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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 198 410
Rank change year-on-year -85 +212 +75
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 553 653 541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.60% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.72% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 343 303 396
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,104 £51,250 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £74,500 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £53,650
% change year-on-year +1.74% +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 63,076 38,012 79,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.99% 86.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38,955 22,518 58,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 9 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 9 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 -99 457 £60,000 -4.00% 288
UK excluding London -70 348 £58,500 +1.74% 218
London -72 156 £70,000 -3.45% 111
Work from Home -26 138 £67,000 +16.52% 109
North of England -55 123 £60,000 +4.35% 52
North West -13 89 £60,000 +4.35% 25
Midlands -58 65 £57,500 - 45
South East -47 57 £50,000 -9.09% 59
West Midlands -45 47 £57,500 - 21
Scotland -14 36 £35,250 -67.95% 10
Yorkshire -60 26 £83,750 +45.65% 20
East of England -22 22 £55,000 - 16
South West -59 19 £73,750 +46.77% 27
Northern Ireland - 19 £77,500 - 4
East Midlands -49 18 £48,616 -15.45% 24
Wales -22 9 £42,500 -46.88% 7
North East -27 8 £67,749 +17.82% 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 (3.80%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.35%) CMS
4 11 (1.99%) Apache
4 11 (1.99%) Confluence
5 10 (1.81%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.90%) IIS
6 5 (0.90%) nginx
6 5 (0.90%) SAS
7 4 (0.72%) Appian
7 4 (0.72%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.36%) CICS
8 2 (0.36%) MTS
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 41 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.63%) Trello
3 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.90%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.81%) SAP PM
1 10 (1.81%) Shopify
2 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.36%) Primavera
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 127 (22.97%) Power Platform
2 91 (16.46%) Azure
3 63 (11.39%) AWS
4 38 (6.87%) SaaS
5 29 (5.24%) GCP
6 23 (4.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (3.44%) GitHub
8 13 (2.35%) Amazon S3
9 11 (1.99%) Google Analytics
10 10 (1.81%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (1.81%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.63%) Asana
11 9 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.45%) PaaS
12 8 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.45%) Serverless
13 7 (1.27%) dbt
13 7 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.08%) Broadband
1 6 (1.08%) Wireless
2 3 (0.54%) Modbus
2 3 (0.54%) 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
1 125 (22.60%) Power BI
2 75 (13.56%) Tableau
3 42 (7.59%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (4.52%) Metadata
5 23 (4.16%) SQL Server
6 22 (3.98%) Power Query
7 19 (3.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (2.71%) Big Data
9 13 (2.35%) Data Lake
10 12 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.99%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (1.81%) Apache Iceberg
12 10 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.63%) Amazon QuickSight
13 9 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (1.63%) Relational Database
14 7 (1.27%) Hadoop
14 7 (1.27%) MySQL
14 7 (1.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (6.15%) JIRA
2 21 (3.80%) Git
3 20 (3.62%) Postman
4 9 (1.63%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.90%) MSI
5 5 (0.90%) Vite
6 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.36%) MLflow
7 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.18%) GitLab
8 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 224 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 214 (38.70%) Analytical Skills
3 118 (21.34%) Finance
4 71 (12.84%) Marketing
5 64 (11.57%) Law
6 35 (6.33%) Legal
7 31 (5.61%) Retail
7 31 (5.61%) Telecoms
8 30 (5.42%) Public Sector
9 29 (5.24%) Games
10 27 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (4.70%) Military
11 26 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (4.52%) Manufacturing
13 23 (4.16%) Back Office
14 18 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.71%) Banking
16 14 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (1.63%) Billing
18 8 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (20.43%) Senior
2 99 (17.90%) Analyst
3 88 (15.91%) Lead
4 53 (9.58%) Data Engineer
5 38 (6.87%) Senior Manager
6 36 (6.51%) Data Analyst
7 31 (5.61%) Architect
8 23 (4.16%) Developer
9 20 (3.62%) Product Manager
9 20 (3.62%) Senior Architect
10 18 (3.25%) Performance Analyst
11 17 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 16 (2.89%) Innovation Manager
13 15 (2.71%) Data Manager
13 15 (2.71%) Data Scientist
14 14 (2.53%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.35%) Product Owner
16 12 (2.17%) Business Developer
16 12 (2.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 11 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.44%) OpenAPI
1 19 (3.44%) RESTful
1 19 (3.44%) Swagger
2 15 (2.71%) Kafka
3 14 (2.53%) REST
4 11 (1.99%) JSON
5 9 (1.63%) .NET
5 9 (1.63%) Node.js
6 8 (1.45%) CSS
6 8 (1.45%) PyTorch
6 8 (1.45%) TensorFlow
7 6 (1.08%) HTML
7 6 (1.08%) React
7 6 (1.08%) scikit-learn
7 6 (1.08%) Vue
8 5 (0.90%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.90%) Laravel
8 5 (0.90%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (0.90%) Play Framework
8 5 (0.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.51%) Management Information System
2 35 (6.33%) Product Ownership
3 22 (3.98%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.80%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (3.25%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.89%) Social Media
8 11 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.63%) NHS
10 7 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.08%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.08%) Reference Data
12 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.90%) Replication
13 4 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.72%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.63%) Windows
2 8 (1.45%) Linux
3 2 (0.36%) zOS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (77.94%) Decision-Making
2 294 (53.16%) Analytics
3 166 (30.02%) Business Intelligence
4 146 (26.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 128 (23.15%) Agile
6 125 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (21.70%) AI
8 96 (17.36%) ETL
9 95 (17.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 90 (16.27%) Roadmaps
11 89 (16.09%) Data Modelling
12 88 (15.91%) Visualisation
13 82 (14.83%) Data Governance
14 74 (13.38%) Actionable Insight
14 74 (13.38%) Data Analysis
15 62 (11.21%) Data Science
16 55 (9.95%) Data Pipeline
16 55 (9.95%) Machine Learning
17 54 (9.76%) Project Management
18 52 (9.40%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 153 (27.67%) SQL
2 105 (18.99%) Python
3 21 (3.80%) R
4 17 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.89%) Java
6 15 (2.71%) Bash
7 13 (2.35%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.63%) Scala
9 6 (1.08%) PHP
9 6 (1.08%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.90%) Go
11 4 (0.72%) C#
12 3 (0.54%) VBA
13 2 (0.36%) COBOL
13 2 (0.36%) JCL
14 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.18%) SHACL
14 1 (0.18%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 93 (16.82%) Degree
2 29 (5.24%) PMI Certification
3 28 (5.06%) PMP
4 15 (2.71%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.81%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.27%) MBA
9 6 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.90%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.90%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.72%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.54%) ACCA
12 3 (0.54%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.54%) CIMA
13 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.36%) HND
13 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (14.65%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.25%) QA
3 17 (3.07%) GDPR
4 10 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.63%) SLA
6 8 (1.45%) PMO
7 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.54%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) GMP
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (2.71%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) RACF
Systems Management
1 18 (3.25%) Terraform
2 10 (1.81%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.08%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Autotask
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 69 (12.48%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.97%) Databricks
3 29 (5.24%) SAP
4 25 (4.52%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.80%) Anaplan
5 21 (3.80%) Google
6 20 (3.62%) Genesys
6 20 (3.62%) Verint
7 17 (3.07%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.99%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.45%) Oracle
10 6 (1.08%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.08%) Botify
11 5 (0.90%) BT
11 5 (0.90%) Foundry
11 5 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.54%) Informatica
12 3 (0.54%) Mercator
12 3 (0.54%) Pardot
12 3 (0.54%) Sage