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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 352 386
Rank change year-on-year +107 +34 +111
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 579 468 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.18% 0.68% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.82% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 242 260 301
10th Percentile £38,410 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,136 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,185 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £108,125 £102,710 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £46,791
% change year-on-year -8.33% +28.23% -14.93%

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 43,536 56,936 52,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.40% 82.37% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24,785 30,358 39,972
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £54,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.89% +1.89% +0.95%

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 23 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

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 23 October 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 +84 449 £60,000 -4.00% 671
UK excluding London +117 413 £55,000 -8.33% 535
South East +72 174 £55,500 +0.91% 230
Work from Home +82 131 £65,000 +4.00% 253
London +42 125 £80,000 -11.11% 272
Scotland +58 85 £54,855 -9.69% 12
North of England +13 53 £55,000 -11.01% 116
Midlands +39 50 £56,250 -6.25% 74
North West -1 44 £55,000 -8.33% 76
West Midlands +30 32 £57,500 -4.17% 49
East of England +6 20 £48,000 -50.41% 49
South West +31 19 £54,500 +3.81% 34
East Midlands +15 18 £45,000 -45.45% 25
Yorkshire -3 9 £55,000 -15.38% 25
Wales +16 8 £65,000 - 13
Northern Ireland +11 4 - - 10

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 13 (2.25%) Confluence
2 8 (1.38%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.04%) SAS
4 5 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.52%) Apache
6 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.52%) CMS
7 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.35%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 86 (14.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.04%) Trello
5 4 (0.69%) Windchill
6 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (7.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.38%) Shopify
4 7 (1.21%) SAP CO
4 7 (1.21%) SAP FI
4 7 (1.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (1.04%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.69%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.69%) Magento
6 4 (0.69%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.35%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.17%) iTrent
9 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (20.38%) Power Platform
2 77 (13.30%) Azure
2 77 (13.30%) SaaS
3 39 (6.74%) AWS
4 26 (4.49%) Google Analytics
5 21 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (3.45%) GCP
7 17 (2.94%) Snowflake
8 13 (2.25%) Serverless
9 10 (1.73%) GitHub
9 10 (1.73%) Google Tag Manager
10 9 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (1.55%) Google Sheets
10 9 (1.55%) PaaS
11 8 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.04%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.69%) BGP
1 4 (0.69%) DHCP
1 4 (0.69%) DNS
1 4 (0.69%) Firewall
1 4 (0.69%) LAN
1 4 (0.69%) Network Security
1 4 (0.69%) OSPF
1 4 (0.69%) SD-WAN
1 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
1 4 (0.69%) VLAN
1 4 (0.69%) VPN
1 4 (0.69%) WAN
2 2 (0.35%) SMS
3 1 (0.17%) 5G
3 1 (0.17%) Broadband
3 1 (0.17%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (19.86%) Power BI
2 44 (7.60%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (7.43%) Tableau
4 19 (3.28%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.59%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.42%) Metadata
7 11 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.90%) Looker
7 11 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (1.55%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.38%) Power Query
10 7 (1.21%) SAP BW
11 6 (1.04%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.86%) MS Access
12 5 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
12 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.69%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 49 (8.46%) JIRA
2 30 (5.18%) Git
3 27 (4.66%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.04%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.69%) Toad
6 2 (0.35%) ERwin
7 1 (0.17%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.17%) RStudio
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 1 (0.17%) WaveMaker
General
1 374 (64.59%) Social Skills
2 255 (44.04%) Analytical Skills
3 163 (28.15%) Finance
4 103 (17.79%) Marketing
5 38 (6.56%) Retail
6 37 (6.39%) Legal
7 33 (5.70%) Law
7 33 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (5.01%) Manufacturing
9 22 (3.80%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (3.11%) Banking
12 17 (2.94%) Advertising
13 14 (2.42%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.90%) Automotive
15 10 (1.73%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.38%) Brand Awareness
18 7 (1.21%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 90 (15.54%) Analyst
1 90 (15.54%) Lead
2 80 (13.82%) Innovation Manager
3 62 (10.71%) Senior
4 30 (5.18%) Data Analyst
5 27 (4.66%) Architect
6 23 (3.97%) Developer
7 22 (3.80%) Data Engineer
8 21 (3.63%) Senior Analyst
9 19 (3.28%) Product Manager
9 19 (3.28%) Senior Manager
10 18 (3.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 14 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 13 (2.25%) Business Analyst
13 12 (2.07%) Report Analyst
14 11 (1.90%) Product Owner
15 10 (1.73%) Data Manager
15 10 (1.73%) E-Commerce Manager
16 9 (1.55%) Data Architect
16 9 (1.55%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.07%) REST
2 10 (1.73%) Middleware
3 8 (1.38%) JSON
3 8 (1.38%) React
4 7 (1.21%) AngularJS
4 7 (1.21%) Vue
5 6 (1.04%) .NET
6 5 (0.86%) Node.js
6 5 (0.86%) XML
7 4 (0.69%) EDI
7 4 (0.69%) HTML
8 3 (0.52%) Pandas
8 3 (0.52%) XGBoost
9 2 (0.35%) CSS
9 2 (0.35%) Java RMI
9 2 (0.35%) LightGBM
9 2 (0.35%) PyTorch
9 2 (0.35%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.35%) SOAP
10 1 (0.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.74%) Product Ownership
2 27 (4.66%) Onboarding
3 26 (4.49%) Social Media
4 24 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.55%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.55%) FMCG
8 7 (1.21%) Augmented Reality
8 7 (1.21%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.21%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.04%) Blog
10 4 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (0.69%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.69%) Media Streaming
10 4 (0.69%) Reinsurance
10 4 (0.69%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.52%) Culture of Ownership
11 3 (0.52%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.04%) Windows
2 5 (0.86%) Unix
3 4 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (74.96%) Decision-Making
2 287 (49.57%) Analytics
3 175 (30.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (26.25%) AI
5 144 (24.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 136 (23.49%) Business Intelligence
7 120 (20.73%) Customer Experience
8 110 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
9 96 (16.58%) Agile
10 94 (16.23%) ERP
11 92 (15.89%) Data Modelling
12 87 (15.03%) Roadmaps
13 73 (12.61%) Visualisation
14 70 (12.09%) Data Analysis
15 61 (10.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 56 (9.67%) Data Analytics
17 54 (9.33%) ETL
18 53 (9.15%) Business Case
18 53 (9.15%) CRM
18 53 (9.15%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (22.11%) SQL
2 67 (11.57%) Python
3 21 (3.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (1.90%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.90%) R
5 9 (1.55%) T-SQL
6 8 (1.38%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.69%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.69%) VB
8 3 (0.52%) Bash
9 2 (0.35%) ABAP
9 2 (0.35%) C#
9 2 (0.35%) C++
9 2 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.17%) Fortran
10 1 (0.17%) Java
10 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 195 (33.68%) Degree
2 65 (11.23%) Master's Degree
3 39 (6.74%) MBA
4 31 (5.35%) Security Cleared
5 15 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 11 (1.90%) PMP
7 9 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.38%) ACCA
8 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.21%) CIMA
9 7 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.86%) PhD
11 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.69%) CCIE
11 4 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.69%) CISSP
12 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (13.99%) Data Quality
2 37 (6.39%) QA
3 34 (5.87%) GDPR
4 26 (4.49%) Def Stans
5 10 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.73%) SLA
6 7 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.86%) PMO
8 3 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.35%) IFRS
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) GAAP
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (0.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.52%) Terraform
2 2 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.17%) Ansible
3 1 (0.17%) Grafana
3 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 94 (16.23%) SAP
2 71 (12.26%) Microsoft
3 43 (7.43%) Google
4 31 (5.35%) Databricks
5 26 (4.49%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.38%) Adobe
6 8 (1.38%) Oracle
7 6 (1.04%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.86%) Hotjar
8 5 (0.86%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.86%) Informatica
9 4 (0.69%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.69%) Gigya
9 4 (0.69%) NEC
9 4 (0.69%) PayPal
9 4 (0.69%) Sage
10 3 (0.52%) Ariba
10 3 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.52%) Workday
10 3 (0.52%) YouTube