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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 65 27
Rank change year-on-year +45 -38 +29
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 75 28 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 7.00% 2.17% 6.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.57% 2.75% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 31
10th Percentile £24,500 £41,825 -
25th Percentile £39,688 £48,125 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,600 £39,794
Median % change year-on-year +16.60% +34.69% -0.52%
75th Percentile £78,685 £76,546 £60,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,875 £81,138
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year - +0.75% -0.74%

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 875 1,018 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 81.70% 78.98% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 566 494 407
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,972 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,875 £48,387 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% -3.23% -
75th Percentile £59,913 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 4 November 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 4 November 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 48 £78,609 +38.64% 6
Tyne and Wear +22 27 £61,250 -25.76% 44
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 (1.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) Azure
2 6 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.67%) AWS
5 2 (2.67%) GCP
5 2 (2.67%) SaaS
6 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.33%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.33%) Google Docs
6 1 (1.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.00%) Power BI
2 5 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.33%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.33%) Spark SQL
General
1 58 (77.33%) Finance
2 50 (66.67%) Marketing
3 49 (65.33%) Manufacturing
4 16 (21.33%) Social Skills
5 11 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.67%) Legal
6 5 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.00%) Billing
8 3 (4.00%) Law
9 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Advertising
10 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 49 (65.33%) Development Manager
2 49 (65.33%) Product Development Manager
3 7 (9.33%) Architect
4 4 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (4.00%) Analyst
5 3 (4.00%) Coordinator
5 3 (4.00%) Security Architect
6 2 (2.67%) Business Manager
6 2 (2.67%) Commercial Analyst
6 2 (2.67%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (2.67%) Enterprise Information Architect
6 2 (2.67%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 2 (2.67%) Information Architect
6 2 (2.67%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (2.67%) Insight Analyst
6 2 (2.67%) Insight Manager
7 1 (1.33%) Data Scientist
7 1 (1.33%) IT Manager
7 1 (1.33%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 49 (65.33%) FMCG
2 7 (9.33%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.67%) EPoS
5 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.33%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.33%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (73.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (70.67%) Project Delivery
3 52 (69.33%) Project Management
4 49 (65.33%) Commercialisation
4 49 (65.33%) Community of Practice
5 42 (56.00%) Chemistry
6 9 (12.00%) Analytics
6 9 (12.00%) Coaching
6 9 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (9.33%) Experimental Design
9 6 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (8.00%) Customer Experience
10 5 (6.67%) AI
10 5 (6.67%) Data Analysis
10 5 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (6.67%) TOGAF
10 5 (6.67%) Visualisation
11 4 (5.33%) Customer Insight
11 4 (5.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.33%) SQL
2 4 (5.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (2.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (69.33%) Degree
2 2 (2.67%) CIPD
2 2 (2.67%) CISM
2 2 (2.67%) CISSP
2 2 (2.67%) DBS Check
2 2 (2.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 2 (2.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (1.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.33%) MCP
3 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (2.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.67%) GRC
2 1 (1.33%) GDPR
2 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.33%) NCSC
2 1 (1.33%) NIST
2 1 (1.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (4.00%) SAP
2 2 (2.67%) Google
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.33%) iManage
3 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.33%) Snow