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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 56 61
Rank change year-on-year +32 +5 -22
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 626 259 360
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.10% 4.59% 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.89% 5.38% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 450 156 128
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,869 £42,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +32.02%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,827
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,125 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

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 10,622 4,812 7,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.49% 85.33% 78.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,570 2,882 4,087
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
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 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.93%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +20 401 £56,000 +1.82% 428
East Midlands +29 225 £55,000 +37.50% 265
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 9 (1.44%) Confluence
2 8 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.96%) SAS
4 4 (0.64%) Apache
4 4 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.32%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 87 (13.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (3.19%) Primavera
1 20 (3.19%) SAP EHS
2 13 (2.08%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 6 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.32%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.32%) Shopify
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 89 (14.22%) Power Platform
2 80 (12.78%) Azure
3 51 (8.15%) AWS
4 45 (7.19%) SaaS
5 26 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (3.19%) Smartsheet
7 19 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (2.40%) GCP
9 13 (2.08%) Serverless
10 11 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (1.28%) GitHub
13 6 (0.96%) Google Ads
14 5 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.80%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (0.64%) Google Sheets
15 4 (0.64%) Meta Ads
15 4 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.72%) Wireless
2 6 (0.96%) Broadband
3 5 (0.80%) Internet
4 4 (0.64%) VLAN
5 2 (0.32%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) DHCP
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) Firewall
6 1 (0.16%) Intranet
6 1 (0.16%) LAN
6 1 (0.16%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (0.16%) Modbus
6 1 (0.16%) MQTT
6 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.16%) SNMP
6 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.16%) VPN
6 1 (0.16%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (13.58%) Power BI
2 23 (3.67%) Power Query
2 23 (3.67%) Tableau
3 18 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
5 12 (1.92%) Metadata
5 12 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.12%) Delta Lake
9 7 (1.12%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.96%) QlikView
10 6 (0.96%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.80%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.64%) GIS
12 4 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (2.72%) JIRA
2 14 (2.24%) Git
3 5 (0.80%) GitLab
4 4 (0.64%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.64%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.32%) JMeter
6 2 (0.32%) Postman
6 2 (0.32%) Selenium
6 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 218 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 176 (28.12%) Finance
3 171 (27.32%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (11.82%) Public Sector
5 56 (8.95%) Marketing
6 46 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (7.35%) Manufacturing
7 38 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (6.07%) Legal
8 33 (5.27%) Retail
9 27 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (4.31%) Telecoms
10 23 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.92%) Law
12 11 (1.76%) Social Housing
13 8 (1.28%) Banking
13 8 (1.28%) Fire and Rescue
14 6 (0.96%) German Language
15 5 (0.80%) Automotive
15 5 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 82 (13.10%) Analyst
2 75 (11.98%) Senior
3 68 (10.86%) Lead
4 56 (8.95%) Business Manager
5 47 (7.51%) Architect
6 40 (6.39%) Business Development Manager
6 40 (6.39%) Data Analyst
6 40 (6.39%) Development Manager
7 30 (4.79%) Data Engineer
8 25 (3.99%) Accountant
8 25 (3.99%) Consultant
9 22 (3.51%) Data Architect
9 22 (3.51%) Developer
9 22 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
10 20 (3.19%) Data Manager
10 20 (3.19%) Senior Architect
11 17 (2.72%) Presales Consultant
11 17 (2.72%) Senior Data Analyst
12 16 (2.56%) Technical Engineer
12 16 (2.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.92%) Kafka
2 11 (1.76%) PySpark
3 10 (1.60%) Keycloak
4 9 (1.44%) React
4 9 (1.44%) XML
5 7 (1.12%) AWS CDK
5 7 (1.12%) REST
6 6 (0.96%) .NET
6 6 (0.96%) Next.js
7 5 (0.80%) EDI
7 5 (0.80%) Terraform
8 4 (0.64%) JSON
8 4 (0.64%) Playwright
8 4 (0.64%) STL
9 3 (0.48%) Blazor
9 3 (0.48%) CSS
9 3 (0.48%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.48%) HTML
9 3 (0.48%) Middleware
9 3 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.42%) Management Information System
2 45 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
3 37 (5.91%) Driving Licence
4 30 (4.79%) NHS
5 23 (3.67%) PMI
6 19 (3.04%) Cloud Native
6 19 (3.04%) SystemC
7 14 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.44%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.96%) IoT
12 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.80%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.64%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (33.87%) Continuous Improvement
2 178 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 166 (26.52%) Analytics
4 119 (19.01%) Business Intelligence
5 105 (16.77%) Agile
6 98 (15.65%) AI
6 98 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 93 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 90 (14.38%) Roadmaps
9 79 (12.62%) Business Development
10 74 (11.82%) CRM
11 69 (11.02%) Risk Management
12 68 (10.86%) Cybersecurity
12 68 (10.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 64 (10.22%) Data Management
14 61 (9.74%) Coaching
14 61 (9.74%) Data Analysis
15 59 (9.42%) Actionable Insight
16 57 (9.11%) Data Analytics
17 56 (8.95%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 109 (17.41%) SQL
2 67 (10.70%) Python
3 18 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (1.76%) Java
5 10 (1.60%) Go
6 9 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.28%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.12%) C#
8 7 (1.12%) C++
9 5 (0.80%) C
10 4 (0.64%) R
10 4 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.16%) Bicep
11 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 97 (15.50%) Degree
2 61 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 53 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.43%) ACCA
5 33 (5.27%) CIMA
6 23 (3.67%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.08%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.08%) CISSP
8 11 (1.76%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.96%) CISM
10 5 (0.80%) CITP
10 5 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.64%) CCSP
11 4 (0.64%) CIPD
11 4 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.64%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (11.82%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.47%) QA
3 22 (3.51%) GDPR
4 16 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.24%) GRC
6 12 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.28%) PMO
8 7 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.64%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.64%) SLA
11 3 (0.48%) AQAP
11 3 (0.48%) NCSC
11 3 (0.48%) NIST
12 2 (0.32%) ITGC
12 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.32%) WCAG
13 1 (0.16%) GxP
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.64%) Nmap
2 2 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (0.32%) Grafana
2 2 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.16%) Ansible
3 1 (0.16%) Argo
3 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 70 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.39%) SAP
3 19 (3.04%) Google
4 17 (2.72%) Workday
5 16 (2.56%) Cognos
6 13 (2.08%) IBM
7 9 (1.44%) Databricks
7 9 (1.44%) Oracle
7 9 (1.44%) YouTube
8 8 (1.28%) SYSPRO
9 7 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.96%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.80%) BT
11 5 (0.80%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.64%) Ariba
12 4 (0.64%) Pega
13 3 (0.48%) NCR
13 3 (0.48%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.48%) TOWER Software
13 3 (0.48%) Veritas