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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 71 36
Rank change year-on-year +40 -35 +6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,126 675 1,957
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.10% 4.64% 6.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.37% 4.88% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 685 399 1,109
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

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 15,280 13,822 29,655
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 95.02% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,821 8,823 23,459
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 12 May 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 38 (3.37%) CMS
2 36 (3.20%) Confluence
3 34 (3.02%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.36%) nginx
7 4 (0.36%) WordPress
8 3 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) Apache
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.089%) Drupal
10 1 (0.089%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.089%) Umbraco
Applications
1 92 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 40 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.71%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.18%) Trello
9 1 (0.089%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.02%) Adobe Campaign
2 29 (2.58%) Workfront
3 16 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.62%) Shopify
6 5 (0.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.089%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.089%) Magento
7 1 (0.089%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.089%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.089%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.089%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.089%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.089%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 212 (18.83%) Azure
2 155 (13.77%) Power Platform
3 109 (9.68%) AWS
4 90 (7.99%) SaaS
5 46 (4.09%) GCP
6 44 (3.91%) iPaaS
7 40 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (2.49%) Serverless
10 27 (2.40%) Figma
11 26 (2.31%) Contentsquare
11 26 (2.31%) GitHub
12 25 (2.22%) Adobe Analytics
12 25 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (1.78%) Azure Machine Learning
14 19 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 19 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.24%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 158 (14.03%) Broadband
2 7 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.53%) Firewall
4 5 (0.44%) Network Security
5 3 (0.27%) DNS
5 3 (0.27%) Internet
5 3 (0.27%) Modbus
5 3 (0.27%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.27%) SSL
5 3 (0.27%) WAN
6 2 (0.18%) BGP
6 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.18%) LAN
6 2 (0.18%) MPLS
6 2 (0.18%) OSPF
6 2 (0.18%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.089%) Intranet
7 1 (0.089%) NAS
7 1 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (13.06%) Power BI
2 65 (5.77%) Metadata
3 44 (3.91%) Tableau
4 39 (3.46%) SQL Server
5 36 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.60%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.24%) Oracle Database
10 12 (1.07%) MySQL
10 12 (1.07%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.71%) Looker
14 7 (0.62%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.53%) Big Data
15 6 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (2.49%) JIRA
2 20 (1.78%) Git
3 8 (0.71%) JMeter
4 6 (0.53%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.53%) Locust
5 5 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.36%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.36%) GitLab
6 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.36%) MLflow
6 4 (0.36%) Vite
7 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) NUnit
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.18%) Storybook
8 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 372 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 338 (30.02%) Finance
3 304 (27.00%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (16.70%) Marketing
5 100 (8.88%) Public Sector
6 84 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 82 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
8 72 (6.39%) Legal
9 70 (6.22%) Games
10 62 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
11 53 (4.71%) Retail
12 44 (3.91%) Law
13 28 (2.49%) Banking
14 26 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 24 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.87%) Advertising
17 19 (1.69%) Local Government
17 19 (1.69%) Publishing
18 11 (0.98%) Multimedia
18 11 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 189 (16.79%) Senior
2 178 (15.81%) Analyst
3 121 (10.75%) Lead
4 60 (5.33%) Data Engineer
4 60 (5.33%) Senior Manager
5 56 (4.97%) Architect
6 45 (4.00%) Product Owner
7 44 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
8 39 (3.46%) Developer
9 38 (3.37%) Business Analyst
9 38 (3.37%) Data Analyst
9 38 (3.37%) Product Manager
10 35 (3.11%) Campaign Manager
11 32 (2.84%) Development Manager
12 30 (2.66%) Consultant
13 25 (2.22%) Engineering Manager
14 23 (2.04%) Financial Analyst
15 22 (1.95%) Accountant
15 22 (1.95%) Business Manager
16 21 (1.87%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.84%) React
2 26 (2.31%) .NET
3 19 (1.69%) LangChain
4 17 (1.51%) CSS
4 17 (1.51%) HTML
4 17 (1.51%) REST
5 15 (1.33%) XML
6 12 (1.07%) Middleware
7 11 (0.98%) AWS CDK
7 11 (0.98%) Next.js
8 9 (0.80%) Node.js
8 9 (0.80%) RESTful
8 9 (0.80%) Vue
9 8 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.71%) EDI
9 8 (0.71%) Kafka
9 8 (0.71%) PySpark
10 7 (0.62%) JSON
10 7 (0.62%) TensorFlow
11 6 (0.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 126 (11.19%) Product Ownership
2 102 (9.06%) Social Media
3 91 (8.08%) Marketing Technology
4 77 (6.84%) Over-the-Top Content
5 60 (5.33%) Onboarding
6 53 (4.71%) Cloud Native
7 38 (3.37%) Management Information System
8 33 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.49%) Mobile App
10 23 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.87%) AI Agents
12 20 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.60%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.51%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.51%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.51%) PMI
15 15 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.24%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.75%) Android
2 29 (2.58%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.15%) Windows
4 8 (0.71%) Linux
5 6 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (25.49%) Agile
2 282 (25.04%) Analytics
3 254 (22.56%) Roadmaps
4 249 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 245 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
6 231 (20.52%) AI
7 183 (16.25%) Mentoring
8 168 (14.92%) Business Intelligence
9 150 (13.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 134 (11.90%) Customer Experience
11 131 (11.63%) Coaching
12 118 (10.48%) CRM
13 117 (10.39%) CI/CD
14 113 (10.04%) Project Management
15 103 (9.15%) Digital Marketing
16 100 (8.88%) Data Modelling
17 99 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 99 (8.79%) User Stories
18 95 (8.44%) DevOps
19 92 (8.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 145 (12.88%) SQL
2 144 (12.79%) Python
3 33 (2.93%) Java
4 25 (2.22%) C#
5 23 (2.04%) TypeScript
6 22 (1.95%) R
7 21 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.71%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.71%) VBA
9 7 (0.62%) PHP
10 5 (0.44%) Bash
10 5 (0.44%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.36%) Bicep
11 4 (0.36%) C++
11 4 (0.36%) Scala
12 2 (0.18%) C
12 2 (0.18%) Formula Language
12 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.089%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 148 (13.14%) Degree
2 85 (7.55%) ACCA
3 84 (7.46%) CIMA
4 71 (6.31%) Security Cleared
5 49 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 46 (4.09%) DBS Check
7 36 (3.20%) Master's Degree
8 33 (2.93%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.78%) AAT
10 18 (1.60%) CISSP
11 16 (1.42%) PMP
12 15 (1.33%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.98%) CISM
15 10 (0.89%) PhD
16 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (0.80%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.80%) HNC
17 8 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (10.92%) Data Quality
2 85 (7.55%) Accessibility
3 63 (5.60%) GDPR
4 60 (5.33%) QA
5 32 (2.84%) WCAG
6 27 (2.40%) GRC
7 25 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.60%) NIST
9 15 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.15%) P3O
11 11 (0.98%) NCSC
12 10 (0.89%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.89%) PMO
13 9 (0.80%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.62%) SLA
15 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.53%) GAAP
16 5 (0.44%) IFRS
17 4 (0.36%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (1.95%) Docker
2 6 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (1.69%) Kubernetes
1 19 (1.69%) Terraform
2 16 (1.42%) Grafana
3 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.36%) Nmap
4 4 (0.36%) SCCM
5 3 (0.27%) Argo
5 3 (0.27%) Control-M
5 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.18%) Ansible
6 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.18%) Puppet
6 2 (0.18%) Salt
7 1 (0.089%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 166 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 109 (9.68%) Adobe
3 44 (3.91%) Databricks
4 40 (3.55%) SAP
5 38 (3.37%) Salesforce
6 37 (3.29%) Google
7 28 (2.49%) Oracle
8 21 (1.87%) HubSpot
8 21 (1.87%) Sage
9 20 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.89%) Foundry
10 10 (0.89%) Workday
11 9 (0.80%) Informatica
12 8 (0.71%) BMC
12 8 (0.71%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.71%) Xero
13 7 (0.62%) Cisco
14 6 (0.53%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.53%) Ariba
14 6 (0.53%) Talend