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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 40 47
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 205 172 308
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.42% 5.40% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 6.06% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 159 120 210
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,450 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -2.27% +34.71%
75th Percentile £71,000 £71,063 £69,914
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,900 £96,250
England median annual salary £60,100 £61,644 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +12.08% -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 6,177 2,840 6,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 72.83% 89.14% 82.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,721 1,646 4,565
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £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 £64,375
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 18 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 18 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 -12 83 £57,500 +4.55% 55
Warwickshire +11 31 £42,500 -19.05% 31
Coventry -7 17 £45,000 -25.00% 10
Staffordshire -16 16 £46,686 +20.47% 13
Worcestershire -10 15 £48,000 -19.33% 19
Wolverhampton -10 15 £69,000 +6.15% 1
Shropshire -26 5 £55,000 +46.67% 10
Bilston - 4 £66,500 -
Solihull +5 3 £42,500 -29.17%
Walsall +4 3 £44,000 +4.76% 1
Herefordshire -18 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 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.95%) CMS
2 4 (1.95%) Confluence
2 4 (1.95%) nginx
2 4 (1.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.49%) Apache
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (16.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.95%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.95%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.95%) Shopify
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.49%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.34%) Power Platform
2 30 (14.63%) Azure
3 17 (8.29%) AWS
4 14 (6.83%) SaaS
5 9 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (4.39%) Power Automate
5 9 (4.39%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.44%) GitHub
8 4 (1.95%) GCP
8 4 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.95%) PaaS
8 4 (1.95%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.46%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (1.46%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.46%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.98%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.85%) Wireless
2 3 (1.46%) SSL
3 2 (0.98%) Internet
4 1 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (24.88%) Power BI
2 12 (5.85%) Tableau
3 9 (4.39%) Power Query
4 8 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.93%) Metadata
7 5 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.44%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.95%) MySQL
9 3 (1.46%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.46%) Looker
9 3 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.49%) Parquet
11 1 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.37%) JIRA
2 7 (3.41%) Git
3 4 (1.95%) JUnit
3 4 (1.95%) Maven
3 4 (1.95%) Mockito
3 4 (1.95%) Vite
4 3 (1.46%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.98%) JMeter
5 2 (0.98%) Locust
5 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.49%) SpecFlow
General
1 72 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 63 (30.73%) Finance
3 48 (23.41%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (11.71%) Marketing
6 19 (9.27%) Public Sector
7 16 (7.80%) Retail
8 13 (6.34%) Manufacturing
9 12 (5.85%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (5.37%) Legal
11 9 (4.39%) Law
12 8 (3.90%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.93%) German Language
13 6 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.95%) Games
15 4 (1.95%) Spanish Language
16 3 (1.46%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.98%) Local Government
18 1 (0.49%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 36 (17.56%) Analyst
2 26 (12.68%) Senior
3 19 (9.27%) Data Analyst
4 18 (8.78%) Developer
5 12 (5.85%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (5.85%) Support Engineer
5 12 (5.85%) Technical Engineer
5 12 (5.85%) Technical Support
5 12 (5.85%) Technical Support Engineer
6 11 (5.37%) Architect
6 11 (5.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 11 (5.37%) Lead
7 9 (4.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 8 (3.90%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.90%) Product Owner
9 7 (3.41%) Business Developer
9 7 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 7 (3.41%) Consultant
9 7 (3.41%) Data Architect
9 7 (3.41%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.88%) REST
2 6 (2.93%) HTML
3 5 (2.44%) Vue
4 4 (1.95%) CSS
4 4 (1.95%) Laravel
4 4 (1.95%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (1.95%) Tailwind CSS
4 4 (1.95%) XML
4 4 (1.95%) YAML
5 3 (1.46%) JDBC
5 3 (1.46%) LDAP
5 3 (1.46%) PySpark
5 3 (1.46%) SAML
5 3 (1.46%) Web Services
6 2 (0.98%) EDI
6 2 (0.98%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.98%) Middleware
6 2 (0.98%) OpenCV
6 2 (0.98%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.98%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.29%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.34%) Driving Licence
4 12 (5.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.44%) NHS
6 4 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.46%) Robotics
8 2 (0.98%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.98%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.98%) CUDA
8 2 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.98%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Lidar
8 2 (0.98%) PMI
8 2 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.90%) Linux
2 2 (0.98%) Robot Operating System
2 2 (0.98%) Windows
3 1 (0.49%) Android
3 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.73%) Business Intelligence
1 63 (30.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (29.76%) Analytics
3 59 (28.78%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (19.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 36 (17.56%) Agile
5 36 (17.56%) Data Modelling
6 34 (16.59%) Roadmaps
7 27 (13.17%) CRM
7 27 (13.17%) Data Analysis
8 25 (12.20%) Risk Management
9 24 (11.71%) AI
10 23 (11.22%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (9.76%) Data Governance
13 19 (9.27%) Computer Science
14 18 (8.78%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (8.78%) Visualisation
15 17 (8.29%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 57 (27.80%) SQL
2 21 (10.24%) Python
3 13 (6.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (4.39%) R
5 8 (3.90%) Bash
6 7 (3.41%) Java
6 7 (3.41%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.44%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.95%) C
8 4 (1.95%) PHP
8 4 (1.95%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.98%) C++
10 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 31 (15.12%) Degree
2 19 (9.27%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.80%) CIMA
4 15 (7.32%) ACCA
5 13 (6.34%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.44%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.95%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.46%) CISSP
9 3 (1.46%) CITP
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.98%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.98%) PhD
10 2 (0.98%) PMP
11 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.49%) CBAP
11 1 (0.49%) CCAB
11 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.15%) Data Quality
2 18 (8.78%) QA
3 9 (4.39%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.90%) GDPR
5 7 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.95%) PMO
7 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.46%) GRC
8 2 (0.98%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.98%) NIST
8 2 (0.98%) P3O
8 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.98%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (5.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.44%) Terraform
3 4 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.98%) Grafana
4 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.49%) Ansible
5 1 (0.49%) Control-M
Vendors
1 22 (10.73%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.39%) Google
2 9 (4.39%) SAP
3 6 (2.93%) Databricks
3 6 (2.93%) Oracle
4 5 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.95%) Ariba
6 3 (1.46%) Cognos
6 3 (1.46%) Sage
7 2 (0.98%) NEC
7 2 (0.98%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.49%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.49%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.49%) BMC
8 1 (0.49%) Citrix
8 1 (0.49%) Genesys
8 1 (0.49%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.49%) IBM
8 1 (0.49%) Informatica
8 1 (0.49%) Verint