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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 67 56
Rank change year-on-year +25 -11 -7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 841 756 1,406
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.25% 4.76% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.07% 5.03% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 531 386 994
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,625 £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 £99,375 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £51,708
% change year-on-year -3.85% +25.71% -15.92%

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 13,857 15,028 25,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.54% 94.62% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,830 8,918 21,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.69% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,400 £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 8 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 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.43%) Confluence
3 10 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.95%) CMS
5 7 (0.83%) SAS
6 5 (0.59%) Apache
7 4 (0.48%) nginx
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 126 (14.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.48%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.48%) Trello
5 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.19%) Shopify
2 9 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.59%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.59%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.36%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.36%) 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
1 183 (21.76%) Azure
2 179 (21.28%) Power Platform
3 82 (9.75%) SaaS
4 73 (8.68%) AWS
5 60 (7.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 50 (5.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (3.69%) GitHub
10 26 (3.09%) GCP
11 21 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.02%) PaaS
12 17 (2.02%) Serverless
13 15 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (1.78%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.55%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.55%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.43%) Azure Machine Learning
16 10 (1.19%) Power Automate
17 9 (1.07%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.66%) Broadband
2 7 (0.83%) Internet
3 3 (0.36%) Network Security
4 2 (0.24%) Firewall
4 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) DNS
5 1 (0.12%) DSL
5 1 (0.12%) Intranet
5 1 (0.12%) NAS
5 1 (0.12%) NGFW
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (19.74%) Power BI
2 55 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 49 (5.83%) Tableau
4 43 (5.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (3.21%) Metadata
8 25 (2.97%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.90%) Power Query
10 14 (1.66%) MySQL
11 13 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
12 11 (1.31%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.83%) 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%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (2.38%) JIRA
2 8 (0.95%) Git
3 7 (0.83%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.83%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.48%) ERwin
4 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.48%) Toad
4 4 (0.48%) Vite
5 3 (0.36%) GitLab
5 3 (0.36%) 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
1 403 (47.92%) Social Skills
2 367 (43.64%) Finance
3 303 (36.03%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (12.01%) Public Sector
5 85 (10.11%) Marketing
6 78 (9.27%) Presentation Skills
7 58 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (6.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 48 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (4.88%) Manufacturing
10 41 (4.88%) Retail
11 34 (4.04%) Legal
12 28 (3.33%) Banking
13 23 (2.73%) Advertising
13 23 (2.73%) Law
14 22 (2.62%) Local Government
15 14 (1.66%) Games
16 13 (1.55%) Billing
17 11 (1.31%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.83%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 179 (21.28%) Analyst
2 132 (15.70%) Senior
3 72 (8.56%) Lead
4 64 (7.61%) Architect
5 47 (5.59%) Developer
5 47 (5.59%) Financial Analyst
6 46 (5.47%) Data Engineer
7 41 (4.88%) Consultant
8 36 (4.28%) Senior Analyst
9 35 (4.16%) Senior Manager
10 32 (3.80%) Sales Executive
10 32 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (3.69%) Data Analyst
12 27 (3.21%) Business Manager
13 26 (3.09%) Report Analyst
14 25 (2.97%) Business Analyst
15 20 (2.38%) Development Manager
16 19 (2.26%) Insight Analyst
16 19 (2.26%) Product Manager
16 19 (2.26%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.14%) .NET
2 13 (1.55%) React
3 11 (1.31%) Flash
4 10 (1.19%) CSS
4 10 (1.19%) HTML
4 10 (1.19%) REST
5 9 (1.07%) Kafka
5 9 (1.07%) Middleware
5 9 (1.07%) Spring
6 8 (0.95%) PySpark
7 7 (0.83%) Spring Boot
7 7 (0.83%) TensorFlow
7 7 (0.83%) XML
8 6 (0.71%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.71%) JSON
8 6 (0.71%) Node.js
8 6 (0.71%) RESTful
8 6 (0.71%) Vue
9 5 (0.59%) SOAP
9 5 (0.59%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.11%) Self-Motivation
2 51 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 48 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 43 (5.11%) Management Information System
5 40 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 40 (4.76%) Product Ownership
6 29 (3.45%) Virtual Team
7 18 (2.14%) Social Media
8 16 (1.90%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.66%) PMI
9 14 (1.66%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
11 11 (1.31%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.07%) IoT
12 9 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.07%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.95%) GNSS
13 8 (0.95%) Insider Threat
13 8 (0.95%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.66%) Windows
2 9 (1.07%) Android
2 9 (1.07%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.83%) Linux
4 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.48%) Unix
5 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (33.65%) Analytics
2 244 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
3 220 (26.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 184 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
5 166 (19.74%) AI
6 149 (17.72%) Agile
7 124 (14.74%) Roadmaps
8 119 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 108 (12.84%) Visualisation
10 105 (12.49%) Actionable Insight
11 103 (12.25%) CRM
11 103 (12.25%) Data Analysis
12 101 (12.01%) Project Management
13 91 (10.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 83 (9.87%) Mentoring
15 82 (9.75%) DevOps
16 79 (9.39%) CI/CD
16 79 (9.39%) Data Modelling
17 73 (8.68%) ETL
17 73 (8.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 178 (21.17%) SQL
2 125 (14.86%) Python
3 31 (3.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.50%) Java
4 21 (2.50%) R
5 18 (2.14%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.55%) C#
7 10 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.07%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.07%) VBA
9 8 (0.95%) C++
10 7 (0.83%) PHP
10 7 (0.83%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.83%) Scala
11 6 (0.71%) Bash
11 6 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.48%) VB
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
13 2 (0.24%) Bicep
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 166 (19.74%) Degree
2 84 (9.99%) ACCA
2 84 (9.99%) CIMA
3 57 (6.78%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.47%) SC Cleared
5 41 (4.88%) DBS Check
6 30 (3.57%) Master's Degree
7 24 (2.85%) CISSP
8 21 (2.50%) CISM
9 20 (2.38%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.38%) PMI Certification
10 19 (2.26%) AAT
11 18 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.43%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.31%) CISA
14 11 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.77%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.59%) QA
3 38 (4.52%) GDPR
4 29 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.09%) Actionable Recommendations
6 25 (2.97%) Accessibility
7 20 (2.38%) GRC
7 20 (2.38%) NIST
8 14 (1.66%) P3O
9 13 (1.55%) PMO
10 12 (1.43%) NCSC
11 9 (1.07%) ISO 9001
11 9 (1.07%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.71%) GAAP
13 4 (0.48%) COBIT
13 4 (0.48%) IFRS
13 4 (0.48%) ITGC
13 4 (0.48%) SLA
14 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (1.90%) Docker
2 4 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (2.14%) Terraform
2 14 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.83%) Nmap
4 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.36%) Control-M
5 3 (0.36%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Packer
6 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 141 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.30%) Databricks
3 42 (4.99%) SAP
4 34 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.73%) Oracle
6 21 (2.50%) Google
7 20 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.14%) HubSpot
9 15 (1.78%) Sage
10 13 (1.55%) Autodesk
10 13 (1.55%) Workday
11 9 (1.07%) Informatica
12 8 (0.95%) Cisco
12 8 (0.95%) IBM
13 7 (0.83%) Anaplan
14 6 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.59%) BMC
16 4 (0.48%) Alteryx
16 4 (0.48%) Concur
16 4 (0.48%) Talend