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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 190 424
Rank change year-on-year -109 +234 +45
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 551 685 562
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.65% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.78% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 339 322 417
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,104 £51,250 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 £78,410
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +4.55% -8.33%

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 64,759 38,558 80,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.53% 92.98% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,875 22,521 59,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

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 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Top 17 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 16 April 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 -107 458 £60,000 -4.00% 302
UK excluding London -65 348 £58,500 +1.74% 224
London -65 156 £70,000 -6.67% 110
Work from Home -45 137 £66,500 +15.65% 92
North of England -43 124 £60,000 +4.35% 63
North West -13 89 £60,000 +4.35% 31
Midlands -59 68 £57,500 - 41
South East -69 55 £50,000 -13.04% 53
West Midlands -35 50 £57,500 - 20
Scotland -27 36 £35,250 -67.95% 6
Yorkshire -53 26 £83,750 +45.65% 23
East of England -26 22 £55,000 +2.33% 27
South West -84 19 £70,000 +39.30% 29
East Midlands -48 18 £48,616 -15.45% 21
Northern Ireland - 18 £77,500 - 4
North East -28 9 £67,749 +17.82% 9
Wales -23 8 £42,500 -46.88% 6

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 21 (3.81%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.54%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.36%) CMS
4 11 (2.00%) Apache
5 10 (1.81%) Confluence
5 10 (1.81%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.91%) IIS
6 5 (0.91%) nginx
6 5 (0.91%) SAS
7 4 (0.73%) Appian
7 4 (0.73%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.36%) CICS
8 2 (0.36%) MTS
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.27%) Trello
3 5 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (0.91%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.81%) SAP PM
2 9 (1.63%) Shopify
3 6 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.36%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (21.42%) Power Platform
2 86 (15.61%) Azure
3 62 (11.25%) AWS
4 36 (6.53%) SaaS
5 27 (4.90%) GCP
6 23 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 17 (3.09%) GitHub
8 13 (2.36%) Amazon S3
9 10 (1.81%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (1.63%) Asana
10 9 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.63%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.45%) Google Analytics
11 8 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.45%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.45%) Serverless
12 7 (1.27%) dbt
13 6 (1.09%) Figma
13 6 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.27%) Broadband
2 6 (1.09%) Wireless
3 3 (0.54%) Modbus
3 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.36%) Intranet
5 1 (0.18%) 5G
5 1 (0.18%) ADSL
5 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (21.42%) Power BI
2 71 (12.89%) Tableau
3 41 (7.44%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (4.54%) Metadata
5 23 (4.17%) SQL Server
6 20 (3.63%) Power Query
7 19 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (2.72%) Big Data
9 13 (2.36%) Data Lake
10 12 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (2.00%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (1.81%) Apache Iceberg
13 9 (1.63%) Amazon QuickSight
13 9 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (1.63%) Relational Database
14 8 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (1.27%) Hadoop
15 7 (1.27%) MySQL
15 7 (1.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (5.63%) JIRA
2 21 (3.81%) Git
2 21 (3.81%) Postman
3 7 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.91%) MSI
4 5 (0.91%) Vite
5 4 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.36%) MLflow
6 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 219 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 210 (38.11%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (21.60%) Finance
4 66 (11.98%) Marketing
5 65 (11.80%) Law
6 36 (6.53%) Legal
7 31 (5.63%) Retail
8 30 (5.44%) Telecoms
9 29 (5.26%) Games
10 28 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (4.90%) Public Sector
12 26 (4.72%) Military
12 26 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (4.17%) Back Office
13 23 (4.17%) Manufacturing
14 18 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.72%) Banking
15 15 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.63%) Billing
17 8 (1.45%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 113 (20.51%) Senior
2 95 (17.24%) Analyst
3 88 (15.97%) Lead
4 53 (9.62%) Data Engineer
5 38 (6.90%) Senior Manager
6 35 (6.35%) Data Analyst
7 32 (5.81%) Architect
8 23 (4.17%) Developer
9 20 (3.63%) Product Manager
9 20 (3.63%) Senior Architect
10 17 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 17 (3.09%) Data Manager
11 16 (2.90%) Innovation Manager
11 16 (2.90%) Performance Analyst
12 15 (2.72%) Data Scientist
13 14 (2.54%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.36%) Product Owner
15 12 (2.18%) Business Developer
16 10 (1.81%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 10 (1.81%) E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.45%) OpenAPI
1 19 (3.45%) RESTful
1 19 (3.45%) Swagger
2 15 (2.72%) Kafka
3 14 (2.54%) REST
4 9 (1.63%) .NET
4 9 (1.63%) JSON
4 9 (1.63%) Node.js
5 8 (1.45%) CSS
5 8 (1.45%) PyTorch
5 8 (1.45%) TensorFlow
6 6 (1.09%) HTML
6 6 (1.09%) React
6 6 (1.09%) scikit-learn
6 6 (1.09%) Vue
7 5 (0.91%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.91%) Laravel
7 5 (0.91%) LEMP Stack
7 5 (0.91%) Middleware
7 5 (0.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.72%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.17%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 22 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.81%) Cloud Native
6 19 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.09%) Algorithms
8 14 (2.54%) Social Media
9 11 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.45%) NHS
13 7 (1.27%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.27%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.09%) AI Agents
14 6 (1.09%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.91%) Low-Code
15 5 (0.91%) Replication
16 4 (0.73%) e-Learning
16 4 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.63%) Linux
2 8 (1.45%) Windows
3 2 (0.36%) zOS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (77.50%) Decision-Making
2 288 (52.27%) Analytics
3 159 (28.86%) Business Intelligence
4 146 (26.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 129 (23.41%) Problem-Solving
6 125 (22.69%) Agile
7 119 (21.60%) AI
8 95 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 92 (16.70%) ETL
10 87 (15.79%) Data Modelling
10 87 (15.79%) Roadmaps
11 83 (15.06%) Visualisation
12 82 (14.88%) Data Governance
13 74 (13.43%) Data Analysis
14 73 (13.25%) Actionable Insight
15 61 (11.07%) Data Science
16 54 (9.80%) Data Pipeline
17 53 (9.62%) CI/CD
17 53 (9.62%) Project Management
18 51 (9.26%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 151 (27.40%) SQL
2 102 (18.51%) Python
3 20 (3.63%) R
4 17 (3.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (3.09%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.90%) Java
6 15 (2.72%) Bash
7 13 (2.36%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.63%) Scala
9 6 (1.09%) PHP
9 6 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.91%) Go
11 4 (0.73%) C#
12 3 (0.54%) VBA
13 2 (0.36%) COBOL
13 2 (0.36%) JCL
14 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.18%) SHACL
14 1 (0.18%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 90 (16.33%) Degree
2 29 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 28 (5.08%) PMP
4 16 (2.90%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.81%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.27%) MBA
9 5 (0.91%) ACCA
9 5 (0.91%) CIMA
9 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.91%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.91%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.73%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.54%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.36%) HND
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (15.06%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.27%) QA
3 17 (3.09%) GDPR
4 10 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.63%) SLA
6 8 (1.45%) PMO
7 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.54%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (2.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) RACF
Systems Management
1 19 (3.45%) Terraform
2 11 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.27%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Autotask
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 65 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.81%) Databricks
3 29 (5.26%) SAP
4 25 (4.54%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.81%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.63%) Genesys
6 20 (3.63%) Verint
7 18 (3.27%) Google
8 16 (2.90%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.00%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.09%) Botify
10 6 (1.09%) Oracle
11 5 (0.91%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.91%) BT
11 5 (0.91%) Foundry
11 5 (0.91%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.54%) Informatica
12 3 (0.54%) Pardot
12 3 (0.54%) Sage
13 2 (0.36%) Mercator