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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 213 394
Rank change year-on-year -111 +181 +78
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 614 779 514
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.56% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.75% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 436 333 328
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,009
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,751 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% -0.42% +8.99%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,375 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,679 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.22% - +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 77,887 44,584 67,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 89.31% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53,644 25,395 43,808
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -94 561 £57,500 -4.17% 506
UK excluding London -99 413 £52,679 -4.22% 273
North of England +28 195 £51,250 -10.87% 74
Work from Home -51 159 £52,500 -8.70% 162
London -107 156 £77,500 +3.33% 285
North West +50 144 £55,000 -4.35% 42
Midlands -29 92 £51,928 -9.69% 39
South East -92 64 £50,000 -4.95% 81
West Midlands -30 56 £51,356 -10.69% 25
Yorkshire -30 37 £42,500 -26.09% 23
East Midlands -17 36 £52,500 -8.70% 14
East of England -22 29 £58,105 +36.72% 20
South West -96 17 £60,000 +31.15% 32
North East -46 14 £68,750 +19.57% 9
Scotland -55 10 £55,000 -21.43% 20
Wales -51 6 £53,171 -18.20% 7

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 9 (1.47%) Confluence
2 8 (1.30%) CMS
2 8 (1.30%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 52 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.28%) SAP PM
2 8 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.33%) Primavera
4 2 (0.33%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.33%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.16%) FastStats
5 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 112 (18.24%) Power Platform
2 96 (15.64%) Azure
3 70 (11.40%) AWS
4 40 (6.51%) GCP
5 28 (4.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 28 (4.56%) SaaS
6 20 (3.26%) Snowflake
7 19 (3.09%) Google Analytics
8 17 (2.77%) Serverless
9 14 (2.28%) GitHub
10 12 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (1.95%) dbt
10 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.47%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.49%) Broadband
2 3 (0.49%) Intranet
2 3 (0.49%) Modbus
3 1 (0.16%) Firewall
3 1 (0.16%) GoToMeeting
3 1 (0.16%) MQTT
3 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.16%) WebEx
3 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (18.24%) Power BI
2 60 (9.77%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (8.63%) Tableau
4 24 (3.91%) BigQuery
4 24 (3.91%) Looker
5 23 (3.75%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (2.77%) Power Query
8 16 (2.61%) Relational Database
9 15 (2.44%) Metadata
9 15 (2.44%) SQL Server
10 12 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.95%) MongoDB
10 12 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.47%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.47%) Star Schema
12 8 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.81%) MySQL
13 5 (0.81%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 32 (5.21%) JIRA
2 16 (2.61%) Git
3 9 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.30%) Postman
5 4 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.49%) Selenium
6 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 215 (35.02%) Social Skills
2 195 (31.76%) Analytical Skills
3 158 (25.73%) Finance
4 78 (12.70%) Marketing
5 61 (9.93%) Law
6 54 (8.79%) Public Sector
7 51 (8.31%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (6.68%) Retail
9 40 (6.51%) Telecoms
10 37 (6.03%) Legal
11 35 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (5.37%) Back Office
13 32 (5.21%) Military
14 30 (4.89%) Manufacturing
15 23 (3.75%) Banking
16 14 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (2.12%) Aerospace
18 9 (1.47%) Games
18 9 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
19 8 (1.30%) Billing
Job Titles
1 116 (18.89%) Analyst
2 113 (18.40%) Senior
3 88 (14.33%) Lead
4 41 (6.68%) Data Engineer
5 39 (6.35%) Data Analyst
6 26 (4.23%) Architect
7 24 (3.91%) Analytics Manager
7 24 (3.91%) Software Engineer
8 23 (3.75%) Developer
9 22 (3.58%) Senior Manager
10 21 (3.42%) Data Manager
10 21 (3.42%) Product Owner
11 19 (3.09%) Data Scientist
11 19 (3.09%) Performance Analyst
12 18 (2.93%) Data Architect
13 16 (2.61%) Performance Manager
14 15 (2.44%) Product Manager
15 14 (2.28%) Microsoft Engineer
15 14 (2.28%) Platform Engineer
16 13 (2.12%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.56%) Kafka
2 20 (3.26%) Spring
3 15 (2.44%) .NET
4 10 (1.63%) REST
4 10 (1.63%) RESTful
4 10 (1.63%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.47%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.47%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.47%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (1.47%) ASP.NET Web API
5 9 (1.47%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.47%) React
6 7 (1.14%) Node.js
7 6 (0.98%) OpenAPI
7 6 (0.98%) Swagger
8 5 (0.81%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.81%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.81%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.65%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.65%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.65%) Product Ownership
2 46 (7.49%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.58%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.09%) Algorithms
5 19 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.79%) Data Structures
7 11 (1.79%) Social Media
8 9 (1.47%) Blog
9 8 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.30%) Replication
10 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.14%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.14%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.98%) IoT
11 6 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (0.81%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.81%) Linux
2 3 (0.49%) Android
2 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (72.80%) Decision-Making
2 290 (47.23%) Analytics
3 152 (24.76%) AI
4 145 (23.62%) Agile
5 140 (22.80%) Business Intelligence
6 137 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
7 132 (21.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 105 (17.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 99 (16.12%) Data Governance
9 99 (16.12%) Roadmaps
10 94 (15.31%) Visualisation
11 83 (13.52%) Data Modelling
12 75 (12.21%) Mentoring
13 71 (11.56%) Data Science
14 69 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 67 (10.91%) Machine Learning
16 66 (10.75%) Actionable Insight
17 63 (10.26%) CI/CD
18 58 (9.45%) Data Analysis
18 58 (9.45%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 137 (22.31%) SQL
2 85 (13.84%) Python
3 25 (4.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 24 (3.91%) Java
4 24 (3.91%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.61%) TypeScript
6 15 (2.44%) R
7 13 (2.12%) C#
8 10 (1.63%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.14%) Kotlin
10 6 (0.98%) Scala
11 3 (0.49%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.49%) VBA
12 2 (0.33%) Ruby
13 1 (0.16%) Bash
13 1 (0.16%) C++
13 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 74 (12.05%) Degree
2 35 (5.70%) Security Cleared
3 23 (3.75%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.63%) ACCA
6 10 (1.63%) CIMA
6 10 (1.63%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.30%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.49%) CSPO
10 3 (0.49%) PhD
11 2 (0.33%) HND
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.16%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.16%) MBA
12 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (14.50%) Data Quality
2 41 (6.68%) GDPR
3 24 (3.91%) QA
4 20 (3.26%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.79%) GRC
6 9 (1.47%) SLA
7 7 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.65%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.95%) Docker
2 2 (0.33%) IAG
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (3.42%) Terraform
2 16 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) Autotask
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 87 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.84%) Google
3 36 (5.86%) SAP
4 26 (4.23%) Databricks
5 12 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.14%) Foundry
7 6 (0.98%) Botify
7 6 (0.98%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.81%) Oracle
8 5 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.65%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.65%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.65%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.65%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.65%) Splunk
10 3 (0.49%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.49%) Palantir
10 3 (0.49%) Pardot
10 3 (0.49%) Sage
10 3 (0.49%) TikTok