Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	351	245	352
Rank change year-on-year	-106	+107	+33
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making	627	579	468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.52%	1.18%	0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.71%	1.33%	0.82%
Number of salaries quoted	396	242	260
10^th Percentile	£36,875	£38,410	£41,263
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£45,000	£50,136
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£59,185	£62,500
Median % change year-on-year	-7.07%	-5.30%	+19.05%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£80,000	£90,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£108,125	£102,710
UK excluding London median annual salary	£52,500	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.55%	-8.33%	+28.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	88,786	43,536	56,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.55%	88.40%	82.37%
Number of salaries quoted	60,234	24,785	30,358
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,854	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,500	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+18.28%	-13.89%	+1.89%

Data-Driven Decision Making Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data-Driven Decision Making Salary Trend

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

Data-Driven Decision Making Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 23 October 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
England	-67	566	£56,210	-6.32%	803
UK excluding London	-136	400	£52,500	-4.55%	365
Work from Home	0	193	£52,500	-19.23%	385
London	-39	178	£75,000	-6.25%	468
North of England	+37	169	£45,010	-18.16%	74
North West	+24	101	£50,000	-9.09%	42
Midlands	-25	89	£51,356	-8.70%	61
South East	-154	67	£65,000	+17.12%	89
West Midlands	-23	54	£51,356	-10.69%	32
Yorkshire	+8	52	£42,500	-22.73%	25
East Midlands	-23	35	£52,500	+16.67%	29
East of England	-25	33	£60,000	+25.00%	42
South West	-69	24	£65,000	+19.27%	33
North East	-	16	£52,500	-	7
Scotland	-59	12	£55,000	+0.26%	38
Wales	-69	6	£53,171	-18.20%	18

Data-Driven Decision Making Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, job vacancies citing Data-Driven Decision Making also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Data-Driven Decision Making.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Decision-Making	73.4%	460
2	Analytics	40.8%	256
3	Continuous Improvement	29.7%	186
4	AI	28.7%	180
5	Business Intelligence	27.8%	174
6	SQL	25.2%	158
7	Agile	24.2%	152
8	Power BI	23.3%	146
8	Power Platform	23.3%	146
8	Problem-Solving	23.3%	146
8	Stakeholder Management	23.3%	146
12	Roadmaps	18.5%	116
13	Microsoft	17.1%	107
14	Mentoring	16.3%	102
15	Data Quality	15.6%	98
15	Python	15.6%	98
17	Data Modelling	15.3%	96
18	Data Governance	15.0%	94
19	Azure	14.5%	91
20	Visualisation	13.9%	87
21	Actionable Insight	13.6%	85
22	Degree	12.9%	81
23	Stakeholder Engagement	11.6%	73
24	Data Warehouse	11.3%	71
25	AWS	10.0%	63
25	Data Engineering	10.0%	63
27	Change Management	9.9%	62
27	Security Cleared	9.9%	62
29	Data Science	9.7%	61
29	ETL	9.7%	61

Data-Driven Decision Making Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Decision-Making	73.4%	460
2	Analytics	40.8%	256
3	Continuous Improvement	29.7%	186
4	AI	28.7%	180
5	Business Intelligence	27.8%	174
6	Agile	24.2%	152
7	Problem-Solving	23.3%	146
7	Stakeholder Management	23.3%	146
9	Roadmaps	18.5%	116
10	Mentoring	16.3%	102
11	Data Modelling	15.3%	96
12	Data Governance	15.0%	94
13	Visualisation	13.9%	87
14	Actionable Insight	13.6%	85
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.6%	73
16	Data Engineering	10.0%	63
17	Change Management	9.9%	62
18	Data Science	9.7%	61
18	ETL	9.7%	61
20	Coaching	9.4%	59