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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 325 391
Rank change year-on-year +93 +66 +90
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 582 447 454
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 0.85% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.93% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 248 243 367
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.07% -8.25%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £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 50,653 47,952 60,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.28% 91.49% 88.83%
Number of salaries quoted 29,910 23,033 46,850
10th Percentile £28,738 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £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 £75,900 £80,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £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 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 28 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 +70 453 £65,000 - 365
UK excluding London +119 385 £57,500 -4.17% 340
South East +100 153 £55,000 +1.62% 111
London +14 153 £71,028 -18.83% 89
Work from Home +41 111 £66,500 +6.40% 125
Scotland +40 65 £35,250 -62.89% 14
North of England +3 52 £60,000 -12.73% 65
Midlands -4 48 £60,000 - 55
West Midlands +20 45 £63,750 +6.25% 21
North West +3 28 £55,000 -15.38% 30
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 8
South West +11 19 £73,250 +24.68% 36
Yorkshire -18 18 £77,500 -6.06% 25
East of England +25 15 £52,500 -34.17% 42
Wales +13 11 £42,500 -46.88% 15
North East +1 6 - - 12
East Midlands -14 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 18 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.92%) Confluence
3 11 (1.89%) Apache
4 10 (1.72%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.20%) CMS
6 6 (1.03%) SAS
6 6 (1.03%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.86%) IIS
8 4 (0.69%) Appian
8 4 (0.69%) nginx
8 4 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.34%) MTS
10 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 80 (13.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.55%) Trello
5 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.69%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.52%) Windchill
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 43 (7.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.58%) Shopify
3 6 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (1.03%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.03%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.03%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.69%) Magento
4 4 (0.69%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 140 (24.05%) Power Platform
2 82 (14.09%) Azure
3 81 (13.92%) SaaS
4 58 (9.97%) AWS
5 23 (3.95%) GCP
6 18 (3.09%) GitHub
7 15 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (2.58%) Snowflake
8 14 (2.41%) Google Analytics
8 14 (2.41%) Serverless
9 13 (2.23%) Amazon S3
10 11 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.55%) Asana
13 8 (1.37%) Amazon Kinesis
13 8 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.20%) Google Tag Manager
14 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.20%) PaaS
15 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
3 1 (0.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (23.71%) Power BI
2 66 (11.34%) Tableau
3 48 (8.25%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (4.98%) Metadata
5 21 (3.61%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.92%) Power Query
7 15 (2.58%) Amazon Redshift
7 15 (2.58%) SQL Server
8 14 (2.41%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (2.06%) Big Data
10 10 (1.72%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (1.55%) Looker
11 9 (1.55%) SAP BW
11 9 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (1.37%) Amazon QuickSight
12 8 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.20%) Data Mining
13 7 (1.20%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 60 (10.31%) JIRA
2 42 (7.22%) Git
3 24 (4.12%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.58%) 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
1 310 (53.26%) Social Skills
2 220 (37.80%) Analytical Skills
3 177 (30.41%) Finance
4 84 (14.43%) Marketing
5 38 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (6.36%) Law
7 35 (6.01%) Legal
8 31 (5.33%) Retail
9 28 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (4.81%) Public Sector
10 23 (3.95%) Games
11 20 (3.44%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (2.41%) Telecoms
14 13 (2.23%) Banking
14 13 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.37%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.37%) Military
15 8 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.03%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 99 (17.01%) Lead
2 87 (14.95%) Analyst
3 83 (14.26%) Senior
4 48 (8.25%) Innovation Manager
5 45 (7.73%) Senior Manager
6 42 (7.22%) Architect
7 37 (6.36%) Data Engineer
8 33 (5.67%) Data Analyst
9 22 (3.78%) Developer
9 22 (3.78%) Product Manager
10 20 (3.44%) Senior Architect
11 15 (2.58%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 15 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.41%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.23%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (2.23%) Data Manager
14 12 (2.06%) Digital Product Manager
15 11 (1.89%) Business Developer
15 11 (1.89%) Product Owner
15 11 (1.89%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.09%) REST
2 16 (2.75%) OpenAPI
2 16 (2.75%) Swagger
3 15 (2.58%) RESTful
4 13 (2.23%) Kafka
4 13 (2.23%) React
5 12 (2.06%) Vue
6 10 (1.72%) JSON
7 9 (1.55%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.55%) Middleware
7 9 (1.55%) PyTorch
8 8 (1.37%) TensorFlow
9 7 (1.20%) CSS
10 6 (1.03%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.86%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.86%) HTML
11 5 (0.86%) Node.js
11 5 (0.86%) Play Framework
12 4 (0.69%) .NET
12 4 (0.69%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.39%) Product Ownership
2 37 (6.36%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (2.92%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.72%) Social Media
10 9 (1.55%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.55%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.37%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.86%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.86%) NHS
13 5 (0.86%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.86%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.69%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.69%) Security Posture
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
1 448 (76.98%) Decision-Making
2 274 (47.08%) Analytics
3 201 (34.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 177 (30.41%) Business Intelligence
5 145 (24.91%) AI
6 135 (23.20%) Agile
7 131 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
7 131 (22.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 117 (20.10%) Data Modelling
9 107 (18.38%) Roadmaps
10 94 (16.15%) Data Analysis
11 84 (14.43%) ERP
12 83 (14.26%) ETL
13 78 (13.40%) Customer Experience
14 73 (12.54%) Actionable Insight
15 70 (12.03%) Visualisation
16 69 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 66 (11.34%) Data Governance
18 62 (10.65%) Strategic Thinking
19 58 (9.97%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 145 (24.91%) SQL
2 99 (17.01%) Python
3 20 (3.44%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.92%) R
5 16 (2.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (2.23%) Bash
7 12 (2.06%) Java
8 8 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.03%) Scala
10 5 (0.86%) Go
10 5 (0.86%) PHP
10 5 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.69%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.69%) VB
12 2 (0.34%) C#
12 2 (0.34%) COBOL
12 2 (0.34%) JCL
13 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.17%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 207 (35.57%) Degree
2 58 (9.97%) Master's Degree
3 45 (7.73%) MBA
4 35 (6.01%) Security Cleared
5 32 (5.50%) PMI Certification
6 31 (5.33%) PMP
7 14 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
9 10 (1.72%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.03%) ACCA
11 6 (1.03%) CIMA
12 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.86%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.69%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (18.56%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.53%) QA
3 24 (4.12%) Def Stans
4 23 (3.95%) GDPR
5 14 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.41%) SLA
6 9 (1.55%) PMO
7 6 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.52%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.17%) GAAP
10 1 (0.17%) GMP
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.92%) 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 (15.64%) SAP
2 73 (12.54%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.98%) Databricks
4 26 (4.47%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.61%) Anaplan
5 21 (3.61%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.44%) Genesys
6 20 (3.44%) Verint
7 18 (3.09%) 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%) Foundry
11 3 (0.52%) Informatica
11 3 (0.52%) Mercator
11 3 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud