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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 64 47
Rank change year-on-year +47 -17 +16
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 2,099 797 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.37% 4.82% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.39% 5.14% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 530 400
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,869 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £42,758 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,713
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.37% -3.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +2.56% +6.36%

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 20,211 15,506 18,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,358 8,387 11,009
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,031 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 14 October 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 42 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.48%) Confluence
3 10 (0.48%) Apache Spark
3 10 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (0.38%) Apache
6 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.33%) CMS
7 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.095%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.095%) SAS
10 1 (0.048%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.048%) CICS
10 1 (0.048%) Moodle
10 1 (0.048%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.048%) Resin
10 1 (0.048%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 157 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.38%) Notion
8 7 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.29%) Simulink
10 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.24%) Trello
11 4 (0.19%) InDesign
11 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
12 3 (0.14%) Blender
12 3 (0.14%) Maya
13 2 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.095%) Photoshop
14 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
14 1 (0.048%) SPSS
14 1 (0.048%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 57 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.48%) Dynamics GP
3 19 (0.91%) Workfront
4 17 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (0.38%) Primavera
7 7 (0.33%) Actimize
8 6 (0.29%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 6 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
8 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.24%) FastStats
9 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.24%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.14%) FastStats PeopleStage
10 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
11 2 (0.095%) iTrent
12 1 (0.048%) NEC Housing
12 1 (0.048%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 317 (15.10%) Azure
2 270 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 206 (9.81%) AWS
4 168 (8.00%) SaaS
5 91 (4.34%) GCP
6 75 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (2.29%) GitHub
8 45 (2.14%) Serverless
9 42 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (1.48%) Google Analytics
11 26 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (1.14%) Entra ID
14 23 (1.10%) Snowflake
15 21 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (0.91%) Amazon S3
16 19 (0.91%) iPaaS
17 16 (0.76%) Amazon EMR
18 15 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.91%) Network Security
2 56 (2.67%) Firewall
3 55 (2.62%) Broadband
4 50 (2.38%) VLAN
5 16 (0.76%) 5G
6 10 (0.48%) WAN
7 9 (0.43%) Intranet
8 8 (0.38%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.33%) LAN
9 7 (0.33%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.33%) VPN
10 6 (0.29%) Internet
11 5 (0.24%) Wireless
12 4 (0.19%) SMS
13 3 (0.14%) BGP
13 3 (0.14%) DHCP
13 3 (0.14%) DNS
13 3 (0.14%) MPLS
13 3 (0.14%) OSPF
13 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (11.77%) Power BI
2 98 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (3.05%) Metadata
4 49 (2.33%) Tableau
5 34 (1.62%) Data Lake
5 34 (1.62%) Relational Database
6 28 (1.33%) SQL Server
7 27 (1.29%) BigQuery
7 27 (1.29%) Looker
8 21 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
8 21 (1.00%) Spark SQL
9 17 (0.81%) DynamoDB
10 16 (0.76%) NoSQL
11 15 (0.71%) Big Data
11 15 (0.71%) Data Mining
11 15 (0.71%) Power Query
12 14 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.62%) MongoDB
13 13 (0.62%) MySQL
13 13 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (2.76%) Git
2 44 (2.10%) JIRA
3 14 (0.67%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (0.29%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.29%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.24%) GitLab
7 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.19%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.19%) MLflow
7 4 (0.19%) RStudio
7 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.14%) Maven
8 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.048%) Ant
9 1 (0.048%) Mocha
9 1 (0.048%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 843 (40.16%) Social Skills
2 711 (33.87%) Finance
3 622 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (14.24%) Marketing
5 246 (11.72%) Public Sector
6 234 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 175 (8.34%) Influencing Skills
8 141 (6.72%) Legal
9 131 (6.24%) Retail
10 112 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
11 109 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
12 85 (4.05%) Law
13 81 (3.86%) Manufacturing
14 60 (2.86%) Banking
15 47 (2.24%) Aerospace
16 41 (1.95%) Local Government
17 40 (1.91%) Telecoms
18 31 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
19 29 (1.38%) Electronics
19 29 (1.38%) Games
Job Titles
1 350 (16.67%) Senior
2 281 (13.39%) Analyst
3 243 (11.58%) Lead
4 157 (7.48%) Architect
5 114 (5.43%) Data Engineer
6 87 (4.14%) Business Manager
6 87 (4.14%) Data Analyst
7 79 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
8 78 (3.72%) Development Manager
9 71 (3.38%) Business Development Manager
10 69 (3.29%) Developer
11 61 (2.91%) Consultant
12 59 (2.81%) IT Manager
13 56 (2.67%) Security Engineer
13 56 (2.67%) Senior Manager
14 51 (2.43%) Senior Security Engineer
15 47 (2.24%) Data Architect
16 45 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
17 43 (2.05%) Senior Architect
18 42 (2.00%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (2.62%) .NET
2 47 (2.24%) PySpark
3 44 (2.10%) React
4 39 (1.86%) Node.js
5 36 (1.72%) Terraform
6 29 (1.38%) REST
7 23 (1.10%) LangChain
8 16 (0.76%) Spring
8 16 (0.76%) Spring Boot
9 14 (0.67%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.67%) RESTful
10 13 (0.62%) FastAPI
11 11 (0.52%) NestJS
12 10 (0.48%) AWS CDK
12 10 (0.48%) Django
12 10 (0.48%) Next.js
12 10 (0.48%) PyTorch
13 9 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
14 8 (0.38%) Pandas
14 8 (0.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 137 (6.53%) Management Information System
2 135 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
3 96 (4.57%) Product Ownership
4 77 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 65 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 61 (2.91%) Marketing Technology
7 56 (2.67%) Social Media
8 47 (2.24%) AI Agents
8 47 (2.24%) Driving Licence
9 44 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (2.00%) Credit Risk
10 42 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
11 40 (1.91%) Blog
12 32 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
13 31 (1.48%) Security Posture
14 29 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
15 27 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
16 26 (1.24%) Over-the-Top Content
17 21 (1.00%) Data Centre
17 21 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.05%) Windows
2 12 (0.57%) Android
3 7 (0.33%) Linux
4 6 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.29%) VMS
5 3 (0.14%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.048%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (26.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 474 (22.58%) Analytics
3 473 (22.53%) AI
3 473 (22.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 438 (20.87%) Agile
5 414 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
6 348 (16.58%) Mentoring
7 322 (15.34%) Business Intelligence
8 317 (15.10%) Coaching
9 303 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 300 (14.29%) Roadmaps
11 285 (13.58%) CRM
12 254 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
13 214 (10.20%) Business Development
13 214 (10.20%) Project Delivery
14 201 (9.58%) Actionable Insight
15 198 (9.43%) CI/CD
16 184 (8.77%) Data Modelling
17 177 (8.43%) Data Engineering
18 176 (8.38%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 370 (17.63%) SQL
2 262 (12.48%) Python
3 58 (2.76%) JavaScript
4 57 (2.72%) C#
5 47 (2.24%) TypeScript
6 43 (2.05%) Java
7 26 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.10%) C++
8 23 (1.10%) R
9 12 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.48%) Bicep
10 10 (0.48%) Kotlin
10 10 (0.48%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.43%) Bash
12 8 (0.38%) VBA
13 7 (0.33%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.29%) C
14 6 (0.29%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.29%) Ruby
15 5 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 200 (9.53%) Degree
2 198 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 171 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 81 (3.86%) ACCA
5 78 (3.72%) CIMA
6 67 (3.19%) DBS Check
7 43 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 34 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.48%) PMI Certification
10 29 (1.38%) CISSP
11 26 (1.24%) CISM
12 23 (1.10%) PMP
13 19 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 19 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (0.76%) CIPD
15 14 (0.67%) Azure Certification
15 14 (0.67%) ICAEW
15 14 (0.67%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.57%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (10.48%) Data Quality
2 124 (5.91%) Accessibility
3 104 (4.95%) GDPR
4 64 (3.05%) QA
5 53 (2.53%) PMO
6 51 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 35 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 31 (1.48%) NIST
9 29 (1.38%) GRC
10 25 (1.19%) SLA
11 15 (0.71%) IFRS
12 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.48%) WCAG
14 9 (0.43%) COBIT
15 7 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
16 6 (0.29%) NCSC
16 6 (0.29%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (2.38%) Docker
2 17 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.71%) Firmware
4 11 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.29%) vSphere
7 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.048%) GPFS
9 1 (0.048%) Lustre
9 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 29 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.38%) Grafana
4 6 (0.29%) CASB
4 6 (0.29%) Nmap
5 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.095%) Ansible
7 2 (0.095%) Argo
7 2 (0.095%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 336 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 77 (3.67%) Salesforce
3 65 (3.10%) Databricks
4 63 (3.00%) Google
5 58 (2.76%) YouTube
6 42 (2.00%) SAP
7 41 (1.95%) Adobe
8 33 (1.57%) Oracle
9 23 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.00%) HubSpot
11 14 (0.67%) Foundry
11 14 (0.67%) Informatica
11 14 (0.67%) VMware
12 13 (0.62%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.43%) EMC
14 8 (0.38%) Cisco
14 8 (0.38%) Workday
15 6 (0.29%) ScienceLogic
16 5 (0.24%) Sage
16 5 (0.24%) Zscaler