Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends
Data-Driven Decision Making
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 346 | 240 | 359 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -106 | +119 | +22 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making | 627 | 583 | 465 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.51% | 1.17% | 0.68% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.70% | 1.34% | 0.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 396 | 246 | 257 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £38,268 | £41,263 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £43,750 | £51,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £58,500 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.98% | -6.40% | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £79,375 | £90,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £104,091 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -8.33% | +26.32% |
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 citing process or methodology skills.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 89,764 | 43,653 | 56,263 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 73.52% | 87.94% | 82.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 60,453 | 25,415 | 29,856 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,250 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,999 | £54,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.09% | -9.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £46,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.57% | -14.81% | +2.86% |
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 Salary Trend
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 29 October 2026.
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 29 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -69 | 568 | £57,000 | -5.00% | 131 |
| UK excluding London | -141 | 398 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 101 |
| Work from Home | +10 | 194 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 46 |
| London | -3 | 181 | £75,000 | - | 56 |
| North of England | +36 | 168 | £45,010 | -19.98% | 20 |
| North West | +19 | 100 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 12 |
| Midlands | -30 | 87 | £51,356 | -10.69% | 18 |
| South East | -143 | 71 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 25 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 52 | £42,500 | -29.17% | 6 |
| West Midlands | -33 | 52 | £51,356 | -12.59% | 12 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 35 | £52,500 | +16.67% | 6 |
| East of England | -36 | 31 | £56,210 | +17.10% | 12 |
| South West | -64 | 24 | £65,000 | +19.27% | 20 |
| North East | -58 | 16 | £52,500 | - | 2 |
| Scotland | -59 | 12 | £55,000 | +0.26% | 6 |
| Wales | -72 | 5 | £53,171 | -18.20% | 2 |
Data-Driven Decision Making Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decision-Making | 72.9% | 457 |
| 2 | Analytics | 39.7% | 249 |
| 3 | Continuous Improvement | 30.0% | 188 |
| 4 | AI | 29.0% | 182 |
| 5 | Business Intelligence | 27.9% | 175 |
| 6 | Agile | 23.9% | 150 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 23.9% | 150 |
| 8 | Stakeholder Management | 23.3% | 146 |
| 9 | Roadmaps | 17.9% | 112 |
| 10 | Mentoring | 16.4% | 103 |
| 11 | Data Modelling | 15.2% | 95 |
| 12 | Data Governance | 14.8% | 93 |
| 13 | Visualisation | 13.9% | 87 |
| 14 | Actionable Insight | 13.6% | 85 |
| 15 | Stakeholder Engagement | 11.5% | 72 |
| 16 | Change Management | 9.9% | 62 |
| 16 | Coaching | 9.9% | 62 |
| 16 | Data Engineering | 9.9% | 62 |
| 16 | Data Science | 9.9% | 62 |
| 20 | ETL | 9.7% | 61 |