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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 244 382
Rank change year-on-year -96 +138 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 620 631 491
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 1.27% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.42% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 407 270 282
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,251
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,250 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -6.05% +17.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £87,188
90th Percentile £97,500 £112,750 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.98% +25.80%

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 86,432 44,324 60,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.10% 81.90%
Number of salaries quoted 59,358 24,582 33,017
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -79 558 £55,000 -8.33% 1,408
UK excluding London -114 401 £52,500 -4.55% 859
Work from Home +3 185 £52,250 -19.62% 703
North of England +38 176 £42,500 -24.44% 169
London -49 168 £82,500 +3.13% 722
North West +32 109 £47,500 -15.56% 90
Midlands -18 85 £51,928 -9.69% 123
South East -139 64 £65,000 +18.18% 194
West Midlands -18 57 £51,356 -10.69% 62
Yorkshire -5 50 £42,500 -19.05% 59
East of England -21 33 £60,000 +39.26% 90
East Midlands -40 28 £52,500 -8.70% 61
South West -64 25 £65,000 +24.40% 93
North East -45 17 £52,500 -8.70% 21
Scotland -59 11 £55,000 +0.26% 115
Wales -71 7 £53,171 -11.38% 53

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 20 (3.23%) Confluence
2 6 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.48%) Apache
3 3 (0.48%) CMS
4 2 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 56 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.81%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.81%) Notion
4 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.13%) Actimize
3 5 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.65%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.65%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.48%) FastStats
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 128 (20.65%) Power Platform
2 87 (14.03%) Azure
3 61 (9.84%) AWS
4 37 (5.97%) GCP
4 37 (5.97%) SaaS
5 26 (4.19%) Snowflake
6 25 (4.03%) Google Analytics
7 22 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (3.23%) Serverless
9 16 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (2.58%) dbt
10 14 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.10%) GitHub
12 12 (1.94%) Copilot Studio
13 11 (1.77%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.61%) Google Tag Manager
15 9 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.97%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.81%) DNS
2 5 (0.81%) Internet
2 5 (0.81%) SSL
2 5 (0.81%) VPN
2 5 (0.81%) WebEx
3 3 (0.48%) Intranet
4 2 (0.32%) 5G
4 2 (0.32%) 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
1 128 (20.65%) Power BI
2 69 (11.13%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (6.29%) Tableau
4 28 (4.52%) BigQuery
5 27 (4.35%) Looker
6 21 (3.39%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.39%) Power Query
7 19 (3.06%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (2.26%) Metadata
10 13 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.94%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.29%) Star Schema
14 7 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.97%) Redis
16 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
16 5 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 41 (6.61%) JIRA
2 20 (3.23%) Git
3 12 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.65%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.65%) Postman
4 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (33.87%) Finance
2 209 (33.71%) Analytical Skills
3 192 (30.97%) Social Skills
4 81 (13.06%) Marketing
5 71 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 65 (10.48%) Public Sector
7 63 (10.16%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (6.77%) Retail
9 41 (6.61%) Law
10 36 (5.81%) Banking
11 30 (4.84%) Legal
12 26 (4.19%) Manufacturing
12 26 (4.19%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.90%) Back Office
14 17 (2.74%) Aerospace
14 17 (2.74%) Military
15 15 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.77%) Electronics
18 10 (1.61%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 118 (19.03%) Analyst
2 84 (13.55%) Senior
3 67 (10.81%) Lead
4 41 (6.61%) Data Analyst
5 30 (4.84%) Data Engineer
6 25 (4.03%) Analytics Manager
6 25 (4.03%) Architect
6 25 (4.03%) Developer
6 25 (4.03%) Senior Manager
6 25 (4.03%) Software Engineer
7 24 (3.87%) Product Owner
8 22 (3.55%) IT Manager
8 22 (3.55%) IT Services Manager
8 22 (3.55%) Service Manager
9 21 (3.39%) Data Architect
10 18 (2.90%) Data Manager
11 17 (2.74%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
13 15 (2.42%) Principal Engineer
14 14 (2.26%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.97%) Kafka
2 24 (3.87%) Spring
3 20 (3.23%) Terraform
4 12 (1.94%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.45%) .NET
5 9 (1.45%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.45%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.45%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (1.45%) ASP.NET Web API
5 9 (1.45%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.45%) React
6 7 (1.13%) RESTful
7 6 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.97%) Keycloak
7 6 (0.97%) PyTorch
7 6 (0.97%) scikit-learn
7 6 (0.97%) TensorFlow
8 5 (0.81%) Streamlit
9 4 (0.65%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.65%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 40 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.71%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.26%) Algorithms
7 13 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.61%) Replication
10 9 (1.45%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.45%) Blog
10 9 (1.45%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.29%) FMCG
12 7 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.13%) Social Media
13 6 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (0.97%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.29%) Linux
2 5 (0.81%) Windows
3 3 (0.48%) Android
3 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (72.10%) Decision-Making
2 254 (40.97%) Analytics
3 173 (27.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 169 (27.26%) AI
5 152 (24.52%) Agile
5 152 (24.52%) Business Intelligence
6 138 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
7 134 (21.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 109 (17.58%) Roadmaps
9 96 (15.48%) Data Governance
9 96 (15.48%) Data Modelling
10 94 (15.16%) Mentoring
11 82 (13.23%) Visualisation
12 76 (12.26%) Actionable Insight
13 68 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 63 (10.16%) Change Management
14 63 (10.16%) Data Science
15 60 (9.68%) ETL
15 60 (9.68%) Workflow
16 57 (9.19%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 151 (24.35%) SQL
2 98 (15.81%) Python
3 29 (4.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (4.03%) Java
5 20 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.26%) R
8 11 (1.77%) C#
9 9 (1.45%) Kotlin
10 6 (0.97%) Bash
10 6 (0.97%) Groovy
11 4 (0.65%) Scala
12 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.32%) C++
13 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.32%) Ruby
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (12.74%) Degree
2 57 (9.19%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.58%) ACCA
5 15 (2.42%) CIMA
6 14 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.45%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.81%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.81%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.48%) CSPO
12 3 (0.48%) PhD
12 3 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.32%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (15.16%) Data Quality
2 47 (7.58%) GDPR
3 41 (6.61%) QA
4 25 (4.03%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.77%) GRC
6 9 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.13%) SLA
8 6 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.48%) AQAP
10 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) GxP
12 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (2.58%) Docker
2 3 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) IAG
4 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.97%) Grafana
2 6 (0.97%) Prometheus
2 6 (0.97%) Rancher
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 95 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.94%) Google
3 32 (5.16%) SAP
4 22 (3.55%) Databricks
5 18 (2.90%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.10%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.77%) Oracle
7 11 (1.77%) Workday
8 10 (1.61%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.29%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.13%) Foundry
10 7 (1.13%) YouTube
11 4 (0.65%) Cisco
11 4 (0.65%) Concur
11 4 (0.65%) Freshdesk
11 4 (0.65%) Okta
11 4 (0.65%) Splunk
11 4 (0.65%) TikTok
12 3 (0.48%) Snapchat
12 3 (0.48%) Thales