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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 36 72
Rank change year-on-year -33 +36 +9
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 781 1,403 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.82% 6.03% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.18% 6.87% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 520 485 768
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,543 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.71% -3.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,250 £81,563
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,385 £57,273
% change year-on-year +8.33% -3.30% -4.55%

All Process and 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 15,081 20,416 23,917
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 87.73% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,561 12,566 19,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +2.16%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Decision-Making
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Decision-Making trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Decision-Making
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Decision-Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Decision-Making

Decision-Making
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Decision-Making over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Decision-Making salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.15%) CMS
2 9 (1.15%) Moodle
3 7 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.64%) Confluence
4 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.64%) WordPress
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.38%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 148 (18.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.26%) Sketch
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 15 (1.92%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.77%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.77%) Shopify
5 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.38%) Primavera
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 189 (24.20%) Power Platform
2 117 (14.98%) Azure
3 74 (9.48%) SaaS
4 53 (6.79%) AWS
5 31 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 25 (3.20%) GCP
7 23 (2.94%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.82%) PaaS
8 22 (2.82%) PowerApps
9 21 (2.69%) Google Analytics
10 18 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 12 (1.54%) Snowflake
12 12 (1.54%) Zapier
13 11 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.28%) IaaS
15 9 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.18%) Firewall
2 13 (1.66%) Network Security
3 8 (1.02%) WAN
4 7 (0.90%) Internet
4 7 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.77%) Unified Communications
6 5 (0.64%) 4G
6 5 (0.64%) 5G
6 5 (0.64%) VLAN
6 5 (0.64%) VPN
7 3 (0.38%) BGP
7 3 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.38%) OSPF
7 3 (0.38%) SAN
8 2 (0.26%) Intranet
8 2 (0.26%) LAN
8 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.13%) Broadband
9 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (22.54%) Power BI
2 56 (7.17%) Tableau
3 43 (5.51%) SQL Server
4 41 (5.25%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (3.84%) Power Query
6 19 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (2.05%) GIS
7 16 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
7 16 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.54%) Metadata
9 10 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
10 8 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.02%) Looker
10 8 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.02%) Star Schema
11 7 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (0.90%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.90%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.77%) MySQL
12 6 (0.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (2.30%) JIRA
2 11 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.51%) Toad
5 2 (0.26%) Git
5 2 (0.26%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) ESLint
6 1 (0.13%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.13%) Selenium
6 1 (0.13%) Storybook
6 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 364 (46.61%) Social Skills
2 317 (40.59%) Finance
3 259 (33.16%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (10.76%) Marketing
6 73 (9.35%) Legal
7 54 (6.91%) Public Sector
8 48 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
10 37 (4.74%) Banking
11 36 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (4.10%) Law
13 26 (3.33%) Manufacturing
14 24 (3.07%) Retail
15 20 (2.56%) Local Government
16 16 (2.05%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.79%) Automotive
18 9 (1.15%) Advertising
19 7 (0.90%) Games
19 7 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 171 (21.90%) Analyst
2 105 (13.44%) Senior
3 94 (12.04%) Lead
4 57 (7.30%) Developer
5 50 (6.40%) Financial Analyst
6 39 (4.99%) Architect
7 37 (4.74%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 37 (4.74%) Business Manager
7 37 (4.74%) Development Manager
8 36 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
9 34 (4.35%) Business Analyst
10 33 (4.23%) Data Analyst
10 33 (4.23%) Product Manager
11 29 (3.71%) Business Development Manager
12 25 (3.20%) Consultant
12 25 (3.20%) Data Engineer
12 25 (3.20%) Senior Manager
13 24 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 22 (2.82%) IT Manager
14 22 (2.82%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.71%) .NET
2 22 (2.82%) REST
3 13 (1.66%) HTML
4 11 (1.41%) .NET Core
4 11 (1.41%) CSS
5 10 (1.28%) JSON
5 10 (1.28%) React
5 10 (1.28%) SOAP
6 9 (1.15%) XML
7 8 (1.02%) Blazor
7 8 (1.02%) Middleware
8 7 (0.90%) ASP.NET
8 7 (0.90%) Node.js
9 6 (0.77%) EDI
9 6 (0.77%) OAuth
9 6 (0.77%) Pandas
10 4 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.51%) SAML
10 4 (0.51%) Spring
10 4 (0.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.66%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.53%) Onboarding
3 37 (4.74%) Cloud Native
4 36 (4.61%) Social Media
5 34 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (3.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.43%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.79%) NHS
10 13 (1.66%) Learning Management System
11 9 (1.15%) IoT
11 9 (1.15%) Life Science
12 8 (1.02%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.77%) Pricing Data
14 5 (0.64%) Augmented Reality
14 5 (0.64%) Derivative
14 5 (0.64%) Digital Media
14 5 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.64%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.56%) Windows
2 8 (1.02%) Linux
3 7 (0.90%) Unix
4 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (30.35%) Problem-Solving
2 215 (27.53%) Analytics
3 193 (24.71%) Business Intelligence
4 163 (20.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 146 (18.69%) Agile
6 129 (16.52%) CRM
7 124 (15.88%) Visualisation
8 116 (14.85%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 110 (14.08%) Roadmaps
10 108 (13.83%) Data Analysis
11 100 (12.80%) Artificial Intelligence
12 92 (11.78%) Mentoring
13 86 (11.01%) Actionable Insight
13 86 (11.01%) Data Visualisation
14 82 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 81 (10.37%) Project Management
16 73 (9.35%) ETL
17 71 (9.09%) Risk Management
18 66 (8.45%) B2B
18 66 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 197 (25.22%) SQL
2 103 (13.19%) Python
3 25 (3.20%) C#
3 25 (3.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 24 (3.07%) R
5 23 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.18%) PowerShell
7 16 (2.05%) Java
8 15 (1.92%) VBA
9 9 (1.15%) Bash
10 7 (0.90%) C++
11 6 (0.77%) PHP
11 6 (0.77%) Scala
12 5 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.64%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.64%) VB
13 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.13%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 153 (19.59%) Degree
2 65 (8.32%) ACCA
3 64 (8.19%) CIMA
4 33 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 31 (3.97%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.30%) DBS Check
8 15 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.28%) CISA
9 10 (1.28%) CISM
9 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.15%) AAT
10 9 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (0.77%) CISSP
12 6 (0.77%) CRISC
12 6 (0.77%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.77%) PMP
12 6 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.64%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.43%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.79%) GDPR
3 38 (4.87%) Accessibility
4 25 (3.20%) QA
5 24 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (2.18%) NIST
7 11 (1.41%) NCSC
8 9 (1.15%) GRC
8 9 (1.15%) PMO
9 6 (0.77%) COBIT
10 5 (0.64%) ITGC
10 5 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.38%) SLA
13 2 (0.26%) IFRS
14 1 (0.13%) EMIR
14 1 (0.13%) ISO 19650
14 1 (0.13%) MiFID
14 1 (0.13%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (1.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) vSphere
4 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (1.54%) Terraform
2 11 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.28%) Ansible
4 4 (0.51%) Grafana
4 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.13%) Matomo
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 187 (23.94%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.04%) Google
3 47 (6.02%) SAP
4 40 (5.12%) Salesforce
5 33 (4.23%) Oracle
6 32 (4.10%) Workday
7 28 (3.59%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.92%) Databricks
9 14 (1.79%) Anaplan
10 10 (1.28%) Adaptive Insights
10 10 (1.28%) HubSpot
11 9 (1.15%) Xero
12 8 (1.02%) Apple
13 7 (0.90%) Adobe
13 7 (0.90%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.90%) Sage
14 5 (0.64%) IBM
15 4 (0.51%) Amplitude
15 4 (0.51%) Hotjar
15 4 (0.51%) TikTok