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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 51 39
Rank change year-on-year -9 -12 +27
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 164 195 292
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.64% 5.14% 5.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 5.48% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 112 133 231
10th Percentile £36,625 £36,995 £26,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £41,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +32.60% +0.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,250 £92,450 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% -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 4,875 3,561 4,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 78.52% 93.83% 86.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,644 1,670 3,823
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 28 February 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 28 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
Birmingham -2 72 £62,500 +4.17% 64
Warwickshire +17 13 £42,500 -32.00% 15
Coventry -8 13 £60,000 - 6
Staffordshire -24 11 £36,000 -7.11% 10
Wolverhampton -2 9 £59,250 - 1
Herefordshire -8 7 £60,000 +26.32% 3
Shropshire -22 7 £55,000 +46.67% 8
Solihull +4 6 £92,500 +54.17% 4
Bilston - 5 £66,500 - 1
Walsall +9 3 £44,000 +4.76% 2
Worcestershire -22 3 £67,000 +22.94% 15
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £90,000 -
Halesowen - 1 £47,500 - 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 10 (6.10%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.05%) CMS
2 5 (3.05%) nginx
3 4 (2.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (17.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.05%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.05%) Photoshop
3 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.05%) Shopify
2 3 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.22%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.61%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.61%) Odoo
4 1 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 45 (27.44%) Power Platform
2 31 (18.90%) Azure
3 14 (8.54%) AWS
4 12 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (6.10%) Power Automate
6 9 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.49%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.66%) GitHub
7 6 (3.66%) SaaS
8 4 (2.44%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.44%) Google Analytics
8 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.44%) PaaS
8 4 (2.44%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.83%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (25.61%) Power BI
2 10 (6.10%) Metadata
3 9 (5.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.05%) MySQL
6 5 (3.05%) Power Query
6 5 (3.05%) Tableau
7 4 (2.44%) Looker
8 3 (1.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.83%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 2 (1.22%) SAP BW
9 2 (1.22%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (1.22%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 10 (6.10%) JIRA
2 7 (4.27%) Git
3 5 (3.05%) Vite
4 4 (2.44%) JUnit
4 4 (2.44%) Maven
4 4 (2.44%) Mockito
5 2 (1.22%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.61%) JMeter
6 1 (0.61%) Locust
6 1 (0.61%) SpecFlow
General
1 73 (44.51%) Social Skills
2 57 (34.76%) Finance
3 52 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (14.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (12.80%) Public Sector
6 17 (10.37%) Manufacturing
7 15 (9.15%) Retail
8 14 (8.54%) Legal
9 13 (7.93%) Law
10 10 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (4.27%) Marketing
12 5 (3.05%) Banking
12 5 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (2.44%) Games
14 3 (1.83%) Spanish Language
15 2 (1.22%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.61%) Back Office
16 1 (0.61%) German Language
16 1 (0.61%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (20.73%) Analyst
2 27 (16.46%) Senior
3 16 (9.76%) Developer
4 12 (7.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 12 (7.32%) Lead
5 11 (6.71%) Data Analyst
5 11 (6.71%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.10%) Data Manager
7 8 (4.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 8 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (4.27%) Architect
8 7 (4.27%) Consultant
8 7 (4.27%) Product Owner
9 6 (3.66%) Data Governance Analyst
9 6 (3.66%) Data Governance Manager
9 6 (3.66%) Governance Manager
9 6 (3.66%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.05%) Business Developer
10 5 (3.05%) Insight Analyst
10 5 (3.05%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.10%) REST
2 8 (4.88%) HTML
3 6 (3.66%) CSS
3 6 (3.66%) Vue
4 5 (3.05%) Laravel
4 5 (3.05%) LEMP Stack
4 5 (3.05%) Tailwind CSS
4 5 (3.05%) YAML
5 4 (2.44%) React
6 3 (1.83%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.83%) JDBC
6 3 (1.83%) LDAP
6 3 (1.83%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.83%) SAML
6 3 (1.83%) Spring
6 3 (1.83%) TensorFlow
6 3 (1.83%) Web Services
7 2 (1.22%) EDI
7 2 (1.22%) JSON
7 2 (1.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.93%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (6.71%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.66%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (2.44%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.83%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.83%) PMI
7 3 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.22%) Hackathon
8 2 (1.22%) Lidar
8 2 (1.22%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 2 (1.22%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.49%) Linux
2 2 (1.22%) Robot Operating System
2 2 (1.22%) Windows
3 1 (0.61%) Android
3 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (35.37%) Analytics
2 55 (33.54%) Business Intelligence
3 52 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (26.83%) Agile
5 42 (25.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (25.61%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 26 (15.85%) Data Modelling
7 24 (14.63%) Data Governance
7 24 (14.63%) Project Management
8 23 (14.02%) Actionable Insight
8 23 (14.02%) Roadmaps
8 23 (14.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (12.80%) Data Analysis
10 20 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (11.59%) Risk Management
12 18 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (10.98%) DevOps
13 17 (10.37%) AI
13 17 (10.37%) ETL
13 17 (10.37%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 43 (26.22%) SQL
2 23 (14.02%) Python
3 10 (6.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (6.10%) JavaScript
4 9 (5.49%) Bash
4 9 (5.49%) Java
5 7 (4.27%) R
6 5 (3.05%) PHP
6 5 (3.05%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.44%) C
7 4 (2.44%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.44%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.22%) C++
9 1 (0.61%) C#
9 1 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 27 (16.46%) Degree
2 13 (7.93%) ACCA
2 13 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.71%) CIMA
3 11 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.05%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.44%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.22%) CITP
8 2 (1.22%) PhD
8 2 (1.22%) PMP
9 1 (0.61%) CBAP
9 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (17.07%) Data Quality
2 22 (13.41%) QA
3 13 (7.93%) PMO
4 10 (6.10%) GDPR
5 6 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.44%) COBIT
6 4 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.44%) NIST
7 3 (1.83%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.22%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.22%) P3O
8 2 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (7.93%) Docker
2 2 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.83%) Terraform
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.61%) Control-M
5 1 (0.61%) Grafana
Vendors
1 26 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.66%) Sage
2 6 (3.66%) SAP
3 5 (3.05%) Databricks
3 5 (3.05%) Google
3 5 (3.05%) Oracle
3 5 (3.05%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.61%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (0.61%) Anaplan
4 1 (0.61%) Autodesk
4 1 (0.61%) BMC
4 1 (0.61%) Foundry
4 1 (0.61%) Genesys
4 1 (0.61%) IBM
4 1 (0.61%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.61%) Palantir
4 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.61%) Talend
4 1 (0.61%) Verint
4 1 (0.61%) Workday