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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 61 38
Rank change year-on-year +32 -23 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,110 624 1,964
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.32% 4.73% 6.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.60% 4.99% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 633 383 1,128
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,859
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +7.96% -5.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,180
90th Percentile £101,000 £100,000 £95,865
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 16 April 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 34 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.97%) Confluence
3 31 (2.79%) CMS
4 14 (1.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.72%) SAS
7 6 (0.54%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.36%) nginx
8 4 (0.36%) WordPress
9 3 (0.27%) Apache
10 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 132 (11.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (3.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.72%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.36%) Trello
8 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.090%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (2.52%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (1.80%) Workfront
3 18 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.90%) Shopify
5 9 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.45%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.27%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.090%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.090%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 222 (20.00%) Azure
2 180 (16.22%) Power Platform
3 103 (9.28%) AWS
4 86 (7.75%) SaaS
5 68 (6.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (4.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 46 (4.14%) GCP
8 37 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (3.15%) iPaaS
10 32 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (2.79%) GitHub
12 24 (2.16%) Serverless
13 22 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.98%) Figma
14 21 (1.89%) Contentsquare
15 20 (1.80%) Adobe Analytics
15 20 (1.80%) Azure Machine Learning
16 14 (1.26%) PaaS
17 13 (1.17%) Entra ID
18 12 (1.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 132 (11.89%) Broadband
2 5 (0.45%) Internet
2 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.36%) Firewall
4 3 (0.27%) DNS
4 3 (0.27%) Modbus
4 3 (0.27%) Network Security
4 3 (0.27%) SSL
5 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.090%) ADSL
6 1 (0.090%) DSL
6 1 (0.090%) Intranet
6 1 (0.090%) NAS
6 1 (0.090%) NGFW
6 1 (0.090%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.090%) VPN
6 1 (0.090%) WAN
6 1 (0.090%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (15.23%) Power BI
2 63 (5.68%) SQL Server
3 61 (5.50%) Metadata
4 47 (4.23%) Tableau
5 43 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 36 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (1.62%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.62%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.17%) MySQL
9 13 (1.17%) Oracle Database
9 13 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.99%) Power Query
11 10 (0.90%) Looker
11 10 (0.90%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.81%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 27 (2.43%) JIRA
2 16 (1.44%) Git
3 8 (0.72%) JMeter
4 6 (0.54%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.54%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.54%) Locust
4 6 (0.54%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.36%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.36%) Vite
6 3 (0.27%) GitLab
6 3 (0.27%) MLflow
7 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.18%) NUnit
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.18%) Selenium
7 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.18%) Storybook
7 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.090%) Maven
General
1 454 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 391 (35.23%) Finance
3 346 (31.17%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (15.59%) Marketing
5 110 (9.91%) Public Sector
6 90 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
7 71 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 70 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
9 63 (5.68%) Legal
10 61 (5.50%) Influencing Skills
11 57 (5.14%) Retail
12 55 (4.95%) Games
13 40 (3.60%) Law
14 34 (3.06%) Advertising
14 34 (3.06%) Manufacturing
15 33 (2.97%) Banking
16 20 (1.80%) Local Government
17 16 (1.44%) Billing
17 16 (1.44%) Publishing
18 12 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 184 (16.58%) Analyst
2 163 (14.68%) Senior
3 107 (9.64%) Lead
4 77 (6.94%) Architect
5 54 (4.86%) Senior Manager
6 53 (4.77%) Data Engineer
7 44 (3.96%) Developer
8 39 (3.51%) Financial Analyst
8 39 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
9 37 (3.33%) Consultant
9 37 (3.33%) Product Owner
10 36 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.15%) Data Analyst
12 33 (2.97%) Product Manager
13 28 (2.52%) Campaign Manager
14 26 (2.34%) Business Analyst
15 25 (2.25%) Development Manager
15 25 (2.25%) Engineering Manager
15 25 (2.25%) Report Analyst
16 24 (2.16%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.34%) React
2 22 (1.98%) .NET
3 17 (1.53%) CSS
3 17 (1.53%) HTML
4 15 (1.35%) XML
5 13 (1.17%) LangChain
6 12 (1.08%) REST
7 10 (0.90%) Middleware
8 9 (0.81%) JSON
9 8 (0.72%) AWS CDK
9 8 (0.72%) Flash
9 8 (0.72%) Kafka
9 8 (0.72%) Next.js
9 8 (0.72%) RESTful
10 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.63%) EDI
10 7 (0.63%) PySpark
10 7 (0.63%) TensorFlow
10 7 (0.63%) Vue
11 6 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.55%) Product Ownership
2 89 (8.02%) Social Media
3 76 (6.85%) Marketing Technology
4 72 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (5.59%) Onboarding
5 62 (5.59%) Over-the-Top Content
6 55 (4.95%) Cloud Native
7 44 (3.96%) Management Information System
8 35 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (2.97%) Virtual Team
10 25 (2.25%) Mobile App
11 20 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 17 (1.53%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.53%) PMI
13 16 (1.44%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.08%) Driving Licence
14 12 (1.08%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.61%) Android
2 27 (2.43%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.17%) Windows
4 8 (0.72%) Linux
5 6 (0.54%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (29.82%) Analytics
2 296 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 258 (23.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 250 (22.52%) Agile
4 250 (22.52%) AI
5 234 (21.08%) Roadmaps
6 201 (18.11%) Business Intelligence
7 157 (14.14%) Mentoring
8 145 (13.06%) Customer Experience
8 145 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 138 (12.43%) Project Management
10 110 (9.91%) CI/CD
10 110 (9.91%) Data Modelling
11 107 (9.64%) Coaching
12 106 (9.55%) CRM
13 104 (9.37%) Data Analysis
14 103 (9.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 102 (9.19%) Visualisation
16 100 (9.01%) Actionable Insight
17 91 (8.20%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 167 (15.05%) SQL
2 138 (12.43%) Python
3 33 (2.97%) Java
4 31 (2.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (1.89%) C#
6 20 (1.80%) R
6 20 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.90%) VBA
9 7 (0.63%) PHP
10 5 (0.45%) Bash
10 5 (0.45%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.36%) Bicep
11 4 (0.36%) Scala
12 3 (0.27%) C++
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.090%) ABAP
14 1 (0.090%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 167 (15.05%) Degree
2 103 (9.28%) ACCA
3 102 (9.19%) CIMA
4 71 (6.40%) Security Cleared
5 47 (4.23%) SC Cleared
6 39 (3.51%) Master's Degree
7 37 (3.33%) DBS Check
8 32 (2.88%) PMI Certification
9 24 (2.16%) AAT
10 21 (1.89%) CISSP
11 15 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.35%) PMP
12 14 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.08%) CISM
13 12 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.90%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.90%) CIPD
14 10 (0.90%) PhD
15 9 (0.81%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (11.89%) Data Quality
2 79 (7.12%) Accessibility
3 57 (5.14%) QA
4 55 (4.95%) GDPR
5 30 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 28 (2.52%) GRC
7 27 (2.43%) WCAG
8 21 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (1.35%) NIST
10 13 (1.17%) P3O
10 13 (1.17%) PMO
11 11 (0.99%) NCSC
12 10 (0.90%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.90%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.63%) GAAP
14 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.54%) IFRS
15 4 (0.36%) SLA
16 3 (0.27%) EMIR
16 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (1.98%) Docker
2 6 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.71%) Terraform
3 14 (1.26%) Grafana
4 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.54%) Nmap
6 4 (0.36%) SCCM
7 3 (0.27%) Argo
7 3 (0.27%) Control-M
7 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.18%) Ansible
8 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.18%) Packer
8 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.18%) Puppet
8 2 (0.18%) Salt
9 1 (0.090%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 169 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.02%) Adobe
3 49 (4.41%) Databricks
4 45 (4.05%) SAP
5 39 (3.51%) Google
6 32 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.61%) Oracle
8 24 (2.16%) Sage
8 24 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.98%) HubSpot
10 11 (0.99%) Foundry
11 10 (0.90%) Workday
12 9 (0.81%) Xero
13 8 (0.72%) Informatica
13 8 (0.72%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.63%) Ariba
14 7 (0.63%) Cisco
15 6 (0.54%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.54%) BMC
15 6 (0.54%) Talend