Decision-Making Job Trends in the West Midlands

Decision-Making
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 46 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 -24 +43
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 156 252 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.08% 4.93% 7.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.07% 5.68% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 103 124 211
10th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £43,000 £38,754 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +69.23% -36.21%
75th Percentile £76,875 £73,750 £51,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £85,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,079 4,438 3,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.58% 86.83% 92.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,096 2,016 2,433
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.16%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Decision-Making relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Decision-Making
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Decision-Making in the West Midlands

Decision-Making
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 December 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
Birmingham -6 65 £67,500 +10.20% 46
Staffordshire -15 23 £42,500 -5.56% 10
Solihull +14 17 £58,750 -16.07% 7
Warwickshire +42 11 £56,250 -4.26% 17
Coventry +7 10 £67,500 -12.34% 2
Herefordshire 0 6 £60,000 +26.32% 1
Walsall - 4 £44,500 - 1
Shropshire -12 3 - - 11
Wednesbury +3 2 £50,000 +33.33%
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £90,000 -
Worcestershire +8 1 £65,000 +62.50% 9
Bilston - 1 £66,500 - 1
Decision-Making
England

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.28%) CMS
2 2 (1.28%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.64%) nginx
3 1 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (18.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.28%) Trello
5 1 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.64%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.28%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.28%) Shopify
2 1 (0.64%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 24 (15.38%) Azure
3 10 (6.41%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.21%) AWS
6 4 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 4 (2.56%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.92%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.92%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.28%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.28%) Asana
8 2 (1.28%) PaaS
8 2 (1.28%) SaaS
8 2 (1.28%) Serverless
8 2 (1.28%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.64%) BGP
1 1 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (0.64%) Firewall
1 1 (0.64%) Network Security
1 1 (0.64%) OSPF
1 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (22.44%) Power BI
2 9 (5.77%) Metadata
3 8 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (4.49%) Tableau
5 4 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.28%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (1.28%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.28%) Looker
7 2 (1.28%) MySQL
7 2 (1.28%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (6.41%) JIRA
2 2 (1.28%) Git
3 1 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.64%) Vite
General
1 70 (44.87%) Social Skills
2 54 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (32.69%) Finance
4 22 (14.10%) Public Sector
5 21 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (12.82%) Retail
7 19 (12.18%) Marketing
8 17 (10.90%) Manufacturing
9 16 (10.26%) Law
9 16 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (6.41%) Legal
11 5 (3.21%) Banking
11 5 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.28%) Local Government
13 2 (1.28%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.64%) Back Office
14 1 (0.64%) Billing
14 1 (0.64%) German Language
14 1 (0.64%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (17.31%) Analyst
2 24 (15.38%) Senior
3 14 (8.97%) Data Engineer
4 10 (6.41%) Architect
4 10 (6.41%) Lead
4 10 (6.41%) Project Engineer
5 9 (5.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 8 (5.13%) Product Specialist
6 8 (5.13%) Products Support Specialist
6 8 (5.13%) Senior Data Engineer
6 8 (5.13%) Support Specialist
7 7 (4.49%) Data Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Developer
8 6 (3.85%) Coordinator
8 6 (3.85%) Data Analyst
8 6 (3.85%) Data Governance Analyst
8 6 (3.85%) Data Governance Manager
8 6 (3.85%) Governance Manager
8 6 (3.85%) Graduate
9 5 (3.21%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.85%) HTML
2 4 (2.56%) React
3 3 (1.92%) CSS
4 2 (1.28%) .NET
4 2 (1.28%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.28%) JSON
4 2 (1.28%) REST
4 2 (1.28%) Spring
4 2 (1.28%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.64%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.64%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.64%) Laravel
5 1 (0.64%) LEMP Stack
5 1 (0.64%) Node.js
5 1 (0.64%) PySpark
5 1 (0.64%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.64%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.64%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.05%) Security Posture
2 10 (6.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.56%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.56%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.56%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.92%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.92%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.28%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.28%) NHS
8 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.28%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.64%) Linux
1 1 (0.64%) Windows
1 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (32.69%) Analytics
3 45 (28.85%) Business Intelligence
4 34 (21.79%) Project Management
5 32 (20.51%) Agile
5 32 (20.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 28 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (14.74%) Data Analysis
9 21 (13.46%) Actionable Insight
10 20 (12.82%) Data Modelling
10 20 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (10.90%) Risk Management
11 17 (10.90%) Visualisation
12 16 (10.26%) ITIL
13 15 (9.62%) AI
13 15 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (9.62%) Time Management
14 14 (8.97%) Data Governance
14 14 (8.97%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 39 (25.00%) SQL
2 20 (12.82%) Python
3 12 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (4.49%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.21%) R
6 4 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.92%) C#
7 3 (1.92%) Java
7 3 (1.92%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.64%) Bash
8 1 (0.64%) C++
8 1 (0.64%) PHP
8 1 (0.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (16.03%) Degree
2 8 (5.13%) ACCA
3 6 (3.85%) CIMA
3 6 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
4 4 (2.56%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.28%) CISM
6 2 (1.28%) CISSP
6 2 (1.28%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.64%) CCIE
7 1 (0.64%) CCNP
7 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.64%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.74%) Data Quality
2 17 (10.90%) PMO
3 14 (8.97%) QA
4 12 (7.69%) SLA
5 5 (3.21%) COBIT
5 5 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.56%) GDPR
6 4 (2.56%) NIST
7 3 (1.92%) GRC
8 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (1.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.64%) Ansible
2 1 (0.64%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.05%) Salesforce
2 11 (7.05%) ServiceNow
3 9 (5.77%) Databricks
4 6 (3.85%) SAP
5 5 (3.21%) Sage
6 4 (2.56%) Oracle
7 3 (1.92%) Google
8 2 (1.28%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.28%) Ariba
9 1 (0.64%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.64%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.64%) Cisco
9 1 (0.64%) Foundry
9 1 (0.64%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.64%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.64%) Meraki
9 1 (0.64%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.64%) Palantir
9 1 (0.64%) Workday