Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends in the South East

Data-Driven Decision Making
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 143 200
Rank change year-on-year -119 +57 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 67 162 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.39% 1.81% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 2.06% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 54 42 111
10th Percentile £37,500 - £38,880
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £44,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,606 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -4.35% +4.66%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,297 7,866 11,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.48% 88.03% 80.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,782 4,199 7,214
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in the South East

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in the South East over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the South East

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Thames Valley -60 39 £50,000 -23.08% 19
Buckinghamshire -11 24 £50,000 - 4
Hampshire -38 13 £65,000 -3.70% 19
Berkshire -52 10 £70,250 +4.07% 9
Oxfordshire -19 5 £45,000 -35.71% 6
Kent -24 4 £80,000 +88.24% 1
Surrey -35 4 £60,000 -5.88% 8
Middlesex +33 3 - - 4
West Sussex -20 2 - - 3
East Sussex - 2 - - 2
Data-Driven Decision Making
England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.99%) SAP BPC
1 2 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.37%) Power Platform
2 6 (8.96%) Azure
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.48%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.99%) AWS
4 2 (2.99%) Azure AI
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (2.99%) Figma
4 2 (2.99%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.49%) dbt
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.49%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (25.37%) Power BI
2 9 (13.43%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (10.45%) Tableau
4 5 (7.46%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.97%) Data Lake
6 3 (4.48%) SAP BW
7 2 (2.99%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (2.99%) Looker
7 2 (2.99%) Power Query
8 1 (1.49%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Git
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 26 (38.81%) Finance
2 21 (31.34%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (23.88%) Social Skills
4 9 (13.43%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (10.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (10.45%) Marketing
6 5 (7.46%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.48%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.48%) Italian Language
8 3 (4.48%) Japanese Language
8 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Retail
10 1 (1.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Data Engineer
2 14 (20.90%) Microsoft Engineer
2 14 (20.90%) Platform Engineer
3 10 (14.93%) Analyst
4 6 (8.96%) Senior
5 4 (5.97%) Architect
5 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Head of Operations
5 4 (5.97%) Product Owner
5 4 (5.97%) Systems Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Analytics Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Data Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) ERP Manager
6 3 (4.48%) IT Technician
6 3 (4.48%) Lead
6 3 (4.48%) Senior Business Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) REST
2 3 (4.48%) AngularJS
2 3 (4.48%) CSS
2 3 (4.48%) HTML
2 3 (4.48%) Middleware
2 3 (4.48%) OAuth
2 3 (4.48%) SAML
2 3 (4.48%) SOAP
3 2 (2.99%) Django
3 2 (2.99%) Flask
3 2 (2.99%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.99%) scikit-learn
3 2 (2.99%) Streamlit
3 2 (2.99%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.49%) .NET
4 1 (1.49%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.49%) gRPC
4 1 (1.49%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Cloud Native
2 8 (11.94%) Product Ownership
2 8 (11.94%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.46%) Private Cloud
4 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.48%) CMDB
5 3 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.48%) TM Forum
6 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.99%) Culture of Ownership
6 2 (2.99%) NHS
7 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.49%) FMCG
7 1 (1.49%) IoT
7 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (91.04%) Decision-Making
2 37 (55.22%) Analytics
3 26 (38.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (37.31%) Business Intelligence
5 20 (29.85%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (26.87%) AI
7 14 (20.90%) Platform Engineering
7 14 (20.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (19.40%) Actionable Insight
8 13 (19.40%) Agile
9 11 (16.42%) CI/CD
9 11 (16.42%) Data Architecture
9 11 (16.42%) Data Engineering
9 11 (16.42%) Data Governance
9 11 (16.42%) ERP
10 9 (13.43%) Commercial Awareness
10 9 (13.43%) Data Pipeline
11 8 (11.94%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
11 8 (11.94%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.91%) SQL
2 8 (11.94%) Python
3 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.49%) C#
5 1 (1.49%) C++
5 1 (1.49%) R
5 1 (1.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (16.42%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) ACCA
2 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.48%) CIMA
2 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.49%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.49%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.97%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.97%) GRC
3 3 (4.48%) SLA
4 2 (2.99%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (5.97%) Terraform
2 3 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (37.31%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) Databricks
2 3 (4.48%) Google
2 3 (4.48%) SAP
2 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.99%) Foundry
3 2 (2.99%) OpenAI
3 2 (2.99%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.49%) Alteryx