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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 219 424
Rank change year-on-year -110 +205 +34
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 504 705 586
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.59% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 1.71% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 364 306 415
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,650 £50,767 £46,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,731 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +10.42% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,813 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -7.53% +9.42% -4.45%

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 67,552 41,143 88,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.63% 82.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46,362 21,911 62,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,556
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -106 454 £60,000 -1.22% 258
UK excluding London -83 336 £53,171 -7.53% 168
Work from Home -43 139 £58,750 +2.17% 110
North of England -6 136 £57,000 -0.87% 41
London -117 123 £75,561 +4.22% 123
North West +43 111 £57,500 - 25
Midlands -23 80 £48,500 -15.65% 33
West Midlands -26 56 £51,356 -10.69% 21
South East -46 55 £50,000 -23.08% 52
East of England -9 29 £60,000 +37.93% 12
East Midlands -24 24 £37,500 -38.78% 12
Yorkshire -47 20 £51,250 -10.87% 13
South West -83 17 £77,500 +66.67% 22
Scotland -10 14 £32,500 -60.61% 6
Wales -40 7 £52,500 -35.38% 5
North East -37 5 £43,999 -23.48% 4

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 17 (3.37%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (2.18%) CMS
2 11 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.59%) Apache
3 8 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.79%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.79%) IIS
5 4 (0.79%) nginx
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 42 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.79%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) SPSS
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.98%) SAP PM
2 5 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.79%) Shopify
4 3 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.40%) Primavera
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 98 (19.44%) Azure
2 88 (17.46%) Power Platform
3 60 (11.90%) AWS
4 32 (6.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 32 (6.35%) GCP
5 30 (5.95%) SaaS
6 10 (1.98%) Amazon S3
7 9 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.79%) GitHub
7 9 (1.79%) Snowflake
8 8 (1.59%) Amazon Kinesis
8 8 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (1.59%) Serverless
9 7 (1.39%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.19%) dbt
10 6 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (0.99%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.19%) Broadband
2 4 (0.79%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.60%) Intranet
3 3 (0.60%) Modbus
4 2 (0.40%) Wireless
5 1 (0.20%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (17.46%) Power BI
2 55 (10.91%) Tableau
3 46 (9.13%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (3.57%) Metadata
6 17 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 14 (2.78%) Power Query
8 12 (2.38%) NoSQL
9 11 (2.18%) Big Data
9 11 (2.18%) Star Schema
10 10 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.79%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.79%) MongoDB
12 8 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (1.59%) Looker
12 8 (1.59%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.39%) Apache Iceberg
13 7 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 20 (3.97%) Git
2 16 (3.17%) JIRA
2 16 (3.17%) Postman
3 5 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.79%) Vite
5 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.20%) MLflow
6 1 (0.20%) MSI
6 1 (0.20%) Selenium
6 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 174 (34.52%) Social Skills
2 149 (29.56%) Analytical Skills
3 106 (21.03%) Finance
4 63 (12.50%) Law
5 55 (10.91%) Marketing
6 37 (7.34%) Telecoms
7 33 (6.55%) Legal
8 31 (6.15%) Public Sector
9 27 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (5.36%) Military
10 25 (4.96%) Back Office
11 22 (4.37%) Manufacturing
12 21 (4.17%) Retail
13 16 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.79%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.79%) Banking
15 9 (1.79%) Billing
15 9 (1.79%) Games
16 5 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 93 (18.45%) Senior
2 92 (18.25%) Analyst
3 80 (15.87%) Lead
4 56 (11.11%) Data Engineer
5 36 (7.14%) Data Analyst
6 29 (5.75%) Developer
7 20 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 19 (3.77%) Product Owner
9 18 (3.57%) Performance Analyst
10 17 (3.37%) Senior Manager
11 16 (3.17%) Architect
12 15 (2.98%) Data Manager
12 15 (2.98%) Data Scientist
12 15 (2.98%) Microsoft Engineer
13 14 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
14 13 (2.58%) Principal Engineer
14 13 (2.58%) Product Manager
15 11 (2.18%) Data Architect
16 10 (1.98%) Business Developer
16 10 (1.98%) Performance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.76%) Kafka
2 18 (3.57%) .NET
3 14 (2.78%) OpenAPI
3 14 (2.78%) RESTful
3 14 (2.78%) Swagger
4 11 (2.18%) REST
5 10 (1.98%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.79%) ASP.NET
6 9 (1.79%) ASP.NET Core
6 9 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
6 9 (1.79%) Entity Framework
7 6 (1.19%) Node.js
8 5 (0.99%) CSS
8 5 (0.99%) HTML
8 5 (0.99%) JSON
8 5 (0.99%) Middleware
8 5 (0.99%) Vue
8 5 (0.99%) YAML
9 4 (0.79%) LEMP Stack
9 4 (0.79%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 31 (6.15%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 21 (4.17%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.37%) Algorithms
5 17 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.98%) Social Media
9 7 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.39%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.19%) Replication
10 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.79%) IoT
12 4 (0.79%) NHS
12 4 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.98%) Linux
2 4 (0.79%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (72.42%) Decision-Making
2 255 (50.60%) Analytics
3 128 (25.40%) Business Intelligence
4 120 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (23.41%) Agile
6 100 (19.84%) AI
7 97 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (17.26%) Data Governance
9 86 (17.06%) Roadmaps
10 80 (15.87%) ETL
11 78 (15.48%) Data Modelling
12 73 (14.48%) Visualisation
13 62 (12.30%) Data Analysis
14 61 (12.10%) Actionable Insight
15 60 (11.90%) CI/CD
15 60 (11.90%) Data Pipeline
16 53 (10.52%) Data Science
16 53 (10.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 49 (9.72%) DevOps
18 48 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 134 (26.59%) SQL
2 91 (18.06%) Python
3 21 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (3.97%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.57%) R
6 14 (2.78%) C#
7 13 (2.58%) Java
8 12 (2.38%) Bash
8 12 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.18%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.79%) Scala
11 4 (0.79%) PHP
12 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.60%) VBA
13 1 (0.20%) Bicep
13 1 (0.20%) C++
13 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (10.52%) Degree
2 23 (4.56%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.18%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.98%) ACCA
4 10 (1.98%) CIMA
4 10 (1.98%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.19%) MBA
7 5 (0.99%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.60%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.40%) HND
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CBAP
10 1 (0.20%) CSPO
10 1 (0.20%) ICAEW
10 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (15.28%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.56%) GDPR
3 16 (3.17%) QA
4 10 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.19%) PMO
7 4 (0.79%) SLA
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (2.18%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) IAG
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (4.76%) Terraform
2 16 (3.17%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.60%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) Autotask
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 72 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.56%) SAP
3 25 (4.96%) Databricks
4 17 (3.37%) Google
5 11 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.59%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.19%) Botify
8 5 (0.99%) Alteryx
8 5 (0.99%) Foundry
8 5 (0.99%) Oracle
9 4 (0.79%) BT
9 4 (0.79%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.79%) Sage
10 3 (0.60%) Pardot
10 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.40%) Ariba
11 2 (0.40%) Cognizant
11 2 (0.40%) Cognos
11 2 (0.40%) IBM
11 2 (0.40%) NEC