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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 41 31
Rank change year-on-year -22 -10 +32
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 266 367 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.44% 5.30% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 5.96% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 161 180 254
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +92.98% -48.18%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,313 £51,742
90th Percentile £84,375 £87,725 £67,125
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -1.00%

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 6,359 6,161 4,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.32% 88.99% 92.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,508 2,752 3,452
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,239 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 19 December 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 19 December 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 -14 156 £62,500 +13.64% 218
East Midlands -17 109 £45,000 -18.18% 141
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 4 (1.50%) Confluence
1 4 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.13%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.38%) nginx
4 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.75%) Trello
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.75%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.38%) Odoo
4 1 (0.38%) Primavera
4 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (19.92%) Power Platform
2 32 (12.03%) Azure
3 14 (5.26%) AWS
4 9 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.63%) SaaS
6 6 (2.26%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.88%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.50%) GitHub
8 4 (1.50%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.50%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.13%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.13%) PaaS
10 2 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.75%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) BGP
1 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (0.38%) Firewall
1 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (0.38%) Network Security
1 1 (0.38%) OSPF
1 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.80%) Power BI
2 19 (7.14%) Tableau
3 12 (4.51%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (3.38%) Metadata
6 7 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.26%) Data Mining
7 6 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.88%) Looker
9 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.13%) Big Data
9 3 (1.13%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.13%) Power Query
9 3 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.75%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.75%) MySQL
10 2 (0.75%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 16 (6.02%) JIRA
2 4 (1.50%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.50%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.75%) Git
4 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 117 (43.98%) Social Skills
2 101 (37.97%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (33.46%) Finance
4 47 (17.67%) Retail
5 41 (15.41%) Public Sector
6 32 (12.03%) Marketing
7 28 (10.53%) Law
8 24 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (7.89%) Manufacturing
10 17 (6.39%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (4.51%) Legal
12 8 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (3.01%) Local Government
13 7 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (2.26%) Banking
14 6 (2.26%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.50%) Electronics
15 4 (1.50%) Social Housing
16 3 (1.13%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (22.93%) Analyst
2 49 (18.42%) Senior
3 31 (11.65%) Lead
4 23 (8.65%) Data Analyst
5 21 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
6 17 (6.39%) Architect
7 16 (6.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 15 (5.64%) Data Engineer
8 15 (5.64%) Developer
9 11 (4.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 11 (4.14%) Financial Analyst
9 11 (4.14%) Report Analyst
9 11 (4.14%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 11 (4.14%) Senior Reporting Analyst
10 10 (3.76%) Enterprise Architect
10 10 (3.76%) Project Engineer
11 9 (3.38%) Digital Analyst
11 9 (3.38%) Senior Data Engineer
12 8 (3.01%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
12 8 (3.01%) Digital Analytics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.14%) Flash
2 7 (2.63%) HTML
3 3 (1.13%) .NET
3 3 (1.13%) PySpark
3 3 (1.13%) React
4 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.75%) CSS
4 2 (0.75%) JSON
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.75%) REST
4 2 (0.75%) Spring
4 2 (0.75%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.38%) EDI
5 1 (0.38%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Laravel
5 1 (0.38%) Middleware
5 1 (0.38%) XML
5 1 (0.38%) XSLT
5 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (6.77%) FMCG
2 18 (6.77%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.39%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.76%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.63%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.88%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.50%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.50%) Insider Threat
9 4 (1.50%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.13%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.13%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.13%) NHS
10 3 (1.13%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.13%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Linux
2 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (36.09%) Analytics
2 86 (32.33%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (28.95%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (22.56%) Project Management
6 40 (15.04%) CRM
7 38 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 38 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (13.53%) ERP
8 36 (13.53%) Visualisation
9 35 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
10 34 (12.78%) Agile
10 34 (12.78%) Data Management
11 32 (12.03%) Data Analysis
12 30 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (9.77%) Change Management
13 26 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (9.02%) Data Modelling
14 24 (9.02%) Data Science
14 24 (9.02%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 66 (24.81%) SQL
2 43 (16.17%) Python
3 14 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (3.76%) R
5 6 (2.26%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.88%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.50%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.13%) C#
8 3 (1.13%) Java
9 1 (0.38%) Bash
9 1 (0.38%) C++
9 1 (0.38%) PHP
9 1 (0.38%) Scala
9 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 69 (25.94%) Degree
2 19 (7.14%) ACCA
3 17 (6.39%) CIMA
4 16 (6.02%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.89%) CISSP
6 12 (4.51%) SC Cleared
7 11 (4.14%) AAT
8 9 (3.38%) CISM
8 9 (3.38%) DBS Check
8 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.38%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.01%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.88%) MCSE
12 4 (1.50%) CCNA
12 4 (1.50%) CEH
12 4 (1.50%) CISMP
12 4 (1.50%) MCP
12 4 (1.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.53%) Data Quality
2 23 (8.65%) PMO
3 18 (6.77%) QA
4 14 (5.26%) GDPR
5 13 (4.89%) SLA
6 11 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (2.63%) GRC
7 7 (2.63%) NIST
8 5 (1.88%) COBIT
8 5 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.75%) NCSC
9 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (1.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.50%) Nmap
2 3 (1.13%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.75%) Terraform
4 1 (0.38%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Control-M
4 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.53%) Salesforce
3 27 (10.15%) SAP
4 13 (4.89%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.38%) Databricks
6 6 (2.26%) Google
6 6 (2.26%) Oracle
6 6 (2.26%) Sage
7 5 (1.88%) Cisco
8 3 (1.13%) Civica
8 3 (1.13%) Northgate
9 2 (0.75%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.75%) Ariba
10 1 (0.38%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.38%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.38%) Foundry
10 1 (0.38%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.38%) Meraki
10 1 (0.38%) Palantir
10 1 (0.38%) Talend