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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 60 52
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,103 630 1,603
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.36% 4.84% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.64% 5.11% 5.53%
Number of salaries quoted 631 391 1,106
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,046
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +8.06% -4.92%
75th Percentile £84,375 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%

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 14,440 12,333 28,995
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.32% 94.79% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,085 8,884 23,507
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,761
25th Percentile £44,972 £46,000 £42,500
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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 11 April 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 32 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.72%) Confluence
3 27 (2.45%) CMS
4 14 (1.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.73%) SAS
7 7 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.36%) Apache
8 4 (0.36%) nginx
8 4 (0.36%) WordPress
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 137 (12.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 11 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.73%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.45%) Trello
9 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.36%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.091%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (2.27%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (1.81%) Workfront
3 17 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.91%) Shopify
5 9 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.45%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.27%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.091%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.091%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.091%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.091%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 224 (20.31%) Azure
2 183 (16.59%) Power Platform
3 106 (9.61%) AWS
4 87 (7.89%) SaaS
5 68 (6.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (4.35%) GCP
7 47 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 37 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (3.17%) iPaaS
10 32 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (2.90%) GitHub
11 24 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (2.18%) Serverless
12 20 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
13 18 (1.63%) Figma
14 17 (1.54%) Contentsquare
15 16 (1.45%) Adobe Analytics
16 15 (1.36%) PaaS
17 13 (1.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 13 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 125 (11.33%) Broadband
2 5 (0.45%) Internet
2 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.27%) DNS
3 3 (0.27%) Firewall
3 3 (0.27%) Modbus
3 3 (0.27%) Network Security
3 3 (0.27%) SSL
4 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.091%) ADSL
5 1 (0.091%) DSL
5 1 (0.091%) Intranet
5 1 (0.091%) NAS
5 1 (0.091%) NGFW
5 1 (0.091%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.091%) VPN
5 1 (0.091%) WAN
5 1 (0.091%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (15.68%) Power BI
2 63 (5.71%) SQL Server
3 62 (5.62%) Metadata
4 49 (4.44%) Tableau
5 44 (3.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (1.81%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.63%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.36%) MySQL
11 14 (1.27%) Power Query
12 13 (1.18%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (0.91%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.91%) Looker
13 10 (0.91%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
14 9 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (2.45%) JIRA
2 15 (1.36%) Git
3 8 (0.73%) JMeter
4 7 (0.63%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.63%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.54%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.54%) Locust
6 4 (0.36%) Vite
7 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.27%) GitLab
7 3 (0.27%) MLflow
7 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) NUnit
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.18%) Storybook
8 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.091%) REST Assured
General
1 455 (41.25%) Social Skills
2 397 (35.99%) Finance
3 348 (31.55%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (15.23%) Marketing
5 109 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 90 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
7 71 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (6.44%) Presentation Skills
8 60 (5.44%) Retail
9 59 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (5.35%) Legal
10 51 (4.62%) Games
11 40 (3.63%) Law
12 34 (3.08%) Advertising
12 34 (3.08%) Manufacturing
13 33 (2.99%) Banking
14 20 (1.81%) Local Government
15 16 (1.45%) Billing
15 16 (1.45%) Publishing
16 12 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 190 (17.23%) Analyst
2 160 (14.51%) Senior
3 104 (9.43%) Lead
4 76 (6.89%) Architect
5 54 (4.90%) Data Engineer
6 53 (4.81%) Senior Manager
7 48 (4.35%) Developer
8 41 (3.72%) Financial Analyst
8 41 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
9 37 (3.35%) Product Owner
9 37 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.17%) Consultant
10 35 (3.17%) Data Analyst
11 30 (2.72%) Product Manager
12 27 (2.45%) Report Analyst
13 25 (2.27%) Business Analyst
13 25 (2.27%) Campaign Manager
13 25 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
14 24 (2.18%) Development Manager
15 23 (2.09%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.36%) React
2 22 (1.99%) .NET
3 17 (1.54%) CSS
3 17 (1.54%) HTML
4 14 (1.27%) XML
5 12 (1.09%) LangChain
5 12 (1.09%) REST
6 10 (0.91%) JSON
7 9 (0.82%) Flash
7 9 (0.82%) Kafka
7 9 (0.82%) Middleware
8 8 (0.73%) AWS CDK
8 8 (0.73%) Next.js
8 8 (0.73%) RESTful
9 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.63%) EDI
9 7 (0.63%) PySpark
9 7 (0.63%) TensorFlow
9 7 (0.63%) Vue
10 6 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 88 (7.98%) Social Media
3 74 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
4 73 (6.62%) Marketing Technology
5 61 (5.53%) Onboarding
6 59 (5.35%) Over-the-Top Content
7 55 (4.99%) Cloud Native
8 42 (3.81%) Management Information System
9 34 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (2.99%) Virtual Team
11 25 (2.27%) Mobile App
12 20 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.72%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.63%) Algorithms
15 17 (1.54%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
15 17 (1.54%) PMI
16 10 (0.91%) Driving Licence
16 10 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.91%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.63%) Android
2 27 (2.45%) Apple iOS
3 14 (1.27%) Windows
4 8 (0.73%) Linux
5 6 (0.54%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (29.83%) Analytics
2 298 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
3 253 (22.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 246 (22.30%) Agile
5 244 (22.12%) AI
6 227 (20.58%) Roadmaps
7 207 (18.77%) Business Intelligence
8 150 (13.60%) Mentoring
9 143 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 139 (12.60%) Project Management
11 138 (12.51%) Customer Experience
12 111 (10.06%) Data Modelling
13 110 (9.97%) CI/CD
14 107 (9.70%) Visualisation
15 105 (9.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 104 (9.43%) CRM
16 104 (9.43%) Data Analysis
17 103 (9.34%) Actionable Insight
17 103 (9.34%) Coaching
18 89 (8.07%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 173 (15.68%) SQL
2 141 (12.78%) Python
3 33 (2.99%) Java
4 32 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (1.90%) C#
6 20 (1.81%) R
6 20 (1.81%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.91%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.91%) VBA
9 7 (0.63%) PHP
10 5 (0.45%) Bash
10 5 (0.45%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.36%) Bicep
11 4 (0.36%) Scala
12 3 (0.27%) C++
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.091%) ABAP
14 1 (0.091%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 172 (15.59%) Degree
2 106 (9.61%) ACCA
3 105 (9.52%) CIMA
4 71 (6.44%) Security Cleared
5 49 (4.44%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.63%) DBS Check
7 37 (3.35%) Master's Degree
8 33 (2.99%) PMI Certification
9 26 (2.36%) AAT
10 23 (2.09%) CISSP
11 16 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.45%) PMP
12 15 (1.36%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.18%) CISM
13 13 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (1.00%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.91%) CIPD
16 10 (0.91%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (12.15%) Data Quality
2 74 (6.71%) Accessibility
3 58 (5.26%) QA
4 56 (5.08%) GDPR
5 31 (2.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 29 (2.63%) GRC
7 23 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (2.09%) WCAG
8 16 (1.45%) NIST
9 14 (1.27%) P3O
9 14 (1.27%) PMO
10 12 (1.09%) NCSC
11 11 (1.00%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.91%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.63%) GAAP
14 6 (0.54%) IFRS
15 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.36%) SLA
17 3 (0.27%) EMIR
17 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 23 (2.09%) Docker
2 6 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.81%) Terraform
3 14 (1.27%) Grafana
4 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.63%) Nmap
5 4 (0.36%) SCCM
6 3 (0.27%) Argo
6 3 (0.27%) Control-M
6 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.18%) Ansible
7 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.18%) Packer
7 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) Salt
8 1 (0.091%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 170 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 82 (7.43%) Adobe
3 51 (4.62%) Databricks
4 46 (4.17%) SAP
5 41 (3.72%) Google
6 29 (2.63%) Oracle
6 29 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.18%) Sage
8 23 (2.09%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.99%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.00%) Foundry
11 10 (0.91%) Workday
12 9 (0.82%) Informatica
13 8 (0.73%) Cisco
13 8 (0.73%) Xero
14 7 (0.63%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.54%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.54%) Ariba
15 6 (0.54%) BMC
15 6 (0.54%) Talend