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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 277 415
Rank change year-on-year -4 +138 +67
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 493 513 472
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 1.09% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.17% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 270 268 372
10th Percentile £36,475 £42,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,063 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -12.50%

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 55,198 43,957 67,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.83% 93.01% 88.40%
Number of salaries quoted 33,132 22,050 51,588
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,125 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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 28 February 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 28 February 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 -16 396 £65,000 - 272
UK excluding London +28 296 £57,500 -4.17% 253
London -29 154 £71,028 -5.30% 76
Work from Home +8 123 £66,500 +9.48% 87
South East +15 75 £55,000 - 77
North of England -6 59 £58,125 -8.82% 51
Midlands -13 57 £60,000 - 48
West Midlands 0 47 £63,750 +6.25% 22
Scotland -8 36 £35,250 -66.02% 14
North West -16 29 £55,000 -20.00% 27
Yorkshire -20 24 £77,500 +27.59% 14
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 6
South West -21 20 £77,500 +31.47% 29
East of England +17 19 £80,000 +48.84% 23
Wales +6 10 £42,500 -46.88% 9
East Midlands -25 10 £39,449 -28.28% 25
North East -3 6 - - 10

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 21 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.84%) Confluence
3 12 (2.43%) Apache
3 12 (2.43%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.83%) CMS
4 9 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.22%) SAS
6 5 (1.01%) IIS
6 5 (1.01%) nginx
7 4 (0.81%) Appian
8 2 (0.41%) CICS
8 2 (0.41%) MTS
9 1 (0.20%) Drupal
9 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
Applications
1 60 (12.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.83%) Trello
3 8 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.43%) Shopify
3 6 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.01%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 148 (30.02%) Power Platform
2 90 (18.26%) Azure
3 56 (11.36%) AWS
4 52 (10.55%) SaaS
5 23 (4.67%) GCP
6 21 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (3.85%) GitHub
8 14 (2.84%) Amazon S3
8 14 (2.84%) Snowflake
9 10 (2.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (2.03%) Google Analytics
9 10 (2.03%) Serverless
10 9 (1.83%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (1.83%) Asana
10 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.62%) PaaS
11 8 (1.62%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.22%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.22%) Broadband
1 6 (1.22%) Wireless
2 1 (0.20%) 5G
2 1 (0.20%) ADSL
2 1 (0.20%) Internet
2 1 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (29.61%) Power BI
2 70 (14.20%) Tableau
3 52 (10.55%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (6.29%) Metadata
5 21 (4.26%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.85%) Power Query
7 17 (3.45%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (2.84%) Big Data
10 13 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (2.23%) Apache Iceberg
12 10 (2.03%) SAP BW
12 10 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.83%) Amazon QuickSight
13 9 (1.83%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.83%) Relational Database
14 8 (1.62%) Star Schema
15 7 (1.42%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 35 (7.10%) JIRA
2 21 (4.26%) Git
3 20 (4.06%) Postman
4 8 (1.62%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.01%) MSI
5 5 (1.01%) Vite
6 2 (0.41%) MLflow
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.20%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.20%) Selenium
7 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 218 (44.22%) Social Skills
2 194 (39.35%) Analytical Skills
3 138 (27.99%) Finance
4 74 (15.01%) Marketing
5 48 (9.74%) Law
6 34 (6.90%) Retail
7 33 (6.69%) Legal
8 28 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (5.27%) Games
10 22 (4.46%) Public Sector
11 19 (3.85%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (3.04%) Banking
14 14 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (2.84%) Manufacturing
15 13 (2.64%) Military
16 8 (1.62%) Back Office
16 8 (1.62%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 96 (19.47%) Analyst
2 81 (16.43%) Senior
3 50 (10.14%) Lead
4 46 (9.33%) Data Engineer
5 44 (8.92%) Senior Manager
6 38 (7.71%) Data Analyst
7 34 (6.90%) Architect
8 21 (4.26%) Developer
8 21 (4.26%) Product Manager
9 20 (4.06%) Senior Architect
10 17 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 16 (3.25%) Innovation Manager
12 14 (2.84%) Data Manager
13 13 (2.64%) Business Analyst
14 12 (2.43%) Product Owner
15 11 (2.23%) Business Developer
15 11 (2.23%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 11 (2.23%) Digital Product Manager
16 10 (2.03%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.06%) OpenAPI
1 20 (4.06%) Swagger
2 19 (3.85%) RESTful
3 15 (3.04%) REST
4 14 (2.84%) Kafka
5 12 (2.43%) JSON
6 8 (1.62%) CSS
6 8 (1.62%) React
6 8 (1.62%) Vue
7 7 (1.42%) Middleware
7 7 (1.42%) PyTorch
7 7 (1.42%) TensorFlow
8 6 (1.22%) HTML
8 6 (1.22%) Node.js
9 5 (1.01%) .NET
9 5 (1.01%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.01%) Laravel
9 5 (1.01%) Play Framework
9 5 (1.01%) scikit-learn
9 5 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.91%) Product Ownership
2 34 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (4.46%) Data Structures
5 15 (3.04%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.43%) Cloud Native
7 12 (2.43%) Social Media
8 11 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.62%) NHS
11 7 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.22%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.22%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.01%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.01%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.81%) Hackathon
14 4 (0.81%) IoT
14 4 (0.81%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.62%) Windows
2 7 (1.42%) Linux
3 2 (0.41%) zOS
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (80.32%) Decision-Making
2 257 (52.13%) Analytics
3 184 (37.32%) Business Intelligence
4 151 (30.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 129 (26.17%) Agile
6 119 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
7 115 (23.33%) AI
8 102 (20.69%) Roadmaps
9 100 (20.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (19.88%) Data Modelling
10 98 (19.88%) ETL
11 83 (16.84%) Visualisation
12 81 (16.43%) Actionable Insight
13 78 (15.82%) Data Analysis
14 77 (15.62%) Data Governance
15 62 (12.58%) Data Science
16 57 (11.56%) Data Engineering
17 56 (11.36%) Data Visualisation
18 55 (11.16%) Translating Business Requirements
19 54 (10.95%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 155 (31.44%) SQL
2 109 (22.11%) Python
3 21 (4.26%) R
4 17 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.04%) Bash
6 13 (2.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (2.64%) Java
7 9 (1.83%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.42%) Scala
9 6 (1.22%) PHP
9 6 (1.22%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.01%) Go
11 3 (0.61%) VBA
12 2 (0.41%) C#
12 2 (0.41%) COBOL
12 2 (0.41%) JCL
13 1 (0.20%) ABAP
13 1 (0.20%) Bicep
13 1 (0.20%) SHACL
13 1 (0.20%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 122 (24.75%) Degree
2 32 (6.49%) PMI Certification
3 31 (6.29%) PMP
4 27 (5.48%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.85%) MBA
6 15 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.43%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.22%) ACCA
9 6 (1.22%) CIMA
10 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.01%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (18.46%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.67%) GDPR
3 19 (3.85%) QA
4 12 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.83%) SLA
7 6 (1.22%) PMO
8 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.61%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.61%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.20%) GAAP
11 1 (0.20%) GMP
11 1 (0.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.20%) IFRS
11 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (3.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 12 (2.43%) Terraform
2 9 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.01%) Ansible
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.32%) SAP
3 31 (6.29%) Databricks
4 25 (5.07%) ServiceNow
5 21 (4.26%) Anaplan
6 20 (4.06%) Genesys
6 20 (4.06%) Verint
7 15 (3.04%) Google
8 14 (2.84%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.43%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.22%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.22%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.22%) Oracle
11 5 (1.01%) BT
11 5 (1.01%) Foundry
12 4 (0.81%) Workday
13 3 (0.61%) Informatica
13 3 (0.61%) Mercator
14 2 (0.41%) Sage
14 2 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud