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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 52 62
Rank change year-on-year +20 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 528 269 385
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.77% 4.70% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.40% 5.51% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 407 165 182
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £35,092
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,869 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £72,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.65%

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 9,769 4,883 8,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.83% 85.29% 78.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,960 2,951 5,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £63,500
90th Percentile £80,024 £77,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,920 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% +1.67% -11.29%

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 31 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 31 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 +8 312 £56,000 +1.82% 163
East Midlands +32 216 £58,589 +46.77% 108
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 6 (1.14%) Confluence
2 5 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.76%) CMS
4 3 (0.57%) Apache
5 2 (0.38%) WordPress
6 1 (0.19%) Drupal
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 76 (14.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (2.65%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.76%) Primavera
3 4 (0.76%) SAP EHS
4 3 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.19%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 94 (17.80%) Power Platform
2 66 (12.50%) Azure
3 46 (8.71%) SaaS
4 43 (8.14%) AWS
5 21 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.22%) Serverless
7 15 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.52%) GCP
10 8 (1.52%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.52%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.95%) Google Ads
13 4 (0.76%) GitHub
13 4 (0.76%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.76%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (0.57%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.22%) Wireless
2 8 (1.52%) Broadband
3 3 (0.57%) SSL
4 2 (0.38%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.38%) Internet
4 2 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.19%) DHCP
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Firewall
5 1 (0.19%) LAN
5 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.19%) SNMP
5 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.19%) VLAN
5 1 (0.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.19%) WAN
5 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (16.86%) Power BI
2 28 (5.30%) Power Query
3 23 (4.36%) Tableau
4 16 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.70%) Metadata
7 7 (1.33%) Electronic Patient Records
7 7 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.14%) QlikView
8 6 (1.14%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.95%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.76%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.19%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (2.27%) JIRA
2 9 (1.70%) Git
3 4 (0.76%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.76%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.38%) JMeter
4 2 (0.38%) Locust
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Vite
General
1 177 (33.52%) Social Skills
2 155 (29.36%) Finance
3 150 (28.41%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.66%) Marketing
5 46 (8.71%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (7.20%) Retail
8 34 (6.44%) Manufacturing
9 31 (5.87%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (4.17%) Legal
12 20 (3.79%) Telecoms
13 18 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.84%) Law
15 8 (1.52%) Social Housing
16 7 (1.33%) Local Government
17 6 (1.14%) Fire and Rescue
17 6 (1.14%) German Language
18 4 (0.76%) Banking
18 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (16.29%) Analyst
2 53 (10.04%) Senior
3 46 (8.71%) Lead
4 43 (8.14%) Data Analyst
5 35 (6.63%) Business Manager
6 30 (5.68%) Architect
7 25 (4.73%) Developer
8 24 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
9 23 (4.36%) Business Development Manager
9 23 (4.36%) Development Manager
10 21 (3.98%) Accountant
11 20 (3.79%) Data Manager
12 18 (3.41%) Data Architect
12 18 (3.41%) Senior Data Analyst
13 17 (3.22%) Business Analyst
13 17 (3.22%) Data Engineer
14 16 (3.03%) Consultant
14 16 (3.03%) Support Engineer
14 16 (3.03%) Systems Analyst
14 16 (3.03%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.65%) AWS CDK
1 14 (2.65%) React
2 13 (2.46%) Next.js
3 7 (1.33%) Kafka
3 7 (1.33%) REST
3 7 (1.33%) XML
4 5 (0.95%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.76%) .NET
5 4 (0.76%) PySpark
6 3 (0.57%) Blazor
6 3 (0.57%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.57%) JDBC
6 3 (0.57%) LDAP
6 3 (0.57%) SAML
6 3 (0.57%) Web Services
7 2 (0.38%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.38%) Middleware
7 2 (0.38%) Semantic Kernel
7 2 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.28%) Management Information System
2 29 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 23 (4.36%) NHS
5 18 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (2.84%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.89%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.33%) SystemC
10 6 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.14%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.14%) PMI
10 6 (1.14%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.76%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.76%) Insider Threat
11 4 (0.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.57%) Windows
2 2 (0.38%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (33.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 158 (29.92%) Analytics
3 157 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
4 118 (22.35%) Business Intelligence
5 86 (16.29%) Roadmaps
6 81 (15.34%) Agile
7 75 (14.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 73 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 71 (13.45%) AI
10 67 (12.69%) CRM
10 67 (12.69%) Data Analysis
11 65 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 62 (11.74%) Data Management
13 60 (11.36%) Risk Management
14 59 (11.17%) Actionable Insight
15 56 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
15 56 (10.61%) Data Analytics
16 52 (9.85%) Data Governance
17 50 (9.47%) Data Modelling
18 49 (9.28%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 108 (20.45%) SQL
2 62 (11.74%) Python
3 23 (4.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (2.46%) TypeScript
5 11 (2.08%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.33%) Java
7 6 (1.14%) R
8 5 (0.95%) C
8 5 (0.95%) C#
8 5 (0.95%) Go
9 4 (0.76%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.57%) VBA
11 1 (0.19%) Bash
11 1 (0.19%) Bicep
11 1 (0.19%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 76 (14.39%) Degree
2 33 (6.25%) CIMA
3 32 (6.06%) ACCA
4 30 (5.68%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.27%) CISSP
7 8 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.14%) CITP
9 6 (1.14%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.95%) CISM
11 4 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.76%) CCSP
11 4 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (0.57%) CIPD
12 3 (0.57%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.19%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.93%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.79%) GDPR
3 18 (3.41%) QA
4 16 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.46%) GRC
6 11 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.95%) SLA
11 3 (0.57%) NIST
11 3 (0.57%) WCAG
12 2 (0.38%) PMO
13 1 (0.19%) GxP
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.19%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (0.95%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.33%) Terraform
2 4 (0.76%) Grafana
2 4 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.76%) Nmap
2 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.19%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Argo
4 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 57 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.98%) SAP
3 18 (3.41%) Cognos
4 17 (3.22%) Google
5 16 (3.03%) Workday
6 14 (2.65%) IBM
7 10 (1.89%) Databricks
8 8 (1.52%) SYSPRO
9 5 (0.95%) BT
9 5 (0.95%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.95%) Oracle
9 5 (0.95%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.95%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.76%) Ariba
11 3 (0.57%) Adobe
11 3 (0.57%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.57%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.38%) Infor
12 2 (0.38%) NEC
13 1 (0.19%) Atlassian