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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 353 348
Rank change year-on-year +140 -5 +178
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 622 482 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.17% 0.70% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 0.84% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 257 282 332
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,263 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,136 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £53,775
Median % change year-on-year - +16.23% -10.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £103,500 £104,960 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -9.09%

All Process and 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 45,432 57,470 49,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.24% 83.88% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,673 30,239 37,620
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,150 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.14% -

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 +102 465 £62,500 - 709
UK excluding London +126 444 £57,500 -4.17% 442
South East +77 173 £55,000 -6.98% 123
London +52 138 £75,000 -16.67% 301
Work from Home +106 125 £67,500 +8.00% 278
Scotland +80 102 £54,855 -23.68% 22
North of England +29 55 £60,000 -4.00% 133
Midlands +54 54 £57,500 -4.17% 76
West Midlands +40 39 £65,750 +9.58% 50
North West +39 38 £56,250 -7.95% 85
South West +24 18 £60,000 +9.09% 40
East of England +24 17 £43,500 -53.97% 38
Northern Ireland +22 17 £77,500 -13.89% 8
East Midlands +33 15 £42,500 -48.48% 26
Yorkshire +5 15 £67,500 -8.47% 35
Wales +18 8 £65,000 - 10
North East +18 2 - - 16

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 17 (2.73%) Confluence
2 12 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.96%) SAS
4 5 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.64%) Apache
5 4 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.48%) CMS
7 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.32%) Appian
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
7 2 (0.32%) MTS
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 90 (14.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.45%) Trello
5 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.64%) Windchill
7 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 44 (7.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.77%) Shopify
3 9 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.13%) SAP CO
4 7 (1.13%) SAP FI
4 7 (1.13%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.96%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.64%) Magento
6 4 (0.64%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.32%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.16%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 129 (20.74%) Power Platform
2 78 (12.54%) Azure
3 71 (11.41%) SaaS
4 45 (7.23%) AWS
5 23 (3.70%) GCP
6 21 (3.38%) Google Analytics
7 18 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (2.73%) Snowflake
9 16 (2.57%) GitHub
10 15 (2.41%) Serverless
11 11 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 11 (1.77%) Google Tag Manager
11 11 (1.77%) PaaS
12 9 (1.45%) Asana
13 8 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (1.29%) Google Sheets
14 7 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (1.13%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.64%) BGP
1 4 (0.64%) DHCP
1 4 (0.64%) DNS
1 4 (0.64%) Firewall
1 4 (0.64%) LAN
1 4 (0.64%) Network Security
1 4 (0.64%) OSPF
1 4 (0.64%) SD-WAN
1 4 (0.64%) TCP/IP
1 4 (0.64%) VLAN
1 4 (0.64%) VPN
1 4 (0.64%) WAN
2 1 (0.16%) 5G
2 1 (0.16%) ADSL
2 1 (0.16%) Broadband
2 1 (0.16%) Internet
2 1 (0.16%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (20.42%) Power BI
2 50 (8.04%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (6.91%) Tableau
4 22 (3.54%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.73%) Metadata
6 16 (2.57%) Power Query
6 16 (2.57%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.61%) Looker
9 8 (1.29%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.29%) SAP BW
9 8 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.96%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
11 6 (0.96%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.80%) Big Data
12 5 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 61 (9.81%) JIRA
2 33 (5.31%) Git
3 26 (4.18%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.96%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.80%) Postman
6 4 (0.64%) Toad
7 1 (0.16%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.16%) RStudio
7 1 (0.16%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 393 (63.18%) Social Skills
2 279 (44.86%) Analytical Skills
3 171 (27.49%) Finance
4 94 (15.11%) Marketing
5 44 (7.07%) Legal
6 39 (6.27%) Retail
7 38 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (5.79%) Law
9 30 (4.82%) Manufacturing
10 24 (3.86%) Public Sector
11 20 (3.22%) Banking
12 19 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (2.57%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.77%) Advertising
15 10 (1.61%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.13%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.96%) Aviation
17 6 (0.96%) Local Government
17 6 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (15.92%) Analyst
2 96 (15.43%) Innovation Manager
3 95 (15.27%) Lead
4 60 (9.65%) Senior
5 36 (5.79%) Data Analyst
6 28 (4.50%) Architect
7 25 (4.02%) Developer
8 23 (3.70%) Data Engineer
9 21 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 21 (3.38%) Senior Manager
10 19 (3.05%) Product Manager
11 18 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (2.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 14 (2.25%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.09%) Data Manager
14 13 (2.09%) Product Owner
15 12 (1.93%) E-Commerce Manager
16 11 (1.77%) Digital Product Manager
17 10 (1.61%) Business Intelligence Manager
17 10 (1.61%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.25%) REST
2 11 (1.77%) Middleware
2 11 (1.77%) React
3 10 (1.61%) JSON
4 8 (1.29%) AngularJS
4 8 (1.29%) Vue
5 7 (1.13%) Node.js
6 6 (0.96%) .NET
6 6 (0.96%) OpenAPI
6 6 (0.96%) Swagger
7 5 (0.80%) Pandas
7 5 (0.80%) PyTorch
7 5 (0.80%) RESTful
7 5 (0.80%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.64%) HTML
8 4 (0.64%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.48%) CSS
9 3 (0.48%) EDI
9 3 (0.48%) XGBoost
9 3 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.91%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.14%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.41%) Social Media
7 9 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.45%) FMCG
7 9 (1.45%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.29%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.13%) Augmented Reality
9 7 (1.13%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 6 (0.96%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.96%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.80%) NHS
12 4 (0.64%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.64%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.64%) Media Streaming
12 4 (0.64%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.45%) Windows
2 4 (0.64%) Unix
2 4 (0.64%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.32%) zOS
4 1 (0.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (76.53%) Decision-Making
2 314 (50.48%) Analytics
3 205 (32.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 185 (29.74%) AI
5 167 (26.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 150 (24.12%) Business Intelligence
7 135 (21.70%) Customer Experience
8 118 (18.97%) Agile
9 112 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
10 104 (16.72%) Data Modelling
11 98 (15.76%) Roadmaps
12 95 (15.27%) ERP
13 84 (13.50%) Data Analysis
14 75 (12.06%) Visualisation
15 70 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 63 (10.13%) ETL
17 60 (9.65%) Data Analytics
18 58 (9.32%) Data Strategy
19 57 (9.16%) Actionable Insight
19 57 (9.16%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 146 (23.47%) SQL
2 83 (13.34%) Python
3 22 (3.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.25%) R
6 7 (1.13%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.13%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.80%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.64%) Java
8 4 (0.64%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.64%) VB
9 3 (0.48%) Bash
9 3 (0.48%) Go
10 2 (0.32%) ABAP
10 2 (0.32%) C#
10 2 (0.32%) COBOL
10 2 (0.32%) JCL
10 2 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.16%) C++
11 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 198 (31.83%) Degree
2 66 (10.61%) Master's Degree
3 39 (6.27%) MBA
4 32 (5.14%) Security Cleared
5 19 (3.05%) PMI Certification
6 18 (2.89%) PMP
7 15 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.61%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.96%) ACCA
10 6 (0.96%) CIMA
11 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.80%) PhD
12 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.64%) CCIE
12 4 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.64%) CISSP
13 3 (0.48%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (14.79%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.27%) QA
3 30 (4.82%) GDPR
4 26 (4.18%) Def Stans
5 12 (1.93%) SLA
6 10 (1.61%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.80%) PMO
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS
9 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) GAAP
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.45%) Docker
2 2 (0.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (0.80%) Terraform
2 4 (0.64%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.32%) Ansible
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (15.92%) SAP
2 83 (13.34%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.47%) Databricks
4 32 (5.14%) Google
5 25 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.45%) Oracle
7 6 (0.96%) Adobe
8 5 (0.80%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.64%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.64%) Gigya
9 4 (0.64%) NEC
9 4 (0.64%) PayPal
9 4 (0.64%) Sage
9 4 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.64%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.48%) Ariba
10 3 (0.48%) Hotjar
10 3 (0.48%) Mercator
10 3 (0.48%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.48%) Workday