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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 63 37
Rank change year-on-year +46 -26 +28
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 2,077 796 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.35% 4.79% 5.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.36% 5.11% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,315 529 416
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,974 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,979 £42,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,713
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.37% -3.81%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £58,457
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.64% +6.28%

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 20,041 15,592 19,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.56% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,414 11,252
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 October 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 42 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.69%) Confluence
3 11 (0.53%) CMS
4 10 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.39%) Apache
7 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.096%) SAS
11 1 (0.048%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.048%) Drupal
11 1 (0.048%) Moodle
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.048%) Resin
11 1 (0.048%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 153 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.34%) Notion
8 6 (0.29%) Simulink
9 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.24%) Trello
10 4 (0.19%) InDesign
10 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 2 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.096%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.048%) SPSS
13 1 (0.048%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 57 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.49%) Dynamics GP
3 19 (0.91%) Workfront
4 17 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
7 7 (0.34%) Actimize
7 7 (0.34%) Primavera
8 6 (0.29%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.24%) FastStats
9 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.24%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.14%) FastStats PeopleStage
10 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
11 2 (0.096%) iTrent
12 1 (0.048%) Aladdin
12 1 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 305 (14.68%) Azure
2 264 (12.71%) Power Platform
3 205 (9.87%) AWS
4 168 (8.09%) SaaS
5 90 (4.33%) GCP
6 73 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (2.31%) GitHub
8 45 (2.17%) Serverless
9 42 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 41 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (1.49%) Google Analytics
12 26 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (1.11%) Snowflake
15 21 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (1.01%) Entra ID
16 19 (0.91%) Amazon S3
16 19 (0.91%) iPaaS
17 16 (0.77%) Amazon EMR
17 16 (0.77%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 62 (2.99%) Broadband
2 61 (2.94%) Network Security
3 57 (2.74%) Firewall
4 50 (2.41%) VLAN
5 16 (0.77%) 5G
6 10 (0.48%) WAN
7 9 (0.43%) Intranet
8 8 (0.39%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.34%) LAN
9 7 (0.34%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.34%) VPN
10 6 (0.29%) Internet
11 5 (0.24%) Wireless
12 4 (0.19%) SMS
13 3 (0.14%) BGP
13 3 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.14%) MPLS
13 3 (0.14%) OSPF
13 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.14%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 241 (11.60%) Power BI
2 96 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (3.08%) Metadata
4 48 (2.31%) Tableau
5 34 (1.64%) Data Lake
6 32 (1.54%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 27 (1.30%) BigQuery
8 27 (1.30%) Looker
9 21 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (1.01%) Spark SQL
10 17 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 16 (0.77%) NoSQL
12 15 (0.72%) Big Data
13 14 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.67%) Data Mining
13 14 (0.67%) Power Query
14 13 (0.63%) MongoDB
14 13 (0.63%) MySQL
14 13 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (2.79%) Git
2 43 (2.07%) JIRA
3 14 (0.67%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (0.29%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.29%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.24%) GitLab
7 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.19%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.19%) MLflow
7 4 (0.19%) RStudio
7 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.14%) Maven
8 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.048%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.048%) Mocha
9 1 (0.048%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 835 (40.20%) Social Skills
2 701 (33.75%) Finance
3 617 (29.71%) Analytical Skills
4 301 (14.49%) Marketing
5 241 (11.60%) Public Sector
6 229 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 174 (8.38%) Influencing Skills
8 144 (6.93%) Legal
9 130 (6.26%) Retail
10 111 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
11 109 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
12 84 (4.04%) Law
13 79 (3.80%) Manufacturing
14 60 (2.89%) Banking
15 47 (2.26%) Aerospace
16 41 (1.97%) Local Government
17 40 (1.93%) Telecoms
18 33 (1.59%) Games
19 31 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
20 29 (1.40%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 345 (16.61%) Senior
2 277 (13.34%) Analyst
3 243 (11.70%) Lead
4 153 (7.37%) Architect
5 111 (5.34%) Data Engineer
6 87 (4.19%) Business Manager
7 86 (4.14%) Data Analyst
8 78 (3.76%) Development Manager
9 77 (3.71%) Senior Analyst
10 71 (3.42%) Business Development Manager
11 68 (3.27%) Developer
12 61 (2.94%) Consultant
13 58 (2.79%) IT Manager
14 56 (2.70%) Security Engineer
15 53 (2.55%) Senior Manager
16 51 (2.46%) Senior Security Engineer
17 46 (2.21%) Data Architect
18 43 (2.07%) Senior Architect
19 42 (2.02%) Delivery Manager
19 42 (2.02%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.46%) .NET
2 45 (2.17%) PySpark
3 44 (2.12%) React
4 39 (1.88%) Node.js
5 36 (1.73%) Terraform
6 29 (1.40%) REST
7 22 (1.06%) LangChain
8 16 (0.77%) Spring
8 16 (0.77%) Spring Boot
9 14 (0.67%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.67%) RESTful
10 13 (0.63%) FastAPI
11 11 (0.53%) NestJS
12 10 (0.48%) AWS CDK
12 10 (0.48%) Django
12 10 (0.48%) Next.js
13 9 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.43%) PyTorch
14 8 (0.39%) CSS
14 8 (0.39%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.50%) Management Information System
2 134 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 98 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 75 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 64 (3.08%) Marketing Technology
6 63 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 59 (2.84%) Social Media
8 46 (2.21%) AI Agents
8 46 (2.21%) Driving Licence
9 43 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 41 (1.97%) Credit Risk
12 40 (1.93%) Blog
13 32 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
14 31 (1.49%) Security Posture
15 29 (1.40%) Over-the-Top Content
15 29 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
16 27 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
17 21 (1.01%) Data Centre
17 21 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.01%) Windows
2 12 (0.58%) Android
3 7 (0.34%) Linux
4 6 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.29%) VMS
5 2 (0.096%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.048%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 474 (22.82%) AI
2 474 (22.82%) Analytics
3 460 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 435 (20.94%) Agile
5 411 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
6 345 (16.61%) Mentoring
7 316 (15.21%) Business Intelligence
8 313 (15.07%) Coaching
9 300 (14.44%) Roadmaps
10 295 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 283 (13.63%) CRM
12 251 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
13 213 (10.26%) Business Development
14 212 (10.21%) Project Delivery
15 200 (9.63%) Actionable Insight
16 194 (9.34%) CI/CD
17 180 (8.67%) Data Modelling
18 173 (8.33%) Data Engineering
19 171 (8.23%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 361 (17.38%) SQL
2 257 (12.37%) Python
3 58 (2.79%) JavaScript
4 53 (2.55%) C#
5 47 (2.26%) TypeScript
6 43 (2.07%) Java
7 24 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.11%) C++
8 23 (1.11%) R
9 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.48%) Bicep
10 10 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.43%) Bash
11 9 (0.43%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.39%) VBA
13 7 (0.34%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.29%) C
14 6 (0.29%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.29%) Ruby
15 5 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 198 (9.53%) Degree
2 191 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 165 (7.94%) SC Cleared
4 81 (3.90%) ACCA
5 78 (3.76%) CIMA
6 67 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (1.59%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 30 (1.44%) CISSP
11 27 (1.30%) CISM
12 23 (1.11%) PMP
13 19 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 19 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (0.77%) CIPD
15 14 (0.67%) ICAEW
15 14 (0.67%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.63%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.58%) AAT
17 12 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (10.35%) Data Quality
2 127 (6.11%) Accessibility
3 103 (4.96%) GDPR
4 64 (3.08%) QA
5 52 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 51 (2.46%) PMO
7 35 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 32 (1.54%) NIST
9 29 (1.40%) GRC
10 25 (1.20%) SLA
11 15 (0.72%) IFRS
12 14 (0.67%) WCAG
13 12 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.43%) COBIT
15 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
16 6 (0.29%) NCSC
16 6 (0.29%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (2.36%) Docker
2 15 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.72%) Firmware
3 11 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 8 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.096%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.048%) GPFS
7 1 (0.048%) Lustre
7 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.39%) Grafana
3 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.29%) CASB
4 6 (0.29%) Nmap
5 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.096%) Ansible
6 2 (0.096%) Argo
6 2 (0.096%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.096%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 324 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 74 (3.56%) Salesforce
3 63 (3.03%) Google
4 62 (2.99%) Databricks
5 58 (2.79%) YouTube
6 48 (2.31%) Adobe
7 42 (2.02%) SAP
8 33 (1.59%) Oracle
9 23 (1.11%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.01%) HubSpot
11 14 (0.67%) Foundry
11 14 (0.67%) Informatica
12 13 (0.63%) VMware
13 12 (0.58%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.43%) EMC
15 8 (0.39%) Cisco
15 8 (0.39%) Workday
16 6 (0.29%) ScienceLogic
17 5 (0.24%) NetApp
17 5 (0.24%) Sage