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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 57 38
Rank change year-on-year +48 -19 -8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 105 30 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 10.14% 3.12% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.87% 3.53% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 20 11 34
10th Percentile £39,875 £48,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £53,438 £51,475 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +71.13% -9.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £62,060
90th Percentile £77,974 £97,500 £81,138
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%

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 816 851 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.84% 88.55% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 547 369 524
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £29,825
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,896
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.39% -4.21%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £61,299
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £75,000
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 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 7 January 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 7 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
Durham +26 64 £59,609 -13.99% 5
Tyne and Wear +24 41 £62,500 -26.47% 30
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 1 (0.95%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.43%) Power Platform
2 7 (6.67%) Azure
3 5 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (3.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.90%) AWS
5 2 (1.90%) GCP
5 2 (1.90%) Google Docs
6 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.95%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.95%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.95%) PaaS
6 1 (0.95%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.43%) Power BI
2 5 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (3.81%) Tableau
4 2 (1.90%) Power Query
5 1 (0.95%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.95%) Spark SQL
General
1 67 (63.81%) Manufacturing
2 54 (51.43%) Marketing
3 51 (48.57%) Finance
4 23 (21.90%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (19.05%) Social Skills
6 12 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.71%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.81%) Games
8 4 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.81%) Legal
9 3 (2.86%) Law
10 2 (1.90%) Advertising
10 2 (1.90%) Billing
10 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (63.81%) Development Manager
2 53 (50.48%) Product Manager
3 52 (49.52%) Product Development Manager
4 12 (11.43%) Architect
5 8 (7.62%) Senior
6 6 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.76%) Analyst
8 4 (3.81%) Senior Architect
8 4 (3.81%) Senior Manager
9 3 (2.86%) Data Analytics Analyst
9 3 (2.86%) Developer
9 3 (2.86%) Software Developer
10 2 (1.90%) Account Manager
10 2 (1.90%) Business Manager
10 2 (1.90%) Data Analyst
10 2 (1.90%) Information Architect
10 2 (1.90%) Insight Manager
10 2 (1.90%) IT Manager
10 2 (1.90%) Security Architect
10 2 (1.90%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 52 (49.52%) FMCG
2 15 (14.29%) Learning Management System
3 6 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.81%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.86%) EPoS
5 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.90%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.90%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.95%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (62.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (58.10%) Project Management
3 55 (52.38%) Project Delivery
4 52 (49.52%) Chemistry
4 52 (49.52%) Commercialisation
4 52 (49.52%) Community of Practice
5 26 (24.76%) Actionable Insight
6 21 (20.00%) Process Improvement
7 15 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (14.29%) Logistics
8 13 (12.38%) Analytics
8 13 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (9.52%) AI
9 10 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (7.62%) WFM
11 7 (6.67%) Data Analysis
12 6 (5.71%) Six Sigma
12 6 (5.71%) Time Management
12 6 (5.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.52%) SQL
2 4 (3.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (56.19%) Degree
2 18 (17.14%) CIPD
3 4 (3.81%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.81%) PMP
4 2 (1.90%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.90%) CISM
4 2 (1.90%) CISSP
4 2 (1.90%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.90%) MCP
4 2 (1.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (1.90%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.90%) GRC
1 2 (1.90%) PMO
2 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 19770
Vendors
1 5 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 4 (3.81%) Anaplan
2 4 (3.81%) Genesys
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.81%) Verint
3 3 (2.86%) Google
4 2 (1.90%) iManage
5 1 (0.95%) Snow