Hybrid/Remote Decision-Making Job Trends

Decision-Making
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 64 58
Rank change year-on-year +23 -6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 795 800 998
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.27% 4.86% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.02% 5.19% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 492 400 626
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,608 £46,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £61,742
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -0.16% +2.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,156 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,875 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -10.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,199 15,404 19,804
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.42% 93.53% 93.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8,377 9,084 15,996
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Decision-Making and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Decision-Making job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Decision-Making
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Decision-Making salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Decision-Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 18 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.51%) Confluence
3 8 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.88%) CMS
4 7 (0.88%) SAS
5 6 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.50%) Apache
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.38%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 137 (17.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.50%) Trello
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.13%) Shopify
2 8 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.75%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.38%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.38%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Primavera
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 163 (20.50%) Power Platform
2 150 (18.87%) Azure
3 84 (10.57%) SaaS
4 60 (7.55%) AWS
5 46 (5.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 44 (5.53%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (3.40%) GitHub
9 26 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.52%) GCP
11 19 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.89%) PaaS
13 14 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 14 (1.76%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.64%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.38%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.38%) Serverless
17 10 (1.26%) PowerApps
18 8 (1.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.75%) Internet
2 4 (0.50%) Broadband
3 2 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.13%) ADSL
4 1 (0.13%) Firewall
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (19.12%) Power BI
2 50 (6.29%) Tableau
3 48 (6.04%) SQL Server
4 38 (4.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 24 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 23 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (2.77%) Metadata
9 18 (2.26%) Power Query
10 14 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
11 12 (1.51%) MySQL
12 10 (1.26%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.26%) GIS
13 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.88%) QlikView
15 6 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (0.63%) Looker
16 5 (0.63%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (2.52%) JIRA
2 7 (0.88%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.88%) Metasploit
3 6 (0.75%) Git
4 4 (0.50%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.50%) ERwin
4 4 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.50%) Toad
5 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.38%) Vite
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.25%) Selenium
6 2 (0.25%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) JMeter
7 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 375 (47.17%) Social Skills
2 357 (44.91%) Finance
3 313 (39.37%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.32%) Marketing
5 86 (10.82%) Public Sector
6 78 (9.81%) Presentation Skills
7 56 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (6.92%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (5.66%) Manufacturing
10 41 (5.16%) Retail
11 39 (4.91%) Legal
12 37 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (2.89%) Banking
14 22 (2.77%) Law
15 20 (2.52%) Advertising
16 18 (2.26%) Local Government
17 14 (1.76%) Billing
18 9 (1.13%) Automotive
18 9 (1.13%) Telecoms
19 8 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 167 (21.01%) Analyst
2 108 (13.58%) Senior
3 65 (8.18%) Architect
3 65 (8.18%) Lead
4 55 (6.92%) Financial Analyst
5 47 (5.91%) Developer
6 42 (5.28%) Consultant
7 35 (4.40%) Data Engineer
8 34 (4.28%) Business Manager
9 32 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
9 32 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (3.65%) Data Analyst
10 29 (3.65%) Sales Executive
11 27 (3.40%) Senior Manager
12 24 (3.02%) Development Manager
13 23 (2.89%) Business Analyst
14 22 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 22 (2.77%) Product Manager
14 22 (2.77%) Report Analyst
15 18 (2.26%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.64%) Flash
1 13 (1.64%) REST
2 10 (1.26%) .NET
2 10 (1.26%) React
3 9 (1.13%) CSS
3 9 (1.13%) HTML
3 9 (1.13%) Middleware
3 9 (1.13%) SOAP
4 8 (1.01%) Blazor
4 8 (1.01%) JSON
4 8 (1.01%) PySpark
5 6 (0.75%) Kafka
5 6 (0.75%) OAuth
5 6 (0.75%) Spring
5 6 (0.75%) Spring Boot
5 6 (0.75%) XML
6 5 (0.63%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.63%) RESTful
7 4 (0.50%) Node.js
7 4 (0.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 93 (11.70%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (6.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 41 (5.16%) Cloud Native
4 39 (4.91%) Onboarding
5 36 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 36 (4.53%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.40%) Virtual Team
7 15 (1.89%) Social Media
8 14 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
10 10 (1.26%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.26%) Life Science
11 9 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.01%) Digital Media
12 8 (1.01%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.01%) GNSS
12 8 (1.01%) Insider Threat
12 8 (1.01%) NHS
12 8 (1.01%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.13%) Windows
2 7 (0.88%) Linux
3 5 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.50%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (31.95%) Analytics
2 240 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 204 (25.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 173 (21.76%) Business Intelligence
5 141 (17.74%) Agile
5 141 (17.74%) AI
6 107 (13.46%) Visualisation
7 106 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 103 (12.96%) Actionable Insight
8 103 (12.96%) CRM
9 97 (12.20%) Data Analysis
10 90 (11.32%) Project Management
11 84 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 79 (9.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 78 (9.81%) DevOps
14 77 (9.69%) B2B
15 73 (9.18%) Process Improvement
16 71 (8.93%) ERP
17 65 (8.18%) Data Visualisation
18 62 (7.80%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 168 (21.13%) SQL
2 110 (13.84%) Python
3 31 (3.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.64%) R
5 18 (2.26%) Java
6 15 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.76%) VBA
8 12 (1.51%) C#
9 10 (1.26%) Scala
9 10 (1.26%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.75%) Bash
11 6 (0.75%) C++
11 6 (0.75%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.63%) PHP
13 4 (0.50%) VB
14 2 (0.25%) ABAP
14 2 (0.25%) Bicep
14 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 169 (21.26%) Degree
2 96 (12.08%) ACCA
2 96 (12.08%) CIMA
3 54 (6.79%) Security Cleared
4 44 (5.53%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.28%) DBS Check
6 27 (3.40%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.89%) CISSP
8 20 (2.52%) CISM
9 19 (2.39%) AAT
10 16 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.89%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.51%) CISA
12 12 (1.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (1.26%) CRISC
13 10 (1.26%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.06%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.16%) GDPR
3 28 (3.52%) QA
4 27 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (3.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 21 (2.64%) Accessibility
7 19 (2.39%) NIST
8 17 (2.14%) GRC
9 14 (1.76%) PMO
10 10 (1.26%) NCSC
11 9 (1.13%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.88%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.63%) COBIT
13 5 (0.63%) GAAP
13 5 (0.63%) ITGC
14 4 (0.50%) IFRS
14 4 (0.50%) SLA
15 3 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.25%) P3O
16 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (1.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.14%) Terraform
2 11 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.88%) Nmap
4 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.38%) Control-M
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 146 (18.36%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.54%) SAP
3 46 (5.79%) Databricks
4 30 (3.77%) Oracle
5 28 (3.52%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 25 (3.14%) Workday
8 24 (3.02%) Google
9 17 (2.14%) Sage
10 13 (1.64%) HubSpot
11 12 (1.51%) Autodesk
12 10 (1.26%) IBM
13 7 (0.88%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.88%) Cisco
14 6 (0.75%) Informatica
15 5 (0.63%) Adaptive Insights
16 4 (0.50%) BMC
16 4 (0.50%) Charles River
16 4 (0.50%) Concur
16 4 (0.50%) Xero