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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 335 376
Rank change year-on-year +104 +41 +122
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 580 433 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.95% 0.82% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.90% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 251 248 339
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.14% -0.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -16.67%

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 49,307 48,088 54,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.63% 90.91% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 29,027 23,255 41,501
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 20 January 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 20 January 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 +89 452 £65,000 - 428
UK excluding London +124 390 £57,500 -4.17% 407
South East +98 155 £55,000 +1.62% 126
London +35 150 £71,028 -18.83% 88
Work from Home +58 110 £66,500 +4.31% 162
Scotland +43 63 £35,250 -62.89% 20
North of England -3 54 £60,000 -7.69% 74
Midlands +17 49 £58,750 -2.08% 60
West Midlands +24 46 £62,500 +4.17% 25
North West +5 29 £55,000 -15.38% 29
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 10
South West +17 19 £73,250 +24.68% 46
Yorkshire -9 19 £71,250 -13.64% 32
East of England +27 14 £52,500 -44.44% 61
Wales +16 14 £43,750 -45.31% 19
North East +12 6 - - 15
East Midlands -13 3 £39,449 -53.32% 33

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 16 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
1 16 (2.76%) Confluence
2 11 (1.90%) Apache
2 11 (1.90%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.03%) CMS
3 6 (1.03%) SAS
4 5 (0.86%) IIS
4 5 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.69%) Appian
5 4 (0.69%) nginx
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.34%) CICS
6 2 (0.34%) MTS
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 82 (14.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.55%) Trello
5 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.69%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.69%) Windchill
7 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 44 (7.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.59%) Shopify
3 7 (1.21%) SAP CO
3 7 (1.21%) SAP FI
3 7 (1.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.69%) Magento
6 4 (0.69%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.17%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 140 (24.14%) Power Platform
2 81 (13.97%) SaaS
3 77 (13.28%) Azure
4 57 (9.83%) AWS
5 22 (3.79%) GCP
6 19 (3.28%) GitHub
7 17 (2.93%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.59%) Serverless
9 14 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (2.24%) Amazon S3
10 13 (2.24%) Google Analytics
11 11 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (1.55%) Asana
14 8 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.38%) PaaS
15 7 (1.21%) Amazon Kinesis
15 7 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (1.21%) Google Tag Manager
16 6 (1.03%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.03%) Wireless
2 3 (0.52%) Broadband
3 1 (0.17%) 5G
3 1 (0.17%) ADSL
3 1 (0.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (23.79%) Power BI
2 65 (11.21%) Tableau
3 48 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (4.48%) Metadata
5 22 (3.79%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.93%) Power Query
7 15 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (2.41%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.41%) SQL Server
9 12 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.72%) Apache Iceberg
10 10 (1.72%) Big Data
11 9 (1.55%) Looker
12 8 (1.38%) Data Mining
12 8 (1.38%) SAP BW
12 8 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.21%) Amazon QuickSight
13 7 (1.21%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 61 (10.52%) JIRA
2 43 (7.41%) Git
3 26 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.24%) Postman
5 6 (1.03%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.86%) MSI
7 4 (0.69%) Toad
7 4 (0.69%) Vite
8 2 (0.34%) MLflow
9 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.17%) GitLab
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 307 (52.93%) Social Skills
2 219 (37.76%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (30.17%) Finance
4 81 (13.97%) Marketing
5 40 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (6.03%) Law
7 34 (5.86%) Legal
8 32 (5.52%) Retail
9 28 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (4.66%) Public Sector
11 23 (3.97%) Games
12 21 (3.62%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (2.41%) Telecoms
15 13 (2.24%) Banking
15 13 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.38%) Military
16 8 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.03%) Local Government
17 6 (1.03%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 100 (17.24%) Lead
2 85 (14.66%) Analyst
3 83 (14.31%) Senior
4 48 (8.28%) Innovation Manager
5 45 (7.76%) Senior Manager
6 43 (7.41%) Architect
7 36 (6.21%) Data Engineer
8 31 (5.34%) Data Analyst
9 22 (3.79%) Developer
10 20 (3.45%) Product Manager
10 20 (3.45%) Senior Architect
11 15 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 15 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 15 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.41%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.41%) Product Owner
13 13 (2.24%) Data Manager
14 12 (2.07%) Digital Product Manager
15 11 (1.90%) Business Developer
15 11 (1.90%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.76%) REST
2 14 (2.41%) OpenAPI
2 14 (2.41%) Swagger
3 13 (2.24%) React
3 13 (2.24%) RESTful
4 12 (2.07%) Kafka
4 12 (2.07%) Vue
5 10 (1.72%) Middleware
6 9 (1.55%) AngularJS
6 9 (1.55%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.38%) JSON
7 8 (1.38%) TensorFlow
8 7 (1.21%) CSS
8 7 (1.21%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.86%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.86%) HTML
9 5 (0.86%) Node.js
9 5 (0.86%) Pandas
9 5 (0.86%) Play Framework
10 4 (0.69%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.59%) Product Ownership
2 33 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 26 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.41%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.41%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.55%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.55%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.55%) Social Media
9 9 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.86%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.86%) NHS
11 5 (0.86%) Reinsurance
12 4 (0.69%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.69%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.55%) Windows
2 6 (1.03%) Linux
3 4 (0.69%) Unix
3 4 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) zOS
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (76.72%) Decision-Making
2 265 (45.69%) Analytics
3 202 (34.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 173 (29.83%) Business Intelligence
5 142 (24.48%) AI
6 134 (23.10%) Agile
7 132 (22.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 131 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
9 115 (19.83%) Data Modelling
10 102 (17.59%) Roadmaps
11 91 (15.69%) Data Analysis
12 85 (14.66%) ERP
13 80 (13.79%) ETL
14 76 (13.10%) Customer Experience
15 70 (12.07%) Actionable Insight
15 70 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (12.07%) Visualisation
16 64 (11.03%) Strategic Thinking
17 63 (10.86%) Data Governance
18 57 (9.83%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (24.31%) SQL
2 97 (16.72%) Python
3 20 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 18 (3.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (3.10%) R
5 12 (2.07%) Bash
5 12 (2.07%) Java
6 9 (1.55%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.03%) Scala
8 5 (0.86%) Go
8 5 (0.86%) PHP
8 5 (0.86%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.69%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.69%) VB
10 2 (0.34%) ABAP
10 2 (0.34%) COBOL
10 2 (0.34%) JCL
11 1 (0.17%) C#
11 1 (0.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 206 (35.52%) Degree
2 58 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 44 (7.59%) MBA
4 37 (6.38%) Security Cleared
5 32 (5.52%) PMI Certification
6 31 (5.34%) PMP
7 14 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.90%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (1.21%) ACCA
9 7 (1.21%) CIMA
9 7 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.86%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (18.28%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.72%) QA
3 26 (4.48%) Def Stans
4 22 (3.79%) GDPR
5 14 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.41%) SLA
6 9 (1.55%) PMO
7 6 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.69%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.69%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (3.10%) Docker
2 2 (0.34%) RACF
Systems Management
1 9 (1.55%) Kubernetes
1 9 (1.55%) Terraform
2 5 (0.86%) Ansible
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (15.69%) SAP
2 73 (12.59%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.34%) Databricks
4 26 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.62%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.45%) Genesys
6 20 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.45%) Verint
7 17 (2.93%) Google
8 9 (1.55%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.55%) Oracle
9 5 (0.86%) BT
9 5 (0.86%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.69%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.69%) NEC
10 4 (0.69%) Workday
11 3 (0.52%) Ariba
11 3 (0.52%) Foundry
11 3 (0.52%) Mercator
11 3 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud