Data-Driven Decision Making Jobs

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data-Driven Decision Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 371 537 588
Rank change year-on-year +166 +51 +21
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 413 694 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.55% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.58% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 322 289 280
10th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data-Driven Decision Making is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Salary trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

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 28 November 2023. 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 +171 370 £55,050 -8.25% 274
UK excluding London +205 274 £50,000 -9.09% 145
Work from Home +122 170 £59,556 -0.74% 130
London +70 112 £67,500 +2.21% 135
South East +195 102 £52,550 +5.10% 43
North of England +95 62 £48,500 +4.86% 39
South West +107 46 £46,791 +33.69% 7
North West +123 39 £40,000 -17.95% 21
Midlands +102 26 £50,000 -16.67% 30
Yorkshire +49 22 £52,000 +15.56% 9
West Midlands +115 19 £60,000 +17.76% 25
Wales +29 19 £34,000 - 2
East of England +85 13 £40,000 -33.33% 19
Scotland +27 7 £59,556 +17.35% 6
East Midlands +23 7 £50,000 -20.00% 5
North East - 1 £27,500 - 9

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.91%) Jupyter
3 11 (2.66%) Confluence
4 8 (1.94%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.94%) CMS
5 6 (1.45%) Apache
5 6 (1.45%) MS Exchange
6 5 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.97%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.97%) ArcSDE
7 4 (0.97%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.97%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.97%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (0.97%) Sketch
4 4 (0.97%) Trello
5 3 (0.73%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.48%) SPSS
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.21%) Primavera
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.24%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 150 (36.32%) Power Platform
2 70 (16.95%) Azure
3 34 (8.23%) Google Analytics
4 29 (7.02%) GCP
5 23 (5.57%) AWS
6 22 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 19 (4.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (3.15%) SaaS
9 12 (2.91%) Canva
9 12 (2.91%) SurveyMonkey
10 9 (2.18%) dbt
10 9 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.18%) PaaS
11 8 (1.94%) Google Tag Manager
11 8 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.69%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.45%) IaaS
13 6 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.21%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.21%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.97%) WebEx
2 3 (0.73%) DNS
3 2 (0.48%) DHCP
3 2 (0.48%) FTP
3 2 (0.48%) Internet
4 1 (0.24%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) Network Security
4 1 (0.24%) SNMP
4 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (36.32%) Power BI
2 47 (11.38%) Tableau
3 42 (10.17%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (9.44%) SQL Server
5 31 (7.51%) Big Data
6 29 (7.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 23 (5.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (5.33%) Data Hub
9 14 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (3.15%) BigQuery
10 13 (3.15%) Data Lake
10 13 (3.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (1.94%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (1.94%) Looker
12 6 (1.45%) Delta Lake
13 5 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.21%) Qlik Sense
14 4 (0.97%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.97%) MySQL
14 4 (0.97%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (4.12%) JIRA
2 4 (0.97%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.24%) Git
4 1 (0.24%) GitLab
4 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
General
1 218 (52.78%) Social Skills
2 152 (36.80%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (27.12%) Finance
4 72 (17.43%) Marketing
5 55 (13.32%) Retail
6 34 (8.23%) Banking
7 29 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (4.84%) Legal
9 19 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.66%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.45%) Law
12 6 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.21%) Advertising
13 5 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.97%) French Language
15 3 (0.73%) Games
15 3 (0.73%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.73%) Military
15 3 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (23.24%) Analyst
2 70 (16.95%) Senior
3 44 (10.65%) Data Engineer
4 43 (10.41%) Data Analyst
5 38 (9.20%) Lead
6 37 (8.96%) Developer
7 28 (6.78%) Product Manager
8 26 (6.30%) Senior Manager
9 22 (5.33%) Consultant
10 18 (4.36%) Administrator
11 17 (4.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 16 (3.87%) Data Manager
13 14 (3.39%) Data Scientist
14 13 (3.15%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 12 (2.91%) Analytics Consultant
15 12 (2.91%) Digital Analyst
15 12 (2.91%) Research Analyst
15 12 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.91%) User Experience Researcher
15 12 (2.91%) UX Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.36%) HTML
2 10 (2.42%) CSS
3 6 (1.45%) JSON
3 6 (1.45%) React
3 6 (1.45%) Velocity
4 5 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.97%) Kafka
5 4 (0.97%) Next.js
5 4 (0.97%) Web Services
6 3 (0.73%) .NET
6 3 (0.73%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.73%) Node.js
6 3 (0.73%) PySpark
6 3 (0.73%) React Native
6 3 (0.73%) REST
6 3 (0.73%) Sass
6 3 (0.73%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (0.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.73%) XML
7 2 (0.48%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 29 (7.02%) Management Information System
3 25 (6.05%) Algorithms
4 22 (5.33%) Marketing Technology
5 12 (2.91%) Cyberattack
5 12 (2.91%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.94%) Social Media
9 7 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.69%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.45%) Fibre Optics
11 5 (1.21%) Blog
11 5 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.21%) FMCG
11 5 (1.21%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.97%) Pricing Data
12 4 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.73%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.81%) Windows
2 11 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
2 11 (2.66%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.45%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.97%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (71.43%) Decision-Making
2 178 (43.10%) Analytics
3 162 (39.23%) Business Intelligence
4 122 (29.54%) Visualisation
5 121 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
6 111 (26.88%) Agile
7 91 (22.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (21.07%) Data Science
9 82 (19.85%) Data Analysis
10 79 (19.13%) Data Analytics
11 74 (17.92%) Actionable Insight
11 74 (17.92%) Cybersecurity
12 73 (17.68%) Data Visualisation
13 65 (15.74%) Computer Science
14 59 (14.29%) Mentoring
15 58 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
16 54 (13.08%) Data Modelling
16 54 (13.08%) User Experience
17 43 (10.41%) Data Governance
18 41 (9.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 131 (31.72%) SQL
2 71 (17.19%) Python
3 29 (7.02%) R
4 27 (6.54%) JavaScript
5 22 (5.33%) Java
6 18 (4.36%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.12%) T-SQL
8 13 (3.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (2.91%) C#
10 8 (1.94%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.21%) C++
12 4 (0.97%) Scala
13 2 (0.48%) Bash
14 1 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.24%) Perl
14 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.24%) Ruby
14 1 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 85 (20.58%) Security Cleared
2 77 (18.64%) Degree
3 33 (7.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (4.60%) Master's Degree
5 16 (3.87%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.45%) CISM
6 6 (1.45%) CISSP
7 5 (1.21%) CISMP
7 5 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (1.21%) CRISC
7 5 (1.21%) ISACA
8 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.97%) CIPD
8 4 (0.97%) HNC
9 3 (0.73%) EnCE
9 3 (0.73%) GCFA
9 3 (0.73%) GCFE
10 2 (0.48%) PhD
10 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.48%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.26%) QA
2 29 (7.02%) Actionable Recommendations
3 28 (6.78%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.45%) JSP 440
6 4 (0.97%) GDPR
6 4 (0.97%) SLA
7 3 (0.73%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.24%) ITGC
8 1 (0.24%) NIST
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.63%) Docker
2 6 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.97%) SCCM
3 3 (0.73%) SCOM
4 2 (0.48%) Terraform
5 1 (0.24%) Ansible
5 1 (0.24%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) Graphite
5 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.24%) Nagios
5 1 (0.24%) Puppet
5 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 44 (10.65%) Google
3 20 (4.84%) Databricks
4 17 (4.12%) Oracle
5 13 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.91%) Hotjar
7 6 (1.45%) Adobe
7 6 (1.45%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.21%) Zoho
9 4 (0.97%) Autodesk
9 4 (0.97%) Computacenter
9 4 (0.97%) ESRI
9 4 (0.97%) Foundry
9 4 (0.97%) Optimizely
9 4 (0.97%) VMware
10 3 (0.73%) SAP
11 2 (0.48%) IBM
11 2 (0.48%) MicroStrategy
11 2 (0.48%) Sun
11 2 (0.48%) Teradata