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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 225 420
Rank change year-on-year -63 +195 +66
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 518 592 503
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.38% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.48% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 300 299 391
10th Percentile £36,475 £43,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,813 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,750 £101,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.18% -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 58,218 39,990 74,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.81% 93.48% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,252 22,229 56,158
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -63 416 £62,500 -3.85% 284
UK excluding London -37 312 £57,500 -4.17% 221
London -52 155 £70,000 -6.67% 107
Work from Home -14 135 £67,500 +12.04% 112
North of England -41 84 £60,000 -0.65% 56
Midlands -29 63 £57,500 -4.17% 49
South East -12 60 £50,000 -11.11% 62
North West -19 54 £60,000 -7.69% 28
West Midlands -19 47 £57,500 -4.17% 25
Scotland -26 35 £32,500 -70.45% 10
Yorkshire -42 23 £83,750 +39.58% 19
East of England -9 22 £55,000 +2.33% 11
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 5
South West -45 18 £77,500 +37.78% 26
East Midlands -28 16 £39,449 -28.28% 24
Wales -11 10 £42,500 -46.88% 6
North East -14 7 £45,497 -24.17% 9

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 (4.25%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.51%) CMS
2 13 (2.51%) Confluence
3 11 (2.12%) Apache
3 11 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.93%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.16%) SAS
6 5 (0.97%) IIS
6 5 (0.97%) nginx
7 4 (0.77%) Appian
8 3 (0.58%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.39%) CICS
9 2 (0.39%) MTS
10 1 (0.19%) Drupal
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 49 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.54%) Trello
3 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.97%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Shopify
2 10 (1.93%) SAP PM
3 7 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.19%) Primavera
7 1 (0.19%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 133 (25.68%) Power Platform
2 84 (16.22%) Azure
3 61 (11.78%) AWS
4 40 (7.72%) SaaS
5 25 (4.83%) GCP
6 19 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (3.47%) GitHub
8 13 (2.51%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.12%) Snowflake
10 10 (1.93%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (1.93%) Google Analytics
11 9 (1.74%) Asana
11 9 (1.74%) Serverless
12 8 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.54%) PaaS
13 7 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.16%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.16%) Broadband
1 6 (1.16%) Wireless
2 3 (0.58%) Modbus
2 3 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.19%) 5G
3 1 (0.19%) ADSL
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
3 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (25.29%) Power BI
2 69 (13.32%) Tableau
3 47 (9.07%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (5.79%) Metadata
5 20 (3.86%) Power Query
5 20 (3.86%) SQL Server
6 17 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (2.70%) Big Data
7 14 (2.70%) Data Lake
8 12 (2.32%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (2.32%) NoSQL
9 11 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.93%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (1.74%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (1.74%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.74%) Star Schema
12 8 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (1.35%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (6.37%) JIRA
2 21 (4.05%) Git
3 20 (3.86%) Postman
4 9 (1.74%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.97%) MSI
5 5 (0.97%) Vite
6 3 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.39%) MLflow
7 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) Selenium
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 214 (41.31%) Social Skills
2 203 (39.19%) Analytical Skills
3 121 (23.36%) Finance
4 76 (14.67%) Marketing
5 52 (10.04%) Law
6 38 (7.34%) Legal
7 35 (6.76%) Retail
8 30 (5.79%) Games
9 29 (5.60%) Public Sector
10 27 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (4.83%) Manufacturing
12 21 (4.05%) Telecoms
13 19 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (3.09%) Military
15 15 (2.90%) Banking
16 14 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (2.51%) Back Office
18 8 (1.54%) Billing
18 8 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 94 (18.15%) Senior
2 85 (16.41%) Analyst
3 71 (13.71%) Lead
4 50 (9.65%) Data Engineer
5 40 (7.72%) Senior Manager
6 37 (7.14%) Data Analyst
7 33 (6.37%) Architect
8 23 (4.44%) Product Manager
9 21 (4.05%) Developer
10 20 (3.86%) Senior Architect
11 16 (3.09%) Innovation Manager
12 15 (2.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 15 (2.90%) Data Manager
13 14 (2.70%) Product Owner
14 13 (2.51%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.32%) Data Scientist
15 12 (2.32%) E-Commerce Manager
15 12 (2.32%) Performance Manager
16 11 (2.12%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.67%) OpenAPI
1 19 (3.67%) RESTful
1 19 (3.67%) Swagger
2 15 (2.90%) Kafka
2 15 (2.90%) REST
3 12 (2.32%) JSON
4 9 (1.74%) .NET
5 8 (1.54%) CSS
5 8 (1.54%) Node.js
6 7 (1.35%) PyTorch
6 7 (1.35%) React
6 7 (1.35%) TensorFlow
6 7 (1.35%) Vue
7 6 (1.16%) HTML
7 6 (1.16%) Middleware
8 5 (0.97%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.97%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (0.97%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.97%) Tailwind CSS
8 5 (0.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 36 (6.95%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.44%) Data Structures
5 19 (3.67%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.28%) Cloud Native
8 16 (3.09%) Social Media
9 13 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.54%) NHS
13 7 (1.35%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.35%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.16%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.97%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.97%) Replication
16 4 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
16 4 (0.77%) Hackathon
16 4 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.54%) Windows
2 7 (1.35%) Linux
3 2 (0.39%) zOS
4 1 (0.19%) Android
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (78.19%) Decision-Making
2 275 (53.09%) Analytics
3 171 (33.01%) Business Intelligence
4 151 (29.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 130 (25.10%) Agile
6 118 (22.78%) AI
7 116 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
8 101 (19.50%) Roadmaps
9 100 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
10 95 (18.34%) ETL
11 90 (17.37%) Data Modelling
12 82 (15.83%) Visualisation
13 79 (15.25%) Data Governance
14 77 (14.86%) Actionable Insight
14 77 (14.86%) Data Analysis
15 63 (12.16%) Data Science
16 56 (10.81%) Machine Learning
17 55 (10.62%) Data Engineering
18 54 (10.42%) Translating Business Requirements
19 53 (10.23%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (29.92%) SQL
2 108 (20.85%) Python
3 23 (4.44%) R
4 17 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.90%) Bash
5 15 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 15 (2.90%) Java
6 12 (2.32%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.35%) Scala
8 6 (1.16%) PHP
8 6 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.97%) Go
10 4 (0.77%) C#
11 3 (0.58%) VBA
12 2 (0.39%) COBOL
12 2 (0.39%) JCL
13 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.19%) SHACL
13 1 (0.19%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 99 (19.11%) Degree
2 31 (5.98%) PMI Certification
3 30 (5.79%) PMP
4 13 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (2.51%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.35%) MBA
8 6 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.77%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.58%) ACCA
11 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.58%) CIMA
11 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.39%) HND
13 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (16.02%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.67%) GDPR
2 19 (3.67%) QA
3 10 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
3 10 (1.93%) SLA
4 9 (1.74%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.16%) PMO
6 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.58%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.58%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.19%) GMP
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (3.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 16 (3.09%) Terraform
2 9 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.97%) Ansible
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Autotask
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 70 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.79%) Databricks
3 27 (5.21%) SAP
4 26 (5.02%) ServiceNow
5 21 (4.05%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.86%) Genesys
6 20 (3.86%) Verint
7 18 (3.47%) Google
8 16 (3.09%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.12%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.54%) Oracle
11 6 (1.16%) Botify
11 6 (1.16%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.97%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.97%) BT
12 5 (0.97%) Foundry
13 3 (0.58%) Informatica
13 3 (0.58%) Mercator
13 3 (0.58%) Workday
14 2 (0.39%) Pardot