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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 248 350
Rank change year-on-year -90 +102 +51
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 619 584 478
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 1.19% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 1.34% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 397 251 270
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,410 £41,263
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £51,203
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,750 £105,000
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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,115 43,732 58,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.39% 88.90% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 59,537 24,546 31,188
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend

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

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 14 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 14 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 -55 557 £55,000 -8.33% 710
UK excluding London -112 396 £52,500 -4.55% 338
Work from Home +13 189 £52,500 -19.23% 309
London -23 173 £77,500 - 402
North of England +44 168 £42,500 -22.73% 68
North West +23 99 £47,500 -13.64% 32
Midlands -11 88 £51,356 -8.70% 55
South East -129 65 £65,000 +17.12% 92
West Midlands -10 55 £51,356 -10.69% 27
Yorkshire +9 53 £42,500 -19.05% 26
East of England -16 33 £60,000 +39.26% 37
East Midlands -24 33 £52,500 +14.75% 28
South West -61 24 £65,000 +13.54% 31
North East -56 16 £52,500 -8.70% 10
Scotland -57 11 £55,000 +0.26% 30
Wales -71 7 £53,171 -11.38% 17

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 19 (3.07%) Confluence
2 6 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.48%) Apache
3 3 (0.48%) CMS
3 3 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.29%) Notion
3 5 (0.81%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.13%) Actimize
3 5 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.65%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.65%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.48%) FastStats
5 3 (0.48%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 136 (21.97%) Power Platform
2 92 (14.86%) Azure
3 62 (10.02%) AWS
4 38 (6.14%) SaaS
5 36 (5.82%) GCP
6 27 (4.36%) Snowflake
7 25 (4.04%) Google Analytics
8 22 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (3.07%) Serverless
10 16 (2.58%) dbt
11 15 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (2.10%) GitHub
14 12 (1.94%) Copilot Studio
15 11 (1.78%) Anthropic Claude
15 11 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
16 10 (1.62%) Google Tag Manager
17 9 (1.45%) Entra ID
17 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.13%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.97%) DNS
2 6 (0.97%) Internet
2 6 (0.97%) SSL
2 6 (0.97%) VPN
3 5 (0.81%) WebEx
4 3 (0.48%) Intranet
5 2 (0.32%) 5G
5 2 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.16%) Firewall
6 1 (0.16%) GoToMeeting
6 1 (0.16%) MQTT
6 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (21.97%) Power BI
2 70 (11.31%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (6.30%) Tableau
4 28 (4.52%) BigQuery
5 27 (4.36%) Looker
6 22 (3.55%) Power Query
7 21 (3.39%) Data Lake
8 19 (3.07%) Relational Database
9 15 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.94%) Metadata
12 12 (1.94%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.29%) Star Schema
15 7 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.97%) Redis
17 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
17 5 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 39 (6.30%) JIRA
2 19 (3.07%) Git
3 12 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.65%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.48%) Postman
5 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 215 (34.73%) Finance
2 213 (34.41%) Analytical Skills
3 187 (30.21%) Social Skills
4 82 (13.25%) Marketing
5 75 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (10.82%) Public Sector
7 65 (10.50%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (6.62%) Retail
9 37 (5.98%) Banking
9 37 (5.98%) Law
10 31 (5.01%) Manufacturing
11 29 (4.68%) Legal
12 22 (3.55%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.58%) Aerospace
15 13 (2.10%) Back Office
15 13 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.94%) Electronics
16 12 (1.94%) Military
17 10 (1.62%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 112 (18.09%) Analyst
2 77 (12.44%) Senior
3 64 (10.34%) Lead
4 44 (7.11%) Data Analyst
5 29 (4.68%) Data Engineer
6 27 (4.36%) Analytics Manager
6 27 (4.36%) Developer
7 26 (4.20%) Architect
8 25 (4.04%) Software Engineer
9 24 (3.88%) Product Owner
9 24 (3.88%) Senior Manager
10 22 (3.55%) Data Architect
10 22 (3.55%) IT Manager
10 22 (3.55%) IT Services Manager
10 22 (3.55%) Service Manager
11 17 (2.75%) Data Manager
11 17 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (2.42%) Principal Engineer
14 14 (2.26%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.98%) Kafka
2 24 (3.88%) Spring
3 19 (3.07%) Terraform
4 12 (1.94%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.45%) .NET
5 9 (1.45%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.45%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.45%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (1.45%) ASP.NET Web API
5 9 (1.45%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.45%) React
6 7 (1.13%) RESTful
7 6 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.97%) Keycloak
8 5 (0.81%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.81%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.81%) Streamlit
8 5 (0.81%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.65%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.65%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.75%) Product Ownership
2 39 (6.30%) Cloud Native
3 31 (5.01%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.42%) Algorithms
6 15 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.62%) FMCG
9 10 (1.62%) Replication
10 9 (1.45%) Blog
10 9 (1.45%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.29%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.29%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (1.13%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.29%) Linux
2 6 (0.97%) Windows
3 3 (0.48%) Android
3 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (73.02%) Decision-Making
2 254 (41.03%) Analytics
3 178 (28.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 175 (28.27%) AI
5 164 (26.49%) Business Intelligence
6 152 (24.56%) Agile
7 141 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
8 139 (22.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (18.09%) Roadmaps
10 98 (15.83%) Mentoring
11 97 (15.67%) Data Modelling
12 95 (15.35%) Data Governance
13 84 (13.57%) Visualisation
14 83 (13.41%) Actionable Insight
15 68 (10.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 64 (10.34%) Change Management
17 62 (10.02%) Data Science
18 61 (9.85%) ETL
18 61 (9.85%) Workflow
19 60 (9.69%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 157 (25.36%) SQL
2 102 (16.48%) Python
3 31 (5.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (4.04%) Java
5 20 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.42%) R
6 15 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.94%) C#
8 9 (1.45%) Kotlin
9 6 (0.97%) Bash
9 6 (0.97%) Groovy
10 4 (0.65%) Scala
11 2 (0.32%) C++
11 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.32%) Ruby
11 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.32%) VBA
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 82 (13.25%) Degree
2 60 (9.69%) Security Cleared
3 52 (8.40%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.26%) ACCA
4 14 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
5 13 (2.10%) CIMA
6 12 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.45%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.97%) CREST Certified
9 6 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.65%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.48%) CSPO
11 3 (0.48%) PhD
11 3 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.32%) HNC
12 2 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (15.83%) Data Quality
2 49 (7.92%) GDPR
3 41 (6.62%) QA
4 32 (5.17%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
5 11 (1.78%) GRC
6 8 (1.29%) SLA
7 6 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.48%) AQAP
9 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (2.42%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) IAG
4 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.97%) Grafana
2 6 (0.97%) Prometheus
2 6 (0.97%) Rancher
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 100 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.79%) Google
3 32 (5.17%) SAP
4 23 (3.72%) Databricks
5 18 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.58%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.94%) Oracle
8 11 (1.78%) Workday
9 10 (1.62%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.45%) Foundry
11 8 (1.29%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.13%) YouTube
13 4 (0.65%) Cisco
13 4 (0.65%) Concur
13 4 (0.65%) Freshdesk
13 4 (0.65%) Okta
13 4 (0.65%) Splunk
13 4 (0.65%) TikTok
14 3 (0.48%) NCR
14 3 (0.48%) Veritas