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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 339 370
Rank change year-on-year +111 +31 +119
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 574 434 416
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.94% 0.82% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.90% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 247 249 333
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £76,250
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% -16.67%

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 49,128 48,280 53,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.62% 90.90% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 28,894 23,393 40,832
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +80 448 £65,000 - 437
UK excluding London +124 387 £57,500 -4.17% 415
South East +100 155 £55,000 +1.62% 125
London +29 148 £71,028 -18.83% 89
Work from Home +63 107 £66,500 +4.31% 140
Scotland +41 61 £38,000 -60.00% 20
North of England +6 54 £60,000 -7.69% 76
Midlands +13 48 £60,000 - 65
West Midlands +24 45 £63,750 +6.25% 27
North West 0 29 £55,000 -15.38% 30
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 10
South West +10 19 £73,250 +24.68% 49
Yorkshire -15 19 £71,250 -13.64% 34
East of England +28 14 £52,500 -44.44% 60
Wales +17 14 £43,750 -45.31% 19
North East +11 6 - - 14
East Midlands -12 3 £39,449 -53.32% 37

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 16 (2.79%) Confluence
2 15 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.74%) Apache
3 10 (1.74%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.05%) CMS
4 6 (1.05%) SAS
5 5 (0.87%) IIS
6 4 (0.70%) Appian
6 4 (0.70%) nginx
6 4 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.35%) CICS
7 2 (0.35%) MTS
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 82 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.57%) Trello
5 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.70%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.70%) Windchill
7 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 44 (7.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.61%) Shopify
3 7 (1.22%) SAP CO
3 7 (1.22%) SAP FI
3 7 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.70%) Magento
6 4 (0.70%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.17%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 138 (24.04%) Power Platform
2 80 (13.94%) SaaS
3 75 (13.07%) Azure
4 56 (9.76%) AWS
5 21 (3.66%) GCP
6 19 (3.31%) GitHub
7 17 (2.96%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.61%) Serverless
9 13 (2.26%) Amazon S3
9 13 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (2.26%) Google Analytics
10 11 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.57%) Asana
13 8 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.39%) PaaS
14 7 (1.22%) Amazon Kinesis
14 7 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.22%) Google Tag Manager
15 6 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.05%) Wireless
2 1 (0.17%) 5G
2 1 (0.17%) ADSL
2 1 (0.17%) Broadband
2 1 (0.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (23.69%) Power BI
2 65 (11.32%) Tableau
3 47 (8.19%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (4.36%) Metadata
5 22 (3.83%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.96%) Power Query
7 15 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (2.44%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.26%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.74%) Apache Iceberg
12 9 (1.57%) Big Data
12 9 (1.57%) Looker
13 8 (1.39%) Data Mining
13 8 (1.39%) SAP BW
13 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.22%) Amazon QuickSight
14 7 (1.22%) Hadoop
14 7 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 61 (10.63%) JIRA
2 42 (7.32%) Git
3 26 (4.53%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.09%) Postman
5 6 (1.05%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.87%) MSI
7 4 (0.70%) Toad
7 4 (0.70%) Vite
8 2 (0.35%) MLflow
9 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.17%) GitLab
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 305 (53.14%) Social Skills
2 218 (37.98%) Analytical Skills
3 174 (30.31%) Finance
4 81 (14.11%) Marketing
5 40 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (6.10%) Law
7 34 (5.92%) Legal
8 32 (5.57%) Retail
9 28 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (4.53%) Public Sector
11 22 (3.83%) Games
12 21 (3.66%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (2.26%) Banking
14 13 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.26%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.39%) Military
15 8 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.05%) Local Government
16 6 (1.05%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 99 (17.25%) Lead
2 83 (14.46%) Analyst
3 82 (14.29%) Senior
4 48 (8.36%) Innovation Manager
5 45 (7.84%) Senior Manager
6 43 (7.49%) Architect
7 35 (6.10%) Data Engineer
8 30 (5.23%) Data Analyst
9 21 (3.66%) Developer
10 20 (3.48%) Senior Architect
11 19 (3.31%) Product Manager
12 15 (2.61%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 15 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (2.44%) Business Analyst
13 14 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 14 (2.44%) Product Owner
14 13 (2.26%) Data Manager
15 12 (2.09%) Digital Product Manager
16 10 (1.74%) Business Developer
16 10 (1.74%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.79%) REST
2 13 (2.26%) OpenAPI
2 13 (2.26%) React
2 13 (2.26%) Swagger
3 12 (2.09%) RESTful
3 12 (2.09%) Vue
4 11 (1.92%) Kafka
5 10 (1.74%) Middleware
6 9 (1.57%) AngularJS
6 9 (1.57%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.39%) JSON
7 8 (1.39%) TensorFlow
8 7 (1.22%) CSS
8 7 (1.22%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.87%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.87%) HTML
9 5 (0.87%) Node.js
9 5 (0.87%) Pandas
9 5 (0.87%) Play Framework
10 4 (0.70%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.49%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.57%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.57%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.39%) Social Media
10 8 (1.39%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.87%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.87%) NHS
12 5 (0.87%) Reinsurance
13 4 (0.70%) Augmented Reality
13 4 (0.70%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.70%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.57%) Windows
2 5 (0.87%) Linux
3 4 (0.70%) Unix
3 4 (0.70%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.35%) zOS
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (76.66%) Decision-Making
2 260 (45.30%) Analytics
3 198 (34.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 171 (29.79%) Business Intelligence
5 142 (24.74%) AI
6 132 (23.00%) Agile
6 132 (23.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 127 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (19.69%) Data Modelling
9 100 (17.42%) Roadmaps
10 90 (15.68%) Data Analysis
11 85 (14.81%) ERP
12 77 (13.41%) ETL
13 75 (13.07%) Customer Experience
14 69 (12.02%) Actionable Insight
14 69 (12.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 69 (12.02%) Visualisation
15 64 (11.15%) Strategic Thinking
16 62 (10.80%) Data Governance
17 56 (9.76%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 138 (24.04%) SQL
2 95 (16.55%) Python
3 20 (3.48%) JavaScript
4 18 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 17 (2.96%) R
6 12 (2.09%) Java
7 11 (1.92%) Bash
8 9 (1.57%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.05%) Scala
10 5 (0.87%) Go
10 5 (0.87%) PHP
10 5 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.70%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.70%) VB
12 2 (0.35%) ABAP
12 2 (0.35%) COBOL
12 2 (0.35%) JCL
13 1 (0.17%) C#
13 1 (0.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 203 (35.37%) Degree
2 58 (10.10%) Master's Degree
3 44 (7.67%) MBA
4 37 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 32 (5.57%) PMI Certification
6 31 (5.40%) PMP
7 13 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.92%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (1.22%) ACCA
9 7 (1.22%) CIMA
9 7 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (17.94%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.79%) QA
3 26 (4.53%) Def Stans
4 22 (3.83%) GDPR
5 14 (2.44%) SLA
6 13 (2.26%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.57%) PMO
8 6 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.35%) IFRS
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (3.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.35%) RACF
Systems Management
1 9 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.39%) Terraform
3 5 (0.87%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (15.85%) SAP
2 72 (12.54%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.40%) Databricks
4 26 (4.53%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.66%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.48%) Genesys
6 20 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.48%) Verint
7 17 (2.96%) Google
8 9 (1.57%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.57%) Oracle
9 5 (0.87%) BT
9 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.70%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.70%) NEC
10 4 (0.70%) Workday
11 3 (0.52%) Ariba
11 3 (0.52%) Mercator
11 3 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.35%) WooCommerce