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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 60 40
Rank change year-on-year +8 -20 +32
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 265 361 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.73% 3.60% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.52% 4.58% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 161 126 246
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £38,869 £41,675 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £42,080
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +30.70% -19.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,603 £58,689
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,282 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -

All Process and 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 4,801 7,883 5,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.73% 78.52% 94.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,882 4,022 3,865
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,822 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.33%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +17 164 £55,000 - 140
East Midlands +9 97 £40,000 -20.00% 101
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.13%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (12.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.64%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.75%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.75%) Shopify
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 57 (21.51%) Power Platform
2 40 (15.09%) Azure
3 19 (7.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (4.53%) Power Automate
5 11 (4.15%) PowerApps
5 11 (4.15%) SaaS
6 10 (3.77%) AWS
6 10 (3.77%) PaaS
7 8 (3.02%) IaaS
8 4 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.51%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.51%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.13%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.13%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.75%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.75%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.75%) Firewall
1 2 (0.75%) Network Security
1 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.38%) 5G
2 1 (0.38%) ADSL2
2 1 (0.38%) BGP
2 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (0.38%) Internet
2 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.38%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.38%) Modbus
2 1 (0.38%) MQTT
2 1 (0.38%) OSPF
2 1 (0.38%) SAN
2 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.38%) SMS
2 1 (0.38%) VLAN
2 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (20.38%) Power BI
2 24 (9.06%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (6.42%) Tableau
4 14 (5.28%) SQL Server
4 14 (5.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (4.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (3.02%) Star Schema
7 7 (2.64%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.89%) Data Mining
9 4 (1.51%) Metadata
9 4 (1.51%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.13%) Big Data
10 3 (1.13%) MySQL
10 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (4.53%) JIRA
2 8 (3.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (2.26%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (0.75%) DbUnit
4 2 (0.75%) Git
4 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.75%) jMock
4 2 (0.75%) JUnit
4 2 (0.75%) Maven
4 2 (0.75%) Mockito
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.38%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 125 (47.17%) Finance
2 101 (38.11%) Social Skills
3 94 (35.47%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (18.11%) Marketing
5 41 (15.47%) Retail
6 32 (12.08%) Law
7 28 (10.57%) Legal
8 23 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (7.55%) Public Sector
10 16 (6.04%) Manufacturing
11 12 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.64%) Banking
13 7 (2.64%) Social Housing
14 6 (2.26%) Financial Institution
14 6 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.51%) Local Government
15 4 (1.51%) Police
16 3 (1.13%) Billing
16 3 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (19.62%) Analyst
2 30 (11.32%) Lead
2 30 (11.32%) Senior
3 24 (9.06%) Developer
4 20 (7.55%) Data Analyst
5 16 (6.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 15 (5.66%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.28%) Customer Executive
8 13 (4.91%) Architect
9 10 (3.77%) Graduate
9 10 (3.77%) Project Engineer
9 10 (3.77%) SQL Developer
10 9 (3.40%) Business Analyst
10 9 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 9 (3.40%) Power BI Developer
10 9 (3.40%) SQL BI Developer
11 8 (3.02%) Business Developer
11 8 (3.02%) Product Specialist
11 8 (3.02%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.02%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.64%) .NET
2 4 (1.51%) HTML
2 4 (1.51%) React
3 3 (1.13%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.13%) EDI
3 3 (1.13%) REST
3 3 (1.13%) Spring
3 3 (1.13%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.75%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (0.75%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.75%) Hibernate
4 2 (0.75%) JPA
4 2 (0.75%) PowerMock
4 2 (0.75%) RESTful
4 2 (0.75%) SOAP
4 2 (0.75%) Spring Batch
4 2 (0.75%) Spring Cloud
4 2 (0.75%) Spring Integration
4 2 (0.75%) Web Services
4 2 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.45%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (5.28%) FMCG
4 9 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.26%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.26%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.89%) Pricing Data
6 5 (1.89%) Replication
7 4 (1.51%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.51%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.51%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.51%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.13%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.13%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.89%) Linux
2 4 (1.51%) Windows
3 3 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (33.21%) Analytics
2 84 (31.70%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (27.17%) Business Intelligence
4 58 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (21.13%) CRM
6 55 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (19.62%) Project Management
8 50 (18.87%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 40 (15.09%) Agile
10 37 (13.96%) Data Analysis
11 36 (13.58%) Data Management
12 33 (12.45%) Visualisation
13 28 (10.57%) Actionable Insight
14 27 (10.19%) Business Development
14 27 (10.19%) ERP
15 26 (9.81%) Data Analytics
15 26 (9.81%) ETL
15 26 (9.81%) Risk Management
16 25 (9.43%) Artificial Intelligence
17 24 (9.06%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (29.43%) SQL
2 30 (11.32%) Python
3 11 (4.15%) R
4 9 (3.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.89%) C#
6 4 (1.51%) Java
7 3 (1.13%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.13%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.75%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.38%) C++
9 1 (0.38%) VB
9 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (20.75%) Degree
2 8 (3.02%) TOGAF Certification
3 7 (2.64%) DBS Check
3 7 (2.64%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.26%) Numerate Degree
4 6 (2.26%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.51%) ACCA
6 4 (1.51%) CIMA
6 4 (1.51%) CISM
6 4 (1.51%) CISSP
6 4 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.13%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.13%) PhD
8 2 (0.75%) CBAP
8 2 (0.75%) CCNP
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.75%) CITP
8 2 (0.75%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.06%) Data Quality
2 19 (7.17%) QA
3 15 (5.66%) PMO
4 13 (4.91%) SLA
5 12 (4.53%) GDPR
6 5 (1.89%) GRC
7 3 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.75%) NCSC
9 1 (0.38%) COBIT
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.51%) Docker
2 3 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.75%) Postfix
4 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.75%) Grafana
1 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.38%) Ansible
2 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (18.49%) Salesforce
2 32 (12.08%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.92%) SAP
4 12 (4.53%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.15%) Oracle
6 8 (3.02%) Databricks
7 5 (1.89%) Google
8 4 (1.51%) Ahrefs
9 3 (1.13%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.75%) Ariba
10 2 (0.75%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.75%) Civica
10 2 (0.75%) Cognos
10 2 (0.75%) Facebook
10 2 (0.75%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.75%) Jaspersoft
10 2 (0.75%) Northgate
10 2 (0.75%) Sage
11 1 (0.38%) Cisco
11 1 (0.38%) IBM