Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 19 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 3.88% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Data-Driven 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 392 387 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 80.00% 82.52% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 180 161 199
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £75,625 £80,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £79,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 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
County Antrim - 12 £77,500 - 5
County Down - 4 - - 1
Newry - 2 - -
County Armagh - 2 - -
Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (10.53%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Asana
2 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.53%) Azure
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Boomi
4 1 (5.26%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) iPaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Power BI
2 3 (15.79%) Tableau
3 2 (10.53%) DB2
3 2 (10.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Legal
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Games
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Advertising
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Digital Product Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Product Manager
2 7 (36.84%) Coordinator
2 7 (36.84%) Project Coordinator
3 3 (15.79%) Identity Management Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Supply Chain Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (36.84%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
2 2 (10.53%) VSAM
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Agile
1 9 (47.37%) Backlog Management
1 9 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (47.37%) Project Management
2 8 (42.11%) Analytics
2 8 (42.11%) Computer Science
2 8 (42.11%) ITIL
2 8 (42.11%) Product Management
2 8 (42.11%) Product Strategy
2 8 (42.11%) Telematics
3 7 (36.84%) Human-Centred Design
3 7 (36.84%) Logistics
3 7 (36.84%) PRINCE2
3 7 (36.84%) Process Improvement
3 7 (36.84%) Programme Management
3 7 (36.84%) User Experience
3 7 (36.84%) UX Design
4 6 (31.58%) Budget Management
4 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
4 6 (31.58%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) COBOL
1 2 (10.53%) JCL
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) PMI Certification
2 9 (47.37%) PMP
3 7 (36.84%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GMP
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Anaplan
2 2 (10.53%) Genesys
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.53%) Verint
3 1 (5.26%) Databricks
3 1 (5.26%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) SAP