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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 52 28
Rank change year-on-year +45 -24 +12
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 111 33 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 10.64% 3.40% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.23% 3.88% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 19 12 28
10th Percentile £38,750 £48,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £52,838 £25,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,154 £42,137
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% +71.24% -5.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £87,188 £61,181
90th Percentile £82,792 £97,500 £81,138
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -1.64%

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 839 851 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 80.44% 87.73% 92.56%
Number of salaries quoted 549 384 420
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,075 £28,716
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £75,063
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 24 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 24 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 +23 71 £77,217 +11.41% 7
Tyne and Wear +27 40 £61,250 -25.76% 35
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 (0.90%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.81%) Power Platform
2 7 (6.31%) Azure
3 5 (4.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (3.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.80%) AWS
5 2 (1.80%) GCP
5 2 (1.80%) Google Docs
5 2 (1.80%) SaaS
6 1 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.90%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.90%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.81%) Power BI
2 5 (4.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (4.50%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (3.60%) Tableau
4 2 (1.80%) Power Query
5 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.90%) Spark SQL
General
1 74 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 61 (54.95%) Marketing
3 58 (52.25%) Finance
4 23 (20.72%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
6 12 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.60%) Games
8 4 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.60%) Legal
9 3 (2.70%) Billing
9 3 (2.70%) Law
10 2 (1.80%) Advertising
10 2 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (66.67%) Development Manager
2 60 (54.05%) Product Manager
3 59 (53.15%) Product Development Manager
4 12 (10.81%) Architect
5 8 (7.21%) Senior
6 6 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.50%) Analyst
8 4 (3.60%) Senior Architect
8 4 (3.60%) Senior Manager
9 3 (2.70%) Data Analytics Analyst
10 2 (1.80%) Account Manager
10 2 (1.80%) Commercial Analyst
10 2 (1.80%) Data Scientist
10 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Information Architect
10 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Security Architect
10 2 (1.80%) Information Architect
10 2 (1.80%) Information Security Architect
10 2 (1.80%) Insight Analyst
10 2 (1.80%) Insight Manager
10 2 (1.80%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 59 (53.15%) FMCG
2 15 (13.51%) Learning Management System
3 7 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.60%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.60%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.70%) EPoS
6 2 (1.80%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.80%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.90%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (65.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 68 (61.26%) Project Management
3 62 (55.86%) Project Delivery
4 59 (53.15%) Commercialisation
4 59 (53.15%) Community of Practice
5 52 (46.85%) Chemistry
6 26 (23.42%) Actionable Insight
7 21 (18.92%) Process Improvement
8 15 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (13.51%) Logistics
9 13 (11.71%) Analytics
9 13 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (9.01%) AI
10 10 (9.01%) Coaching
10 10 (9.01%) Strategic Thinking
11 8 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (7.21%) WFM
12 7 (6.31%) Data Analysis
12 7 (6.31%) Experimental Design
13 6 (5.41%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.01%) SQL
2 4 (3.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (59.46%) Degree
2 18 (16.22%) CIPD
3 4 (3.60%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.60%) PMP
4 2 (1.80%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.80%) CISM
4 2 (1.80%) CISSP
4 2 (1.80%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.80%) MCP
4 2 (1.80%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.80%) GRC
1 2 (1.80%) PMO
2 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 19770
Vendors
1 5 (4.50%) ServiceNow
2 4 (3.60%) Anaplan
2 4 (3.60%) Genesys
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.60%) Verint
3 3 (2.70%) Google
4 2 (1.80%) iManage
5 1 (0.90%) SAP
5 1 (0.90%) Snow