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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 209 416
Rank change year-on-year -132 +207 +72
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 539 763 576
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.55% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.72% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 390 335 393
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,927 £36,400
25th Percentile £43,000 £48,000 £46,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,985 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +4.35% +1.59%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,679 £57,500 £53,813
% change year-on-year -8.39% +6.85% +2.50%

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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -117 483 £60,000 -1.18% 325
UK excluding London -95 364 £52,679 -8.39% 211
North of England +19 159 £55,000 -4.35% 63
Work from Home -59 146 £52,500 -8.70% 93
North West +41 131 £57,000 -0.87% 34
London -124 122 £80,000 +6.67% 154
Midlands -30 87 £49,250 -14.35% 35
South East -63 57 £50,000 -16.67% 58
West Midlands -23 55 £49,928 -13.17% 23
East Midlands -12 32 £48,750 -15.22% 12
East of England -10 30 £60,000 +37.93% 21
Yorkshire -44 21 £47,500 -17.39% 22
South West -83 16 £60,000 +33.33% 21
Scotland -51 11 £54,500 -33.94% 9
North East -53 7 £48,999 -14.79% 7
Wales -47 6 £53,171 +1.16% 4

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 12 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
1 12 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.67%) Confluence
3 8 (1.48%) CMS
4 6 (1.11%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.74%) Apache
5 4 (0.74%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 48 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.60%) SAP PM
2 7 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) FastStats
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 100 (18.55%) Azure
2 95 (17.63%) Power Platform
3 58 (10.76%) AWS
4 35 (6.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 33 (6.12%) GCP
6 31 (5.75%) SaaS
7 12 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.86%) Serverless
8 10 (1.86%) Snowflake
9 9 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.67%) GitHub
10 8 (1.48%) dbt
10 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.48%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.30%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.11%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) Intranet
2 4 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.56%) Modbus
4 1 (0.19%) Firewall
4 1 (0.19%) MQTT
4 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.19%) WebEx
4 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (17.63%) Power BI
2 53 (9.83%) Tableau
3 51 (9.46%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (4.08%) Data Lake
5 21 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (3.15%) Metadata
6 17 (3.15%) SQL Server
7 14 (2.60%) Power Query
8 13 (2.41%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.23%) Looker
10 11 (2.04%) Star Schema
11 10 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (1.67%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.48%) Relational Database
14 7 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.30%) NoSQL
15 6 (1.11%) Big Data
16 5 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.93%) GIS
16 5 (0.93%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (4.08%) JIRA
2 16 (2.97%) Git
3 12 (2.23%) Postman
4 7 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.56%) Selenium
6 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.37%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.19%) Vite
General
1 198 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 162 (30.06%) Analytical Skills
3 115 (21.34%) Finance
4 61 (11.32%) Law
4 61 (11.32%) Marketing
5 45 (8.35%) Public Sector
6 42 (7.79%) Telecoms
7 40 (7.42%) Legal
8 39 (7.24%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (5.75%) Military
10 30 (5.57%) Back Office
10 30 (5.57%) Manufacturing
11 25 (4.64%) Retail
12 24 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.67%) Banking
14 9 (1.67%) Billing
14 9 (1.67%) Games
15 8 (1.48%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.30%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 97 (18.00%) Analyst
2 95 (17.63%) Senior
3 76 (14.10%) Lead
4 47 (8.72%) Data Engineer
5 36 (6.68%) Data Analyst
6 29 (5.38%) Developer
7 25 (4.64%) Architect
8 20 (3.71%) Data Manager
9 19 (3.53%) Data Scientist
9 19 (3.53%) Performance Analyst
10 18 (3.34%) Data Architect
11 17 (3.15%) Product Owner
12 16 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 16 (2.97%) Senior Manager
13 15 (2.78%) Performance Manager
13 15 (2.78%) Product Manager
14 14 (2.60%) Microsoft Engineer
14 14 (2.60%) Platform Engineer
15 13 (2.41%) Principal Engineer
16 12 (2.23%) Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.90%) Kafka
2 17 (3.15%) .NET
3 12 (2.23%) REST
4 10 (1.86%) .NET Framework
4 10 (1.86%) OpenAPI
4 10 (1.86%) RESTful
4 10 (1.86%) Swagger
5 9 (1.67%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.67%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (1.67%) ASP.NET Web API
5 9 (1.67%) Entity Framework
6 7 (1.30%) Spring
6 7 (1.30%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.93%) JSON
7 5 (0.93%) Node.js
8 4 (0.74%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.74%) Leaflet
8 4 (0.74%) OpenLayers
8 4 (0.74%) PostGIS
8 4 (0.74%) React
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.98%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.05%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.82%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.15%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.41%) Algorithms
7 13 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.23%) Social Media
9 11 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.48%) IoT
11 7 (1.30%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.11%) Blog
12 6 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.11%) Replication
13 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.93%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.11%) Linux
2 4 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (72.91%) Decision-Making
2 267 (49.54%) Analytics
3 128 (23.75%) Agile
3 128 (23.75%) Business Intelligence
4 124 (23.01%) AI
5 121 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 94 (17.44%) Roadmaps
8 91 (16.88%) Data Governance
9 83 (15.40%) Data Modelling
10 82 (15.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 79 (14.66%) Visualisation
12 67 (12.43%) ETL
13 64 (11.87%) Mentoring
14 61 (11.32%) CI/CD
15 59 (10.95%) Actionable Insight
15 59 (10.95%) Data Pipeline
15 59 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 54 (10.02%) Data Analysis
17 53 (9.83%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 123 (22.82%) SQL
2 77 (14.29%) Python
3 22 (4.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (3.71%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.60%) C#
6 12 (2.23%) Java
6 12 (2.23%) R
7 11 (2.04%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.86%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.30%) Scala
10 4 (0.74%) Bash
11 3 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.56%) VBA
12 2 (0.37%) Ruby
13 1 (0.19%) Bicep
13 1 (0.19%) C++
13 1 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (11.87%) Degree
2 25 (4.64%) Security Cleared
3 13 (2.41%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.86%) ACCA
4 10 (1.86%) CIMA
4 10 (1.86%) Master's Degree
5 9 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.74%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.74%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.56%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.56%) CSPO
8 3 (0.56%) MBA
9 2 (0.37%) HND
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.19%) PhD
10 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (14.84%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.94%) GDPR
3 17 (3.15%) QA
4 13 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.48%) SLA
6 5 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.93%) GRC
7 4 (0.74%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.37%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.27%) Terraform
2 15 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.37%) Ansible
3 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.19%) Autotask
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 85 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.49%) SAP
3 28 (5.19%) Databricks
4 23 (4.27%) Google
5 12 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.48%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.11%) Botify
7 6 (1.11%) Foundry
8 5 (0.93%) Alteryx
8 5 (0.93%) Oracle
9 4 (0.74%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.74%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.74%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.56%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.56%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.56%) Pardot
10 3 (0.56%) Sage
10 3 (0.56%) Splunk
11 2 (0.37%) NEC
11 2 (0.37%) SYSPRO