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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 44 28
Rank change year-on-year -5 -16 +40
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 269 398 335
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.28% 4.91% 7.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.32% 5.72% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 163 177 258
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £29,104
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +88.98% -45.60%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £51,742
90th Percentile £84,375 £88,400 £66,250
England median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +4.17% -

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 5,060 6,963 4,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.59% 85.90% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,382 3,112 3,466
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,656 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
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 4 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 4 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 -4 158 £62,500 +13.64% 283
East Midlands -4 110 £45,000 -21.19% 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 4 (1.49%) Confluence
1 4 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.74%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) nginx
4 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 43 (15.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.74%) Trello
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.37%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.49%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.74%) Shopify
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.37%) Odoo
4 1 (0.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.07%) Power Platform
2 33 (12.27%) Azure
3 14 (5.20%) AWS
4 10 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.97%) SaaS
6 6 (2.23%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.49%) GitHub
8 4 (1.49%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.49%) PaaS
8 4 (1.49%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.49%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.74%) Asana
10 2 (0.74%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.37%) BGP
1 1 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (0.37%) Firewall
1 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (0.37%) Network Security
1 1 (0.37%) OSPF
1 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (19.33%) Power BI
2 20 (7.43%) Tableau
3 11 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.09%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.35%) Metadata
4 9 (3.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.23%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.86%) Looker
6 5 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.12%) Big Data
7 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.74%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.74%) MySQL
8 2 (0.74%) Power Query
8 2 (0.74%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 16 (5.95%) JIRA
2 3 (1.12%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.12%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.74%) Git
4 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.37%) Vite
General
1 118 (43.87%) Social Skills
2 107 (39.78%) Analytical Skills
3 100 (37.17%) Finance
4 47 (17.47%) Retail
5 39 (14.50%) Public Sector
6 38 (14.13%) Marketing
7 28 (10.41%) Law
8 25 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (7.81%) Manufacturing
10 19 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (4.83%) Legal
12 9 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.97%) Banking
14 7 (2.60%) Local Government
15 6 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (2.23%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.49%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.49%) Electronics
16 4 (1.49%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 62 (23.05%) Analyst
2 45 (16.73%) Senior
3 32 (11.90%) Lead
4 24 (8.92%) Data Analyst
5 20 (7.43%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (5.95%) Architect
7 15 (5.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 15 (5.58%) Data Engineer
7 15 (5.58%) Developer
8 11 (4.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 11 (4.09%) Financial Analyst
8 11 (4.09%) Report Analyst
8 11 (4.09%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 11 (4.09%) Senior Reporting Analyst
9 10 (3.72%) Digital Analyst
9 10 (3.72%) Enterprise Architect
9 10 (3.72%) Project Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) Customer Analyst
10 9 (3.35%) Digital Analytics Analyst
10 9 (3.35%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.09%) Flash
2 6 (2.23%) HTML
3 4 (1.49%) React
4 3 (1.12%) .NET
4 3 (1.12%) CSS
5 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.74%) JSON
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.74%) PySpark
5 2 (0.74%) REST
5 2 (0.74%) Spring
5 2 (0.74%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.37%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.37%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.37%) Laravel
6 1 (0.37%) Node.js
6 1 (0.37%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.15%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (7.43%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.69%) FMCG
4 17 (6.32%) Security Posture
5 16 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.72%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.23%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.86%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.49%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.12%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.12%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.12%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.74%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.37%) Linux
1 1 (0.37%) Windows
1 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (36.06%) Analytics
2 90 (33.46%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (29.37%) Business Intelligence
4 67 (24.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (21.93%) Project Management
6 43 (15.99%) CRM
7 40 (14.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (14.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 37 (13.75%) Agile
9 37 (13.75%) Visualisation
10 34 (12.64%) Actionable Insight
10 34 (12.64%) Data Management
11 33 (12.27%) ERP
12 32 (11.90%) Data Analysis
13 28 (10.41%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (9.67%) Data Science
14 26 (9.67%) Data Visualisation
14 26 (9.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (9.29%) Change Management
15 25 (9.29%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 66 (24.54%) SQL
2 41 (15.24%) Python
3 13 (4.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (4.09%) R
5 7 (2.60%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.49%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.49%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.12%) C#
7 3 (1.12%) Java
8 1 (0.37%) Bash
8 1 (0.37%) C++
8 1 (0.37%) PHP
8 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (25.28%) Degree
2 19 (7.06%) ACCA
3 17 (6.32%) CIMA
4 15 (5.58%) Security Cleared
5 12 (4.46%) CISSP
6 11 (4.09%) AAT
6 11 (4.09%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.35%) CISM
7 9 (3.35%) DBS Check
7 9 (3.35%) Numerate Degree
7 9 (3.35%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.49%) MCSE
11 3 (1.12%) CCNA
11 3 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.12%) MCP
11 3 (1.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.41%) Data Quality
2 24 (8.92%) PMO
3 18 (6.69%) QA
4 13 (4.83%) GDPR
4 13 (4.83%) SLA
5 10 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (2.60%) GRC
6 7 (2.60%) NIST
7 5 (1.86%) COBIT
7 5 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.74%) NCSC
8 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (1.12%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.12%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.12%) Nmap
2 1 (0.37%) Ansible
2 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.75%) Salesforce
3 27 (10.04%) SAP
4 12 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.72%) Databricks
6 6 (2.23%) Oracle
6 6 (2.23%) Sage
7 5 (1.86%) Google
8 4 (1.49%) Cisco
9 3 (1.12%) Civica
9 3 (1.12%) Northgate
10 2 (0.74%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.74%) Ariba
10 2 (0.74%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.37%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.37%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.37%) Meraki
11 1 (0.37%) NEC
11 1 (0.37%) Orchard
11 1 (0.37%) Workday