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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 68 37
Rank change year-on-year +42 -31 +19
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,552 794 1,815
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.26% 4.80% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.77% 5.14% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 982 487 965
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,917 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,250 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year - +14.18% -11.72%

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 17,688 15,434 28,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 93.34% 88.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,944 9,142 21,602
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 July 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 46 (2.96%) Confluence
2 38 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.13%) CMS
4 14 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.32%) Apache
8 5 (0.32%) SAS
8 5 (0.32%) WordPress
9 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.064%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.064%) Appian
11 1 (0.064%) Drupal
11 1 (0.064%) nginx
11 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.064%) Resin
11 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 118 (7.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 29 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
8 5 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.32%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.19%) Blender
10 3 (0.19%) Maya
Business Applications
1 39 (2.51%) Workfront
2 34 (2.19%) Adobe Campaign
3 27 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.84%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.32%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 4 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.19%) Shopify
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.064%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 282 (18.17%) Azure
2 187 (12.05%) Power Platform
3 164 (10.57%) AWS
4 122 (7.86%) SaaS
5 64 (4.12%) GCP
6 53 (3.41%) iPaaS
7 48 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
10 37 (2.38%) Serverless
11 34 (2.19%) GitHub
12 28 (1.80%) Figma
13 26 (1.68%) Adobe Analytics
14 25 (1.61%) Contentsquare
15 22 (1.42%) Entra ID
16 19 (1.22%) Azure Machine Learning
16 19 (1.22%) PaaS
17 17 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
18 15 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 178 (11.47%) Broadband
2 28 (1.80%) Network Security
3 26 (1.68%) Firewall
4 19 (1.22%) VLAN
5 8 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.52%) VPN
6 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.32%) WAN
7 4 (0.26%) DNS
7 4 (0.26%) LAN
8 3 (0.19%) BGP
8 3 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.19%) Modbus
8 3 (0.19%) MPLS
8 3 (0.19%) OSPF
8 3 (0.19%) SSL
8 3 (0.19%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.13%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.13%) Internet
9 2 (0.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (10.76%) Power BI
2 83 (5.35%) Metadata
3 67 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (2.84%) Tableau
5 37 (2.38%) SQL Server
6 32 (2.06%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.55%) Data Lake
8 19 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.90%) Big Data
10 14 (0.90%) MySQL
10 14 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.90%) Oracle Database
11 13 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.71%) Looker
13 10 (0.64%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
13 10 (0.64%) Star Schema
14 8 (0.52%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 42 (2.71%) JIRA
2 35 (2.26%) Git
3 10 (0.64%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.45%) JMeter
5 6 (0.39%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.39%) GitLab
6 5 (0.32%) Locust
6 5 (0.32%) MLflow
7 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.26%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) NUnit
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 543 (34.99%) Social Skills
2 446 (28.74%) Finance
3 399 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 220 (14.18%) Marketing
5 136 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 133 (8.57%) Public Sector
7 99 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
8 87 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
9 86 (5.54%) Legal
10 79 (5.09%) Retail
11 74 (4.77%) Games
12 52 (3.35%) Law
13 45 (2.90%) Manufacturing
14 39 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
15 34 (2.19%) Local Government
16 30 (1.93%) Banking
17 20 (1.29%) Advertising
17 20 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.16%) Publishing
19 13 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 274 (17.65%) Senior
2 226 (14.56%) Analyst
3 174 (11.21%) Lead
4 114 (7.35%) Architect
5 75 (4.83%) Data Engineer
6 70 (4.51%) Senior Analyst
7 66 (4.25%) Data Analyst
8 62 (3.99%) Senior Manager
9 59 (3.80%) Developer
10 57 (3.67%) Consultant
11 56 (3.61%) Development Manager
11 56 (3.61%) Product Owner
12 43 (2.77%) Product Manager
13 41 (2.64%) Business Manager
14 37 (2.38%) Campaign Manager
15 36 (2.32%) Business Analyst
15 36 (2.32%) Business Development Manager
16 32 (2.06%) Engineering Manager
17 31 (2.00%) Accountant
18 30 (1.93%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.22%) React
2 30 (1.93%) .NET
3 29 (1.87%) LangChain
4 24 (1.55%) REST
5 23 (1.48%) Node.js
6 16 (1.03%) CSS
6 16 (1.03%) Next.js
7 15 (0.97%) AWS CDK
7 15 (0.97%) HTML
8 14 (0.90%) RESTful
9 13 (0.84%) Spring
9 13 (0.84%) XML
10 12 (0.77%) PyTorch
10 12 (0.77%) TensorFlow
11 11 (0.71%) Kafka
11 11 (0.71%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.58%) LangGraph
12 9 (0.58%) PySpark
12 9 (0.58%) Vue
13 8 (0.52%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 119 (7.67%) Social Media
3 103 (6.64%) Marketing Technology
4 88 (5.67%) Over-the-Top Content
5 78 (5.03%) Cloud Native
6 76 (4.90%) Management Information System
7 59 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
8 52 (3.35%) Onboarding
9 46 (2.96%) AI Agents
10 35 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
11 32 (2.06%) Mobile App
12 28 (1.80%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
14 26 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 25 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
16 23 (1.48%) Credit Risk
17 20 (1.29%) Driving Licence
18 19 (1.22%) Algorithms
19 18 (1.16%) Data Structures
19 18 (1.16%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.26%) Android
2 29 (1.87%) Apple iOS
3 22 (1.42%) Windows
4 6 (0.39%) Linux
4 6 (0.39%) VMS
4 6 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (25.77%) Agile
2 364 (23.45%) Analytics
3 359 (23.13%) AI
4 351 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 351 (22.62%) Roadmaps
5 338 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
6 278 (17.91%) Mentoring
7 248 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 203 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
9 197 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 172 (11.08%) CI/CD
11 161 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
12 160 (10.31%) Data Modelling
13 159 (10.24%) Coaching
14 157 (10.12%) Customer Experience
15 153 (9.86%) CRM
16 147 (9.47%) Project Management
17 136 (8.76%) DevOps
18 127 (8.18%) Technical Leadership
19 126 (8.12%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 216 (13.92%) SQL
2 209 (13.47%) Python
3 45 (2.90%) TypeScript
4 38 (2.45%) C#
5 37 (2.38%) Java
5 37 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.22%) R
7 12 (0.77%) Bicep
8 11 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (0.71%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.71%) VBA
9 10 (0.64%) Bash
10 7 (0.45%) C++
11 6 (0.39%) Ruby
12 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.19%) PHP
14 2 (0.13%) C
14 2 (0.13%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 179 (11.53%) Degree
2 107 (6.89%) Security Cleared
3 83 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 82 (5.28%) ACCA
5 78 (5.03%) CIMA
6 56 (3.61%) DBS Check
7 46 (2.96%) PMI Certification
8 35 (2.26%) Master's Degree
9 28 (1.80%) PMP
10 24 (1.55%) AAT
10 24 (1.55%) CISSP
11 23 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 20 (1.29%) CISM
12 20 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
13 16 (1.03%) Azure Certification
14 14 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.84%) CIPD
16 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.64%) ICAEW
17 10 (0.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (11.15%) Data Quality
2 96 (6.19%) GDPR
3 95 (6.12%) Accessibility
4 76 (4.90%) QA
5 44 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (2.13%) GRC
7 30 (1.93%) WCAG
8 25 (1.61%) NIST
9 23 (1.48%) PMO
10 21 (1.35%) SLA
11 15 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.77%) IFRS
12 12 (0.77%) P3O
13 11 (0.71%) NCSC
14 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.32%) COBIT
16 5 (0.32%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 37 (2.38%) Docker
2 16 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.45%) Firmware
4 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.39%) vSphere
6 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.064%) GPFS
8 1 (0.064%) Lustre
8 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 30 (1.93%) Terraform
2 29 (1.87%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.35%) Grafana
4 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.26%) Argo
5 4 (0.26%) Nmap
5 4 (0.26%) SCCM
6 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.13%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.13%) Packer
7 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.13%) Puppet
7 2 (0.13%) Salt
8 1 (0.064%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.064%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 233 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.67%) Adobe
3 45 (2.90%) Databricks
3 45 (2.90%) Google
3 45 (2.90%) Salesforce
4 37 (2.38%) SAP
5 30 (1.93%) Oracle
6 20 (1.29%) HubSpot
7 17 (1.10%) Foundry
8 16 (1.03%) Sage
8 16 (1.03%) ServiceNow
9 15 (0.97%) Informatica
10 11 (0.71%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.64%) Xero
12 8 (0.52%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.52%) VMware
13 6 (0.39%) Ariba
13 6 (0.39%) BMC
13 6 (0.39%) Cisco
13 6 (0.39%) Workday