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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 34 20
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 +50
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 24 21 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 6.28% 2.87% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.89% 4.90% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 14 14 24
10th Percentile - - £33,186
25th Percentile - £36,250 £42,917
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £15,423 £52,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -70.76% -1.86% +26.45%
75th Percentile £48,552 £81,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £48,750 - £100,079
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +12.90%

All Process and 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 304 429 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 79.58% 58.69% 93.11%
Number of salaries quoted 153 240 271
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,574 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.87% +3.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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
Taunton +5 9 £15,423 - 2
Yeovil +8 4 - -
Bath -5 2 £87,500 +12.90% 13
Weston-super-Mare - 2 £45,000 -
Bridgwater - 1 - - 1
Castle Cary - 1 - -
Portishead - 1 £47,021 -
Decision-Making
South West

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) AutoCAD
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.33%) Tableau
3 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.17%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Marketing
1 10 (41.67%) Retail
2 8 (33.33%) Brand Awareness
3 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (16.67%) Business Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Applications Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Data Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Data Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Insight Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Product Owner
4 1 (4.17%) Report Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Insight Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Snowflake Data Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Snowflake Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Software Assurance Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) FMCG
2 4 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.17%) Cybercrime
4 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.83%) Analytics
4 4 (16.67%) Business Development
5 3 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (12.50%) Logistics
5 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
6 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (8.33%) Data Strategy
6 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
6 2 (8.33%) Predictive Analytics
6 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (4.17%) Business Analytics
7 1 (4.17%) Customer Insight
7 1 (4.17%) Data Analytics
7 1 (4.17%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Databricks