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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 63
Rank change year-on-year -1 +35 -33
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 178 61 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 5.04% 6.21% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 7.57% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 140 8 10
10th Percentile £35,000 - £34,733
25th Percentile £42,500 £24,500 £38,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £76,109 £53,600
Median % change year-on-year -31.02% +41.99% +30.73%
75th Percentile £78,188 £85,000 £59,087
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,533 £73,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -3.45%

All Process & 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 2,524 806 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.50% 82.08% 79.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 486 589
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,087 £25,602
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,204 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -7.61% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £59,652 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £74,629 £79,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend 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 5 October 2026.

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 5 October 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 +17 149 £55,000 +120.00% 106
Durham -14 25 £42,000 -47.50% 20
Northumberland - 3 £55,000 - 14
Cleveland - 1 £54,000 - 4
Decision-Making
England

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 8 (4.49%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (3.37%) Confluence
3 5 (2.81%) Apache
3 5 (2.81%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.69%) Jupyter
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (10.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.81%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.12%) CATIA
4 2 (1.12%) Siemens NX
4 2 (1.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.12%) iTrent
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.47%) AWS
2 18 (10.11%) Azure
3 15 (8.43%) Power Platform
4 11 (6.18%) GCP
5 9 (5.06%) Google Analytics
5 9 (5.06%) SaaS
6 8 (4.49%) Amazon S3
6 8 (4.49%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (4.49%) Serverless
7 7 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.81%) Amazon EMR
9 5 (2.81%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.69%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (1.12%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.12%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.56%) dbt
12 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.56%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.25%) Broadband
2 3 (1.69%) LAN
2 3 (1.69%) WAN
3 1 (0.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.43%) Power BI
2 12 (6.74%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (5.06%) Looker
4 6 (3.37%) Big Data
4 6 (3.37%) BigQuery
4 6 (3.37%) Metadata
5 5 (2.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (2.25%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.69%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.69%) Spark SQL
7 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.69%) Tableau
8 2 (1.12%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.56%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.56%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 11 (6.18%) Git
2 6 (3.37%) JIRA
3 3 (1.69%) GitLab
4 2 (1.12%) MLflow
General
1 93 (52.25%) Social Skills
2 50 (28.09%) Public Sector
3 45 (25.28%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (19.66%) Finance
5 22 (12.36%) Manufacturing
6 20 (11.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (9.55%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (7.30%) Electronics
8 13 (7.30%) Legal
9 12 (6.74%) Marketing
10 9 (5.06%) Retail
11 8 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (4.49%) Tech for Good
12 7 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.25%) Banking
13 4 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.12%) Advertising
14 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.12%) Law
14 2 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 32 (17.98%) Senior
2 26 (14.61%) Lead
3 22 (12.36%) Analyst
4 20 (11.24%) Data Engineer
5 19 (10.67%) Architect
6 15 (8.43%) Developer
7 11 (6.18%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (6.18%) Senior Architect
8 10 (5.62%) Business Analyst
8 10 (5.62%) Sales Executive
8 10 (5.62%) Software Manager
8 10 (5.62%) Software Team Leader
8 10 (5.62%) Team Leader
9 9 (5.06%) Technical Architect
10 8 (4.49%) Senior Technical Architect
11 7 (3.93%) Business Manager
11 7 (3.93%) Enterprise Architect
11 7 (3.93%) MI Developer
11 7 (3.93%) Service Manager
12 6 (3.37%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.93%) .NET
1 7 (3.93%) CSS
1 7 (3.93%) HTML
2 6 (3.37%) LangChain
2 6 (3.37%) PySpark
3 4 (2.25%) Flask
3 4 (2.25%) LlamaIndex
4 3 (1.69%) React
4 3 (1.69%) Terraform
5 2 (1.12%) Node.js
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.12%) React Native
5 2 (1.12%) REST
5 2 (1.12%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.56%) Spring
6 1 (0.56%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.56%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.87%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (6.74%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.18%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (5.06%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.49%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.25%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.25%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.25%) Life Science
8 4 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.69%) CCTV
9 3 (1.69%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.12%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.12%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (32.58%) Mentoring
2 53 (29.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 48 (26.97%) Coaching
4 44 (24.72%) Agile
4 44 (24.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 40 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (20.22%) Analytics
8 25 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (12.92%) AI
9 23 (12.92%) CI/CD
9 23 (12.92%) Project Delivery
9 23 (12.92%) Roadmaps
10 21 (11.80%) Data Pipeline
11 20 (11.24%) Data Engineering
11 20 (11.24%) Data Modelling
12 19 (10.67%) Software Engineering
13 17 (9.55%) Business Strategy
14 16 (8.99%) Strategic Thinking
14 16 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 38 (21.35%) SQL
2 37 (20.79%) Python
3 11 (6.18%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.93%) C#
4 7 (3.93%) Java
5 3 (1.69%) Bash
5 3 (1.69%) C++
6 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (12.36%) Degree
2 21 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 16 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.93%) ACCA
4 7 (3.93%) CIMA
5 6 (3.37%) CIPD
6 5 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.25%) CCA
8 3 (1.69%) IIBA
9 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.12%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.56%) CBAP
10 1 (0.56%) HNC
10 1 (0.56%) HND
10 1 (0.56%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.24%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.06%) GDPR
2 9 (5.06%) QA
3 4 (2.25%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.74%) Firmware
2 10 (5.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (5.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 15 (8.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.18%) Google
3 8 (4.49%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.81%) HubSpot
5 4 (2.25%) Oracle
5 4 (2.25%) YouTube
6 3 (1.69%) Workday
7 2 (1.12%) BMC
7 2 (1.12%) SAP
7 2 (1.12%) Siemens
8 1 (0.56%) Aderant
8 1 (0.56%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.56%) Apple
8 1 (0.56%) Databricks
8 1 (0.56%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.56%) Pega
8 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.56%) Splunk