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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 64 61
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 -12
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 839 767 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.31% 4.75% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 5.03% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 530 394 943
10th Percentile £40,450 £37,575 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,745 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,050 £64,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +7.00% -
75th Percentile £81,993 £83,552 £80,435
90th Percentile £95,125 £100,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.81% -15.32%

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 13,672 15,244 24,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.61% 94.44% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,682 8,971 20,549
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +5.41% -4.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,751
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.62% -10.80%

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 1 February 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 28 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.43%) Confluence
3 11 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.95%) CMS
4 8 (0.95%) SAS
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
6 4 (0.48%) nginx
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 125 (14.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (6.91%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.48%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.48%) Trello
5 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.19%) Shopify
2 9 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.60%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.36%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.36%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Primavera
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 182 (21.69%) Power Platform
2 180 (21.45%) Azure
3 81 (9.65%) SaaS
4 74 (8.82%) AWS
5 57 (6.79%) Azure Data Factory
6 50 (5.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (3.58%) GitHub
10 26 (3.10%) GCP
11 21 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.03%) PaaS
12 17 (2.03%) Serverless
13 15 (1.79%) Snowflake
14 14 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.55%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.55%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.43%) Azure Machine Learning
17 9 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (1.07%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.67%) Broadband
2 7 (0.83%) Internet
3 3 (0.36%) Network Security
4 2 (0.24%) Firewall
4 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) DNS
5 1 (0.12%) DSL
5 1 (0.12%) Intranet
5 1 (0.12%) NAS
5 1 (0.12%) NGFW
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (20.14%) Power BI
2 55 (6.56%) SQL Server
3 52 (6.20%) Tableau
4 42 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (3.22%) Metadata
8 25 (2.98%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.79%) Power Query
10 14 (1.67%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (1.67%) MySQL
11 11 (1.31%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.83%) GIS
13 7 (0.83%) QlikView
13 7 (0.83%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.72%) Looker
14 6 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 20 (2.38%) JIRA
2 8 (0.95%) Git
3 7 (0.83%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.83%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.48%) ERwin
4 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.48%) Toad
4 4 (0.48%) Vite
5 3 (0.36%) GitLab
5 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.24%) JMeter
6 2 (0.24%) MLflow
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
6 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.24%) Storybook
7 1 (0.12%) Locust
7 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
General
1 403 (48.03%) Social Skills
2 366 (43.62%) Finance
3 309 (36.83%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (12.51%) Public Sector
5 85 (10.13%) Marketing
6 78 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
7 58 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (5.13%) Manufacturing
11 41 (4.89%) Retail
12 36 (4.29%) Legal
13 27 (3.22%) Banking
14 23 (2.74%) Law
15 22 (2.62%) Advertising
15 22 (2.62%) Local Government
16 14 (1.67%) Billing
16 14 (1.67%) Games
17 11 (1.31%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.95%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 177 (21.10%) Analyst
2 130 (15.49%) Senior
3 74 (8.82%) Lead
4 65 (7.75%) Architect
5 48 (5.72%) Developer
5 48 (5.72%) Financial Analyst
6 45 (5.36%) Data Engineer
7 40 (4.77%) Consultant
8 36 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
9 35 (4.17%) Senior Manager
10 32 (3.81%) Sales Executive
10 32 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
11 30 (3.58%) Data Analyst
12 28 (3.34%) Business Manager
13 25 (2.98%) Business Analyst
13 25 (2.98%) Report Analyst
14 20 (2.38%) Development Manager
15 19 (2.26%) Insight Analyst
15 19 (2.26%) Product Manager
15 19 (2.26%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.03%) .NET
2 13 (1.55%) React
3 11 (1.31%) Flash
3 11 (1.31%) REST
4 10 (1.19%) CSS
4 10 (1.19%) HTML
5 9 (1.07%) Kafka
5 9 (1.07%) Middleware
5 9 (1.07%) Spring
6 8 (0.95%) PySpark
7 7 (0.83%) Spring Boot
7 7 (0.83%) TensorFlow
7 7 (0.83%) XML
8 6 (0.72%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.72%) JSON
8 6 (0.72%) Node.js
8 6 (0.72%) RESTful
8 6 (0.72%) SOAP
8 6 (0.72%) Vue
9 5 (0.60%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 48 (5.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 45 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 41 (4.89%) Onboarding
6 39 (4.65%) Product Ownership
7 29 (3.46%) Virtual Team
8 18 (2.15%) Social Media
9 16 (1.91%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.67%) PMI
10 14 (1.67%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.07%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.95%) GNSS
13 8 (0.95%) Insider Threat
13 8 (0.95%) IoT
13 8 (0.95%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.55%) Windows
2 9 (1.07%) Android
2 9 (1.07%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.83%) Linux
4 5 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.48%) Unix
5 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (33.49%) Analytics
2 251 (29.92%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (26.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 187 (22.29%) Business Intelligence
5 161 (19.19%) AI
6 152 (18.12%) Agile
7 124 (14.78%) Roadmaps
8 116 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (13.35%) Visualisation
10 107 (12.75%) Actionable Insight
11 105 (12.51%) Data Analysis
12 102 (12.16%) CRM
13 100 (11.92%) Project Management
14 91 (10.85%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 85 (10.13%) Mentoring
16 83 (9.89%) DevOps
17 78 (9.30%) CI/CD
18 76 (9.06%) Data Modelling
19 73 (8.70%) ETL
20 71 (8.46%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 181 (21.57%) SQL
2 127 (15.14%) Python
3 30 (3.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.50%) Java
4 21 (2.50%) R
5 19 (2.26%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.55%) C#
7 10 (1.19%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.19%) VBA
8 9 (1.07%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.95%) C++
9 8 (0.95%) Scala
10 7 (0.83%) PHP
10 7 (0.83%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.72%) Bash
11 6 (0.72%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.48%) VB
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
13 2 (0.24%) Bicep
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 172 (20.50%) Degree
2 82 (9.77%) ACCA
2 82 (9.77%) CIMA
3 59 (7.03%) Security Cleared
4 48 (5.72%) SC Cleared
5 43 (5.13%) DBS Check
6 31 (3.69%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.98%) CISSP
8 22 (2.62%) CISM
9 20 (2.38%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.38%) PMI Certification
10 18 (2.15%) AAT
10 18 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.43%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.43%) CISA
12 12 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.19%) CRISC
14 10 (1.19%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.92%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.60%) QA
3 37 (4.41%) GDPR
4 30 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.10%) Accessibility
6 25 (2.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 21 (2.50%) GRC
7 21 (2.50%) NIST
8 14 (1.67%) P3O
8 14 (1.67%) PMO
9 12 (1.43%) NCSC
10 9 (1.07%) ISO 9001
10 9 (1.07%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.60%) COBIT
11 5 (0.60%) GAAP
11 5 (0.60%) ITGC
12 4 (0.48%) IFRS
13 3 (0.36%) SLA
14 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (1.91%) Docker
2 4 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (2.15%) Terraform
2 14 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.83%) Nmap
4 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.36%) Control-M
5 3 (0.36%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Packer
6 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 144 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.08%) Databricks
3 42 (5.01%) SAP
4 33 (3.93%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.62%) Oracle
5 22 (2.62%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.50%) Google
7 17 (2.03%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.67%) Sage
9 12 (1.43%) Autodesk
9 12 (1.43%) Workday
10 9 (1.07%) Informatica
11 8 (0.95%) Cisco
11 8 (0.95%) IBM
12 7 (0.83%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.60%) BMC
13 5 (0.60%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.48%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.48%) Charles River
14 4 (0.48%) NEC