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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 340 349
Rank change year-on-year +122 +9 +178
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 630 446 399
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 0.80% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 0.89% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 257 263 304
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,188 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -6.98%

All Process and 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 48,803 50,313 45,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.65% 89.69% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28,630 25,271 34,729
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 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
England +95 458 £62,500 -3.85% 583
UK excluding London +131 446 £57,500 -4.17% 478
South East +83 167 £55,000 +1.62% 129
London +32 144 £75,000 -16.67% 158
Scotland +80 105 £54,855 -34.01% 19
Work from Home +58 101 £67,500 +8.00% 211
North of England +26 63 £60,000 -7.69% 117
Midlands +10 40 £57,500 -6.12% 95
North West +32 38 £55,000 -12.00% 64
West Midlands +25 36 £65,000 +8.33% 56
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 3
South West +6 19 £66,000 +12.34% 45
Yorkshire -5 19 £75,000 -9.09% 44
East of England +24 16 £52,500 -44.44% 67
Wales +12 14 £46,250 -42.19% 11
North East +14 6 - - 10
East Midlands -9 4 £39,449 -53.32% 35

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 17 (2.70%) Confluence
2 10 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.59%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.95%) Apache
3 6 (0.95%) SAS
3 6 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.79%) IIS
5 4 (0.63%) Appian
5 4 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.48%) CMS
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
7 2 (0.32%) MTS
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 85 (13.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.43%) Trello
5 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.63%) Windchill
7 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 44 (6.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.90%) Shopify
3 7 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.11%) SAP CO
3 7 (1.11%) SAP FI
3 7 (1.11%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.63%) Magento
5 4 (0.63%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.48%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.32%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.16%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 136 (21.59%) Power Platform
2 76 (12.06%) SaaS
3 68 (10.79%) Azure
4 47 (7.46%) AWS
5 20 (3.17%) GCP
5 20 (3.17%) Snowflake
6 16 (2.54%) GitHub
7 15 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (2.38%) Google Analytics
8 14 (2.22%) Serverless
9 11 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.43%) Amazon S3
10 9 (1.43%) Asana
10 9 (1.43%) PaaS
11 8 (1.27%) Google Tag Manager
12 7 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.95%) dbt
13 6 (0.95%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) Wireless
2 4 (0.63%) BGP
2 4 (0.63%) DHCP
2 4 (0.63%) DNS
2 4 (0.63%) Firewall
2 4 (0.63%) LAN
2 4 (0.63%) Network Security
2 4 (0.63%) OSPF
2 4 (0.63%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.63%) VLAN
2 4 (0.63%) VPN
2 4 (0.63%) WAN
3 1 (0.16%) 5G
3 1 (0.16%) ADSL
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) Internet
3 1 (0.16%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (21.27%) Power BI
2 64 (10.16%) Tableau
3 47 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.49%) Data Lake
5 20 (3.17%) Metadata
6 16 (2.54%) Power Query
7 13 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (1.90%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.90%) SQL Server
9 9 (1.43%) Big Data
9 9 (1.43%) Data Mining
9 9 (1.43%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.43%) Looker
10 8 (1.27%) SAP BW
11 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.95%) Apache Iceberg
12 6 (0.95%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 64 (10.16%) JIRA
2 36 (5.71%) Git
3 26 (4.13%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.11%) Postman
5 6 (0.95%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.79%) MSI
7 4 (0.63%) Toad
8 1 (0.16%) GitLab
8 1 (0.16%) MLflow
8 1 (0.16%) Selenium
8 1 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 372 (59.05%) Social Skills
2 273 (43.33%) Analytical Skills
3 169 (26.83%) Finance
4 89 (14.13%) Marketing
5 40 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (6.03%) Retail
7 30 (4.76%) Legal
8 29 (4.60%) Law
9 28 (4.44%) Manufacturing
9 28 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (4.13%) Public Sector
11 22 (3.49%) Games
12 17 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.38%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.75%) Banking
14 11 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.43%) Military
16 8 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.95%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (15.56%) Lead
2 96 (15.24%) Innovation Manager
3 92 (14.60%) Analyst
4 82 (13.02%) Senior
5 46 (7.30%) Senior Manager
6 44 (6.98%) Architect
7 33 (5.24%) Data Analyst
8 28 (4.44%) Data Engineer
9 20 (3.17%) Senior Architect
10 18 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 17 (2.70%) Developer
11 17 (2.70%) Product Manager
12 16 (2.54%) Business Analyst
13 15 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (1.90%) Data Manager
14 12 (1.90%) Product Owner
15 11 (1.75%) Digital Product Manager
16 10 (1.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 10 (1.59%) Business Intelligence Manager
16 10 (1.59%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.54%) REST
2 13 (2.06%) React
3 11 (1.75%) Middleware
4 9 (1.43%) JSON
5 8 (1.27%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.27%) OpenAPI
5 8 (1.27%) PyTorch
5 8 (1.27%) Swagger
5 8 (1.27%) Vue
6 7 (1.11%) RESTful
6 7 (1.11%) scikit-learn
6 7 (1.11%) TensorFlow
7 6 (0.95%) Node.js
8 5 (0.79%) CSS
8 5 (0.79%) Kafka
8 5 (0.79%) Pandas
8 5 (0.79%) Play Framework
9 4 (0.63%) FastAPI
9 4 (0.63%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.63%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 33 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 21 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (1.43%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.43%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.43%) Social Media
8 8 (1.27%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.27%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.27%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.79%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.79%) NHS
9 5 (0.79%) Reinsurance
10 4 (0.63%) e-Learning
10 4 (0.63%) FMCG
10 4 (0.63%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.43%) Windows
2 4 (0.63%) Unix
2 4 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.32%) zOS
4 1 (0.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (77.46%) Decision-Making
2 303 (48.10%) Analytics
3 238 (37.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 184 (29.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 183 (29.05%) AI
6 163 (25.87%) Business Intelligence
7 129 (20.48%) Customer Experience
8 125 (19.84%) Agile
9 119 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (16.67%) Data Modelling
11 94 (14.92%) Roadmaps
12 89 (14.13%) ERP
13 84 (13.33%) Data Analysis
14 71 (11.27%) Visualisation
15 70 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 66 (10.48%) ETL
17 65 (10.32%) Actionable Insight
18 63 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
19 61 (9.68%) Project Management
20 56 (8.89%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 140 (22.22%) SQL
2 90 (14.29%) Python
3 21 (3.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.70%) R
6 11 (1.75%) Java
7 8 (1.27%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.11%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.95%) Scala
10 5 (0.79%) Bash
10 5 (0.79%) Go
11 4 (0.63%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.63%) VB
12 2 (0.32%) ABAP
12 2 (0.32%) COBOL
12 2 (0.32%) JCL
12 2 (0.32%) PHP
13 1 (0.16%) C#
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 207 (32.86%) Degree
2 62 (9.84%) Master's Degree
3 44 (6.98%) MBA
4 35 (5.56%) PMI Certification
5 34 (5.40%) PMP
5 34 (5.40%) Security Cleared
6 15 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.75%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.11%) ACCA
8 7 (1.11%) CIMA
8 7 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.79%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.63%) CCIE
10 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.63%) CISSP
10 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (16.19%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.87%) QA
3 26 (4.13%) Def Stans
4 24 (3.81%) GDPR
5 14 (2.22%) SLA
6 12 (1.90%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.11%) PMO
8 6 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.32%) IFRS
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 7 (1.11%) Kubernetes
1 7 (1.11%) Terraform
2 4 (0.63%) Ansible
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 96 (15.24%) SAP
2 77 (12.22%) Microsoft
3 38 (6.03%) Databricks
4 25 (3.97%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.33%) Anaplan
5 21 (3.33%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.17%) Genesys
6 20 (3.17%) Google
6 20 (3.17%) Verint
7 9 (1.43%) Oracle
8 8 (1.27%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.79%) BT
9 5 (0.79%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.63%) Adobe
10 4 (0.63%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.63%) NEC
10 4 (0.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.63%) Workday
11 3 (0.48%) Ariba
11 3 (0.48%) Sage