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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 239 374
Rank change year-on-year -91 +135 +31
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 635 659 502
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.33% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.50% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 429 278 279
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,656 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +14.18%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £113,250 £104,681
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.98% +18.25%

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 85,591 43,838 62,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.74% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 59,105 24,621 34,654
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Top 16 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 25 September 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 -74 574 £55,000 -8.33% 1,190
UK excluding London -117 418 £52,500 -4.55% 585
North of England +38 192 £42,500 -24.44% 138
Work from Home -4 180 £51,000 -15.00% 468
London -50 168 £78,750 -1.56% 695
North West +28 124 £47,500 -17.39% 80
Midlands -22 84 £51,356 -10.69% 98
South East -139 65 £65,000 +23.81% 131
West Midlands -26 59 £51,356 -10.69% 50
Yorkshire +1 51 £42,500 -19.05% 44
East of England -11 32 £60,000 +39.26% 53
South West -70 26 £65,000 +30.00% 71
East Midlands -30 25 £52,500 -8.70% 48
North East -56 17 £52,500 -8.70% 14
Scotland -56 12 £55,000 +0.26% 50
Wales -68 7 £53,171 -11.38% 26

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 19 (2.99%) Confluence
2 7 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Apache
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.47%) CMS
4 2 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.31%) SAS
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 57 (8.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.79%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.94%) Actimize
3 4 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.63%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.47%) FastStats
4 3 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.31%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.31%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 129 (20.31%) Power Platform
2 87 (13.70%) Azure
3 64 (10.08%) AWS
4 39 (6.14%) GCP
5 38 (5.98%) SaaS
6 26 (4.09%) Google Analytics
6 26 (4.09%) Snowflake
7 24 (3.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (3.15%) Serverless
9 17 (2.68%) dbt
10 16 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.36%) GitHub
12 14 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
14 12 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
15 11 (1.73%) Anthropic Claude
15 11 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
16 9 (1.42%) Google Tag Manager
17 8 (1.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.63%) DNS
2 4 (0.63%) Internet
2 4 (0.63%) SSL
2 4 (0.63%) VPN
2 4 (0.63%) WebEx
3 3 (0.47%) Intranet
4 2 (0.31%) 5G
4 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.16%) Broadband
5 1 (0.16%) Firewall
5 1 (0.16%) GoToMeeting
5 1 (0.16%) MQTT
5 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (20.31%) Power BI
2 67 (10.55%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (7.40%) Tableau
4 29 (4.57%) Looker
5 28 (4.41%) BigQuery
6 22 (3.46%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.15%) Power Query
8 17 (2.68%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (2.20%) Metadata
11 13 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.89%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.26%) Star Schema
15 7 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.94%) Redis
16 6 (0.94%) SQL Server
17 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (6.61%) JIRA
2 20 (3.15%) Git
3 12 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.63%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.63%) Postman
4 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.47%) Selenium
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 212 (33.39%) Analytical Skills
2 202 (31.81%) Finance
3 199 (31.34%) Social Skills
4 83 (13.07%) Marketing
5 67 (10.55%) Public Sector
6 63 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 63 (9.92%) Influencing Skills
7 46 (7.24%) Law
8 42 (6.61%) Retail
9 35 (5.51%) Banking
10 31 (4.88%) Telecoms
11 30 (4.72%) Legal
12 25 (3.94%) Manufacturing
13 23 (3.62%) Back Office
14 22 (3.46%) Military
15 16 (2.52%) Aerospace
16 15 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (1.57%) Electronics
18 10 (1.57%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 126 (19.84%) Analyst
2 92 (14.49%) Senior
3 72 (11.34%) Lead
4 40 (6.30%) Data Analyst
5 32 (5.04%) Data Engineer
6 25 (3.94%) Analytics Manager
6 25 (3.94%) Developer
6 25 (3.94%) Senior Manager
6 25 (3.94%) Software Engineer
7 24 (3.78%) Architect
7 24 (3.78%) Product Owner
8 22 (3.46%) IT Manager
8 22 (3.46%) IT Services Manager
8 22 (3.46%) Service Manager
9 20 (3.15%) Performance Analyst
10 18 (2.83%) Data Architect
10 18 (2.83%) Data Manager
11 17 (2.68%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
12 15 (2.36%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.83%) Kafka
2 24 (3.78%) Spring
3 21 (3.31%) Terraform
4 12 (1.89%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.42%) .NET
5 9 (1.42%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.42%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.42%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (1.42%) ASP.NET Web API
5 9 (1.42%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.42%) React
6 7 (1.10%) RESTful
7 6 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.94%) Keycloak
7 6 (0.94%) PyTorch
7 6 (0.94%) scikit-learn
7 6 (0.94%) TensorFlow
8 5 (0.79%) REST
9 4 (0.63%) Middleware
9 4 (0.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.87%) Product Ownership
2 41 (6.46%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.62%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.20%) Algorithms
6 14 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.57%) Replication
10 9 (1.42%) Blog
10 9 (1.42%) FMCG
10 9 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.26%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.10%) Social Media
13 6 (0.94%) Private Cloud
13 6 (0.94%) Reinsurance
13 6 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.26%) Linux
2 5 (0.79%) Windows
3 3 (0.47%) Android
3 3 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (71.97%) Decision-Making
2 266 (41.89%) Analytics
3 171 (26.93%) AI
4 169 (26.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 155 (24.41%) Business Intelligence
6 152 (23.94%) Agile
7 145 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
8 133 (20.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 108 (17.01%) Roadmaps
10 98 (15.43%) Data Modelling
11 96 (15.12%) Data Governance
12 90 (14.17%) Mentoring
13 87 (13.70%) Visualisation
14 77 (12.13%) Actionable Insight
15 72 (11.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 65 (10.24%) Data Science
17 62 (9.76%) Change Management
18 61 (9.61%) ETL
18 61 (9.61%) Machine Learning
19 59 (9.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 152 (23.94%) SQL
2 100 (15.75%) Python
3 26 (4.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (3.94%) Java
5 20 (3.15%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.36%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.20%) R
8 11 (1.73%) C#
9 9 (1.42%) Kotlin
10 6 (0.94%) Bash
10 6 (0.94%) Groovy
10 6 (0.94%) Scala
11 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.31%) C++
12 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.31%) Ruby
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (12.28%) Degree
2 57 (8.98%) Security Cleared
3 49 (7.72%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.36%) ACCA
5 14 (2.20%) CIMA
5 14 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.42%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.63%) CREST Certified
12 3 (0.47%) CSPO
12 3 (0.47%) PhD
12 3 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.31%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.31%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (14.49%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.77%) GDPR
3 41 (6.46%) QA
4 22 (3.46%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.73%) GRC
6 8 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.10%) SLA
8 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.47%) AQAP
10 3 (0.47%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) GxP
12 1 (0.16%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.68%) Docker
2 2 (0.31%) IAG
3 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.94%) Grafana
2 6 (0.94%) Prometheus
2 6 (0.94%) Rancher
3 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.31%) Ansible
Vendors
1 91 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.77%) Google
3 31 (4.88%) SAP
4 25 (3.94%) Databricks
5 18 (2.83%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.57%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.42%) Oracle
7 9 (1.42%) Workday
8 8 (1.26%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.10%) Foundry
10 6 (0.94%) YouTube
11 4 (0.63%) Freshdesk
11 4 (0.63%) Splunk
11 4 (0.63%) TikTok
12 3 (0.47%) Cisco
12 3 (0.47%) Concur
12 3 (0.47%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.47%) NCR
12 3 (0.47%) Veritas