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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 67 58
Rank change year-on-year +24 -9 -9
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 849 745 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.21% 4.73% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.03% 5.00% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 532 382 979
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,745 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.14% -0.74%
75th Percentile £82,241 £82,958 £80,435
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.81% -14.63%

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 14,077 14,907 25,461
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.44% 94.73% 92.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8,964 8,917 21,050
10th Percentile £30,325 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +8.31% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 12 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 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.65%) Confluence
3 10 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.94%) CMS
4 8 (0.94%) SAS
5 5 (0.59%) Apache
6 4 (0.47%) nginx
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 127 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.59%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.47%) Trello
6 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.18%) Shopify
2 9 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.59%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.59%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.47%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.35%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) Primavera
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 185 (21.79%) Power Platform
2 183 (21.55%) Azure
3 82 (9.66%) SaaS
4 75 (8.83%) AWS
5 60 (7.07%) Azure Data Factory
6 49 (5.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (3.65%) GitHub
10 26 (3.06%) GCP
11 22 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (2.12%) Serverless
13 17 (2.00%) PaaS
14 15 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 15 (1.77%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.65%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.41%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.41%) Azure Machine Learning
17 9 (1.06%) Power Automate
18 8 (0.94%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.88%) Broadband
2 7 (0.82%) Internet
3 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) DNS
4 1 (0.12%) DSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.12%) NAS
4 1 (0.12%) Network Security
4 1 (0.12%) NGFW
4 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.12%) WAN
4 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (20.38%) Power BI
2 56 (6.60%) SQL Server
3 55 (6.48%) Tableau
4 43 (5.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (3.18%) Metadata
8 24 (2.83%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.77%) Power Query
10 14 (1.65%) MySQL
11 13 (1.53%) BusinessObjects
12 11 (1.30%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.71%) Looker
15 6 (0.71%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.71%) QlikView
15 6 (0.71%) Relational Database
16 5 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (2.59%) JIRA
2 8 (0.94%) Git
3 7 (0.82%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.82%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.47%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.47%) ERwin
4 4 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.47%) Toad
4 4 (0.47%) Vite
5 3 (0.35%) GitLab
5 3 (0.35%) 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%) Maven
7 1 (0.12%) Serenity BDD
General
1 414 (48.76%) Social Skills
2 368 (43.35%) Finance
3 307 (36.16%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (11.78%) Public Sector
5 87 (10.25%) Marketing
6 78 (9.19%) Presentation Skills
7 60 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
8 58 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 48 (5.65%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (4.83%) Retail
11 39 (4.59%) Manufacturing
12 34 (4.00%) Legal
13 29 (3.42%) Banking
14 23 (2.71%) Advertising
14 23 (2.71%) Law
15 22 (2.59%) Local Government
16 17 (2.00%) Games
17 13 (1.53%) Billing
18 11 (1.30%) Telecoms
19 7 (0.82%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 184 (21.67%) Analyst
2 132 (15.55%) Senior
3 72 (8.48%) Lead
4 65 (7.66%) Architect
5 47 (5.54%) Developer
6 46 (5.42%) Financial Analyst
7 44 (5.18%) Data Engineer
8 41 (4.83%) Consultant
9 39 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
10 35 (4.12%) Data Analyst
11 33 (3.89%) Senior Manager
12 32 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (3.65%) Sales Executive
14 28 (3.30%) Business Manager
15 27 (3.18%) Report Analyst
16 25 (2.94%) Business Analyst
17 20 (2.36%) Development Manager
17 20 (2.36%) Insight Analyst
18 18 (2.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 18 (2.12%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.12%) .NET
2 15 (1.77%) React
3 11 (1.30%) Flash
4 10 (1.18%) CSS
4 10 (1.18%) HTML
5 9 (1.06%) Kafka
5 9 (1.06%) Spring
6 8 (0.94%) Middleware
6 8 (0.94%) PySpark
6 8 (0.94%) REST
7 7 (0.82%) RESTful
7 7 (0.82%) Spring Boot
7 7 (0.82%) TensorFlow
8 6 (0.71%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.71%) Node.js
8 6 (0.71%) Vue
8 6 (0.71%) XML
9 5 (0.59%) EDI
9 5 (0.59%) JSON
9 5 (0.59%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.78%) Self-Motivation
2 51 (6.01%) Cloud Native
3 46 (5.42%) Analytical Mindset
4 42 (4.95%) Onboarding
5 41 (4.83%) Management Information System
5 41 (4.83%) Product Ownership
6 29 (3.42%) Virtual Team
7 18 (2.12%) Social Media
8 16 (1.88%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.77%) PMI
10 13 (1.53%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.53%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
12 11 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.06%) IoT
13 9 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.94%) GNSS
14 8 (0.94%) Insider Threat
14 8 (0.94%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.77%) Windows
2 11 (1.30%) Android
2 11 (1.30%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.82%) Linux
4 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.47%) Unix
6 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (33.45%) Analytics
2 248 (29.21%) Problem-Solving
3 224 (26.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 192 (22.61%) Business Intelligence
5 169 (19.91%) AI
6 150 (17.67%) Agile
7 127 (14.96%) Roadmaps
8 122 (14.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (13.19%) Visualisation
10 109 (12.84%) Data Analysis
11 108 (12.72%) Actionable Insight
12 105 (12.37%) Project Management
13 103 (12.13%) CRM
14 97 (11.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 90 (10.60%) Mentoring
16 82 (9.66%) CI/CD
16 82 (9.66%) DevOps
17 81 (9.54%) Data Modelling
18 75 (8.83%) Collaborative Culture
18 75 (8.83%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 178 (20.97%) SQL
2 128 (15.08%) Python
3 31 (3.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 23 (2.71%) Java
5 22 (2.59%) R
6 17 (2.00%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.65%) C#
8 12 (1.41%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.18%) VBA
10 9 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.94%) C++
12 7 (0.82%) PHP
12 7 (0.82%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.71%) Bash
13 6 (0.71%) Scala
13 6 (0.71%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.47%) VB
15 2 (0.24%) ABAP
15 2 (0.24%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 172 (20.26%) Degree
2 83 (9.78%) ACCA
2 83 (9.78%) CIMA
3 58 (6.83%) Security Cleared
4 47 (5.54%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.59%) DBS Check
6 31 (3.65%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.94%) CISSP
8 22 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 22 (2.59%) CISM
9 21 (2.47%) PMI Certification
10 20 (2.36%) AAT
11 19 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (1.53%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (1.30%) CISA
15 11 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.90%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.54%) QA
3 40 (4.71%) GDPR
4 27 (3.18%) Actionable Recommendations
4 27 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.06%) Accessibility
6 19 (2.24%) GRC
7 18 (2.12%) NIST
8 14 (1.65%) P3O
9 13 (1.53%) PMO
10 11 (1.30%) NCSC
11 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
12 9 (1.06%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.71%) GAAP
14 5 (0.59%) IFRS
15 4 (0.47%) COBIT
15 4 (0.47%) ITGC
15 4 (0.47%) SLA
16 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (1.88%) Docker
2 5 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (2.12%) Terraform
2 16 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.82%) Nmap
4 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.47%) SCCM
6 3 (0.35%) Control-M
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Packer
7 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 138 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.12%) Databricks
3 43 (5.06%) SAP
4 34 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 24 (2.83%) Oracle
6 22 (2.59%) Google
7 19 (2.24%) HubSpot
7 19 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.77%) Sage
9 13 (1.53%) Workday
10 12 (1.41%) Autodesk
11 10 (1.18%) Informatica
12 8 (0.94%) Cisco
12 8 (0.94%) IBM
13 7 (0.82%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.82%) Anaplan
14 6 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.59%) BMC
15 5 (0.59%) Talend
16 4 (0.47%) Adobe