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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 289 411
Rank change year-on-year +14 +122 +84
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 509 496 467
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.04% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.12% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 272 259 369
10th Percentile £36,691 £43,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,375 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.83% -12.92%

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 55,019 44,239 66,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.97% 92.93% 88.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33,006 22,069 51,040
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.07%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -9 395 £65,000 - 201
UK excluding London +40 313 £57,500 -4.17% 176
London -7 153 £71,028 -5.30% 54
Work from Home +18 125 £66,500 +9.25% 64
South East +17 75 £55,000 - 47
North of England -20 58 £58,750 -7.84% 39
Midlands -3 55 £60,000 - 32
Scotland +9 52 £35,250 -66.02% 10
West Midlands +6 46 £65,000 +8.33% 16
North West -22 28 £55,000 -20.00% 24
Yorkshire -35 24 £77,500 +27.59% 8
South West -22 22 £70,000 +18.75% 25
Northern Ireland - 22 £77,500 - 5
East of England +14 20 £72,500 +34.88% 13
Wales +5 11 £42,500 -46.88% 8
East Midlands -20 9 £39,449 -28.28% 15
North East +2 6 - - 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 (4.13%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (2.95%) Confluence
3 12 (2.36%) Apache
3 12 (2.36%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.38%) CMS
6 6 (1.18%) SAS
7 5 (0.98%) IIS
7 5 (0.98%) nginx
8 4 (0.79%) Appian
9 2 (0.39%) CICS
9 2 (0.39%) MTS
10 1 (0.20%) Drupal
10 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 61 (11.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (1.77%) Trello
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.98%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.98%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.36%) Shopify
3 6 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.98%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 148 (29.08%) Power Platform
2 90 (17.68%) Azure
3 56 (11.00%) AWS
4 53 (10.41%) SaaS
5 24 (4.72%) GCP
6 21 (4.13%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (3.73%) GitHub
8 14 (2.75%) Amazon S3
8 14 (2.75%) Snowflake
9 10 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (1.96%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.96%) Serverless
10 9 (1.77%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (1.77%) Asana
10 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (1.77%) PaaS
11 8 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.57%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.18%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.18%) Broadband
1 6 (1.18%) Wireless
2 1 (0.20%) 5G
2 1 (0.20%) ADSL
2 1 (0.20%) Internet
2 1 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (28.68%) Power BI
2 71 (13.95%) Tableau
3 52 (10.22%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (6.09%) Metadata
5 21 (4.13%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.73%) Power Query
7 17 (3.34%) SQL Server
8 16 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (2.75%) Big Data
11 13 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (2.16%) Apache Iceberg
13 10 (1.96%) SAP BW
13 10 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (1.77%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.77%) Amazon QuickSight
14 9 (1.77%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.77%) Relational Database
15 8 (1.57%) Looker
15 8 (1.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (7.07%) JIRA
2 21 (4.13%) Git
3 20 (3.93%) Postman
4 8 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.98%) MSI
5 5 (0.98%) Vite
6 2 (0.39%) MLflow
6 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.20%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.20%) Selenium
7 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.20%) Toad
General
1 235 (46.17%) Social Skills
2 210 (41.26%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (27.31%) Finance
4 75 (14.73%) Marketing
5 48 (9.43%) Law
6 32 (6.29%) Legal
7 31 (6.09%) Retail
8 28 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (4.72%) Games
10 23 (4.52%) Public Sector
11 19 (3.73%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.95%) Banking
15 14 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (2.75%) Manufacturing
16 13 (2.55%) Military
17 8 (1.57%) Back Office
17 8 (1.57%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (19.06%) Analyst
2 81 (15.91%) Senior
3 50 (9.82%) Lead
4 45 (8.84%) Data Engineer
4 45 (8.84%) Senior Manager
5 39 (7.66%) Data Analyst
6 35 (6.88%) Architect
7 32 (6.29%) Innovation Manager
8 21 (4.13%) Developer
8 21 (4.13%) Product Manager
9 20 (3.93%) Senior Architect
10 17 (3.34%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (3.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 14 (2.75%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.75%) Data Manager
13 12 (2.36%) Product Owner
14 11 (2.16%) Business Developer
14 11 (2.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 11 (2.16%) Digital Product Manager
15 9 (1.77%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.93%) OpenAPI
1 20 (3.93%) Swagger
2 19 (3.73%) RESTful
3 15 (2.95%) REST
4 14 (2.75%) Kafka
5 13 (2.55%) JSON
6 9 (1.77%) Middleware
7 8 (1.57%) CSS
7 8 (1.57%) React
7 8 (1.57%) Vue
8 7 (1.38%) PyTorch
8 7 (1.38%) TensorFlow
9 6 (1.18%) HTML
9 6 (1.18%) Node.js
10 5 (0.98%) .NET
10 5 (0.98%) GraphQL
10 5 (0.98%) LEMP Stack
10 5 (0.98%) scikit-learn
10 5 (0.98%) Tailwind CSS
10 5 (0.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.86%) Product Ownership
2 34 (6.68%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (4.32%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.55%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.55%) Social Media
7 11 (2.16%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.57%) NHS
10 7 (1.38%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.18%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.18%) Reference Data
12 5 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.98%) Reinsurance
13 4 (0.79%) Blog
13 4 (0.79%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.77%) Windows
2 7 (1.38%) Linux
3 2 (0.39%) zOS
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (81.34%) Decision-Making
2 270 (53.05%) Analytics
3 184 (36.15%) Business Intelligence
4 170 (33.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 133 (26.13%) AI
6 130 (25.54%) Agile
7 118 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
8 117 (22.99%) Stakeholder Management
9 102 (20.04%) Roadmaps
10 98 (19.25%) Data Modelling
10 98 (19.25%) ETL
11 83 (16.31%) Visualisation
12 82 (16.11%) Actionable Insight
13 80 (15.72%) Data Analysis
14 77 (15.13%) Data Governance
15 64 (12.57%) Customer Experience
16 62 (12.18%) Data Science
17 57 (11.20%) Data Engineering
18 56 (11.00%) Data Visualisation
19 55 (10.81%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 157 (30.84%) SQL
2 110 (21.61%) Python
3 21 (4.13%) R
4 17 (3.34%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.95%) Bash
6 13 (2.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (2.55%) Java
7 9 (1.77%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.38%) Scala
9 6 (1.18%) PHP
9 6 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.98%) Go
11 3 (0.59%) VBA
12 2 (0.39%) C#
12 2 (0.39%) COBOL
12 2 (0.39%) JCL
13 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.20%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 126 (24.75%) Degree
2 32 (6.29%) PMI Certification
3 31 (6.09%) PMP
4 29 (5.70%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.73%) MBA
6 15 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.16%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.18%) ACCA
9 6 (1.18%) CIMA
10 5 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.98%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.59%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (17.88%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.52%) GDPR
3 19 (3.73%) QA
4 12 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.77%) SLA
7 6 (1.18%) PMO
8 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.59%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) GAAP
10 1 (0.20%) GMP
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) IFRS
10 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (3.54%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (2.16%) Terraform
2 9 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.98%) Ansible
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.25%) SAP
3 31 (6.09%) Databricks
4 25 (4.91%) ServiceNow
5 21 (4.13%) Anaplan
6 20 (3.93%) Genesys
6 20 (3.93%) Verint
7 14 (2.75%) Google
7 14 (2.75%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.55%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.38%) Oracle
10 6 (1.18%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.98%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.98%) BT
11 5 (0.98%) Foundry
12 4 (0.79%) Workday
13 3 (0.59%) Informatica
13 3 (0.59%) Mercator
14 2 (0.39%) Ariba
14 2 (0.39%) Sage