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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 251 415
Rank change year-on-year -35 +164 +75
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 499 550 501
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.25% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.34% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 284 288 393
10th Percentile £38,410 £43,375 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £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 56,840 41,126 73,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.65% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 34,202 22,190 55,823
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,219 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,500
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 10 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 10 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 -35 398 £64,250 -1.15% 369
UK excluding London -16 298 £57,500 -4.17% 294
London -47 153 £70,000 -6.67% 88
Work from Home +15 126 £67,500 +11.12% 150
North of England -29 75 £60,000 -1.22% 62
South East -9 58 £52,500 -8.70% 90
Midlands -24 58 £60,000 - 53
North West -15 45 £58,750 -9.62% 31
West Midlands -14 44 £65,000 +8.33% 27
Scotland -26 35 £32,500 -70.45% 16
Yorkshire -42 24 £77,500 +27.59% 20
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 6
East of England +10 21 £60,000 +11.63% 30
South West -41 21 £73,750 +25.11% 33
East Midlands -21 14 £39,449 -28.28% 25
Wales -2 10 £42,500 -46.88% 9
North East -17 6 - - 11

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 (4.21%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.81%) Confluence
3 13 (2.61%) CMS
4 12 (2.40%) Apache
4 12 (2.40%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.00%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.20%) SAS
7 5 (1.00%) IIS
7 5 (1.00%) nginx
8 4 (0.80%) Appian
9 3 (0.60%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.40%) CICS
10 2 (0.40%) MTS
11 1 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 52 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.60%) Trello
3 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (1.00%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.40%) Shopify
2 10 (2.00%) SAP PM
3 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) Primavera
7 1 (0.20%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 136 (27.25%) Power Platform
2 81 (16.23%) Azure
3 62 (12.42%) AWS
4 39 (7.82%) SaaS
5 26 (5.21%) GCP
6 19 (3.81%) GitHub
7 18 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (2.61%) Amazon S3
8 13 (2.61%) Snowflake
9 10 (2.00%) Google Analytics
9 10 (2.00%) Serverless
10 9 (1.80%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (1.80%) Asana
10 9 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (1.60%) PaaS
12 7 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.40%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.20%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.20%) Broadband
1 6 (1.20%) Wireless
2 2 (0.40%) Modbus
2 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.20%) 5G
3 1 (0.20%) ADSL
3 1 (0.20%) Internet
3 1 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (26.85%) Power BI
2 73 (14.63%) Tableau
3 48 (9.62%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (6.21%) Metadata
5 19 (3.81%) Power Query
6 16 (3.21%) SQL Server
7 15 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.81%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (2.81%) Big Data
8 14 (2.81%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.20%) Apache Iceberg
9 11 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.00%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
11 9 (1.80%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (1.80%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.60%) Geospatial Data
12 8 (1.60%) Star Schema
13 7 (1.40%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (6.81%) JIRA
2 21 (4.21%) Git
3 20 (4.01%) Postman
4 8 (1.60%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.00%) MSI
5 5 (1.00%) Vite
6 3 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.40%) MLflow
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) GitLab
8 1 (0.20%) Selenium
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 213 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 202 (40.48%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (24.85%) Finance
4 74 (14.83%) Marketing
5 49 (9.82%) Law
6 37 (7.41%) Retail
7 36 (7.21%) Legal
8 30 (6.01%) Games
9 27 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (5.21%) Public Sector
11 22 (4.41%) Telecoms
12 21 (4.21%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (4.21%) Manufacturing
13 18 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (3.21%) Military
15 15 (3.01%) Banking
16 14 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (2.61%) Back Office
18 8 (1.60%) Financial Institution
18 8 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 90 (18.04%) Senior
2 87 (17.43%) Analyst
3 59 (11.82%) Lead
4 47 (9.42%) Data Engineer
5 42 (8.42%) Senior Manager
6 37 (7.41%) Data Analyst
7 33 (6.61%) Architect
8 21 (4.21%) Developer
8 21 (4.21%) Product Manager
9 20 (4.01%) Senior Architect
10 16 (3.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 16 (3.21%) Innovation Manager
10 16 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (2.61%) Business Analyst
11 13 (2.61%) Data Manager
11 13 (2.61%) Product Owner
12 12 (2.40%) Business Developer
12 12 (2.40%) Performance Manager
13 11 (2.20%) Digital Product Manager
14 10 (2.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.81%) OpenAPI
1 19 (3.81%) RESTful
1 19 (3.81%) Swagger
2 14 (2.81%) Kafka
2 14 (2.81%) REST
3 12 (2.40%) JSON
4 8 (1.60%) .NET
4 8 (1.60%) CSS
4 8 (1.60%) Node.js
5 7 (1.40%) Middleware
5 7 (1.40%) PyTorch
5 7 (1.40%) React
5 7 (1.40%) TensorFlow
5 7 (1.40%) Vue
6 6 (1.20%) HTML
7 5 (1.00%) GraphQL
7 5 (1.00%) Laravel
7 5 (1.00%) Play Framework
7 5 (1.00%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 36 (7.21%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.41%) Data Structures
5 19 (3.81%) Algorithms
5 19 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (3.21%) Social Media
7 15 (3.01%) Cloud Native
8 13 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.60%) NHS
11 8 (1.60%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.60%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.20%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.00%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (0.80%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.80%) Hackathon
14 4 (0.80%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.60%) Windows
2 7 (1.40%) Linux
3 2 (0.40%) zOS
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (77.96%) Decision-Making
2 261 (52.30%) Analytics
3 171 (34.27%) Business Intelligence
4 150 (30.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 130 (26.05%) Agile
6 115 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
7 113 (22.65%) AI
8 104 (20.84%) Roadmaps
9 101 (20.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 94 (18.84%) ETL
11 91 (18.24%) Data Modelling
12 82 (16.43%) Visualisation
13 80 (16.03%) Actionable Insight
14 79 (15.83%) Data Analysis
15 77 (15.43%) Data Governance
16 64 (12.83%) Data Science
17 54 (10.82%) Data Engineering
17 54 (10.82%) Machine Learning
17 54 (10.82%) Translating Business Requirements
18 53 (10.62%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (31.06%) SQL
2 110 (22.04%) Python
3 21 (4.21%) R
4 17 (3.41%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.01%) Bash
5 15 (3.01%) Java
6 12 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (1.60%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.40%) Scala
9 6 (1.20%) PHP
9 6 (1.20%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.00%) Go
11 3 (0.60%) C#
11 3 (0.60%) VBA
12 2 (0.40%) COBOL
12 2 (0.40%) JCL
13 1 (0.20%) Bicep
13 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.20%) SHACL
13 1 (0.20%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 101 (20.24%) Degree
2 32 (6.41%) PMI Certification
3 31 (6.21%) PMP
4 14 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.61%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.61%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (1.40%) MBA
7 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.00%) ACCA
8 5 (1.00%) CIMA
8 5 (1.00%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.80%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.40%) HND
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (16.23%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.81%) QA
3 18 (3.61%) GDPR
4 11 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (2.00%) SLA
6 6 (1.20%) PMO
7 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) GMP
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) IFRS
10 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (3.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) RACF
Systems Management
1 15 (3.01%) Terraform
2 9 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.00%) Ansible
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.61%) Databricks
2 28 (5.61%) SAP
3 26 (5.21%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.21%) Anaplan
5 20 (4.01%) Genesys
5 20 (4.01%) Google
5 20 (4.01%) Verint
6 14 (2.81%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.20%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.20%) Alteryx
8 6 (1.20%) Botify
8 6 (1.20%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.20%) Oracle
9 5 (1.00%) BT
9 5 (1.00%) Foundry
10 4 (0.80%) Workday
11 3 (0.60%) Informatica
11 3 (0.60%) Mercator
12 2 (0.40%) Sage