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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 32 34
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +51
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 24 24 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 5.27% 3.53% 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.52% 5.96% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 15 14 15
10th Percentile - - £38,921
25th Percentile - £36,250 £46,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £15,423 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -71.31% -6.52% +72.74%
75th Percentile £48,750 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,750 - £91,000
South West median annual salary £46,500 £48,750 £49,575
% change year-on-year -4.62% -1.66% +10.17%

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 368 403 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 80.88% 59.26% 92.33%
Number of salaries quoted 187 183 294
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,395 £38,375 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £52,875 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,230 £81,250 £70,875
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

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -3 9 £15,423 - 1
Yeovil +5 3 - -
Bath -9 3 £98,750 +27.42% 11
Weston-super-Mare - 2 £45,000 -
Bridgwater - 1 - - 1
Castle Cary - 1 - -
Portishead - 1 £47,021 - 2
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:

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 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) GCP
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
3 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 11 (45.83%) Marketing
2 10 (41.67%) Retail
3 8 (33.33%) Brand Awareness
4 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.17%) Finance
7 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%) Data Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Head of Applications
4 1 (4.17%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Insight Manager
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
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 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Analytics
3 4 (16.67%) Business Development
3 4 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Logistics
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
5 2 (8.33%) Agile
5 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.33%) Data Strategy
5 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
5 2 (8.33%) Predictive Analytics
5 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.17%) Customer Experience
6 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Databricks