Decision-Making Jobs in the North West

Decision-Making
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 45 93
Rank change year-on-year -52 +48 -12
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 279 436 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.56% 4.19% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 5.17% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 125 317 99
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,125 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,333
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.97% +3.49%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £86,900 £77,828 £81,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% -0.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the North West

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the North West.

Salary trend for Decision-Making in the North West

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the North West

Decision-Making
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Manchester +1 158 £58,252 +22.64% 221
Cumbria -49 33 £55,000 +4.76% 8
Cheshire -32 32 £40,250 -26.82% 49
Lancashire -79 31 £80,100 +60.20% 111
Merseyside +23 24 £45,000 +12.50% 25
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (12.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.43%) IBM Domino
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.72%) CMS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 46 (16.49%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (10.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.36%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) SPSS
4 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (12.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.08%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.72%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.72%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.47%) Azure
2 25 (8.96%) Power Platform
3 15 (5.38%) AWS
4 10 (3.58%) GCP
5 8 (2.87%) SaaS
6 6 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.43%) Cloud Composer
9 3 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.08%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.08%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.36%) Google Data Studio
11 1 (0.36%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.36%) Serverless
11 1 (0.36%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.72%) DNS
1 2 (0.72%) Firewall
1 2 (0.72%) Network Security
1 2 (0.72%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.36%) DHCP
2 1 (0.36%) Internet
2 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.36%) MPLS
2 1 (0.36%) VoIP
2 1 (0.36%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.60%) Power BI
2 14 (5.02%) Tableau
3 7 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.51%) GIS
4 4 (1.43%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.08%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.08%) Looker
5 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.08%) Power Query
5 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.72%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.72%) Metadata
6 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) Big Data
7 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (1.79%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) Git
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.72%) WaveMaker
3 1 (0.36%) ESLint
3 1 (0.36%) Storybook
3 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 153 (54.84%) Finance
2 132 (47.31%) Social Skills
3 92 (32.97%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (18.64%) Marketing
5 37 (13.26%) Legal
6 23 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (6.45%) Banking
8 13 (4.66%) Electronics
8 13 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.23%) Retail
10 6 (2.15%) Law
10 6 (2.15%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.43%) Arabic Language
12 4 (1.43%) German Language
12 4 (1.43%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.43%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.72%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (22.22%) Analyst
2 33 (11.83%) Customer Executive
3 24 (8.60%) Lead
4 23 (8.24%) Financial Analyst
4 23 (8.24%) Senior
5 16 (5.73%) Administrator
5 16 (5.73%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 16 (5.73%) Systems Administrator
5 16 (5.73%) Systems Analyst
6 15 (5.38%) Developer
7 14 (5.02%) Product Manager
8 13 (4.66%) Vendor Manager
9 12 (4.30%) Risk Manager
10 10 (3.58%) Architect
11 9 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Software Assurance Engineer
12 7 (2.51%) Business Analyst
12 7 (2.51%) Data Analyst
13 6 (2.15%) Insight Analyst
13 6 (2.15%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.51%) Spring
1 7 (2.51%) Spring Boot
2 6 (2.15%) .NET
3 5 (1.79%) CSS
3 5 (1.79%) HTML
3 5 (1.79%) RESTful
4 4 (1.43%) .NET Core
4 4 (1.43%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.08%) CSS3
5 3 (1.08%) HTML5
6 2 (0.72%) Hibernate
6 2 (0.72%) Next.js
6 2 (0.72%) REST
7 1 (0.36%) Jest
7 1 (0.36%) JWT
7 1 (0.36%) MassTransit
7 1 (0.36%) Material-UI
7 1 (0.36%) MediatR
7 1 (0.36%) Plotly
7 1 (0.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.96%) Social Media
2 23 (8.24%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.02%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (4.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (2.15%) NHS
7 4 (1.43%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.08%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.08%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.72%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.36%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.36%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (0.36%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.36%) Online Banking
10 1 (0.36%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.53%) Windows
2 17 (6.09%) Windows Vista
3 2 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (27.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 66 (23.66%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 53 (19.00%) Agile
5 49 (17.56%) Process Improvement
6 47 (16.85%) Contract Negotiation
7 46 (16.49%) Analytics
8 45 (16.13%) ERP
9 41 (14.70%) Business Intelligence
10 38 (13.62%) Business Development
11 34 (12.19%) Risk Management
12 33 (11.83%) Budgeting
13 32 (11.47%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (11.47%) Financial Analysis
14 30 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (10.04%) Visualisation
16 26 (9.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 25 (8.96%) Roadmaps
18 22 (7.89%) Coaching
19 21 (7.53%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.89%) Python
2 21 (7.53%) SQL
3 9 (3.23%) Java
3 9 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.15%) C#
5 5 (1.79%) PHP
6 3 (1.08%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.08%) R
6 3 (1.08%) VBA
7 2 (0.72%) Bash
7 2 (0.72%) Go
8 1 (0.36%) C
8 1 (0.36%) C++
8 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.36%) VB
8 1 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (32.97%) Degree
2 58 (20.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 42 (15.05%) ACCA
3 42 (15.05%) CIMA
4 31 (11.11%) DBS Check
5 23 (8.24%) Master's Degree
6 16 (5.73%) CCAB
7 13 (4.66%) CRISC
8 5 (1.79%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.43%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.72%) CBAP
12 1 (0.36%) CISSP
12 1 (0.36%) MBA
12 1 (0.36%) MCP
12 1 (0.36%) MCSA
12 1 (0.36%) MCSE
12 1 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.85%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.66%) COBIT
3 11 (3.94%) QA
4 8 (2.87%) ITGC
5 7 (2.51%) NIST
6 6 (2.15%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.08%) NCSC
9 2 (0.72%) GAAP
9 2 (0.72%) IFRS
10 1 (0.36%) GDPR
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.36%) PERC
System Software
1 5 (1.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.72%) Ansible
2 2 (0.72%) Kibana
2 2 (0.72%) Terraform
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.36%) Grafana
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (15.05%) SAP
2 37 (13.26%) Salesforce
3 31 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.94%) Google
5 6 (2.15%) Cognos
6 4 (1.43%) Oracle
6 4 (1.43%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.72%) Cisco
7 2 (0.72%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.72%) Infor
8 1 (0.36%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.36%) IBM
8 1 (0.36%) Informatica
8 1 (0.36%) Instagram
8 1 (0.36%) McAfee
8 1 (0.36%) Planview
8 1 (0.36%) Samsung
8 1 (0.36%) Symantec
8 1 (0.36%) VMware