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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 60 55
Rank change year-on-year +37 -5 -25
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 699 254 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.46% 4.54% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% 5.22% 5.02%
Number of salaries quoted 488 163 130
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £36,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,869 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -17.39% +53.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,750
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 11,072 4,865 7,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.66% 86.98% 80.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7,800 2,822 3,526
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,281 £45,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -9.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £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 10 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 10 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 +29 434 £55,000 -4.35% 385
East Midlands +25 265 £49,250 +23.13% 260
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 (1.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.86%) SAS
3 5 (0.72%) Apache
3 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.72%) Confluence
4 2 (0.29%) WordPress
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 107 (15.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.00%) Notion
5 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (3.58%) Primavera
1 25 (3.58%) SAP EHS
2 12 (1.72%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (1.43%) Sonata
4 5 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.29%) 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
Cloud Services
1 104 (14.88%) Power Platform
2 85 (12.16%) Azure
3 48 (6.87%) SaaS
4 45 (6.44%) AWS
5 33 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (3.58%) Smartsheet
7 21 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 18 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.72%) GCP
9 12 (1.72%) Serverless
10 11 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.43%) GitHub
12 7 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (0.86%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.86%) Google Ads
14 5 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (0.72%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.57%) dbt
15 4 (0.57%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.43%) Wireless
2 6 (0.86%) Internet
3 5 (0.72%) Broadband
4 4 (0.57%) VLAN
5 3 (0.43%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) DHCP
6 1 (0.14%) DNS
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%) 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%) VPN
6 1 (0.14%) WAN
6 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (14.31%) Power BI
2 25 (3.58%) Power Query
3 23 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.15%) Tableau
5 16 (2.29%) Electronic Patient Records
6 15 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.43%) Metadata
10 9 (1.29%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.86%) GIS
12 6 (0.86%) QlikView
12 6 (0.86%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.57%) Looker
14 4 (0.57%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 19 (2.72%) Git
2 13 (1.86%) JIRA
3 5 (0.72%) GitLab
4 4 (0.57%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.57%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.29%) JMeter
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) Selenium
5 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 237 (33.91%) Social Skills
2 202 (28.90%) Analytical Skills
3 199 (28.47%) Finance
4 82 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 68 (9.73%) Marketing
6 59 (8.44%) Legal
7 57 (8.15%) Manufacturing
8 51 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 51 (7.30%) Influencing Skills
9 42 (6.01%) Telecoms
10 36 (5.15%) Retail
11 27 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.29%) Law
14 14 (2.00%) Automotive
15 11 (1.57%) Social Housing
16 10 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
17 8 (1.14%) Banking
17 8 (1.14%) Local Government
18 5 (0.72%) German Language
Job Titles
1 89 (12.73%) Analyst
2 79 (11.30%) Senior
3 75 (10.73%) Lead
4 65 (9.30%) Business Manager
5 50 (7.15%) Architect
6 49 (7.01%) Business Development Manager
6 49 (7.01%) Development Manager
7 46 (6.58%) Data Analyst
8 41 (5.87%) Data Engineer
9 26 (3.72%) Developer
10 24 (3.43%) Consultant
11 23 (3.29%) Data Architect
12 22 (3.15%) Accountant
12 22 (3.15%) Sales Executive
12 22 (3.15%) Senior Architect
13 19 (2.72%) Data Manager
14 17 (2.43%) Presales Consultant
14 17 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.43%) Senior Data Analyst
14 17 (2.43%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.15%) Kafka
2 14 (2.00%) PySpark
3 13 (1.86%) Keycloak
4 8 (1.14%) React
4 8 (1.14%) REST
5 7 (1.00%) .NET
6 6 (0.86%) AWS CDK
6 6 (0.86%) XML
7 5 (0.72%) EDI
7 5 (0.72%) JSON
7 5 (0.72%) Next.js
7 5 (0.72%) Terraform
8 4 (0.57%) Playwright
8 4 (0.57%) STL
9 3 (0.43%) Blazor
9 3 (0.43%) CSS
9 3 (0.43%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.43%) HTML
9 3 (0.43%) RESTful
10 2 (0.29%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 70 (10.01%) Management Information System
2 60 (8.58%) Driving Licence
3 50 (7.15%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (5.58%) NHS
5 28 (4.01%) PMI
6 22 (3.15%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.72%) SystemC
8 16 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.72%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.14%) CCTV
14 7 (1.00%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.00%) IoT
15 5 (0.72%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.72%) Product Ownership
16 4 (0.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (32.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 188 (26.90%) Analytics
3 186 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
4 138 (19.74%) Business Intelligence
5 113 (16.17%) Agile
6 112 (16.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 101 (14.45%) AI
8 100 (14.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 98 (14.02%) Business Development
9 98 (14.02%) CRM
10 81 (11.59%) Roadmaps
11 71 (10.16%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 70 (10.01%) ERP
13 69 (9.87%) Data Governance
13 69 (9.87%) Data Management
14 67 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
15 64 (9.16%) Data Analytics
16 62 (8.87%) Risk Management
17 61 (8.73%) Actionable Insight
17 61 (8.73%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.88%) SQL
2 83 (11.87%) Python
3 28 (4.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.86%) Go
4 13 (1.86%) Java
5 10 (1.43%) C++
6 9 (1.29%) C#
6 9 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.00%) C
7 7 (1.00%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.86%) R
9 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.14%) Bicep
10 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 106 (15.16%) Degree
2 63 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 58 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 40 (5.72%) ACCA
5 36 (5.15%) CIMA
6 28 (4.01%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.00%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.43%) CISSP
10 6 (0.86%) CIPD
10 6 (0.86%) CISM
11 5 (0.72%) CITP
11 5 (0.72%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.57%) CCSP
12 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (12.73%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.58%) GDPR
3 27 (3.86%) QA
4 20 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.57%) GRC
6 8 (1.14%) PMO
7 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.57%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.57%) SLA
10 3 (0.43%) AQAP
10 3 (0.43%) NCSC
10 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.29%) ITGC
11 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.29%) WCAG
12 1 (0.14%) GxP
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 4 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.57%) Nmap
2 3 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (0.29%) Grafana
3 2 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) Argo
4 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 107 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.44%) SAP
3 17 (2.43%) Google
4 16 (2.29%) Oracle
5 15 (2.15%) Cognos
5 15 (2.15%) Workday
6 13 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.72%) IBM
8 11 (1.57%) Databricks
9 9 (1.29%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.29%) YouTube
10 8 (1.14%) SYSPRO
11 5 (0.72%) Adaptive Insights
11 5 (0.72%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.72%) BT
11 5 (0.72%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.57%) Pega
12 4 (0.57%) Sage
13 3 (0.43%) Infor
13 3 (0.43%) NCR