Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends in the North East

Data-Driven Decision Making
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 87 74
Rank change year-on-year +15 -13 -
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 6 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.58% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.24% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year - +118.18% -
75th Percentile - £62,500 £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year - +9.14% -1.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

Data-Driven 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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 815 829 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.14% 89.04% 89.30%
Number of salaries quoted 553 339 571
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in the North East

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Tyne and Wear +8 5 - - 6
Durham +9 1 - - 1
Data-Driven Decision Making
England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Power BI
2 4 (66.67%) Tableau
3 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (16.67%) Data Mining
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) Spark SQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Games
2 4 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Business Intelligence
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) EPoS
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (66.67%) Lean Six Sigma
3 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 4 (66.67%) Six Sigma
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (66.67%) Time Management
3 4 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (66.67%) WFM
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (16.67%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) PMI Certification
2 4 (66.67%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Anaplan
1 4 (66.67%) Genesys
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
1 4 (66.67%) Verint