Decision-Making Job Trends in the North East

Decision-Making
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 60 34
Rank change year-on-year +33 -26 +17
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 61 33 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 6.43% 2.31% 5.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.01% 2.92% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 37
10th Percentile - £35,092 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,500 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,109 £50,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.71% +18.82% +1.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,747 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,533 £67,180 £81,138
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.82% -5.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 762 1,132 614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 80.38% 79.33% 96.69%
Number of salaries quoted 486 663 472
10th Percentile £25,086 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,500 £65,273
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the North East

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in the North East

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

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

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the North East over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the North East

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 Decision-Making within the North East region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Durham +27 48 £80,000 +42.67% 9
Tyne and Wear +5 13 £25,000 -37.50% 22
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.28%) SaaS
2 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.64%) PaaS
2 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Power BI
General
1 53 (86.89%) Finance
2 49 (80.33%) Manufacturing
2 49 (80.33%) Marketing
3 4 (6.56%) Legal
3 4 (6.56%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Law
5 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Billing
6 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (81.97%) Product Manager
2 49 (80.33%) Development Manager
2 49 (80.33%) Product Development Manager
3 3 (4.92%) Architect
3 3 (4.92%) Coordinator
3 3 (4.92%) Operations Manager
3 3 (4.92%) Security Architect
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Information Architect
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 2 (3.28%) Information Architect
4 2 (3.28%) Information Security Architect
5 1 (1.64%) Analyst
5 1 (1.64%) Data Analytics Analyst
5 1 (1.64%) Lead
5 1 (1.64%) Lead Product Manager
5 1 (1.64%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (1.64%) Principal Architect
5 1 (1.64%) Principal Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 49 (80.33%) FMCG
2 3 (4.92%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (85.25%) Project Delivery
2 51 (83.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 49 (80.33%) Commercialisation
3 49 (80.33%) Community of Practice
3 49 (80.33%) Project Management
4 42 (68.85%) Chemistry
5 7 (11.48%) Coaching
5 7 (11.48%) Experimental Design
6 6 (9.84%) Customer Experience
7 5 (8.20%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (6.56%) Risk Management
9 3 (4.92%) Budgeting
9 3 (4.92%) Client Onboarding
9 3 (4.92%) CRM
9 3 (4.92%) Customer Service
9 3 (4.92%) Information Security
9 3 (4.92%) Performance Management
9 3 (4.92%) SABSA
9 3 (4.92%) Security Architecture
9 3 (4.92%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (80.33%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) CISM
2 2 (3.28%) CISSP
2 2 (3.28%) DBS Check
2 2 (3.28%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) GDPR
2 2 (3.28%) GRC
3 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.64%) NCSC
3 1 (1.64%) NIST
3 1 (1.64%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (4.92%) SAP
2 1 (1.64%) Google