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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 207 411
Rank change year-on-year -124 +204 +68
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 612 768 499
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.55% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.73% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 435 333 324
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,004
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,702 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +8.99%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +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 77,301 44,356 67,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.43% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53,282 25,229 44,135
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £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 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 7 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 7 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 -88 560 £57,500 -4.17% 495
UK excluding London -87 412 £53,171 -3.33% 260
North of England +22 191 £52,500 -8.70% 73
Work from Home -48 160 £52,500 -8.70% 159
London -83 155 £77,500 +3.33% 289
North West +51 144 £55,000 -4.35% 39
Midlands -28 93 £51,356 -10.69% 35
South East -86 65 £50,000 -5.15% 75
West Midlands -35 56 £51,356 -10.69% 18
East Midlands -22 37 £52,500 -8.70% 17
Yorkshire -19 33 £42,500 -26.09% 24
East of England -18 31 £58,105 +36.72% 18
South West -94 17 £60,000 +31.15% 29
North East -41 14 £68,750 +19.57% 10
Scotland -54 9 £55,000 -21.43% 20
Wales -59 6 £53,171 -18.20% 8

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 (1.31%) CMS
2 8 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.98%) 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 54 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.49%) Chatbot
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 (2.29%) SAP PM
2 8 (1.31%) 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
1 114 (18.63%) Power Platform
2 96 (15.69%) Azure
3 69 (11.27%) AWS
4 39 (6.37%) GCP
5 29 (4.74%) SaaS
6 28 (4.58%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (3.27%) Snowflake
8 16 (2.61%) Google Analytics
8 16 (2.61%) Serverless
9 12 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (1.96%) GitHub
9 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (1.80%) dbt
10 11 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
13 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
1 114 (18.63%) Power BI
2 60 (9.80%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (8.82%) Tableau
4 23 (3.76%) BigQuery
4 23 (3.76%) Data Lake
4 23 (3.76%) Looker
5 19 (3.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (2.94%) Power Query
7 15 (2.45%) Metadata
7 15 (2.45%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.45%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.96%) MongoDB
8 12 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.47%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.47%) Star Schema
10 7 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.82%) MySQL
11 5 (0.82%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 31 (5.07%) JIRA
2 16 (2.61%) Git
3 9 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.31%) 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
1 218 (35.62%) Social Skills
2 194 (31.70%) Analytical Skills
3 157 (25.65%) Finance
4 80 (13.07%) Marketing
5 62 (10.13%) Law
6 54 (8.82%) Public Sector
7 52 (8.50%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (6.54%) Telecoms
9 39 (6.37%) Retail
10 37 (6.05%) Legal
11 35 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (5.39%) Back Office
13 32 (5.23%) Military
14 30 (4.90%) Manufacturing
15 20 (3.27%) Banking
16 15 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (2.12%) Aerospace
18 9 (1.47%) Games
18 9 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
19 8 (1.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 114 (18.63%) Analyst
2 112 (18.30%) Senior
3 88 (14.38%) Lead
4 41 (6.70%) Data Engineer
5 40 (6.54%) Data Analyst
6 26 (4.25%) Architect
7 24 (3.92%) Analytics Manager
7 24 (3.92%) Developer
8 22 (3.59%) Product Owner
8 22 (3.59%) Senior Manager
8 22 (3.59%) Software Engineer
9 21 (3.43%) Data Manager
10 19 (3.10%) Data Scientist
10 19 (3.10%) Performance Analyst
11 18 (2.94%) Data Architect
12 16 (2.61%) Performance Manager
12 16 (2.61%) Product Manager
13 14 (2.29%) Microsoft Engineer
13 14 (2.29%) Platform Engineer
14 13 (2.12%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.58%) Kafka
2 19 (3.10%) Spring
3 15 (2.45%) .NET
4 10 (1.63%) REST
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%) Spring Boot
6 8 (1.31%) React
6 8 (1.31%) RESTful
7 6 (0.98%) Node.js
7 6 (0.98%) OpenAPI
7 6 (0.98%) Swagger
8 5 (0.82%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.82%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.82%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.65%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 45 (7.35%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 18 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.80%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.63%) Social Media
9 9 (1.47%) Blog
10 8 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.31%) Replication
11 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.14%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.98%) IoT
12 6 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.98%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.82%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.82%) Linux
2 3 (0.49%) Windows
3 2 (0.33%) Android
3 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (73.53%) Decision-Making
2 291 (47.55%) Analytics
3 152 (24.84%) AI
4 143 (23.37%) Agile
5 142 (23.20%) Business Intelligence
6 140 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
7 134 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 105 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 102 (16.67%) Roadmaps
10 99 (16.18%) Data Governance
11 95 (15.52%) Visualisation
12 85 (13.89%) Data Modelling
13 75 (12.25%) Mentoring
14 72 (11.76%) Data Science
15 70 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 67 (10.95%) Machine Learning
17 66 (10.78%) Actionable Insight
18 62 (10.13%) CI/CD
19 59 (9.64%) Data Analysis
20 58 (9.48%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 137 (22.39%) SQL
2 84 (13.73%) Python
3 25 (4.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 23 (3.76%) Java
4 23 (3.76%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.45%) R
5 15 (2.45%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.12%) C#
7 10 (1.63%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.14%) Kotlin
9 6 (0.98%) Scala
10 4 (0.65%) VBA
11 3 (0.49%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.33%) Ruby
13 1 (0.16%) Bash
13 1 (0.16%) C++
13 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (12.42%) Degree
2 35 (5.72%) Security Cleared
3 23 (3.76%) SC Cleared
4 12 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (1.63%) ACCA
5 10 (1.63%) CIMA
5 10 (1.63%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.49%) CSPO
9 3 (0.49%) PhD
10 2 (0.33%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) ICAEW
11 1 (0.16%) MBA
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (14.71%) Data Quality
2 41 (6.70%) GDPR
3 24 (3.92%) QA
4 20 (3.27%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.80%) GRC
6 9 (1.47%) SLA
7 8 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.82%) 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 (1.96%) Docker
2 2 (0.33%) IAG
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (3.43%) 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 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.37%) Google
3 36 (5.88%) SAP
4 26 (4.25%) Databricks
5 12 (1.96%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.14%) Foundry
7 6 (0.98%) Botify
7 6 (0.98%) HubSpot
7 6 (0.98%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.82%) Alteryx
8 5 (0.82%) Oracle
8 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.65%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.65%) Freshdesk
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
11 2 (0.33%) TikTok