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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 58 29
Rank change year-on-year +47 -29 +10
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 99 33 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 9.78% 2.96% 5.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.04% 3.56% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 28
10th Percentile £24,500 £48,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,838 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,154 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.84% +78.16% +1.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £87,188 £59,063
90th Percentile £82,241 £97,500 £70,191
England median annual salary £61,240 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.56% +5.83% -

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 822 928 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 81.23% 83.15% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 540 437 411
10th Percentile £25,191 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £84,235 £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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +24 59 £77,217 +11.41% 3
Tyne and Wear +25 40 £58,750 -28.79% 23
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 (1.01%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.10%) Power Platform
2 7 (7.07%) Azure
3 5 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (4.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.02%) AWS
5 2 (2.02%) GCP
5 2 (2.02%) Google Docs
5 2 (2.02%) SaaS
6 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.01%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.01%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.01%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.10%) Power BI
2 5 (5.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (5.05%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.02%) Power Query
4 2 (2.02%) Tableau
5 1 (1.01%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.01%) Spark SQL
General
1 62 (62.63%) Manufacturing
2 58 (58.59%) Finance
2 58 (58.59%) Marketing
3 21 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (21.21%) Social Skills
4 10 (10.10%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.04%) Legal
7 3 (3.03%) Billing
7 3 (3.03%) Law
8 2 (2.02%) Advertising
8 2 (2.02%) Games
8 2 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (62.63%) Development Manager
2 57 (57.58%) Product Manager
3 56 (56.57%) Product Development Manager
4 10 (10.10%) Architect
5 6 (6.06%) Senior
5 6 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.05%) Analyst
7 3 (3.03%) Coordinator
7 3 (3.03%) Data Analytics Analyst
8 2 (2.02%) Account Manager
8 2 (2.02%) Business Manager
8 2 (2.02%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (2.02%) Information Architect
8 2 (2.02%) Insight Manager
8 2 (2.02%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.02%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (2.02%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.02%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 56 (56.57%) FMCG
2 9 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.06%) Learning Management System
3 6 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.04%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.03%) EPoS
6 2 (2.02%) Digital Media
6 2 (2.02%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.01%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (68.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 63 (63.64%) Project Management
3 59 (59.60%) Project Delivery
4 56 (56.57%) Commercialisation
4 56 (56.57%) Community of Practice
5 49 (49.49%) Chemistry
6 17 (17.17%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (13.13%) Analytics
7 13 (13.13%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (12.12%) Process Improvement
9 10 (10.10%) AI
9 10 (10.10%) Coaching
10 8 (8.08%) Strategic Thinking
11 7 (7.07%) Customer Experience
11 7 (7.07%) Data Analysis
11 7 (7.07%) Experimental Design
12 6 (6.06%) Customer Insight
12 6 (6.06%) Logistics
12 6 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.10%) SQL
2 4 (4.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (61.62%) Degree
2 9 (9.09%) CIPD
3 2 (2.02%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.02%) CISM
3 2 (2.02%) CISSP
3 2 (2.02%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.02%) MCP
3 2 (2.02%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.02%) PMP
3 2 (2.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.02%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (2.02%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.02%) GRC
1 2 (2.02%) PMO
2 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 19770
Vendors
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.03%) Google
2 3 (3.03%) SAP
2 3 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.02%) Anaplan
3 2 (2.02%) Genesys
3 2 (2.02%) iManage
3 2 (2.02%) Verint
4 1 (1.01%) Snow