Decision-Making Job Trends in Somerset

Decision-Making
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 38 46
Rank change year-on-year -22 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 11 3 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.36% 1.18% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.27% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 16
10th Percentile £38,047 £43,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,563 £46,125 £36,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% +3.00% +18.34%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,125 £52,813
90th Percentile £91,500 £58,450 £55,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 597 236 537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 73.79% 92.91% 73.66%
Number of salaries quoted 270 140 434
10th Percentile £27,450 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,141 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +20.31% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £56,938
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £65,000
South West median annual salary £54,000 £52,600 £50,500
% change year-on-year +2.66% +4.16% -3.81%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Somerset

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Somerset over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in Somerset

Decision-Making
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Taunton - 4 £60,000 -
Bath -18 2 £68,750 +59.88% 8
Portishead - 2 £47,500 -
Decision-Making
South West

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon OpenSearch
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Storage
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Looker
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Database
2 2 (18.18%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Account Executive
2 2 (18.18%) Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Customer Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) DBA
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Senior DBA
3 1 (9.09%) Commercial Executive
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (18.18%) Replication
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
2 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (27.27%) Business Development
2 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) High Availability
2 3 (27.27%) Hydrography
3 2 (18.18%) AI
3 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Database Security
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (18.18%) User Experience
4 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Observability
4 1 (9.09%) RBAC
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Go
2 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Data Guard
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) HubSpot
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle