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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 75 40
Rank change year-on-year +49 -35 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,456 745 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.13% 4.77% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.67% 5.05% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 920 451 1,050
10th Percentile £37,450 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,818 £72,500
90th Percentile £99,100 £88,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,325
% change year-on-year - +10.45% -8.76%

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 16,791 14,738 29,927
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 94.32% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,235 8,589 23,073
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,625 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 27 June 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 45 (3.09%) Confluence
2 37 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 34 (2.34%) CMS
4 14 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.34%) WordPress
9 4 (0.27%) Apache
9 4 (0.27%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.27%) SAS
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.069%) Appian
11 1 (0.069%) Drupal
11 1 (0.069%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.069%) Resin
11 1 (0.069%) Umbraco
Applications
1 111 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 31 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.41%) Trello
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.21%) Blender
8 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.21%) Maya
Business Applications
1 39 (2.68%) Workfront
2 34 (2.34%) Adobe Campaign
3 20 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.62%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.41%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.34%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 4 (0.27%) Shopify
9 3 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
11 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 272 (18.68%) Azure
2 175 (12.02%) Power Platform
3 160 (10.99%) AWS
4 118 (8.10%) SaaS
5 61 (4.19%) GCP
6 53 (3.64%) iPaaS
7 44 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 38 (2.61%) Serverless
11 30 (2.06%) GitHub
12 27 (1.85%) Figma
13 26 (1.79%) Adobe Analytics
14 25 (1.72%) Contentsquare
15 23 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (1.37%) Entra ID
17 19 (1.30%) Azure Machine Learning
17 19 (1.30%) PaaS
18 17 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
19 15 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 178 (12.23%) Broadband
2 14 (0.96%) Network Security
3 12 (0.82%) Firewall
4 8 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.55%) VPN
5 5 (0.34%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.34%) VLAN
5 5 (0.34%) WAN
6 4 (0.27%) DNS
6 4 (0.27%) LAN
7 3 (0.21%) BGP
7 3 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.21%) Internet
7 3 (0.21%) Modbus
7 3 (0.21%) MPLS
7 3 (0.21%) OSPF
7 3 (0.21%) SSL
7 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.14%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (10.85%) Power BI
2 80 (5.49%) Metadata
3 53 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.75%) Tableau
5 36 (2.47%) SQL Server
6 31 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.03%) MySQL
9 15 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.96%) Big Data
10 14 (0.96%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.96%) Oracle Database
11 11 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.69%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.69%) Looker
13 9 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
14 8 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 42 (2.88%) JIRA
2 29 (1.99%) Git
3 10 (0.69%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.48%) JMeter
5 6 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.41%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.41%) GitLab
5 6 (0.41%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.34%) Locust
6 5 (0.34%) MLflow
7 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.14%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 495 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 421 (28.91%) Finance
3 388 (26.65%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (14.35%) Marketing
5 133 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 127 (8.72%) Public Sector
7 102 (7.01%) Influencing Skills
8 81 (5.56%) Legal
9 79 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
9 79 (5.43%) Retail
10 74 (5.08%) Games
11 54 (3.71%) Law
12 40 (2.75%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (2.34%) Local Government
15 28 (1.92%) Banking
16 21 (1.44%) Advertising
17 18 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.24%) Publishing
18 12 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 244 (16.76%) Senior
2 214 (14.70%) Analyst
3 157 (10.78%) Lead
4 104 (7.14%) Architect
5 68 (4.67%) Data Engineer
6 67 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
7 64 (4.40%) Data Analyst
8 60 (4.12%) Senior Manager
9 57 (3.91%) Product Owner
10 53 (3.64%) Developer
11 52 (3.57%) Consultant
12 47 (3.23%) Development Manager
13 42 (2.88%) Product Manager
14 36 (2.47%) Business Analyst
14 36 (2.47%) Campaign Manager
15 35 (2.40%) Business Manager
16 30 (2.06%) Business Development Manager
16 30 (2.06%) Engineering Manager
17 29 (1.99%) Data Architect
17 29 (1.99%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.16%) React
2 31 (2.13%) .NET
3 29 (1.99%) LangChain
4 23 (1.58%) REST
5 18 (1.24%) Node.js
6 16 (1.10%) CSS
6 16 (1.10%) Next.js
7 15 (1.03%) AWS CDK
7 15 (1.03%) HTML
8 14 (0.96%) RESTful
8 14 (0.96%) XML
9 13 (0.89%) Spring
10 11 (0.76%) PyTorch
10 11 (0.76%) Spring Boot
10 11 (0.76%) TensorFlow
11 10 (0.69%) Kafka
12 9 (0.62%) LangGraph
12 9 (0.62%) Vue
13 8 (0.55%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.55%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 142 (9.75%) Product Ownership
2 119 (8.17%) Social Media
3 103 (7.07%) Marketing Technology
4 88 (6.04%) Over-the-Top Content
5 73 (5.01%) Cloud Native
6 65 (4.46%) Management Information System
7 55 (3.78%) Onboarding
8 51 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (2.82%) AI Agents
10 36 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (2.06%) Mobile App
12 29 (1.99%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
14 23 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
14 23 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.44%) Algorithms
16 20 (1.37%) Credit Risk
17 18 (1.24%) PMI
18 17 (1.17%) Driving Licence
19 16 (1.10%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.27%) Android
2 29 (1.99%) Apple iOS
3 22 (1.51%) Windows
4 7 (0.48%) Linux
5 6 (0.41%) VMS
5 6 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.069%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (25.96%) Agile
2 352 (24.18%) Roadmaps
3 343 (23.56%) Analytics
4 338 (23.21%) AI
5 320 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
6 319 (21.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 256 (17.58%) Mentoring
8 226 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 189 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
10 172 (11.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 157 (10.78%) CI/CD
12 151 (10.37%) Coaching
13 150 (10.30%) Customer Experience
14 146 (10.03%) Data Modelling
15 141 (9.68%) Project Management
16 139 (9.55%) CRM
17 136 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
18 131 (9.00%) DevOps
19 121 (8.31%) Actionable Insight
20 114 (7.83%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 201 (13.80%) SQL
2 190 (13.05%) Python
3 40 (2.75%) TypeScript
4 36 (2.47%) Java
5 35 (2.40%) C#
6 32 (2.20%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.30%) R
8 11 (0.76%) Bash
8 11 (0.76%) Bicep
8 11 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (0.76%) PowerShell
9 10 (0.69%) VBA
10 8 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.48%) C++
12 5 (0.34%) Ruby
13 4 (0.27%) PHP
13 4 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.14%) C
14 2 (0.14%) Formula Language
14 2 (0.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 179 (12.29%) Degree
2 98 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 82 (5.63%) ACCA
4 79 (5.43%) CIMA
5 77 (5.29%) SC Cleared
6 56 (3.85%) DBS Check
7 44 (3.02%) PMI Certification
8 35 (2.40%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.79%) CISSP
9 26 (1.79%) PMP
10 23 (1.58%) AAT
11 22 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 20 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 18 (1.24%) CISM
14 17 (1.17%) Azure Certification
15 14 (0.96%) CIPD
15 14 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (0.69%) PhD
18 9 (0.62%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (10.78%) Data Quality
2 88 (6.04%) Accessibility
3 83 (5.70%) GDPR
4 76 (5.22%) QA
5 38 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.06%) GRC
6 30 (2.06%) WCAG
7 24 (1.65%) NIST
8 23 (1.58%) PMO
9 21 (1.44%) SLA
10 17 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.82%) IFRS
11 12 (0.82%) P3O
12 11 (0.76%) NCSC
13 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.48%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (2.61%) Docker
2 15 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.41%) vSphere
6 5 (0.34%) Firmware
7 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.069%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.069%) GPFS
8 1 (0.069%) Lustre
8 1 (0.069%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 29 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.92%) Terraform
3 17 (1.17%) Grafana
4 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.41%) Nmap
6 4 (0.27%) Argo
6 4 (0.27%) SCCM
7 3 (0.21%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.14%) Ansible
8 2 (0.14%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.14%) Packer
8 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.14%) Puppet
8 2 (0.14%) Salt
9 1 (0.069%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 208 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 119 (8.17%) Adobe
3 45 (3.09%) Salesforce
4 42 (2.88%) Databricks
5 41 (2.82%) Google
6 36 (2.47%) SAP
7 28 (1.92%) Oracle
8 18 (1.24%) HubSpot
8 18 (1.24%) Sage
9 16 (1.10%) Foundry
9 16 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.76%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.69%) Informatica
11 10 (0.69%) Xero
12 8 (0.55%) Cisco
12 8 (0.55%) VMware
13 7 (0.48%) Workday
14 6 (0.41%) Ariba
14 6 (0.41%) BMC
14 6 (0.41%) ScienceLogic