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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 320 385
Rank change year-on-year +88 +65 +90
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 586 460 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 0.89% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.97% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 250 248 374
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,129 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,938 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,125 £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 51,135 47,583 62,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.17% 91.57% 88.82%
Number of salaries quoted 30,200 22,958 48,143
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,531 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £75,772
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 31 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 31 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 +50 455 £65,000 - 359
UK excluding London +112 387 £57,500 -4.17% 335
London +1 152 £71,028 -18.83% 93
South East +102 151 £55,000 +0.80% 113
Work from Home +43 112 £66,000 +3.53% 131
Scotland +44 66 £35,250 -63.38% 14
North of England -12 52 £58,750 -14.55% 65
Midlands +2 50 £60,000 - 52
West Midlands +18 47 £61,250 +2.08% 24
North West +2 27 £55,000 -20.00% 32
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 8
South West +11 21 £69,500 +18.30% 35
Yorkshire -7 19 £65,000 -21.21% 23
East of England +27 16 £52,500 -34.17% 41
Wales +11 11 £42,500 -46.88% 13
North East +4 6 - - 12
East Midlands -10 3 £39,449 -53.32% 27

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 22 (3.75%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.39%) Confluence
3 12 (2.05%) Apache
3 12 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.37%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.19%) CMS
6 6 (1.02%) SAS
7 5 (0.85%) IIS
8 4 (0.68%) Appian
8 4 (0.68%) nginx
8 4 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.34%) MTS
10 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 82 (13.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.54%) Trello
4 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.68%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.51%) Windchill
7 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 43 (7.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.56%) Shopify
3 6 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.02%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.02%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.68%) Magento
5 4 (0.68%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 144 (24.57%) Power Platform
2 90 (15.36%) Azure
3 79 (13.48%) SaaS
4 62 (10.58%) AWS
5 26 (4.44%) GCP
6 20 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (3.07%) GitHub
8 15 (2.56%) Snowflake
9 14 (2.39%) Amazon S3
9 14 (2.39%) Google Analytics
9 14 (2.39%) Serverless
10 11 (1.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.54%) Amazon Kinesis
11 9 (1.54%) Asana
11 9 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.54%) PaaS
12 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.19%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.02%) Wireless
2 4 (0.68%) Broadband
3 1 (0.17%) 5G
3 1 (0.17%) ADSL
3 1 (0.17%) Internet
3 1 (0.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (24.23%) Power BI
2 67 (11.43%) Tableau
3 52 (8.87%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (5.29%) Metadata
5 22 (3.75%) Data Lake
6 18 (3.07%) Power Query
6 18 (3.07%) SQL Server
7 16 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (2.39%) Big Data
8 14 (2.39%) NoSQL
9 13 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.88%) Apache Iceberg
12 10 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.54%) Amazon QuickSight
13 9 (1.54%) Looker
13 9 (1.54%) SAP BW
14 7 (1.19%) Hadoop
14 7 (1.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 54 (9.22%) JIRA
2 42 (7.17%) Git
3 22 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.56%) Postman
5 7 (1.19%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.85%) MSI
7 4 (0.68%) Toad
7 4 (0.68%) Vite
8 2 (0.34%) MLflow
8 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.17%) GitLab
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 314 (53.58%) Social Skills
2 220 (37.54%) Analytical Skills
3 181 (30.89%) Finance
4 80 (13.65%) Marketing
5 37 (6.31%) Law
5 37 (6.31%) Legal
6 36 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (5.29%) Retail
8 28 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (4.78%) Public Sector
9 24 (4.10%) Games
10 20 (3.41%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.56%) Banking
11 15 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.39%) Telecoms
13 13 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.37%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.37%) Military
14 8 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.02%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (16.72%) Lead
2 87 (14.85%) Analyst
3 84 (14.33%) Senior
4 48 (8.19%) Innovation Manager
5 45 (7.68%) Senior Manager
6 44 (7.51%) Data Engineer
7 42 (7.17%) Architect
8 32 (5.46%) Data Analyst
9 24 (4.10%) Developer
10 21 (3.58%) Product Manager
11 20 (3.41%) Senior Architect
12 18 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 15 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.22%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.22%) Business Developer
14 13 (2.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 13 (2.22%) Data Manager
15 12 (2.05%) Senior Data Engineer
16 11 (1.88%) Digital Product Manager
17 10 (1.71%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.07%) REST
2 16 (2.73%) OpenAPI
2 16 (2.73%) Swagger
3 15 (2.56%) RESTful
4 14 (2.39%) Kafka
5 13 (2.22%) React
6 12 (2.05%) Vue
7 10 (1.71%) JSON
8 9 (1.54%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.54%) Middleware
8 9 (1.54%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.37%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.02%) CSS
10 6 (1.02%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.85%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.85%) Node.js
11 5 (0.85%) Play Framework
12 4 (0.68%) Laravel
12 4 (0.68%) LEMP Stack
12 4 (0.68%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.66%) Management Information System
1 39 (6.66%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (3.07%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.22%) Algorithms
5 13 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.88%) Social Media
8 9 (1.54%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.54%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.37%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.02%) Reference Data
11 5 (0.85%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.85%) NHS
11 5 (0.85%) Reinsurance
12 4 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.54%) Windows
2 6 (1.02%) Linux
3 4 (0.68%) Unix
3 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) zOS
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (76.79%) Decision-Making
2 280 (47.78%) Analytics
3 201 (34.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 182 (31.06%) Business Intelligence
5 147 (25.09%) AI
6 137 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
7 133 (22.70%) Agile
8 130 (22.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 120 (20.48%) Data Modelling
10 102 (17.41%) Roadmaps
11 97 (16.55%) Data Analysis
12 92 (15.70%) ETL
13 84 (14.33%) ERP
14 80 (13.65%) Customer Experience
15 77 (13.14%) Actionable Insight
16 73 (12.46%) Visualisation
17 70 (11.95%) Data Governance
18 65 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 60 (10.24%) Strategic Thinking
20 58 (9.90%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 152 (25.94%) SQL
2 103 (17.58%) Python
3 20 (3.41%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (2.90%) R
5 14 (2.39%) Bash
6 12 (2.05%) Java
7 8 (1.37%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.19%) Scala
9 5 (0.85%) Go
9 5 (0.85%) PHP
9 5 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.68%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.68%) VB
11 2 (0.34%) C#
11 2 (0.34%) COBOL
11 2 (0.34%) JCL
12 1 (0.17%) C++
12 1 (0.17%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 204 (34.81%) Degree
2 57 (9.73%) Master's Degree
3 45 (7.68%) MBA
4 33 (5.63%) Security Cleared
5 32 (5.46%) PMI Certification
6 31 (5.29%) PMP
7 14 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 10 (1.71%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.02%) ACCA
11 6 (1.02%) CIMA
12 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.68%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.34%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (19.62%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.14%) QA
3 23 (3.92%) GDPR
4 22 (3.75%) Def Stans
5 14 (2.39%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.39%) SLA
6 9 (1.54%) PMO
7 6 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.17%) GAAP
10 1 (0.17%) GMP
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.34%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (1.71%) Terraform
2 9 (1.54%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.85%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (15.53%) SAP
2 74 (12.63%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.29%) Databricks
4 26 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.58%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.41%) Genesys
6 20 (3.41%) Verint
7 19 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 18 (3.07%) Google
9 9 (1.54%) HubSpot
9 9 (1.54%) Oracle
10 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.85%) BT
12 4 (0.68%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.68%) NEC
12 4 (0.68%) Workday
13 3 (0.51%) Foundry
13 3 (0.51%) Informatica
13 3 (0.51%) Mercator
14 2 (0.34%) Sage