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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 201 426
Rank change year-on-year -116 +225 +37
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 514 702 545
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 1.61% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.73% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 345 324 404
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,104 £51,250 £46,805
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,841 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% +12.44% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.42% -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 67,307 40,602 82,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.25% 93.30% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,652 22,587 59,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,446 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -86 450 £60,000 -4.00% 298
UK excluding London -63 328 £55,000 -4.35% 191
London -103 142 £71,028 -5.30% 139
North of England -36 130 £60,000 +4.35% 54
Work from Home -37 126 £62,500 +8.70% 120
North West +10 98 £60,000 +4.35% 28
Midlands -49 70 £48,500 -15.65% 30
South East -52 50 £50,000 -11.11% 54
West Midlands -49 49 £56,250 -2.17% 17
East of England +2 31 £60,000 +12.21% 17
Yorkshire -55 25 £90,000 +56.52% 16
East Midlands -21 21 £37,500 -34.78% 13
Scotland -35 17 £32,500 -68.29% 8
South West -79 15 £73,750 +47.50% 21
Wales -22 11 £42,500 -46.88% 7
North East -42 7 £67,749 +17.82% 11
Northern Ireland - 6 £77,500 - 3

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 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.33%) CMS
2 12 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.14%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.95%) Apache
5 5 (0.97%) Confluence
5 5 (0.97%) IIS
5 5 (0.97%) nginx
6 4 (0.78%) Appian
6 4 (0.78%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.19%) MTS
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 38 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (0.97%) Photoshop
2 5 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.39%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.95%) SAP PM
2 6 (1.17%) Shopify
3 5 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.39%) Primavera
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 103 (20.04%) Power Platform
2 89 (17.32%) Azure
3 62 (12.06%) AWS
4 36 (7.00%) SaaS
5 26 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
5 26 (5.06%) GCP
6 12 (2.33%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.33%) GitHub
7 11 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.95%) Amazon Kinesis
9 9 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (1.75%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.36%) dbt
11 7 (1.36%) Serverless
12 6 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.97%) Figma
13 5 (0.97%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.97%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.17%) Broadband
1 6 (1.17%) Wireless
2 3 (0.58%) Modbus
2 3 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.39%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (20.04%) Power BI
2 70 (13.62%) Tableau
3 42 (8.17%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (4.09%) Metadata
4 21 (4.09%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (3.11%) Data Lake
7 14 (2.72%) Big Data
8 12 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (2.14%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.95%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.95%) Power Query
11 9 (1.75%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (1.75%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (1.75%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (1.75%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.75%) Star Schema
12 7 (1.36%) MySQL
12 7 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.17%) Looker
Development Applications
1 21 (4.09%) Git
2 18 (3.50%) Postman
3 16 (3.11%) JIRA
4 5 (0.97%) MSI
4 5 (0.97%) Vite
5 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.39%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 178 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 169 (32.88%) Analytical Skills
3 110 (21.40%) Finance
4 63 (12.26%) Law
5 56 (10.89%) Marketing
6 33 (6.42%) Telecoms
7 29 (5.64%) Games
7 29 (5.64%) Legal
8 26 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (5.06%) Military
9 25 (4.86%) Retail
10 24 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (4.28%) Public Sector
12 20 (3.89%) Back Office
12 20 (3.89%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.75%) Billing
15 8 (1.56%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 112 (21.79%) Senior
2 84 (16.34%) Analyst
3 83 (16.15%) Lead
4 57 (11.09%) Data Engineer
5 38 (7.39%) Senior Manager
6 35 (6.81%) Architect
7 32 (6.23%) Data Analyst
8 21 (4.09%) Developer
9 20 (3.89%) Senior Architect
10 16 (3.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 14 (2.72%) Data Manager
11 14 (2.72%) Data Scientist
11 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Engineer
11 14 (2.72%) Product Manager
11 14 (2.72%) Product Owner
12 13 (2.53%) Business Analyst
12 13 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (2.33%) Performance Analyst
14 11 (2.14%) Report Manager
15 10 (1.95%) Performance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.70%) Kafka
2 16 (3.11%) OpenAPI
2 16 (3.11%) RESTful
2 16 (3.11%) Swagger
3 14 (2.72%) REST
4 13 (2.53%) .NET
5 9 (1.75%) Node.js
6 8 (1.56%) CSS
7 7 (1.36%) Middleware
7 7 (1.36%) PyTorch
7 7 (1.36%) TensorFlow
8 6 (1.17%) HTML
8 6 (1.17%) Vue
9 5 (0.97%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.97%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.97%) JSON
9 5 (0.97%) Laravel
9 5 (0.97%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (0.97%) Play Framework
9 5 (0.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.84%) Product Ownership
2 28 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 26 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 23 (4.47%) Data Structures
5 19 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.92%) Algorithms
6 15 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.14%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.95%) Social Media
10 9 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.97%) Replication
12 5 (0.97%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.78%) Hackathon
13 4 (0.78%) IoT
13 4 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.75%) Linux
2 4 (0.78%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (76.65%) Decision-Making
2 256 (49.81%) Analytics
3 143 (27.82%) Business Intelligence
4 128 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 116 (22.57%) Agile
7 93 (18.09%) AI
8 87 (16.93%) Roadmaps
9 82 (15.95%) Data Governance
9 82 (15.95%) ETL
10 78 (15.18%) Data Modelling
11 75 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
12 68 (13.23%) Visualisation
13 64 (12.45%) Data Analysis
14 63 (12.26%) Actionable Insight
15 57 (11.09%) CI/CD
16 55 (10.70%) Data Pipeline
17 54 (10.51%) Data Science
18 48 (9.34%) Strategic Thinking
19 45 (8.75%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 133 (25.88%) SQL
2 96 (18.68%) Python
3 20 (3.89%) JavaScript
4 19 (3.70%) R
5 16 (3.11%) Java
6 15 (2.92%) Bash
6 15 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.53%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.95%) Scala
9 9 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.56%) C#
11 5 (0.97%) PHP
12 4 (0.78%) Go
13 3 (0.58%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.58%) VBA
14 1 (0.19%) Bicep
14 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.19%) SHACL
14 1 (0.19%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 75 (14.59%) Degree
2 21 (4.09%) PMI Certification
2 21 (4.09%) PMP
3 18 (3.50%) Security Cleared
4 10 (1.95%) ACCA
4 10 (1.95%) CIMA
5 9 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.36%) MBA
6 7 (1.36%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.97%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.39%) HND
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (15.37%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.31%) GDPR
3 16 (3.11%) QA
4 10 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.75%) SLA
6 8 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.56%) PMO
7 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.58%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.58%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.39%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (2.92%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) IAG
Systems Management
1 23 (4.47%) Terraform
2 14 (2.72%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.36%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Autotask
4 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 55 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.45%) Databricks
3 27 (5.25%) SAP
4 24 (4.67%) ServiceNow
5 20 (3.89%) Anaplan
5 20 (3.89%) Genesys
5 20 (3.89%) Verint
6 16 (3.11%) Google
7 14 (2.72%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.14%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.17%) Botify
10 5 (0.97%) BT
10 5 (0.97%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.97%) Oracle
11 4 (0.78%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.78%) Foundry
12 3 (0.58%) Informatica
12 3 (0.58%) Pardot
12 3 (0.58%) Sage
13 2 (0.39%) Cognos