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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 204 411
Rank change year-on-year -83 +207 +82
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 542 642 523
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.57% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.69% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 330 305 387
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £53,650
% change year-on-year +0.87% +7.18% -10.58%

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 61,258 38,052 77,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.49% 93.03% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37,754 22,305 57,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
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% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -105 443 £60,000 -4.00% 288
UK excluding London -57 337 £58,000 +0.87% 218
London -76 155 £70,000 -3.45% 111
Work from Home -31 137 £67,000 +14.41% 109
North of England -51 110 £60,000 +2.13% 52
North West -17 76 £60,000 -0.65% 25
Midlands -50 64 £56,250 -2.17% 45
South East -49 59 £50,000 -9.09% 59
West Midlands -38 47 £57,500 +4.55% 21
Scotland -29 36 £35,250 -67.95% 10
Yorkshire -56 26 £83,750 +45.65% 20
East of England -22 21 £55,000 - 16
Northern Ireland - 20 £77,500 - 4
South West -63 19 £73,750 +46.04% 27
East Midlands -38 17 £37,500 -34.78% 24
Wales -16 10 £42,500 -46.88% 7
North East -16 8 £67,749 +15.32% 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 21 (3.87%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.40%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.40%) CMS
3 11 (2.03%) Apache
3 11 (2.03%) Confluence
4 10 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.92%) IIS
5 5 (0.92%) nginx
5 5 (0.92%) SAS
6 4 (0.74%) Appian
6 4 (0.74%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.37%) CICS
7 2 (0.37%) MTS
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 42 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.48%) Trello
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.92%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.03%) Shopify
2 10 (1.85%) SAP PM
3 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.37%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 128 (23.62%) Power Platform
2 90 (16.61%) Azure
3 61 (11.25%) AWS
4 38 (7.01%) SaaS
5 28 (5.17%) GCP
6 22 (4.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (3.51%) GitHub
8 12 (2.21%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.03%) Google Analytics
10 10 (1.85%) Amazon Kinesis
11 9 (1.66%) Asana
11 9 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.66%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.48%) PaaS
13 7 (1.29%) dbt
13 7 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.29%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.11%) Broadband
1 6 (1.11%) Wireless
2 3 (0.55%) Modbus
2 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.18%) 5G
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (23.25%) Power BI
2 73 (13.47%) Tableau
3 42 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.43%) Metadata
5 22 (4.06%) SQL Server
6 21 (3.87%) Power Query
7 18 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.58%) Big Data
9 13 (2.40%) Data Lake
10 11 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (2.03%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.85%) Apache Iceberg
11 10 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.66%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (1.66%) Geospatial Data
12 9 (1.66%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.29%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.29%) MySQL
13 7 (1.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (6.09%) JIRA
2 20 (3.69%) Git
2 20 (3.69%) Postman
3 9 (1.66%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.92%) MSI
4 5 (0.92%) Vite
5 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.37%) MLflow
6 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 219 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 209 (38.56%) Analytical Skills
3 116 (21.40%) Finance
4 73 (13.47%) Marketing
5 59 (10.89%) Law
6 35 (6.46%) Legal
7 31 (5.72%) Retail
8 30 (5.54%) Public Sector
9 29 (5.35%) Games
10 28 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (4.98%) Manufacturing
12 26 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (4.80%) Telecoms
13 21 (3.87%) Military
14 19 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (3.32%) Back Office
16 15 (2.77%) Banking
17 14 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 8 (1.48%) Billing
18 8 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 105 (19.37%) Senior
2 93 (17.16%) Analyst
3 82 (15.13%) Lead
4 52 (9.59%) Data Engineer
5 38 (7.01%) Data Analyst
6 36 (6.64%) Senior Manager
7 31 (5.72%) Architect
8 23 (4.24%) Developer
9 21 (3.87%) Product Manager
10 20 (3.69%) Senior Architect
11 17 (3.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 16 (2.95%) Innovation Manager
13 14 (2.58%) Data Manager
13 14 (2.58%) Data Scientist
14 13 (2.40%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.40%) Performance Analyst
14 13 (2.40%) Product Owner
15 12 (2.21%) Business Developer
16 11 (2.03%) E-Commerce Manager
16 11 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.51%) OpenAPI
1 19 (3.51%) RESTful
1 19 (3.51%) Swagger
2 15 (2.77%) Kafka
3 14 (2.58%) REST
4 11 (2.03%) JSON
5 9 (1.66%) .NET
5 9 (1.66%) Node.js
6 8 (1.48%) CSS
7 7 (1.29%) PyTorch
7 7 (1.29%) TensorFlow
8 6 (1.11%) HTML
8 6 (1.11%) React
8 6 (1.11%) Vue
9 5 (0.92%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.92%) Laravel
9 5 (0.92%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (0.92%) Play Framework
9 5 (0.92%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.64%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.27%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.06%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (3.69%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.51%) Algorithms
6 16 (2.95%) Social Media
7 11 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.66%) NHS
9 7 (1.29%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.29%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.11%) Reference Data
11 5 (0.92%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.92%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.92%) Replication
12 4 (0.74%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.74%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.66%) Windows
2 8 (1.48%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) zOS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (78.04%) Decision-Making
2 288 (53.14%) Analytics
3 166 (30.63%) Business Intelligence
4 147 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 126 (23.25%) Agile
6 125 (23.06%) Problem-Solving
7 118 (21.77%) AI
8 95 (17.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 94 (17.34%) ETL
10 89 (16.42%) Roadmaps
11 87 (16.05%) Data Modelling
12 86 (15.87%) Visualisation
13 77 (14.21%) Data Governance
14 75 (13.84%) Actionable Insight
14 75 (13.84%) Data Analysis
15 61 (11.25%) Data Science
16 55 (10.15%) Machine Learning
17 54 (9.96%) Data Pipeline
17 54 (9.96%) Project Management
18 51 (9.41%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 154 (28.41%) SQL
2 105 (19.37%) Python
3 23 (4.24%) R
4 17 (3.14%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (2.95%) Java
6 15 (2.77%) Bash
7 12 (2.21%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.66%) Scala
9 6 (1.11%) PHP
9 6 (1.11%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.92%) Go
11 4 (0.74%) C#
12 3 (0.55%) VBA
13 2 (0.37%) COBOL
13 2 (0.37%) JCL
14 1 (0.18%) Bicep
14 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.18%) SHACL
14 1 (0.18%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 94 (17.34%) Degree
2 29 (5.35%) PMI Certification
3 28 (5.17%) PMP
4 15 (2.77%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.29%) MBA
9 6 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.92%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.74%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.37%) ACCA
13 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.37%) CIMA
13 2 (0.37%) HND
13 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (14.39%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.14%) GDPR
2 17 (3.14%) QA
3 10 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 9 (1.66%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.66%) SLA
5 8 (1.48%) PMO
6 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.55%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) GMP
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (2.77%) Docker
2 2 (0.37%) RACF
Systems Management
1 18 (3.32%) Terraform
2 10 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.11%) Ansible
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Autotask
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 70 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.09%) Databricks
3 28 (5.17%) SAP
4 25 (4.61%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.87%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.69%) Genesys
6 20 (3.69%) Google
6 20 (3.69%) Verint
7 18 (3.32%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.03%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.48%) Oracle
10 6 (1.11%) Botify
11 5 (0.92%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.92%) BT
11 5 (0.92%) Foundry
11 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.55%) Informatica
12 3 (0.55%) Mercator
12 3 (0.55%) Pardot
12 3 (0.55%) Sage