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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 54 59
Rank change year-on-year +20 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 464 253 495
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.56% 4.66% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 5.39% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 358 153 280
10th Percentile £32,350 £26,250 £32,590
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,754 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +22.09%
75th Percentile £71,813 £67,500 £66,650
90th Percentile £84,125 £85,000 £86,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year - +9.69% -8.11%

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 9,087 4,698 10,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.74% 86.49% 79.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,445 2,765 7,320
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +5 275 £56,750 +3.18% 197
East Midlands +27 189 £58,589 +56.41% 136
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 10 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.72%) Confluence
3 5 (1.08%) CMS
4 2 (0.43%) Apache
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.22%) Drupal
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 62 (13.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (2.59%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.43%) Primavera
3 2 (0.43%) SAP EHS
3 2 (0.43%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 85 (18.32%) Power Platform
2 61 (13.15%) Azure
3 41 (8.84%) AWS
4 37 (7.97%) SaaS
5 17 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.66%) Serverless
6 15 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 15 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.37%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.51%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.29%) GCP
12 5 (1.08%) GitHub
12 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.86%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (0.86%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.86%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.86%) PaaS
14 3 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.66%) Wireless
2 8 (1.72%) Broadband
3 3 (0.65%) SSL
4 2 (0.43%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.43%) Internet
4 2 (0.43%) Network Security
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) DNS
5 1 (0.22%) Firewall
5 1 (0.22%) LAN
5 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.22%) SNMP
5 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.22%) VLAN
5 1 (0.22%) VPN
5 1 (0.22%) WAN
5 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (17.46%) Power BI
2 22 (4.74%) Power Query
3 20 (4.31%) Tableau
4 13 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.94%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.72%) Metadata
8 6 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.29%) Star Schema
9 5 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.86%) QlikView
10 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.65%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.43%) MySQL
12 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.22%) DTS
Development Applications
1 13 (2.80%) JIRA
2 9 (1.94%) Git
3 5 (1.08%) Burp Suite
3 5 (1.08%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.65%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.43%) JMeter
5 2 (0.43%) Locust
5 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.43%) Vite
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) JUnit
6 1 (0.22%) Maven
6 1 (0.22%) Mockito
6 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 162 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 137 (29.53%) Finance
3 127 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (9.27%) Marketing
5 43 (9.27%) Public Sector
6 35 (7.54%) Retail
7 27 (5.82%) Influencing Skills
7 27 (5.82%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (3.88%) Legal
10 16 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 15 (3.23%) Law
12 8 (1.72%) Local Government
12 8 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.51%) Social Housing
14 6 (1.29%) German Language
15 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.65%) Banking
17 2 (0.43%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 85 (18.32%) Analyst
2 53 (11.42%) Senior
3 41 (8.84%) Data Analyst
4 32 (6.90%) Lead
5 30 (6.47%) Developer
6 27 (5.82%) Senior Analyst
7 24 (5.17%) Architect
7 24 (5.17%) Business Manager
8 19 (4.09%) Accountant
8 19 (4.09%) Business Analyst
8 19 (4.09%) Senior Data Analyst
9 18 (3.88%) Business Development Manager
9 18 (3.88%) Development Manager
10 16 (3.45%) Data Manager
10 16 (3.45%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.45%) Technical Engineer
10 16 (3.45%) Technical Support
10 16 (3.45%) Technical Support Engineer
11 15 (3.23%) Data Architect
12 14 (3.02%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.23%) React
2 14 (3.02%) AWS CDK
3 13 (2.80%) Next.js
4 8 (1.72%) REST
5 5 (1.08%) .NET
6 4 (0.86%) Kafka
6 4 (0.86%) Vue
6 4 (0.86%) XML
7 3 (0.65%) Blazor
7 3 (0.65%) CSS
7 3 (0.65%) HTML
7 3 (0.65%) JDBC
7 3 (0.65%) LDAP
7 3 (0.65%) PySpark
7 3 (0.65%) SAML
7 3 (0.65%) Web Services
8 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.43%) Middleware
8 2 (0.43%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.27%) Management Information System
2 24 (5.17%) Driving Licence
3 21 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.02%) NHS
7 13 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.94%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.51%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.29%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.29%) Robotics
12 5 (1.08%) Insider Threat
13 4 (0.86%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.86%) PMI
14 3 (0.65%) Augmented Reality
14 3 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.65%) Android
1 3 (0.65%) Linux
1 3 (0.65%) Windows
2 2 (0.43%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (32.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 141 (30.39%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (30.17%) Analytics
4 105 (22.63%) Business Intelligence
5 83 (17.89%) Roadmaps
6 68 (14.66%) Agile
6 68 (14.66%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 64 (13.79%) CRM
8 63 (13.58%) Data Analysis
9 61 (13.15%) AI
10 59 (12.72%) Actionable Insight
11 58 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 55 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 53 (11.42%) Data Management
14 52 (11.21%) Data Analytics
15 50 (10.78%) Data Modelling
15 50 (10.78%) Risk Management
16 48 (10.34%) Mentoring
17 47 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
18 46 (9.91%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 104 (22.41%) SQL
2 57 (12.28%) Python
3 19 (4.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (2.80%) TypeScript
5 11 (2.37%) R
5 11 (2.37%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.29%) Java
7 5 (1.08%) C#
7 5 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.65%) Bash
8 3 (0.65%) C
8 3 (0.65%) VBA
9 2 (0.43%) C++
9 2 (0.43%) Go
9 2 (0.43%) PHP
10 1 (0.22%) Bicep
10 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 69 (14.87%) Degree
2 30 (6.47%) CIMA
3 29 (6.25%) ACCA
4 28 (6.03%) Security Cleared
5 22 (4.74%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.37%) CISSP
6 11 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.29%) CITP
7 6 (1.29%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.08%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.08%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.86%) CCSP
9 4 (0.86%) CIPD
9 4 (0.86%) CISM
9 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (0.65%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.64%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.31%) QA
3 17 (3.66%) GDPR
4 15 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.16%) GRC
7 8 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.86%) SLA
11 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.65%) WCAG
12 2 (0.43%) NIST
12 2 (0.43%) P3O
12 2 (0.43%) PMO
13 1 (0.22%) GxP
13 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 8 (1.72%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.51%) Terraform
2 6 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.08%) Nmap
4 4 (0.86%) Grafana
4 4 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.22%) Ansible
7 1 (0.22%) Argo
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 49 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.45%) Cognos
2 16 (3.45%) SAP
3 15 (3.23%) Workday
4 13 (2.80%) Google
5 12 (2.59%) IBM
6 10 (2.16%) Databricks
7 6 (1.29%) Oracle
7 6 (1.29%) SYSPRO
8 5 (1.08%) BT
8 5 (1.08%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.08%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.86%) Ariba
9 4 (0.86%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.65%) Adobe
10 3 (0.65%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.65%) TOWER Software
11 2 (0.43%) Cisco
11 2 (0.43%) NEC
11 2 (0.43%) Sage