Decision-Making Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Decision-Making
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 32 49
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 -17
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 16 19 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 3.95% 4.26% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 4.94% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 2
10th Percentile - £32,250 £36,625
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,125 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +7.43% -36.36%
75th Percentile £48,125 £72,438 £49,063
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,250 £51,875
East Midlands median annual salary £45,390 £56,700 £28,000
% change year-on-year -19.95% +102.50% -55.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 318 385 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 78.52% 86.32% 87.26%
Number of salaries quoted 223 146 300
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,125 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,625
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Northamptonshire

Decision-Making
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Northampton -17 9 £45,000 -4.26% 31
Towcester - 1 £47,500 -
Wellingborough - 1 £27,000 -
Kettering - 1 - - 1
Decision-Making
East Midlands

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
1 2 (12.50%) Tableau
2 1 (6.25%) Data Mining
2 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.25%) Power Query
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Marketing
2 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
4 4 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (12.50%) Retail
7 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Sales Executive
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Data Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Business Sales Executive
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) HR Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) HR Data Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) New Business Sales Executive
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Telesales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
1 1 (6.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Driving Licence
1 5 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Analytics
1 7 (43.75%) CRM
2 6 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
3 5 (31.25%) B2B
3 5 (31.25%) B2B Sales
3 5 (31.25%) Cyber Resilience
3 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (31.25%) Data Management
4 4 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
4 4 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 3 (18.75%) Data Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) Data Architecture
5 3 (18.75%) Data Strategy
6 2 (12.50%) Business Development
6 2 (12.50%) Coaching
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GDPR
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) Sage