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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 56 43
Rank change year-on-year +46 -13 -8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 108 29 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 9.25% 3.30% 4.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.22% 3.67% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 23 12 50
10th Percentile £42,250 £46,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,654 £43,387
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +49.02% -3.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £60,556
90th Percentile £75,000 £97,500 £80,767
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +16.07% -10.40%

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 884 790 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 75.68% 89.98% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 592 307 869
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,938 £37,789 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,699 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,150 £86,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,206 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.14% +6.45% -8.00%

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 31 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 31 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 +28 64 £59,609 -13.99% 5
Tyne and Wear +21 44 £62,500 -16.67% 26
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 (0.93%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.19%) Power Platform
2 8 (7.41%) Azure
3 5 (4.63%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (2.78%) AWS
6 2 (1.85%) GCP
6 2 (1.85%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.93%) PaaS
7 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.19%) Power BI
2 5 (4.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (4.63%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (3.70%) Tableau
4 2 (1.85%) Power Query
5 1 (0.93%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) Spark SQL
General
1 67 (62.04%) Manufacturing
2 54 (50.00%) Marketing
3 32 (29.63%) Finance
4 23 (21.30%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (18.52%) Social Skills
6 12 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (7.41%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.70%) Games
8 4 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.70%) Legal
9 3 (2.78%) Law
10 2 (1.85%) Advertising
10 2 (1.85%) Billing
10 2 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (62.04%) Development Manager
2 53 (49.07%) Product Manager
3 52 (48.15%) Product Development Manager
4 11 (10.19%) Senior
5 10 (9.26%) Architect
6 7 (6.48%) Senior Manager
7 6 (5.56%) Developer
7 6 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.63%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.70%) Analyst
9 4 (3.70%) Senior Architect
10 3 (2.78%) IT Manager
11 2 (1.85%) Account Manager
11 2 (1.85%) Business Manager
11 2 (1.85%) Data Analyst
11 2 (1.85%) Portfolio Manager
11 2 (1.85%) Project Manager
11 2 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
11 2 (1.85%) Senior Project Manager
11 2 (1.85%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (48.15%) FMCG
2 15 (13.89%) Learning Management System
3 6 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.78%) EPoS
5 3 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.85%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.85%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.93%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (62.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (57.41%) Project Management
3 56 (51.85%) Project Delivery
4 52 (48.15%) Chemistry
4 52 (48.15%) Commercialisation
4 52 (48.15%) Community of Practice
5 25 (23.15%) Actionable Insight
6 21 (19.44%) Process Improvement
7 15 (13.89%) Logistics
8 14 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (11.11%) Analytics
9 12 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (9.26%) AI
11 8 (7.41%) Data Analysis
11 8 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (7.41%) Strategic Thinking
11 8 (7.41%) WFM
12 6 (5.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 6 (5.56%) Time Management
12 6 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.33%) SQL
2 4 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (54.63%) Degree
2 18 (16.67%) CIPD
3 5 (4.63%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.70%) PMP
5 2 (1.85%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.70%) PMO
2 2 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (0.93%) P3O
3 1 (0.93%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (4.63%) ServiceNow
2 4 (3.70%) Anaplan
2 4 (3.70%) Genesys
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.70%) Verint
3 2 (1.85%) Google
3 2 (1.85%) iManage
3 2 (1.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.93%) Snow