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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 70 62
Rank change year-on-year +29 -8 +18
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 899 806 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.63% 4.06% 4.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.10% 4.59% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 577 374 698
10th Percentile £37,875 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,780 £41,565 £45,752
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,563 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -0.73% -
75th Percentile £79,157 £77,188 £79,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,275 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%

All Process and 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 14,749 17,546 20,993
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.38% 88.33% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,703 10,436 17,007
10th Percentile £29,300 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 8 November 2025.

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 23 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.45%) Confluence
3 9 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.78%) CMS
4 7 (0.78%) SAS
5 5 (0.56%) Apache
5 5 (0.56%) Moodle
5 5 (0.56%) WordPress
6 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.33%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 175 (19.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.33%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (1.89%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.00%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (0.89%) Shopify
5 6 (0.67%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.44%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.33%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.22%) Primavera
9 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
10 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 200 (22.25%) Power Platform
2 141 (15.68%) Azure
3 88 (9.79%) SaaS
4 64 (7.12%) AWS
5 41 (4.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 36 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (3.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 27 (3.00%) GCP
9 20 (2.22%) Google Analytics
10 19 (2.11%) PaaS
11 18 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (1.67%) GitHub
13 15 (1.67%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (1.45%) Snowflake
16 10 (1.11%) OCI
16 10 (1.11%) Serverless
17 9 (1.00%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.45%) Network Security
2 11 (1.22%) Firewall
3 9 (1.00%) Internet
4 5 (0.56%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.56%) VPN
5 4 (0.44%) WAN
6 3 (0.33%) BGP
6 3 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.33%) OSPF
6 3 (0.33%) SAN
6 3 (0.33%) VLAN
7 2 (0.22%) Broadband
7 2 (0.22%) LAN
7 2 (0.22%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.11%) 4G
8 1 (0.11%) 5G
8 1 (0.11%) ADSL
8 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (20.91%) Power BI
2 63 (7.01%) Tableau
3 56 (6.23%) SQL Server
4 35 (3.89%) Power Query
5 34 (3.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (3.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 26 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.67%) GIS
8 15 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (1.56%) BigQuery
9 14 (1.56%) Data Lake
9 14 (1.56%) Metadata
10 12 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.11%) Geospatial Data
13 8 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.78%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.78%) MySQL
14 7 (0.78%) QlikView
14 7 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (2.67%) JIRA
2 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.44%) ERwin
2 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
2 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (0.44%) Toad
3 3 (0.33%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.33%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.22%) Git
4 2 (0.22%) GitLab
4 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.11%) Selenium
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 430 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 373 (41.49%) Finance
3 325 (36.15%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (11.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (11.23%) Marketing
6 80 (8.90%) Public Sector
7 76 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
8 72 (8.01%) Legal
9 56 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
10 45 (5.01%) Manufacturing
10 45 (5.01%) Retail
11 44 (4.89%) Influencing Skills
12 39 (4.34%) Banking
13 31 (3.45%) Law
14 23 (2.56%) Local Government
15 18 (2.00%) Advertising
16 17 (1.89%) Financial Institution
17 15 (1.67%) Automotive
18 14 (1.56%) Billing
19 8 (0.89%) French Language
Job Titles
1 215 (23.92%) Analyst
2 121 (13.46%) Senior
3 86 (9.57%) Lead
4 65 (7.23%) Architect
5 59 (6.56%) Developer
6 52 (5.78%) Financial Analyst
7 46 (5.12%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 45 (5.01%) Senior Analyst
9 42 (4.67%) Data Analyst
10 40 (4.45%) Business Manager
11 39 (4.34%) Consultant
12 33 (3.67%) Business Analyst
13 32 (3.56%) Development Manager
14 31 (3.45%) Product Manager
14 31 (3.45%) Sales Executive
15 30 (3.34%) Senior Manager
16 28 (3.11%) Power BI Analyst
17 26 (2.89%) Commercial Analyst
18 25 (2.78%) Insight Analyst
19 24 (2.67%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.00%) .NET
2 17 (1.89%) REST
3 12 (1.33%) JSON
3 12 (1.33%) React
4 9 (1.00%) HTML
4 9 (1.00%) Middleware
4 9 (1.00%) SOAP
5 8 (0.89%) Blazor
5 8 (0.89%) CSS
5 8 (0.89%) Flash
6 7 (0.78%) Node.js
6 7 (0.78%) Spring
6 7 (0.78%) Spring Boot
6 7 (0.78%) XML
7 6 (0.67%) Kafka
8 5 (0.56%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.56%) OAuth
9 4 (0.44%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.44%) RESTful
9 4 (0.44%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
2 58 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 55 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 48 (5.34%) Management Information System
5 46 (5.12%) Cloud Native
6 30 (3.34%) Social Media
7 28 (3.11%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
9 16 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.33%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.33%) NHS
11 11 (1.22%) Life Science
12 10 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.11%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.00%) Digital Media
14 8 (0.89%) Learning Management System
15 7 (0.78%) IoT
16 6 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
16 6 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
17 5 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.89%) Windows
2 7 (0.78%) Linux
3 6 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.56%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (30.70%) Analytics
2 257 (28.59%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (24.36%) Business Intelligence
4 203 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 159 (17.69%) Agile
6 145 (16.13%) AI
7 142 (15.80%) Visualisation
8 137 (15.24%) Data Analysis
9 131 (14.57%) CRM
10 124 (13.79%) Actionable Insight
11 119 (13.24%) Roadmaps
12 108 (12.01%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 94 (10.46%) Project Management
14 92 (10.23%) Data Visualisation
14 92 (10.23%) Process Improvement
15 90 (10.01%) Stakeholder Management
16 83 (9.23%) B2B
16 83 (9.23%) Mentoring
17 77 (8.57%) Risk Management
18 74 (8.23%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 228 (25.36%) SQL
2 120 (13.35%) Python
3 49 (5.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.34%) R
5 19 (2.11%) Java
5 19 (2.11%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.11%) VBA
6 18 (2.00%) C#
7 13 (1.45%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.78%) C++
8 7 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.67%) Bash
9 6 (0.67%) PHP
9 6 (0.67%) Scala
10 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.44%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.44%) VB
11 2 (0.22%) ABAP
11 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 176 (19.58%) Degree
2 76 (8.45%) ACCA
2 76 (8.45%) CIMA
3 53 (5.90%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.12%) SC Cleared
5 27 (3.00%) Master's Degree
6 23 (2.56%) DBS Check
7 16 (1.78%) CISM
7 16 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.67%) AAT
8 15 (1.67%) CISSP
9 14 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 11 (1.22%) CISA
11 11 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.00%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.00%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.89%) CRISC
13 8 (0.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.90%) Data Quality
2 53 (5.90%) GDPR
3 34 (3.78%) Accessibility
4 30 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (3.00%) QA
6 23 (2.56%) NIST
7 21 (2.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (1.56%) NCSC
8 14 (1.56%) PMO
9 11 (1.22%) GRC
10 5 (0.56%) COBIT
10 5 (0.56%) ITGC
10 5 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.44%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.44%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.33%) IFRS
12 3 (0.33%) SLA
13 1 (0.11%) GAAP
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 9 (1.00%) Docker
2 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) vSphere
4 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (1.56%) Terraform
2 12 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.44%) Ansible
3 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.33%) Nmap
5 2 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) Kibana
6 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 178 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 60 (6.67%) SAP
3 51 (5.67%) Google
4 41 (4.56%) Salesforce
5 40 (4.45%) Oracle
6 34 (3.78%) Workday
7 29 (3.23%) Databricks
8 28 (3.11%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.56%) Sage
10 12 (1.33%) HubSpot
11 11 (1.22%) Adaptive Insights
11 11 (1.22%) Autodesk
12 9 (1.00%) Anaplan
12 9 (1.00%) IBM
13 8 (0.89%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.89%) Apple
14 7 (0.78%) Xero
15 6 (0.67%) Informatica
16 4 (0.44%) Charles River
16 4 (0.44%) Mercator