Mockito
3 4 (1.22%) Vite
4 3 (0.92%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.61%) JMeter
5 2 (0.61%) Locust
5 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 97 (29.66%) Finance
3 84 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.62%) Marketing
5 35 (10.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (8.87%) Public Sector
7 24 (7.34%) Retail
8 17 (5.20%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.59%) Law
10 14 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (3.98%) Legal
11 13 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.14%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.83%) German Language
15 5 (1.53%) Games
15 5 (1.53%) Local Government
16 4 (1.22%) Social Housing
16 4 (1.22%) Spanish Language
17 3 (0.92%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 60 (18.35%) Analyst
2 41 (12.54%) Senior
3 25 (7.65%) Data Analyst
3 25 (7.65%) Developer
4 21 (6.42%) Senior Analyst
5 14 (4.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 14 (4.28%) Lead
5 14 (4.28%) Support Engineer
5 14 (4.28%) Technical Engineer
5 14 (4.28%) Technical Support
5 14 (4.28%) Technical Support Engineer
6 13 (3.98%) Architect
7 12 (3.67%) Consultant
7 12 (3.67%) Financial Analyst
7 12 (3.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 10 (3.06%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 10 (3.06%) Business Manager
9 9 (2.75%) Development Manager
9 9 (2.75%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.98%) React
2 12 (3.67%) AWS CDK
2 12 (3.67%) Next.js
3 10 (3.06%) REST
4 6 (1.83%) HTML
5 5 (1.53%) Vue
6 4 (1.22%) CSS
6 4 (1.22%) Flash
6 4 (1.22%) Laravel
6 4 (1.22%) LEMP Stack
6 4 (1.22%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (1.22%) XML
6 4 (1.22%) YAML
7 3 (0.92%) JDBC
7 3 (0.92%) LDAP
7 3 (0.92%) PySpark
7 3 (0.92%) SAML
7 3 (0.92%) Web Services
8 2 (0.61%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.61%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.26%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.20%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.75%) NHS
8 7 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.22%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.22%) Insider Threat
10 4 (1.22%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.22%) Robotics
11 3 (0.92%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.61%) Hackathon
12 2 (0.61%) Lidar
12 2 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.45%) Linux
2 3 (0.92%) Android
3 2 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
3 2 (0.61%) Windows
4 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (32.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 99 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (27.22%) Analytics
4 87 (26.61%) Business Intelligence
5 60 (18.35%) Agile
6 54 (16.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 51 (15.60%) Roadmaps
8 48 (14.68%) CRM
9 44 (13.46%) Data Modelling
10 40 (12.23%) Actionable Insight
10 40 (12.23%) Data Analysis
11 34 (10.40%) Mentoring
12 32 (9.79%) AI
12 32 (9.79%) Collaborative Working
12 32 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (8.87%) Data Protection
14 28 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
14 28 (8.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (8.26%) Risk Management
15 27 (8.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 78 (23.85%) SQL
2 35 (10.70%) Python
3 17 (5.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (4.28%) R
5 12 (3.67%) TypeScript
6 10 (3.06%) T-SQL
7 8 (2.45%) Bash
8 7 (2.14%) Java
9 6 (1.83%) C
10 5 (1.53%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.22%) PHP
11 4 (1.22%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.92%) VBA
13 2 (0.61%) C++
14 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (13.46%) Degree
2 24 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.73%) CIMA
4 21 (6.42%) ACCA
5 18 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (5.50%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.14%) CISSP
7 5 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.22%) AAT
8 4 (1.22%) CCNA
8 4 (1.22%) CEH
8 4 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.22%) CISMP
8 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.22%) GIAC
8 4 (1.22%) GPEN
8 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.22%) MCSE
8 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (1.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.54%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.73%) QA
3 14 (4.28%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.28%) GDPR
4 7 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.53%) PMO
6 4 (1.22%) SLA
7 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.92%) GRC
7 3 (0.92%) WCAG
8 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.61%) NIST
8 2 (0.61%) P3O
8 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (3.36%) Docker
2 2 (0.61%) Firmware
3 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.14%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.53%) Terraform
3 4 (1.22%) Nmap
3 4 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.61%) Grafana
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.31%) Ansible
5 1 (0.31%) Control-M
Vendors
1 42 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.28%) Google
2 14 (4.28%) SAP
3 10 (3.06%) Databricks
4 9 (2.75%) Cognos
5 7 (2.14%) Oracle
5 7 (2.14%) Workday
6 6 (1.83%) IBM
7 5 (1.53%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.22%) Ariba
8 4 (1.22%) Cisco
9 3 (0.92%) Adobe
9 3 (0.92%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.92%) Sage
10 2 (0.61%) Civica
10 2 (0.61%) NEC
10 2 (0.61%) Northgate
10 2 (0.61%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.61%) Orchard
10 2 (0.61%) Salesforce