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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 52 59
Rank change year-on-year +28 +7 -18
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 676 267 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.32% 4.76% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.19% 5.55% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 486 163 127
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,434 £41,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +30.81%
75th Percentile £70,802 £67,500 £66,650
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,500 £76,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,700
% change year-on-year - +5.82% -5.50%

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 10,923 4,807 7,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.87% 85.72% 78.74%
Number of salaries quoted 7,743 2,883 3,986
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
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% -8.00%

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 20 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 20 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 +16 424 £55,000 - 378
East Midlands +31 252 £52,500 +31.25% 220
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 (1.33%) Confluence
1 9 (1.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.89%) SAS
3 4 (0.59%) Apache
3 4 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.30%) WordPress
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 95 (14.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.25%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (2.96%) Primavera
1 20 (2.96%) SAP EHS
2 13 (1.92%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (1.48%) Sonata
4 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.30%) Shopify
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 95 (14.05%) Power Platform
2 84 (12.43%) Azure
3 51 (7.54%) AWS
4 48 (7.10%) SaaS
5 31 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (2.96%) Smartsheet
8 16 (2.37%) GCP
9 13 (1.92%) Serverless
10 12 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.33%) GitHub
13 8 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.89%) Google Ads
15 5 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (0.74%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.74%) Snowflake
16 4 (0.59%) dbt
16 4 (0.59%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.51%) Wireless
2 6 (0.89%) Broadband
3 5 (0.74%) Internet
4 4 (0.59%) VLAN
5 3 (0.44%) Intranet
6 2 (0.30%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) DNS
7 1 (0.15%) Extranet
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) SNMP
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.46%) Power BI
2 25 (3.70%) Power Query
3 24 (3.55%) Tableau
4 19 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.37%) Electronic Patient Records
6 13 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (1.78%) Metadata
7 12 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (1.33%) Delta Lake
10 8 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.04%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.89%) QlikView
12 6 (0.89%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.74%) GIS
13 5 (0.74%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.59%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.59%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 17 (2.51%) JIRA
2 16 (2.37%) Git
3 5 (0.74%) GitLab
4 4 (0.59%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.59%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.30%) JMeter
5 2 (0.30%) Postman
5 2 (0.30%) Selenium
5 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 230 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 194 (28.70%) Finance
3 186 (27.51%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.98%) Public Sector
5 69 (10.21%) Marketing
6 54 (7.99%) Manufacturing
7 50 (7.40%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (7.40%) Legal
8 47 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (5.33%) Telecoms
10 33 (4.88%) Retail
11 27 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.07%) Law
14 12 (1.78%) Automotive
15 11 (1.63%) Social Housing
16 9 (1.33%) Fire and Rescue
17 8 (1.18%) Banking
18 6 (0.89%) German Language
18 6 (0.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (13.17%) Analyst
2 77 (11.39%) Senior
3 71 (10.50%) Lead
4 60 (8.88%) Business Manager
5 48 (7.10%) Architect
6 44 (6.51%) Business Development Manager
6 44 (6.51%) Development Manager
7 42 (6.21%) Data Analyst
8 34 (5.03%) Data Engineer
9 25 (3.70%) Accountant
9 25 (3.70%) Consultant
9 25 (3.70%) Developer
10 22 (3.25%) Data Architect
10 22 (3.25%) Sales Executive
10 22 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (2.96%) Data Manager
11 20 (2.96%) Senior Architect
12 17 (2.51%) Presales Consultant
12 17 (2.51%) Senior Data Analyst
13 16 (2.37%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.92%) Kafka
1 13 (1.92%) PySpark
2 11 (1.63%) Keycloak
3 9 (1.33%) React
4 8 (1.18%) XML
5 7 (1.04%) AWS CDK
5 7 (1.04%) REST
6 6 (0.89%) .NET
6 6 (0.89%) Next.js
7 5 (0.74%) EDI
7 5 (0.74%) Terraform
8 4 (0.59%) JSON
8 4 (0.59%) Playwright
8 4 (0.59%) STL
9 3 (0.44%) Blazor
9 3 (0.44%) CSS
9 3 (0.44%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.44%) HTML
9 3 (0.44%) Middleware
9 3 (0.44%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.17%) Management Information System
2 52 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 48 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (5.92%) NHS
5 23 (3.40%) PMI
6 21 (3.11%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.81%) SystemC
8 16 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.63%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.33%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.18%) CCTV
15 6 (0.89%) IoT
16 5 (0.74%) Algorithms
16 5 (0.74%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.89%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (32.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 187 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
3 177 (26.18%) Analytics
4 127 (18.79%) Business Intelligence
5 109 (16.12%) Agile
6 101 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 99 (14.64%) AI
8 95 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 92 (13.61%) Business Development
9 92 (13.61%) CRM
9 92 (13.61%) Roadmaps
10 72 (10.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 70 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
12 67 (9.91%) Risk Management
13 66 (9.76%) Data Management
14 63 (9.32%) Data Analysis
15 62 (9.17%) Coaching
16 61 (9.02%) ERP
17 60 (8.88%) Actionable Insight
18 59 (8.73%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 117 (17.31%) SQL
2 72 (10.65%) Python
3 20 (2.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (1.63%) Go
4 11 (1.63%) Java
5 9 (1.33%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.18%) C#
6 8 (1.18%) C++
6 8 (1.18%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.74%) C
8 4 (0.59%) R
8 4 (0.59%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.15%) Bicep
9 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 98 (14.50%) Degree
2 60 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 35 (5.18%) ACCA
5 32 (4.73%) CIMA
6 23 (3.40%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.07%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.78%) CISSP
8 12 (1.78%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.89%) CISM
10 5 (0.74%) CIPD
10 5 (0.74%) CITP
10 5 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.59%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.59%) CCSP
11 4 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (11.39%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.99%) QA
3 24 (3.55%) GDPR
4 16 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.92%) GRC
6 10 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.18%) PMO
8 7 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.74%) SLA
11 4 (0.59%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.44%) AQAP
12 3 (0.44%) NCSC
13 2 (0.30%) ITGC
13 2 (0.30%) NIST
13 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.30%) WCAG
14 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.59%) Nmap
2 2 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (0.30%) Grafana
2 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.15%) Ansible
3 1 (0.15%) Argo
3 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 83 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.77%) SAP
3 20 (2.96%) Google
4 17 (2.51%) Workday
5 16 (2.37%) Cognos
6 13 (1.92%) IBM
7 10 (1.48%) Databricks
7 10 (1.48%) Oracle
8 9 (1.33%) YouTube
9 8 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.18%) SYSPRO
10 6 (0.89%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.74%) BT
11 5 (0.74%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.59%) Pega
13 3 (0.44%) Ariba
13 3 (0.44%) NCR
13 3 (0.44%) Sage
13 3 (0.44%) TOWER Software
13 3 (0.44%) Veritas