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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 40 43
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 283 304 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.84% 5.83% 4.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 6.32% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 188 196 325
10th Percentile £31,865 £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £38,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +21.55% -4.74%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,500 £69,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.42% +25.45% -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 7,696 4,812 8,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.22% 92.27% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,390 2,557 6,541
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,050 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 14 March 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 March 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 -19 166 £60,000 +4.35% 137
East Midlands -27 115 £51,058 +10.40% 91
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 11 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.83%) CMS
3 7 (2.47%) Confluence
4 5 (1.77%) nginx
5 4 (1.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.35%) Drupal
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 53 (18.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.77%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.77%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.71%) Trello
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Shopify
2 4 (1.41%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.71%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.35%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.35%) Odoo
4 1 (0.35%) Primavera
4 1 (0.35%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 74 (26.15%) Power Platform
2 52 (18.37%) Azure
3 36 (12.72%) AWS
4 13 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.24%) SaaS
6 10 (3.53%) Power Automate
6 10 (3.53%) Serverless
7 9 (3.18%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (2.47%) Smartsheet
10 6 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.12%) GitHub
11 5 (1.77%) PaaS
12 4 (1.41%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.41%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.06%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.06%) SSL
2 2 (0.71%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.71%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (25.09%) Power BI
2 16 (5.65%) Tableau
3 13 (4.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (3.89%) Power Query
4 11 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (3.53%) Metadata
6 9 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.77%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.77%) MySQL
8 5 (1.77%) Star Schema
9 4 (1.41%) Looker
10 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.71%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 2 (0.71%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.71%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (4.95%) JIRA
2 10 (3.53%) Git
3 7 (2.47%) Burp Suite
3 7 (2.47%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.77%) Vite
5 4 (1.41%) JUnit
5 4 (1.41%) Maven
5 4 (1.41%) Mockito
6 3 (1.06%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.71%) JMeter
7 2 (0.71%) Locust
7 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 129 (45.58%) Social Skills
2 93 (32.86%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (31.10%) Finance
4 45 (15.90%) Public Sector
5 34 (12.01%) Retail
6 24 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (8.48%) Manufacturing
7 23 (8.13%) Marketing
8 17 (6.01%) Legal
9 16 (5.65%) Law
10 12 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.83%) Local Government
12 8 (2.83%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.77%) Banking
13 5 (1.77%) Games
14 4 (1.41%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.41%) Electronics
15 3 (1.06%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 68 (24.03%) Analyst
2 40 (14.13%) Senior
3 24 (8.48%) Developer
4 23 (8.13%) Data Analyst
4 23 (8.13%) Lead
5 22 (7.77%) Senior Analyst
6 17 (6.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 14 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 14 (4.95%) Financial Analyst
8 13 (4.59%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.89%) Consultant
9 11 (3.89%) Data Manager
10 10 (3.53%) Architect
10 10 (3.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 10 (3.53%) Report Analyst
10 10 (3.53%) Senior Financial Analyst
10 10 (3.53%) Senior Reporting Analyst
11 9 (3.18%) Data Scientist
12 8 (2.83%) IT Director
12 8 (2.83%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.89%) React
2 10 (3.53%) Flash
2 10 (3.53%) REST
3 8 (2.83%) HTML
4 7 (2.47%) AWS CDK
4 7 (2.47%) Next.js
5 6 (2.12%) CSS
5 6 (2.12%) Vue
6 5 (1.77%) Laravel
6 5 (1.77%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (1.77%) Tailwind CSS
6 5 (1.77%) YAML
7 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.06%) JDBC
7 3 (1.06%) LDAP
7 3 (1.06%) PySpark
7 3 (1.06%) PyTorch
7 3 (1.06%) SAML
7 3 (1.06%) TensorFlow
7 3 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.42%) Management Information System
1 21 (7.42%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.30%) Security Posture
4 8 (2.83%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.47%) Insider Threat
6 6 (2.12%) FMCG
6 6 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.77%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.77%) NHS
8 4 (1.41%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.06%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.06%) PMI
9 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.18%) Linux
2 3 (1.06%) Android
3 2 (0.71%) Robot Operating System
3 2 (0.71%) Windows
4 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (32.16%) Analytics
2 90 (31.80%) Business Intelligence
3 88 (31.10%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (30.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (21.20%) Agile
6 52 (18.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 40 (14.13%) CRM
8 38 (13.43%) Actionable Insight
9 36 (12.72%) Project Management
10 34 (12.01%) Mentoring
10 34 (12.01%) Visualisation
11 33 (11.66%) Data Modelling
11 33 (11.66%) Roadmaps
12 32 (11.31%) Data Analysis
13 30 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 26 (9.19%) Data Governance
16 25 (8.83%) ERP
17 24 (8.48%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 72 (25.44%) SQL
2 46 (16.25%) Python
3 17 (6.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (4.95%) R
5 11 (3.89%) TypeScript
6 10 (3.53%) Java
6 10 (3.53%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.18%) Bash
7 9 (3.18%) T-SQL
8 6 (2.12%) C
9 5 (1.77%) PHP
10 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.06%) VBA
12 2 (0.71%) C++
13 1 (0.35%) C#
13 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (21.91%) Degree
2 25 (8.83%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.48%) ACCA
4 23 (8.13%) CIMA
5 22 (7.77%) SC Cleared
6 18 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.24%) CISSP
8 10 (3.53%) AAT
8 10 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (3.53%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.83%) PMI Certification
10 7 (2.47%) CCNA
10 7 (2.47%) CEH
10 7 (2.47%) CISMP
10 7 (2.47%) CREST Certified
10 7 (2.47%) GIAC
10 7 (2.47%) GPEN
10 7 (2.47%) MCSE
10 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (2.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.13%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.77%) QA
3 21 (7.42%) GDPR
4 14 (4.95%) PMO
5 12 (4.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.83%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.47%) NIST
9 4 (1.41%) COBIT
9 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 3 (1.06%) WCAG
11 2 (0.71%) GRC
11 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.71%) NCSC
11 2 (0.71%) P3O
11 2 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (4.95%) Docker
2 2 (0.71%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (3.53%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.47%) Nmap
3 4 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.41%) Terraform
4 2 (0.71%) Grafana
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.35%) Control-M
Vendors
1 45 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.65%) SAP
3 12 (4.24%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.53%) Databricks
5 7 (2.47%) Cisco
5 7 (2.47%) Google
5 7 (2.47%) Oracle
5 7 (2.47%) Sage
6 6 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.41%) Workday
8 3 (1.06%) Cognos
8 3 (1.06%) IBM
9 2 (0.71%) Adobe
9 2 (0.71%) Civica
9 2 (0.71%) Northgate
9 2 (0.71%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.71%) Orchard
10 1 (0.35%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.35%) BMC
10 1 (0.35%) Genesys