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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 213 430
Rank change year-on-year -93 +217 +24
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 521 709 546
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 1.61% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.73% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 354 324 401
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,276 £51,250 £46,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.22% +9.42% -12.42%

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 67,575 41,082 82,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 93.28% 84.93%
Number of salaries quoted 43,564 22,321 59,668
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,684 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +8.52% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,001 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -94 454 £60,000 -4.00% 319
UK excluding London -59 337 £54,500 -5.22% 226
London -119 137 £75,000 +1.69% 142
North of England -15 133 £60,000 +4.35% 61
Work from Home -27 129 £61,250 +6.52% 108
North West +32 100 £60,000 +4.35% 28
Midlands -40 72 £48,500 -15.65% 30
South East -52 53 £50,000 -17.70% 57
West Midlands -40 51 £56,250 -2.17% 14
East of England -13 31 £60,000 +12.21% 23
Yorkshire -50 26 £77,500 +34.78% 24
East Midlands -31 21 £37,500 -38.78% 16
Scotland -27 17 £32,500 -68.29% 12
South West -76 15 £73,750 +55.26% 32
Wales -20 12 £42,500 -46.88% 10
North East -35 7 £67,749 +17.82% 10
Northern Ireland - 6 £77,500 - 5

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 22 (4.22%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.11%) CMS
4 10 (1.92%) Apache
4 10 (1.92%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.96%) IIS
6 4 (0.77%) Confluence
6 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.77%) nginx
7 3 (0.58%) Appian
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.77%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.92%) SAP PM
2 5 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.96%) Shopify
3 4 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.38%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.19%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 106 (20.35%) Power Platform
2 94 (18.04%) Azure
3 64 (12.28%) AWS
4 37 (7.10%) SaaS
5 28 (5.37%) GCP
6 26 (4.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.30%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.92%) Amazon Kinesis
9 10 (1.92%) GitHub
10 9 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.73%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.54%) dbt
11 8 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.34%) Serverless
13 5 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (0.96%) Figma
13 5 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.15%) Broadband
1 6 (1.15%) Wireless
2 4 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.58%) Modbus
4 2 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (20.35%) Power BI
2 70 (13.44%) Tableau
3 41 (7.87%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (4.03%) SQL Server
5 20 (3.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (3.65%) Metadata
7 15 (2.88%) Data Lake
8 14 (2.69%) Big Data
9 12 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (2.30%) Power Query
10 11 (2.11%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.92%) Star Schema
12 9 (1.73%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (1.73%) Apache Iceberg
12 9 (1.73%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
13 8 (1.54%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.34%) Looker
Development Applications
1 19 (3.65%) Git
2 17 (3.26%) Postman
3 16 (3.07%) JIRA
4 5 (0.96%) MSI
5 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.77%) Vite
6 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.38%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 174 (33.40%) Social Skills
2 168 (32.25%) Analytical Skills
3 111 (21.31%) Finance
4 62 (11.90%) Law
5 57 (10.94%) Marketing
6 35 (6.72%) Telecoms
7 30 (5.76%) Legal
8 29 (5.57%) Games
9 26 (4.99%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (4.99%) Military
10 24 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.61%) Public Sector
10 24 (4.61%) Retail
11 20 (3.84%) Back Office
11 20 (3.84%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.73%) Billing
15 8 (1.54%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 112 (21.50%) Senior
2 85 (16.31%) Lead
3 84 (16.12%) Analyst
4 57 (10.94%) Data Engineer
5 37 (7.10%) Senior Manager
6 35 (6.72%) Architect
7 34 (6.53%) Data Analyst
8 23 (4.41%) Developer
9 20 (3.84%) Senior Architect
10 18 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Engineer
12 14 (2.69%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (2.69%) Product Manager
12 14 (2.69%) Product Owner
13 13 (2.50%) Data Scientist
14 12 (2.30%) Business Analyst
14 12 (2.30%) Data Manager
14 12 (2.30%) Performance Analyst
14 12 (2.30%) Principal Engineer
15 11 (2.11%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.61%) Kafka
2 17 (3.26%) .NET
3 15 (2.88%) OpenAPI
3 15 (2.88%) RESTful
3 15 (2.88%) Swagger
4 13 (2.50%) REST
5 9 (1.73%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.54%) ASP.NET
6 8 (1.54%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (1.54%) ASP.NET Web API
6 8 (1.54%) Entity Framework
6 8 (1.54%) Node.js
7 7 (1.34%) CSS
7 7 (1.34%) Middleware
8 6 (1.15%) PyTorch
8 6 (1.15%) TensorFlow
9 5 (0.96%) HTML
9 5 (0.96%) JSON
9 5 (0.96%) Play Framework
9 5 (0.96%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.76%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.57%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.37%) Management Information System
4 22 (4.22%) Data Structures
5 21 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.88%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.30%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.92%) Social Media
11 6 (1.15%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.96%) Replication
12 5 (0.96%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.77%) IoT
13 4 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.73%) Linux
2 4 (0.77%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (75.24%) Decision-Making
2 255 (48.94%) Analytics
3 146 (28.02%) Business Intelligence
4 131 (25.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 128 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
6 120 (23.03%) Agile
7 99 (19.00%) AI
8 85 (16.31%) Roadmaps
9 80 (15.36%) Data Governance
9 80 (15.36%) ETL
10 76 (14.59%) Data Modelling
11 73 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
12 67 (12.86%) Visualisation
13 64 (12.28%) Actionable Insight
14 63 (12.09%) Data Analysis
15 62 (11.90%) CI/CD
16 56 (10.75%) Data Pipeline
17 52 (9.98%) Data Science
17 52 (9.98%) DevOps
18 49 (9.40%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 133 (25.53%) SQL
2 94 (18.04%) Python
3 23 (4.41%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.84%) R
5 18 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 17 (3.26%) Java
7 14 (2.69%) Bash
8 13 (2.50%) T-SQL
8 13 (2.50%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.30%) C#
10 10 (1.92%) Scala
11 4 (0.77%) PHP
12 3 (0.58%) Go
12 3 (0.58%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.58%) VBA
13 1 (0.19%) Bicep
13 1 (0.19%) C++
13 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.19%) SHACL
13 1 (0.19%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 75 (14.40%) Degree
2 21 (4.03%) PMI Certification
2 21 (4.03%) PMP
2 21 (4.03%) Security Cleared
3 10 (1.92%) ACCA
3 10 (1.92%) CIMA
4 9 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (1.73%) Master's Degree
4 9 (1.73%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.34%) MBA
6 5 (0.96%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.96%) DBS Check
6 5 (0.96%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.38%) HND
7 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.19%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (14.78%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.65%) GDPR
3 16 (3.07%) QA
4 10 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.73%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.54%) PMO
6 8 (1.54%) SLA
7 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.58%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.58%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.38%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (2.50%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (4.99%) Terraform
2 18 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Autotask
4 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 63 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.18%) Databricks
2 27 (5.18%) SAP
3 24 (4.61%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.84%) Anaplan
4 20 (3.84%) Genesys
4 20 (3.84%) Verint
5 16 (3.07%) Google
6 13 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.11%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.15%) Botify
8 6 (1.15%) Oracle
9 5 (0.96%) BT
10 4 (0.77%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.77%) Foundry
10 4 (0.77%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.58%) Freshdesk
11 3 (0.58%) Informatica
11 3 (0.58%) Pardot
11 3 (0.58%) Sage