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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 38 51
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 +10
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 193 192 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.44% 5.73% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 6.40% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 141 138 202
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £38,754 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,900 £53,600
Median % change year-on-year +13.42% -1.31% +31.53%
75th Percentile £72,000 £73,750 £69,914
90th Percentile £84,375 £87,325 £95,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -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 5,871 3,002 5,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 74.33% 89.56% 83.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,434 1,694 4,522
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,754 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -9 79 £60,000 - 51
Warwickshire +14 21 £42,500 -19.05% 27
Staffordshire -33 16 £36,000 -7.11% 11
Coventry -13 15 £54,575 -29.12% 8
Wolverhampton - 15 £69,000 - 3
Worcestershire -14 12 £65,000 +30.00% 13
Shropshire -25 8 £55,000 +46.67% 8
Herefordshire -23 5 - - 1
Bilston - 5 £66,500 -
Walsall +8 3 £44,000 +4.76% 2
Halesowen - 2 £47,500 -
Solihull 0 1 £95,000 +58.33% 7
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £90,000 -
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 12 (6.22%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.59%) CMS
2 5 (2.59%) Confluence
2 5 (2.59%) nginx
3 4 (2.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (19.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.59%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (2.59%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Shopify
2 4 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.52%) Odoo
4 1 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 52 (26.94%) Power Platform
2 33 (17.10%) Azure
3 18 (9.33%) AWS
4 11 (5.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (5.18%) Power Automate
5 10 (5.18%) SaaS
6 9 (4.66%) PowerApps
7 8 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.59%) GitHub
9 5 (2.59%) Smartsheet
10 4 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (2.07%) GCP
10 4 (2.07%) Google Analytics
10 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.07%) PaaS
11 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (1.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) SSL
1 3 (1.55%) Wireless
2 1 (0.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (25.39%) Power BI
2 12 (6.22%) Metadata
3 8 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (4.15%) Tableau
4 7 (3.63%) Power Query
4 7 (3.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.59%) MySQL
6 5 (2.59%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.55%) Looker
7 3 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.55%) Star Schema
8 2 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.04%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (1.04%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.04%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.04%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (6.22%) JIRA
2 7 (3.63%) Git
3 5 (2.59%) Vite
4 4 (2.07%) JUnit
4 4 (2.07%) Maven
4 4 (2.07%) Mockito
5 3 (1.55%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.04%) JMeter
6 2 (1.04%) Locust
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.52%) SpecFlow
General
1 76 (39.38%) Social Skills
2 70 (36.27%) Finance
3 57 (29.53%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (9.84%) Manufacturing
5 19 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 19 (9.84%) Retail
6 16 (8.29%) Marketing
7 14 (7.25%) Legal
8 10 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.66%) Law
10 8 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.59%) Banking
12 4 (2.07%) Games
12 4 (2.07%) German Language
13 3 (1.55%) Spanish Language
13 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.04%) Local Government
15 1 (0.52%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (21.24%) Analyst
2 25 (12.95%) Senior
3 18 (9.33%) Data Analyst
4 17 (8.81%) Developer
5 14 (7.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 13 (6.74%) Data Manager
6 13 (6.74%) Lead
7 12 (6.22%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (5.70%) Architect
8 11 (5.70%) Consultant
9 9 (4.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 9 (4.66%) Governance Manager
10 8 (4.15%) Product Owner
11 7 (3.63%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.63%) Business Developer
11 7 (3.63%) Data Engineer
12 6 (3.11%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
12 6 (3.11%) Data Governance Analyst
12 6 (3.11%) Data Governance Manager
12 6 (3.11%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.66%) REST
2 7 (3.63%) HTML
3 6 (3.11%) Vue
4 5 (2.59%) CSS
4 5 (2.59%) Laravel
4 5 (2.59%) LEMP Stack
4 5 (2.59%) Tailwind CSS
4 5 (2.59%) YAML
5 4 (2.07%) XML
6 3 (1.55%) JDBC
6 3 (1.55%) LDAP
6 3 (1.55%) PySpark
6 3 (1.55%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.55%) SAML
6 3 (1.55%) TensorFlow
6 3 (1.55%) Web Services
7 2 (1.04%) EDI
7 2 (1.04%) Gherkin
7 2 (1.04%) Middleware
7 2 (1.04%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.33%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.11%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.07%) Reference Data
6 4 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.55%) PMI
7 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.04%) Hackathon
8 2 (1.04%) Lidar
8 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 2 (1.04%) SCADA
8 2 (1.04%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.66%) Linux
2 2 (1.04%) Robot Operating System
2 2 (1.04%) Windows
3 1 (0.52%) Android
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (30.57%) Analytics
1 59 (30.57%) Business Intelligence
1 59 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (27.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (23.83%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 43 (22.28%) Agile
5 37 (19.17%) Data Modelling
6 35 (18.13%) Roadmaps
7 26 (13.47%) Actionable Insight
7 26 (13.47%) Data Analysis
8 24 (12.44%) Data Governance
8 24 (12.44%) Risk Management
9 23 (11.92%) CRM
9 23 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (11.40%) Computer Science
10 22 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (10.36%) AI
11 20 (10.36%) Project Management
11 20 (10.36%) Visualisation
12 17 (8.81%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.46%) SQL
2 21 (10.88%) Python
3 13 (6.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (4.66%) Bash
4 9 (4.66%) R
5 7 (3.63%) Java
5 7 (3.63%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.11%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.59%) PHP
8 4 (2.07%) C
8 4 (2.07%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.04%) C++
10 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 30 (15.54%) Degree
2 17 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.77%) ACCA
3 15 (7.77%) CIMA
4 12 (6.22%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.59%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.55%) CISSP
7 3 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.04%) CITP
8 2 (1.04%) PhD
8 2 (1.04%) PMP
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.52%) CBAP
9 1 (0.52%) CCAB
9 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (19.17%) Data Quality
2 20 (10.36%) QA
3 11 (5.70%) GDPR
4 10 (5.18%) PMO
5 9 (4.66%) Accessibility
5 9 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.07%) NIST
8 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.55%) GRC
9 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.04%) COBIT
9 2 (1.04%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.04%) P3O
9 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (6.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (2.07%) Terraform
3 2 (1.04%) Grafana
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.52%) Control-M
Vendors
1 24 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.18%) SAP
3 9 (4.66%) Databricks
3 9 (4.66%) Google
4 5 (2.59%) Sage
4 5 (2.59%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.07%) Ariba
5 4 (2.07%) Oracle
6 2 (1.04%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.52%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.52%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.52%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.52%) BMC
7 1 (0.52%) Genesys
7 1 (0.52%) IBM
7 1 (0.52%) Informatica
7 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.52%) Talend
7 1 (0.52%) Verint