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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 207 428
Rank change year-on-year -72 +221 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 537 626 516
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.53% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.64% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 321 305 392
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.14% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year +1.74% +9.42% -15.92%

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 60,207 38,067 76,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.10% 93.27% 86.65%
Number of salaries quoted 36,835 22,259 57,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 March 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 March 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 -84 434 £62,500 -1.67% 288
UK excluding London -45 327 £58,500 +1.74% 218
London -58 158 £71,000 -5.33% 111
Work from Home -30 138 £67,500 +14.16% 109
North of England -45 97 £60,000 - 52
North West -19 65 £60,000 -0.65% 25
Midlands -39 64 £57,500 +4.55% 45
South East -47 60 £50,000 -11.11% 59
West Midlands -23 48 £57,500 +9.52% 21
Scotland -28 36 £35,250 -67.95% 10
Yorkshire -58 24 £83,750 +42.55% 20
East of England -22 22 £55,000 +2.33% 16
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 4
South West -66 18 £73,750 +46.77% 27
East Midlands -39 16 £38,474 -35.88% 24
Wales -15 10 £42,500 -46.88% 7
North East -18 8 £67,749 +12.91% 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 23 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.42%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.42%) CMS
3 12 (2.23%) Confluence
4 11 (2.05%) Apache
5 9 (1.68%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.12%) SAS
7 5 (0.93%) IIS
7 5 (0.93%) nginx
8 4 (0.74%) Appian
8 4 (0.74%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.37%) CICS
9 2 (0.37%) MTS
10 1 (0.19%) Drupal
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 46 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.49%) Trello
3 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.93%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.23%) Shopify
2 10 (1.86%) SAP PM
3 7 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.37%) Primavera
7 1 (0.19%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 133 (24.77%) Power Platform
2 90 (16.76%) Azure
3 62 (11.55%) AWS
4 39 (7.26%) SaaS
5 29 (5.40%) GCP
6 20 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (3.72%) GitHub
7 12 (2.23%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.05%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.86%) Amazon Kinesis
9 10 (1.86%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.68%) Asana
10 9 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.49%) PaaS
11 8 (1.49%) Serverless
12 7 (1.30%) dbt
12 7 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.12%) Broadband
1 6 (1.12%) Wireless
2 3 (0.56%) Modbus
2 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.19%) 5G
3 1 (0.19%) ADSL
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
3 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (24.39%) Power BI
2 69 (12.85%) Tableau
3 45 (8.38%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (4.84%) Metadata
5 21 (3.91%) SQL Server
6 20 (3.72%) Power Query
7 16 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.61%) Big Data
9 13 (2.42%) Data Lake
10 11 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (2.05%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.86%) Apache Iceberg
11 10 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.68%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
12 9 (1.68%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.49%) Star Schema
14 7 (1.30%) Hadoop
14 7 (1.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 33 (6.15%) JIRA
2 21 (3.91%) Git
3 20 (3.72%) Postman
4 9 (1.68%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.93%) MSI
5 5 (0.93%) Vite
6 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.37%) MLflow
7 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) Selenium
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 217 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 205 (38.18%) Analytical Skills
3 118 (21.97%) Finance
4 76 (14.15%) Marketing
5 53 (9.87%) Law
6 39 (7.26%) Legal
7 34 (6.33%) Retail
8 30 (5.59%) Games
8 30 (5.59%) Public Sector
9 28 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (5.03%) Manufacturing
10 27 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (3.91%) Telecoms
12 20 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.98%) Military
14 15 (2.79%) Banking
14 15 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (2.42%) Back Office
16 8 (1.49%) Billing
16 8 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 102 (18.99%) Senior
2 87 (16.20%) Analyst
3 80 (14.90%) Lead
4 52 (9.68%) Data Engineer
5 39 (7.26%) Data Analyst
5 39 (7.26%) Senior Manager
6 32 (5.96%) Architect
7 24 (4.47%) Product Manager
8 22 (4.10%) Developer
9 20 (3.72%) Senior Architect
10 16 (2.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 16 (2.98%) Innovation Manager
11 15 (2.79%) Data Manager
12 14 (2.61%) Product Owner
13 13 (2.42%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.42%) Data Scientist
14 12 (2.23%) E-Commerce Manager
14 12 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (2.05%) Business Developer
15 11 (2.05%) Performance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.54%) OpenAPI
1 19 (3.54%) RESTful
1 19 (3.54%) Swagger
2 15 (2.79%) Kafka
3 14 (2.61%) REST
4 12 (2.23%) JSON
5 9 (1.68%) .NET
5 9 (1.68%) Node.js
6 8 (1.49%) CSS
7 7 (1.30%) PyTorch
7 7 (1.30%) TensorFlow
8 6 (1.12%) HTML
8 6 (1.12%) React
8 6 (1.12%) Vue
9 5 (0.93%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.93%) Laravel
9 5 (0.93%) Middleware
9 5 (0.93%) Play Framework
9 5 (0.93%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.52%) Management Information System
1 35 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (4.10%) Data Structures
4 20 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (3.72%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.54%) Algorithms
6 16 (2.98%) Social Media
7 12 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.68%) NHS
10 7 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.30%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.12%) Reference Data
12 5 (0.93%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.93%) Replication
13 4 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.68%) Windows
2 7 (1.30%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) zOS
4 1 (0.19%) Android
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (78.40%) Decision-Making
2 292 (54.38%) Analytics
3 172 (32.03%) Business Intelligence
4 150 (27.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 128 (23.84%) Agile
6 121 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (22.16%) AI
8 99 (18.44%) Roadmaps
8 99 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 95 (17.69%) ETL
10 89 (16.57%) Data Modelling
11 82 (15.27%) Visualisation
12 76 (14.15%) Actionable Insight
12 76 (14.15%) Data Analysis
12 76 (14.15%) Data Governance
13 62 (11.55%) Data Science
14 56 (10.43%) Machine Learning
15 54 (10.06%) Data Pipeline
15 54 (10.06%) Project Management
16 52 (9.68%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 156 (29.05%) SQL
2 109 (20.30%) Python
3 23 (4.28%) R
4 17 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.98%) Java
6 15 (2.79%) Bash
6 15 (2.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (2.05%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.68%) Scala
9 6 (1.12%) PHP
9 6 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.93%) Go
11 4 (0.74%) C#
12 3 (0.56%) VBA
13 2 (0.37%) COBOL
13 2 (0.37%) JCL
14 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.19%) SHACL
14 1 (0.19%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 96 (17.88%) Degree
2 30 (5.59%) PMI Certification
3 29 (5.40%) PMP
4 13 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (2.42%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.05%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.30%) MBA
8 6 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.74%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.56%) ACCA
11 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.56%) CIMA
11 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.37%) HND
12 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (14.71%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.35%) GDPR
3 17 (3.17%) QA
4 10 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.68%) SLA
6 8 (1.49%) PMO
7 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.56%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.37%) GRC
9 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) GMP
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (2.98%) Docker
2 2 (0.37%) RACF
Systems Management
1 18 (3.35%) Terraform
2 9 (1.68%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.93%) Ansible
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Autotask
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 71 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.15%) Databricks
3 29 (5.40%) SAP
4 26 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.91%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.72%) Genesys
6 20 (3.72%) Google
6 20 (3.72%) Verint
7 17 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.05%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.49%) Oracle
10 6 (1.12%) Botify
11 5 (0.93%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.93%) BT
11 5 (0.93%) Foundry
11 5 (0.93%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.74%) Sage
13 3 (0.56%) Informatica
13 3 (0.56%) Mercator
13 3 (0.56%) Pardot