Data-Driven Decision Making Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data-Driven Decision Making
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 190 230
Rank change year-on-year +66 +40 +39
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 54 63 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.78% 0.93% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.10% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12 54 4
10th Percentile £36,000 £36,250 £43,348
25th Percentile £45,938 £43,125 £46,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £52,550 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% - +14.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £59,069 £62,831
90th Percentile - £68,750 £74,633
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -19.15% +40.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,830 5,747 5,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.09% 85.19% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,225 4,024 3,153
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in the Thames Valley

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in the Thames Valley

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the Thames Valley

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +58 46 £70,000 +33.21% 14
Buckinghamshire +45 7 £41,250 -21.43% 22
Oxfordshire +31 1 £50,000 +33.33% 9
Data-Driven Decision Making
South East

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.85%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.85%) Notion
2 1 (1.85%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 18 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) AWS
3 4 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.70%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.70%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.85%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.85%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.85%) Miro
6 1 (1.85%) Serverless
6 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) Firewall
1 4 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (7.41%) Network Security
1 4 (7.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) Data Lake
2 6 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (7.41%) Power BI
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.85%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.85%) Apache Iceberg
4 1 (1.85%) Big Data
4 1 (1.85%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.85%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.85%) Impala
4 1 (1.85%) MySQL
4 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.85%) PowerCenter
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) ERwin
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 39 (72.22%) Law
2 17 (31.48%) Finance
2 17 (31.48%) Marketing
3 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Retail
6 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Games
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) Lead
2 16 (29.63%) Data Analytics Director
3 12 (22.22%) Senior
4 3 (5.56%) Analyst
4 3 (5.56%) Data Science Leader
4 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Data Scientist
5 2 (3.70%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (1.85%) Configuration Manager
6 1 (1.85%) Data Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) IT Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Process Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Product Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (1.85%) Technical Manager
6 1 (1.85%) Workflow Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) XML
2 1 (1.85%) CSS
2 1 (1.85%) HTML
2 1 (1.85%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.63%) FMCG
2 13 (24.07%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 4 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.85%) Blog
5 1 (1.85%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Windows
1 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (98.15%) Decision-Making
2 48 (88.89%) Analytics
3 31 (57.41%) Data Governance
3 31 (57.41%) Machine Learning
4 29 (53.70%) Artificial Intelligence
5 27 (50.00%) Business Strategy
6 26 (48.15%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (48.15%) Data Strategy
7 20 (37.04%) Business Transformation
8 16 (29.63%) Data Science
8 16 (29.63%) Strategic Planning
9 15 (27.78%) Data Analytics
10 13 (24.07%) Actionable Insight
10 13 (24.07%) Data Modelling
10 13 (24.07%) Product Management
10 13 (24.07%) Roadmaps
11 12 (22.22%) Data Integration
12 11 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (20.37%) Data Architecture
13 10 (18.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) Python
1 6 (11.11%) SQL
2 3 (5.56%) R
3 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.70%) VB
3 2 (3.70%) VBScript
4 1 (1.85%) Java
4 1 (1.85%) Scala
Qualifications
1 29 (53.70%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (29.63%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Hyper-V
1 4 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.37%) Salesforce
3 10 (18.52%) SAP
4 4 (7.41%) Databricks
4 4 (7.41%) Fortinet
4 4 (7.41%) VMware
5 1 (1.85%) Cloudera
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) Informatica
5 1 (1.85%) Intapp