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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 40 49
Rank change year-on-year -16 +9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 214 157 315
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.50% 5.25% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 5.89% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 168 106 215
10th Percentile £39,000 £38,754 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £56,218 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.99% +2.21% +37.50%
75th Percentile £72,000 £72,250 £69,914
90th Percentile £89,340 £87,375 £93,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +10.00% -8.33%

All Process & 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 6,232 2,665 6,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 72.94% 89.13% 82.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,765 1,499 4,581
10th Percentile £30,350 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £64,950
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 23 May 2026.

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 23 May 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
Birmingham -14 86 £57,500 +4.55% 77
Warwickshire +10 31 £42,500 -19.05% 34
Staffordshire -16 19 £50,871 +31.27% 14
Coventry -9 18 £42,500 -29.17% 7
Wolverhampton -9 16 £69,000 +6.15%
Worcestershire -11 15 £48,000 -19.33% 14
Shropshire -27 6 £55,000 +46.67% 10
Bilston - 4 £66,500 -
Walsall +3 3 £44,000 +4.76% 1
Solihull 0 3 £42,500 -29.17%
Herefordshire -20 3 - -
Halesowen - 2 £47,500 -
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 10 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.87%) CMS
2 4 (1.87%) Confluence
2 4 (1.87%) nginx
2 4 (1.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.47%) Apache
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (15.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.87%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.87%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.87%) Shopify
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.23%) Power Platform
2 31 (14.49%) Azure
3 18 (8.41%) AWS
4 15 (7.01%) SaaS
5 9 (4.21%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (4.21%) Power Automate
5 9 (4.21%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.34%) GitHub
8 4 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.87%) GCP
8 4 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.87%) PaaS
8 4 (1.87%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.40%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.40%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (1.40%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.61%) Wireless
2 3 (1.40%) SSL
3 2 (0.93%) Internet
4 1 (0.47%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (23.83%) Power BI
2 11 (5.14%) Tableau
3 9 (4.21%) Power Query
4 8 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.80%) Metadata
7 5 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.34%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.87%) MySQL
9 3 (1.40%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.93%) Looker
10 2 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.47%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.14%) JIRA
2 7 (3.27%) Git
3 4 (1.87%) JUnit
3 4 (1.87%) Maven
3 4 (1.87%) Mockito
3 4 (1.87%) Vite
4 3 (1.40%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.93%) JMeter
5 2 (0.93%) Locust
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 77 (35.98%) Social Skills
2 63 (29.44%) Finance
3 48 (22.43%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (10.75%) Marketing
5 23 (10.75%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.48%) Retail
7 14 (6.54%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.61%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.61%) Legal
9 9 (4.21%) Law
10 8 (3.74%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.80%) German Language
11 6 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.87%) Social Housing
14 3 (1.40%) Games
14 3 (1.40%) Local Government
14 3 (1.40%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (16.82%) Analyst
2 25 (11.68%) Senior
3 18 (8.41%) Data Analyst
3 18 (8.41%) Developer
4 12 (5.61%) Lead
4 12 (5.61%) Senior Analyst
4 12 (5.61%) Support Engineer
4 12 (5.61%) Technical Engineer
4 12 (5.61%) Technical Support
4 12 (5.61%) Technical Support Engineer
5 11 (5.14%) Architect
6 10 (4.67%) Business Analyst
6 10 (4.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 10 (4.67%) Business Manager
7 9 (4.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 9 (4.21%) Product Owner
8 8 (3.74%) Business Development Manager
8 8 (3.74%) Development Manager
9 7 (3.27%) Business Developer
9 7 (3.27%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.67%) REST
2 6 (2.80%) HTML
3 5 (2.34%) Vue
4 4 (1.87%) CSS
4 4 (1.87%) Laravel
4 4 (1.87%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (1.87%) Tailwind CSS
4 4 (1.87%) XML
4 4 (1.87%) YAML
5 3 (1.40%) JDBC
5 3 (1.40%) LDAP
5 3 (1.40%) PySpark
5 3 (1.40%) SAML
5 3 (1.40%) Web Services
6 2 (0.93%) EDI
6 2 (0.93%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.93%) Middleware
6 2 (0.93%) OpenCV
6 2 (0.93%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.93%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.81%) Management Information System
2 18 (8.41%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.01%) Driving Licence
4 12 (5.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.34%) NHS
6 4 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.87%) Robotics
7 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.93%) CCTV
7 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.93%) CUDA
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.93%) SCADA
7 2 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.74%) Linux
2 2 (0.93%) Robot Operating System
2 2 (0.93%) Windows
3 1 (0.47%) Android
3 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (31.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 63 (29.44%) Business Intelligence
3 60 (28.04%) Analytics
3 60 (28.04%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (19.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 36 (16.82%) Agile
5 36 (16.82%) Roadmaps
6 35 (16.36%) Data Modelling
7 30 (14.02%) CRM
8 26 (12.15%) AI
8 26 (12.15%) Risk Management
9 25 (11.68%) Data Analysis
10 23 (10.75%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (9.81%) Actionable Insight
11 21 (9.81%) Data Governance
12 19 (8.88%) Computer Science
13 18 (8.41%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (8.41%) Visualisation
14 17 (7.94%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.17%) SQL
2 21 (9.81%) Python
3 13 (6.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (4.21%) R
5 8 (3.74%) Bash
6 7 (3.27%) Java
6 7 (3.27%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.34%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.87%) C
8 4 (1.87%) PHP
8 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.93%) C++
10 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (14.95%) Degree
2 20 (9.35%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.48%) CIMA
4 15 (7.01%) ACCA
5 14 (6.54%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.34%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.87%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.40%) CISSP
9 3 (1.40%) CITP
10 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.93%) PhD
10 2 (0.93%) PMP
11 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.47%) CBAP
11 1 (0.47%) CCAB
11 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.55%) Data Quality
2 18 (8.41%) QA
3 9 (4.21%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.74%) GDPR
5 7 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.87%) PMO
7 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.40%) GRC
8 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.93%) NIST
8 2 (0.93%) P3O
8 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (5.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.80%) Terraform
3 4 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.93%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.93%) Grafana
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.47%) Ansible
5 1 (0.47%) Control-M
Vendors
1 24 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.21%) SAP
3 8 (3.74%) Google
4 6 (2.80%) Databricks
4 6 (2.80%) Oracle
5 5 (2.34%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.87%) Ariba
7 3 (1.40%) Cognos
7 3 (1.40%) Sage
8 2 (0.93%) NEC
8 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.47%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.47%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.47%) IFS
9 1 (0.47%) Infor
9 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.47%) QAD
9 1 (0.47%) Talend
9 1 (0.47%) Verint