Decision-Making Jobs in the Midlands

Decision-Making
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 59 62
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 272 470 445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.97% 3.67% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 4.57% 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 160 290 204
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £32,875
25th Percentile £38,840 £41,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,969 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +22.15% -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,625 £67,500 £59,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,375 £70,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% -0.79%

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 6,280 10,290 8,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.60% 80.32% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,486 7,400 4,402
10th Percentile £26,984 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,213 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Decision-Making in the Midlands

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 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 30 May 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 -14 164 £57,468 +4.49% 1,164
East Midlands +14 105 £39,919 -11.29% 832
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 9 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.74%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (10.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.37%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (3.68%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.84%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.47%) Infor LN
3 4 (1.47%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.74%) Shopify
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.37%) iTrent
5 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (21.32%) Power Platform
2 46 (16.91%) Azure
3 20 (7.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (4.41%) AWS
4 12 (4.41%) PowerApps
5 11 (4.04%) Power Automate
6 10 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (3.31%) IaaS
7 9 (3.31%) PaaS
8 8 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.21%) Google Ads
9 6 (2.21%) Google Analytics
9 6 (2.21%) SaaS
10 5 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.84%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.84%) Serverless
11 4 (1.47%) GitHub
12 3 (1.10%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (1.10%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.47%) SMS
1 4 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.10%) VLAN
3 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.74%) WAN
4 1 (0.37%) 5G
4 1 (0.37%) ADSL2
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) Internet
4 1 (0.37%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (0.37%) Modbus
4 1 (0.37%) MQTT
4 1 (0.37%) Network Security
4 1 (0.37%) SAN
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (20.22%) Power BI
2 21 (7.72%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (6.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (6.25%) Tableau
5 13 (4.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (4.41%) SQL Server
7 9 (3.31%) Star Schema
8 7 (2.57%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (2.57%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.84%) Big Data
11 4 (1.47%) Power Query
11 4 (1.47%) Spark SQL
12 3 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (1.10%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.10%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.10%) Metadata
12 3 (1.10%) Parquet
12 3 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.74%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 6 (2.21%) Git
2 6 (2.21%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (2.21%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.84%) JIRA
4 3 (1.10%) GitLab
4 3 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.74%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (0.74%) DbUnit
5 2 (0.74%) jMock
5 2 (0.74%) JUnit
5 2 (0.74%) Maven
5 2 (0.74%) Mockito
5 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.37%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.37%) Newman
6 1 (0.37%) Postman
6 1 (0.37%) Vite
General
1 123 (45.22%) Finance
2 99 (36.40%) Social Skills
3 76 (27.94%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (19.85%) Marketing
5 32 (11.76%) Legal
6 26 (9.56%) Electronics
7 23 (8.46%) Public Sector
8 20 (7.35%) Law
9 17 (6.25%) Retail
10 15 (5.51%) Manufacturing
11 13 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (4.41%) Police
13 11 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.84%) Automotive
15 5 (1.84%) Social Housing
16 4 (1.47%) Billing
17 3 (1.10%) Banking
17 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 45 (16.54%) Analyst
2 25 (9.19%) Senior
3 24 (8.82%) Customer Executive
4 20 (7.35%) Developer
5 18 (6.62%) Lead
5 18 (6.62%) Principal Engineer
5 18 (6.62%) Software Assurance Engineer
6 17 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 15 (5.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 14 (5.15%) Architect
9 13 (4.78%) Sales Representative
10 12 (4.41%) Graduate
10 12 (4.41%) Power BI Developer
10 12 (4.41%) Systems Analyst
11 11 (4.04%) Data Analyst
11 11 (4.04%) Data Scientist
12 10 (3.68%) Business Developer
12 10 (3.68%) SQL Developer
13 9 (3.31%) ETL Developer
13 9 (3.31%) SQL BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.47%) PySpark
2 3 (1.10%) .NET
2 3 (1.10%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.10%) EDI
2 3 (1.10%) REST
2 3 (1.10%) XGBoost
3 2 (0.74%) ActiveMQ
3 2 (0.74%) Bootstrap
3 2 (0.74%) Hibernate
3 2 (0.74%) JPA
3 2 (0.74%) JSON
3 2 (0.74%) PowerMock
3 2 (0.74%) RESTful
3 2 (0.74%) SOAP
3 2 (0.74%) Spring
3 2 (0.74%) Spring Batch
3 2 (0.74%) Spring Cloud
3 2 (0.74%) Spring Integration
3 2 (0.74%) Web Services
3 2 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.46%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (2.94%) Marketing Technology
3 8 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.94%) Taxonomies
4 6 (2.21%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.84%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.84%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.84%) Pricing Data
5 5 (1.84%) Replication
5 5 (1.84%) Social Media
6 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.74%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.74%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.74%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.74%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.94%) Linux
2 3 (1.10%) Windows
2 3 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (26.10%) Analytics
3 64 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 62 (22.79%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 49 (18.01%) Data Analysis
6 48 (17.65%) CRM
6 48 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (14.34%) Software Engineering
8 37 (13.60%) Actionable Insight
8 37 (13.60%) Artificial Intelligence
9 34 (12.50%) Agile
9 34 (12.50%) Project Management
10 31 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (10.66%) ETL
11 29 (10.66%) Visualisation
12 28 (10.29%) Business Development
12 28 (10.29%) Roadmaps
13 25 (9.19%) Customer Service
14 24 (8.82%) Contract Negotiation
15 23 (8.46%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (21.69%) SQL
2 31 (11.40%) Python
3 11 (4.04%) Java
4 8 (2.94%) C++
4 8 (2.94%) R
5 4 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.10%) C#
6 3 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.37%) C
8 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 49 (18.01%) Degree
2 30 (11.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (4.41%) Master's Degree
4 9 (3.31%) ACCA
4 9 (3.31%) CIMA
5 6 (2.21%) CBAP
5 6 (2.21%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.21%) IIBA
5 6 (2.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (2.21%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.47%) PhD
7 4 (1.47%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.74%) CITP
9 2 (0.74%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CCNP
10 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.25%) GDPR
3 10 (3.68%) QA
4 6 (2.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.84%) PMO
6 4 (1.47%) GAAP
6 4 (1.47%) IFRS
7 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.74%) NCSC
8 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (2.21%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) Postfix
3 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.74%) Grafana
1 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (13.24%) Salesforce
2 33 (12.13%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.25%) SAP
4 12 (4.41%) Oracle
5 11 (4.04%) Databricks
6 7 (2.57%) Cognos
6 7 (2.57%) Google
7 6 (2.21%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.47%) IBM
8 4 (1.47%) Infor
9 3 (1.10%) Ahrefs
9 3 (1.10%) Informatica
10 2 (0.74%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.74%) Avaya
10 2 (0.74%) Cisco
10 2 (0.74%) Facebook
10 2 (0.74%) Jaspersoft
10 2 (0.74%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.74%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.74%) Zscaler