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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 52 59
Rank change year-on-year +17 +7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 446 253 504
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.51% 4.88% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 5.57% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 340 152 285
10th Percentile £32,450 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,840 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,387 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -4.23% +25.23%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,875 £85,000 £87,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year - +9.10% -7.66%

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 8,859 4,546 10,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.74% 87.64% 79.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,242 2,653 7,479
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £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 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +5 265 £56,000 +1.82% 176
East Midlands +21 180 £57,500 +44.04% 104
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 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.79%) Confluence
3 6 (1.35%) CMS
4 3 (0.67%) nginx
5 2 (0.45%) Apache
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Drupal
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 57 (12.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.67%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.67%) Shopify
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.22%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.22%) Primavera
6 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 80 (17.94%) Power Platform
2 62 (13.90%) Azure
3 43 (9.64%) AWS
4 37 (8.30%) SaaS
5 17 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.81%) Serverless
6 14 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
6 14 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (2.47%) Power Automate
8 10 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.02%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.35%) Smartsheet
11 5 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.12%) GCP
11 5 (1.12%) GitHub
11 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.90%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (0.90%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.90%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.81%) Wireless
2 8 (1.79%) Broadband
3 3 (0.67%) SSL
4 2 (0.45%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) 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 76 (17.04%) Power BI
2 19 (4.26%) Power Query
3 16 (3.59%) Tableau
4 12 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (2.02%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.79%) Metadata
8 7 (1.57%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.67%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.67%) MySQL
11 3 (0.67%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.45%) QlikView
12 2 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.22%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.22%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 14 (3.14%) JIRA
2 11 (2.47%) Git
3 6 (1.35%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.35%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.67%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.67%) Vite
5 2 (0.45%) JMeter
5 2 (0.45%) JUnit
5 2 (0.45%) Locust
5 2 (0.45%) Maven
5 2 (0.45%) Mockito
5 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 156 (34.98%) Social Skills
2 130 (29.15%) Finance
3 121 (27.13%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (9.64%) Marketing
6 40 (8.97%) Public Sector
7 33 (7.40%) Retail
8 26 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (5.38%) Manufacturing
10 20 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (3.81%) Legal
12 16 (3.59%) Telecoms
13 14 (3.14%) Law
14 8 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.57%) Local Government
15 7 (1.57%) Social Housing
16 6 (1.35%) German Language
17 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.45%) Banking
18 2 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 81 (18.16%) Analyst
2 52 (11.66%) Senior
3 40 (8.97%) Data Analyst
4 29 (6.50%) Developer
4 29 (6.50%) Lead
5 27 (6.05%) Senior Analyst
6 22 (4.93%) Business Manager
7 21 (4.71%) Architect
8 19 (4.26%) Business Analyst
8 19 (4.26%) Senior Data Analyst
9 18 (4.04%) Business Development Manager
9 18 (4.04%) Development Manager
10 17 (3.81%) Accountant
11 16 (3.59%) Support Engineer
11 16 (3.59%) Technical Engineer
11 16 (3.59%) Technical Support
11 16 (3.59%) Technical Support Engineer
12 14 (3.14%) Data Architect
12 14 (3.14%) Data Manager
13 13 (2.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.36%) React
2 14 (3.14%) AWS CDK
3 13 (2.91%) Next.js
4 9 (2.02%) REST
5 5 (1.12%) .NET
5 5 (1.12%) Vue
6 4 (0.90%) CSS
6 4 (0.90%) HTML
6 4 (0.90%) XML
7 3 (0.67%) Blazor
7 3 (0.67%) JDBC
7 3 (0.67%) Laravel
7 3 (0.67%) LDAP
7 3 (0.67%) LEMP Stack
7 3 (0.67%) PySpark
7 3 (0.67%) SAML
7 3 (0.67%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (0.67%) Web Services
7 3 (0.67%) YAML
8 2 (0.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.19%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.16%) Driving Licence
3 22 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 20 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.91%) NHS
7 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.35%) Insider Threat
9 6 (1.35%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.35%) Robotics
10 4 (0.90%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.67%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.67%) BBC
11 3 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.67%) PMI
11 3 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.12%) Linux
2 3 (0.67%) Android
2 3 (0.67%) Windows
3 2 (0.45%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (32.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 137 (30.72%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (29.37%) Analytics
4 100 (22.42%) Business Intelligence
5 82 (18.39%) Roadmaps
6 67 (15.02%) Agile
6 67 (15.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 63 (14.13%) CRM
8 61 (13.68%) Data Analysis
9 58 (13.00%) AI
10 57 (12.78%) Actionable Insight
11 56 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 51 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (10.76%) Data Modelling
14 47 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
14 47 (10.54%) Data Analytics
14 47 (10.54%) Data Management
14 47 (10.54%) Mentoring
14 47 (10.54%) Risk Management
15 43 (9.64%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 100 (22.42%) SQL
2 53 (11.88%) Python
3 19 (4.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (2.91%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.69%) R
6 11 (2.47%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.35%) Java
7 6 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.12%) Bash
9 4 (0.90%) C
9 4 (0.90%) C#
10 3 (0.67%) PHP
10 3 (0.67%) VBA
11 2 (0.45%) C++
11 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.22%) Bicep
12 1 (0.22%) Go
12 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (14.13%) Degree
2 30 (6.73%) CIMA
3 29 (6.50%) ACCA
4 28 (6.28%) Security Cleared
5 23 (5.16%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.69%) CISSP
8 6 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.35%) CITP
9 5 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.12%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.90%) CCSP
10 4 (0.90%) CIPD
10 4 (0.90%) CISM
10 4 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.45%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.76%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.93%) QA
3 15 (3.36%) GDPR
4 14 (3.14%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (2.02%) GRC
7 8 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.90%) SLA
11 3 (0.67%) WCAG
12 2 (0.45%) NIST
12 2 (0.45%) P3O
12 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.45%) PMO
13 1 (0.22%) GxP
13 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (2.24%) Docker
2 2 (0.45%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.35%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.35%) Nmap
1 6 (1.35%) Terraform
2 4 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.45%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) Ansible
5 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 48 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.14%) Cognos
2 14 (3.14%) SAP
3 13 (2.91%) Google
3 13 (2.91%) Workday
4 10 (2.24%) IBM
5 9 (2.02%) Databricks
6 6 (1.35%) Oracle
7 5 (1.12%) BT
7 5 (1.12%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.90%) Ariba
8 4 (0.90%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.67%) Adobe
9 3 (0.67%) Cisco
9 3 (0.67%) Sage
9 3 (0.67%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.67%) SYSPRO
9 3 (0.67%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.45%) NEC