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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 63 53
Rank change year-on-year +23 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 899 752 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.48% 5.01% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.38% 5.27% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 547 375 991
10th Percentile £38,992 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £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 £82,370 £82,729 £80,435
90th Percentile £96,750 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -7.41% +28.45% -12.49%

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 14,086 14,271 25,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.91% 95.07% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,148 8,671 21,423
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,867
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,249 £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 24 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 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.11%) Confluence
3 13 (1.45%) CMS
4 10 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.89%) SAS
6 5 (0.56%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) nginx
8 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.22%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 132 (14.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (0.67%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.44%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.11%) Shopify
2 8 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.33%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.33%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 195 (21.69%) Azure
2 184 (20.47%) Power Platform
3 82 (9.12%) SaaS
4 81 (9.01%) AWS
5 62 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 49 (5.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 35 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.56%) GitHub
9 30 (3.34%) GCP
10 21 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.34%) Serverless
11 17 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
11 17 (1.89%) PaaS
12 16 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (1.67%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.45%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.33%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.11%) Azure Event Grid
17 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.78%) Broadband
2 7 (0.78%) Internet
3 3 (0.33%) SSL
3 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.22%) DNS
4 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.11%) DSL
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.11%) NAS
5 1 (0.11%) Network Security
5 1 (0.11%) NGFW
5 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.11%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (19.35%) Power BI
2 55 (6.12%) Tableau
3 54 (6.01%) SQL Server
4 45 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 41 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (3.00%) Metadata
8 23 (2.56%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.89%) Power Query
10 13 (1.45%) MySQL
11 11 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.11%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (1.00%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.67%) QlikView
16 5 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (2.34%) JIRA
2 9 (1.00%) Git
3 7 (0.78%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.78%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.44%) ERwin
4 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.44%) Vite
5 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.33%) GitLab
5 3 (0.33%) JMeter
5 3 (0.33%) MLflow
5 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.22%) Selenium
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.22%) Storybook
6 2 (0.22%) Toad
6 2 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 434 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 373 (41.49%) Finance
3 317 (35.26%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (11.01%) Public Sector
5 89 (9.90%) Marketing
6 78 (8.68%) Presentation Skills
7 69 (7.68%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (4.67%) Retail
11 37 (4.12%) Legal
12 36 (4.00%) Manufacturing
13 30 (3.34%) Banking
14 29 (3.23%) Games
15 26 (2.89%) Advertising
16 24 (2.67%) Law
17 21 (2.34%) Local Government
18 13 (1.45%) Billing
19 11 (1.22%) Telecoms
20 10 (1.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 188 (20.91%) Analyst
2 136 (15.13%) Senior
3 76 (8.45%) Lead
4 63 (7.01%) Architect
5 48 (5.34%) Developer
6 47 (5.23%) Data Engineer
7 44 (4.89%) Financial Analyst
8 43 (4.78%) Consultant
9 37 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
10 35 (3.89%) Senior Manager
11 34 (3.78%) Data Analyst
12 32 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (3.34%) Sales Executive
14 29 (3.23%) Report Analyst
15 25 (2.78%) Business Manager
16 23 (2.56%) Business Analyst
17 21 (2.34%) Software Engineer
18 20 (2.22%) Insight Analyst
19 18 (2.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
19 18 (2.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.00%) React
2 17 (1.89%) .NET
3 11 (1.22%) Flash
3 11 (1.22%) Spring
4 10 (1.11%) REST
5 9 (1.00%) CSS
5 9 (1.00%) HTML
5 9 (1.00%) Kafka
5 9 (1.00%) Spring Boot
6 8 (0.89%) XML
7 7 (0.78%) LangChain
7 7 (0.78%) Middleware
7 7 (0.78%) PySpark
7 7 (0.78%) TensorFlow
8 6 (0.67%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.67%) JSON
8 6 (0.67%) RESTful
8 6 (0.67%) Vue
9 5 (0.56%) EDI
9 5 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.01%) Self-Motivation
2 51 (5.67%) Cloud Native
3 47 (5.23%) Product Ownership
4 46 (5.12%) Onboarding
5 42 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 42 (4.67%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.23%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.67%) Social Media
8 17 (1.89%) Algorithms
9 16 (1.78%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.67%) PMI
11 13 (1.45%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.45%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.11%) Web Conferencing
14 9 (1.00%) Driving Licence
14 9 (1.00%) IoT
14 9 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (0.89%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.11%) Android
2 18 (2.00%) Apple iOS
3 14 (1.56%) Windows
4 8 (0.89%) Linux
5 6 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (32.81%) Analytics
2 262 (29.14%) Problem-Solving
3 236 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 197 (21.91%) Business Intelligence
5 186 (20.69%) AI
6 170 (18.91%) Agile
7 143 (15.91%) Roadmaps
8 120 (13.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 114 (12.68%) Project Management
10 111 (12.35%) CRM
10 111 (12.35%) Data Analysis
10 111 (12.35%) Visualisation
11 109 (12.12%) Mentoring
12 106 (11.79%) Actionable Insight
13 97 (10.79%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 91 (10.12%) CI/CD
15 87 (9.68%) Data Modelling
16 83 (9.23%) DevOps
17 80 (8.90%) Coaching
18 79 (8.79%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 172 (19.13%) SQL
2 132 (14.68%) Python
3 31 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (3.11%) Java
5 21 (2.34%) R
6 17 (1.89%) TypeScript
7 15 (1.67%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.33%) C#
8 12 (1.33%) VBA
9 9 (1.00%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.89%) C++
11 6 (0.67%) Bash
11 6 (0.67%) PHP
12 5 (0.56%) Scala
13 4 (0.44%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.22%) ABAP
14 2 (0.22%) Bicep
14 2 (0.22%) VB
15 1 (0.11%) C
Qualifications
1 166 (18.46%) Degree
2 87 (9.68%) ACCA
2 87 (9.68%) CIMA
3 59 (6.56%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.12%) SC Cleared
5 37 (4.12%) DBS Check
6 30 (3.34%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.78%) CISSP
8 23 (2.56%) AAT
9 21 (2.34%) Azure Certification
9 21 (2.34%) PMI Certification
10 18 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.89%) CISM
11 17 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.33%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
14 10 (1.11%) CEH
14 10 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (12.46%) Data Quality
2 50 (5.56%) QA
3 43 (4.78%) GDPR
4 36 (4.00%) Accessibility
5 31 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 24 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (2.00%) GRC
8 15 (1.67%) NIST
9 14 (1.56%) P3O
10 13 (1.45%) NCSC
11 12 (1.33%) PCI DSS
12 11 (1.22%) PMO
13 9 (1.00%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.78%) WCAG
15 6 (0.67%) GAAP
16 5 (0.56%) IFRS
16 5 (0.56%) SLA
17 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
18 2 (0.22%) COBIT
18 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (2.11%) Docker
2 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (2.22%) Terraform
2 19 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.78%) Nmap
4 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.44%) SCCM
6 3 (0.33%) Control-M
6 3 (0.33%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) Packer
7 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Grafana
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 142 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.78%) Databricks
3 42 (4.67%) SAP
4 33 (3.67%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.89%) Google
6 25 (2.78%) Oracle
7 23 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 21 (2.34%) HubSpot
9 15 (1.67%) Sage
10 13 (1.45%) Workday
11 12 (1.33%) Adobe
12 11 (1.22%) Autodesk
13 10 (1.11%) Informatica
14 8 (0.89%) Cisco
14 8 (0.89%) Foundry
15 7 (0.78%) Alteryx
15 7 (0.78%) IBM
16 6 (0.67%) OpenAI
17 5 (0.56%) BMC
17 5 (0.56%) Talend