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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 65 59
Rank change year-on-year +24 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 815 800 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.33% 4.87% 4.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.10% 5.20% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 515 401 659
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,120
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,000 £46,272
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,900 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% +3.84% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,625 £83,750 £80,435
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,731
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -10.79%

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 13,352 15,391 20,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.30% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,502 9,047 16,467
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,300 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 16 January 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 18 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.60%) Confluence
3 8 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.98%) CMS
3 8 (0.98%) SAS
4 7 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.49%) Apache
5 4 (0.49%) nginx
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 132 (16.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.49%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.49%) Trello
5 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.23%) Shopify
2 9 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.61%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.49%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.37%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Primavera
8 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 177 (21.72%) Power Platform
2 161 (19.75%) Azure
3 85 (10.43%) SaaS
4 67 (8.22%) AWS
5 49 (6.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 48 (5.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.44%) GitHub
9 26 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (2.82%) GCP
11 21 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.84%) PaaS
12 15 (1.84%) Serverless
12 15 (1.84%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.60%) Amazon S3
13 13 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.47%) Google Analytics
15 10 (1.23%) PowerApps
16 9 (1.10%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.74%) Internet
2 3 (0.37%) Broadband
3 2 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) DSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (20.25%) Power BI
2 53 (6.50%) Tableau
3 51 (6.26%) SQL Server
4 40 (4.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 32 (3.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 29 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (3.07%) Data Lake
8 24 (2.94%) Metadata
9 17 (2.09%) Power Query
10 14 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (1.60%) MySQL
12 10 (1.23%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.23%) GIS
13 8 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.86%) QlikView
15 6 (0.74%) Looker
15 6 (0.74%) Qlik Sense
16 5 (0.61%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 21 (2.58%) JIRA
2 7 (0.86%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.86%) Git
2 7 (0.86%) Metasploit
3 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.49%) ERwin
3 4 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (0.49%) Toad
3 4 (0.49%) Vite
4 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.25%) GitLab
5 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) MLflow
5 2 (0.25%) Selenium
5 2 (0.25%) Storybook
6 1 (0.12%) Locust
6 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.12%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 390 (47.85%) Social Skills
2 364 (44.66%) Finance
3 318 (39.02%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 89 (10.92%) Marketing
6 77 (9.45%) Presentation Skills
7 59 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 59 (7.24%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (5.52%) Manufacturing
9 42 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (5.03%) Retail
11 36 (4.42%) Legal
12 24 (2.94%) Banking
12 24 (2.94%) Local Government
13 23 (2.82%) Law
14 20 (2.45%) Advertising
15 14 (1.72%) Billing
16 9 (1.10%) Automotive
16 9 (1.10%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 178 (21.84%) Analyst
2 116 (14.23%) Senior
3 69 (8.47%) Lead
4 65 (7.98%) Architect
5 54 (6.63%) Financial Analyst
6 47 (5.77%) Developer
7 43 (5.28%) Consultant
8 39 (4.79%) Data Engineer
9 36 (4.42%) Senior Analyst
10 33 (4.05%) Data Analyst
10 33 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (3.80%) Business Manager
11 31 (3.80%) Sales Executive
12 28 (3.44%) Senior Manager
13 25 (3.07%) Business Analyst
14 24 (2.94%) Report Analyst
15 22 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 21 (2.58%) Development Manager
16 21 (2.58%) Product Manager
17 20 (2.45%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.60%) Flash
2 12 (1.47%) .NET
2 12 (1.47%) REST
3 10 (1.23%) CSS
3 10 (1.23%) HTML
4 9 (1.10%) Middleware
4 9 (1.10%) React
5 8 (0.98%) PySpark
5 8 (0.98%) SOAP
6 7 (0.86%) JSON
6 7 (0.86%) Kafka
7 6 (0.74%) Blazor
7 6 (0.74%) Spring
7 6 (0.74%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.74%) XML
8 5 (0.61%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.61%) OAuth
8 5 (0.61%) RESTful
8 5 (0.61%) TensorFlow
8 5 (0.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 94 (11.53%) Self-Motivation
2 50 (6.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 45 (5.52%) Cloud Native
4 39 (4.79%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.66%) Product Ownership
6 33 (4.05%) Onboarding
7 27 (3.31%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.96%) Social Media
9 14 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
11 12 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.35%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.10%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.98%) Driving Licence
14 8 (0.98%) GNSS
14 8 (0.98%) Insider Threat
14 8 (0.98%) Life Science
14 8 (0.98%) Satnav
15 7 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.10%) Windows
2 7 (0.86%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.49%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (32.88%) Analytics
2 244 (29.94%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (25.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 185 (22.70%) Business Intelligence
5 148 (18.16%) AI
6 146 (17.91%) Agile
7 113 (13.87%) Visualisation
8 111 (13.62%) Actionable Insight
8 111 (13.62%) Roadmaps
9 99 (12.15%) CRM
10 98 (12.02%) Data Analysis
11 95 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 91 (11.17%) Project Management
13 88 (10.80%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 81 (9.94%) DevOps
15 76 (9.33%) B2B
16 71 (8.71%) Process Improvement
17 67 (8.22%) Data Modelling
17 67 (8.22%) Data Visualisation
17 67 (8.22%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 175 (21.47%) SQL
2 119 (14.60%) Python
3 31 (3.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 24 (2.94%) R
5 18 (2.21%) Java
6 16 (1.96%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.47%) VBA
8 11 (1.35%) C#
9 10 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.10%) Scala
11 7 (0.86%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.74%) Bash
12 6 (0.74%) C++
12 6 (0.74%) PHP
12 6 (0.74%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.49%) VB
14 2 (0.25%) ABAP
14 2 (0.25%) Bicep
14 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 173 (21.23%) Degree
2 91 (11.17%) ACCA
2 91 (11.17%) CIMA
3 56 (6.87%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.52%) SC Cleared
5 43 (5.28%) DBS Check
6 29 (3.56%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.82%) CISSP
8 20 (2.45%) CISM
9 19 (2.33%) AAT
10 18 (2.21%) Azure Certification
11 17 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.47%) CISA
13 12 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (1.23%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.23%) CRISC
14 10 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (10.92%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.42%) GDPR
3 33 (4.05%) QA
4 27 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
6 20 (2.45%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.45%) GRC
7 19 (2.33%) NIST
8 14 (1.72%) PMO
9 10 (1.23%) NCSC
10 9 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.86%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.61%) COBIT
12 5 (0.61%) GAAP
12 5 (0.61%) ITGC
13 4 (0.49%) IFRS
13 4 (0.49%) P3O
13 4 (0.49%) SLA
14 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (1.96%) Terraform
2 11 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.86%) Nmap
4 3 (0.37%) Control-M
4 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
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%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 146 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.01%) SAP
3 48 (5.89%) Databricks
4 31 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 27 (3.31%) Oracle
6 24 (2.94%) Google
7 21 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.21%) Workday
9 16 (1.96%) Sage
10 14 (1.72%) HubSpot
11 12 (1.47%) Autodesk
12 9 (1.10%) IBM
12 9 (1.10%) Informatica
13 7 (0.86%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.86%) Cisco
14 4 (0.49%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.49%) BMC
14 4 (0.49%) Charles River
14 4 (0.49%) Concur
14 4 (0.49%) Talend