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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 210 388
Rank change year-on-year -125 +178 +54
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 608 764 507
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.54% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.73% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 415 297 309
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,003
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £113,500 £96,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +10.00%

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 80,423 44,076 65,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.58% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 55,931 25,099 39,866
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%
75th Percentile £79,938 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year +15.79% -7.50% -5.93%

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 3 September 2026.

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 3 September 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 -94 557 £57,500 -4.06% 956
UK excluding London -120 411 £53,171 -3.33% 485
North of England +30 191 £47,500 -17.39% 116
Work from Home -25 159 £52,500 -8.70% 391
London -85 156 £80,000 +6.67% 597
North West +33 135 £52,500 -8.70% 66
Midlands -38 83 £51,928 -9.69% 66
South East -131 64 £60,000 +6.67% 102
West Midlands -27 55 £51,356 -10.69% 35
Yorkshire -32 42 £42,500 -26.09% 36
East of England -23 32 £60,000 +39.26% 56
East Midlands -22 28 £52,500 -8.70% 31
South West -76 24 £60,000 +29.03% 62
North East -46 14 £68,750 +19.57% 14
Scotland -58 10 £55,000 +0.26% 53
Wales -60 7 £53,171 -11.38% 8

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 19 (3.13%) Confluence
2 8 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.49%) Apache
3 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 48 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.48%) SAP PM
1 9 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.49%) Actimize
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.33%) FastStats
3 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.33%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.33%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) Primavera
4 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 111 (18.26%) Power Platform
2 88 (14.47%) Azure
3 65 (10.69%) AWS
4 39 (6.41%) GCP
4 39 (6.41%) SaaS
5 28 (4.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 24 (3.95%) Google Analytics
7 23 (3.78%) Snowflake
8 17 (2.80%) dbt
8 17 (2.80%) Serverless
9 15 (2.47%) GitHub
10 13 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (1.97%) Copilot Studio
11 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.81%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (1.48%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.82%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.49%) DNS
2 3 (0.49%) Internet
2 3 (0.49%) Intranet
2 3 (0.49%) SSL
2 3 (0.49%) VPN
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) Firewall
3 1 (0.16%) GoToMeeting
3 1 (0.16%) Modbus
3 1 (0.16%) MQTT
3 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.16%) WebEx
3 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (18.26%) Power BI
2 61 (10.03%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (8.06%) Tableau
4 27 (4.44%) Looker
5 26 (4.28%) BigQuery
6 23 (3.78%) Data Lake
7 17 (2.80%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (2.63%) Power Query
9 13 (2.14%) Metadata
10 12 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.97%) MongoDB
10 12 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (1.81%) SQL Server
12 9 (1.48%) Star Schema
13 7 (1.15%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.82%) Semantic Layer
15 4 (0.66%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 42 (6.91%) JIRA
2 17 (2.80%) Git
3 9 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.66%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.66%) Postman
4 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.49%) Selenium
6 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 199 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 196 (32.24%) Analytical Skills
3 176 (28.95%) Finance
4 75 (12.34%) Marketing
5 54 (8.88%) Influencing Skills
5 54 (8.88%) Law
6 51 (8.39%) Public Sector
7 46 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (5.76%) Telecoms
9 34 (5.59%) Retail
10 31 (5.10%) Banking
11 29 (4.77%) Manufacturing
12 28 (4.61%) Back Office
12 28 (4.61%) Legal
13 27 (4.44%) Military
14 13 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.64%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.64%) Electronics
15 10 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 117 (19.24%) Analyst
2 104 (17.11%) Senior
3 87 (14.31%) Lead
4 39 (6.41%) Data Analyst
5 38 (6.25%) Data Engineer
6 26 (4.28%) Product Owner
6 26 (4.28%) Software Engineer
7 24 (3.95%) Analytics Manager
7 24 (3.95%) Architect
7 24 (3.95%) Developer
8 23 (3.78%) Senior Manager
9 19 (3.13%) Data Manager
9 19 (3.13%) Performance Analyst
10 18 (2.96%) Data Architect
11 17 (2.80%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (2.47%) Data Scientist
12 15 (2.47%) Principal Engineer
12 15 (2.47%) Product Manager
13 14 (2.30%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.59%) Kafka
2 24 (3.95%) Spring
3 20 (3.29%) Terraform
4 12 (1.97%) Spring Boot
5 11 (1.81%) .NET
6 9 (1.48%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.48%) ASP.NET
6 9 (1.48%) ASP.NET Core
6 9 (1.48%) ASP.NET Web API
6 9 (1.48%) Entity Framework
6 9 (1.48%) React
7 7 (1.15%) RESTful
8 6 (0.99%) PyTorch
8 6 (0.99%) REST
8 6 (0.99%) scikit-learn
8 6 (0.99%) TensorFlow
9 5 (0.82%) Node.js
10 4 (0.66%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.66%) Middleware
10 4 (0.66%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.55%) Product Ownership
2 44 (7.24%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.30%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.48%) Blog
10 9 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.48%) Replication
11 7 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.99%) IoT
12 6 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.99%) Private Cloud
12 6 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.15%) Linux
2 4 (0.66%) Windows
3 3 (0.49%) Android
3 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (72.86%) Decision-Making
2 278 (45.72%) Analytics
3 166 (27.30%) AI
4 147 (24.18%) Agile
5 142 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 139 (22.86%) Business Intelligence
7 134 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (19.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 96 (15.79%) Data Modelling
9 96 (15.79%) Roadmaps
10 95 (15.63%) Data Governance
11 90 (14.80%) Visualisation
12 81 (13.32%) Mentoring
13 72 (11.84%) Actionable Insight
14 68 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 67 (11.02%) Data Science
16 63 (10.36%) Machine Learning
17 61 (10.03%) ETL
18 59 (9.70%) Workflow
19 58 (9.54%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 143 (23.52%) SQL
2 88 (14.47%) Python
3 26 (4.28%) Java
4 24 (3.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.14%) R
8 12 (1.97%) C#
9 9 (1.48%) Kotlin
10 8 (1.32%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.99%) Scala
12 3 (0.49%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.33%) Bash
13 2 (0.33%) C++
13 2 (0.33%) Groovy
13 2 (0.33%) Ruby
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (12.34%) Degree
2 41 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (1.81%) ACCA
5 11 (1.81%) CIMA
6 10 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.48%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.49%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.49%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.49%) CSPO
11 3 (0.49%) PhD
11 3 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (14.64%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.58%) QA
3 39 (6.41%) GDPR
4 21 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.97%) GRC
6 7 (1.15%) SLA
7 6 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.66%) PMO
10 3 (0.49%) AQAP
10 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (2.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.33%) IAG
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.33%) Ansible
3 2 (0.33%) Grafana
3 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.33%) Rancher
4 1 (0.16%) Autotask
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 86 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.58%) Google
3 30 (4.93%) SAP
4 26 (4.28%) Databricks
5 12 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.32%) OpenAI
7 7 (1.15%) Foundry
8 6 (0.99%) Dynatrace
8 6 (0.99%) YouTube
9 5 (0.82%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.66%) Freshdesk
10 4 (0.66%) Oracle
10 4 (0.66%) Splunk
10 4 (0.66%) TikTok
11 3 (0.49%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.49%) NCR
11 3 (0.49%) Sage
11 3 (0.49%) Snapchat
11 3 (0.49%) Veritas