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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 70 36
Rank change year-on-year +52 -34 +35
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,944 779 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.13% 4.79% 6.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 5.14% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 520 492
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,023
25th Percentile £44,447 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £70,425
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -0.88%

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 19,442 15,153 20,421
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.35% 93.11% 87.69%
Number of salaries quoted 13,983 8,632 12,822
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,854 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 14 September 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 44 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.01%) Confluence
3 19 (0.98%) CMS
4 9 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.36%) Apache
6 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.10%) SAS
11 1 (0.051%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.051%) CICS
11 1 (0.051%) Drupal
11 1 (0.051%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.051%) Resin
11 1 (0.051%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.051%) WordPress
Applications
1 133 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 27 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.46%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.31%) Simulink
7 6 (0.31%) Trello
8 5 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.15%) Blender
10 3 (0.15%) Maya
11 2 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.10%) InDesign
11 2 (0.10%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.051%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.051%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 52 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.59%) Dynamics GP
3 29 (1.49%) Workfront
4 21 (1.08%) Adobe Campaign
5 17 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
6 15 (0.77%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.41%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 7 (0.36%) Primavera
9 6 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.26%) Actimize
10 5 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
12 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
13 2 (0.10%) FastStats
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 1 (0.051%) Aladdin
14 1 (0.051%) NEC Housing
14 1 (0.051%) Oracle Assets
14 1 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 291 (14.97%) Azure
2 224 (11.52%) Power Platform
3 200 (10.29%) AWS
4 156 (8.02%) SaaS
5 84 (4.32%) GCP
6 69 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (2.42%) Serverless
8 44 (2.26%) GitHub
9 43 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
11 37 (1.90%) iPaaS
12 30 (1.54%) Google Analytics
13 27 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
15 23 (1.18%) Figma
16 21 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (1.08%) Entra ID
17 19 (0.98%) Snowflake
18 18 (0.93%) Amazon S3
19 16 (0.82%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 111 (5.71%) Broadband
2 62 (3.19%) Network Security
3 57 (2.93%) Firewall
4 50 (2.57%) VLAN
5 15 (0.77%) 5G
6 8 (0.41%) Unified Communications
7 7 (0.36%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.36%) VPN
7 7 (0.36%) WAN
8 6 (0.31%) Intranet
9 5 (0.26%) Internet
10 4 (0.21%) LAN
10 4 (0.21%) Wireless
11 3 (0.15%) BGP
11 3 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.15%) MPLS
11 3 (0.15%) OSPF
11 3 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (0.15%) SMS
11 3 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (10.39%) Power BI
2 83 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (4.01%) Metadata
4 44 (2.26%) Tableau
5 34 (1.75%) Data Lake
6 32 (1.65%) SQL Server
7 29 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 25 (1.29%) Looker
9 22 (1.13%) BigQuery
10 18 (0.93%) NoSQL
10 18 (0.93%) Spark SQL
11 17 (0.87%) Big Data
11 17 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
12 15 (0.77%) DynamoDB
13 13 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (0.57%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 47 (2.42%) Git
2 45 (2.31%) JIRA
3 12 (0.62%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.31%) GitLab
7 5 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.21%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.21%) MLflow
8 4 (0.21%) RStudio
8 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.10%) Maven
9 2 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.051%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.051%) Mocha
10 1 (0.051%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 745 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 637 (32.77%) Finance
3 554 (28.50%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (15.33%) Marketing
5 207 (10.65%) Public Sector
6 206 (10.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 152 (7.82%) Influencing Skills
8 138 (7.10%) Legal
9 129 (6.64%) Retail
10 105 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
11 100 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
12 83 (4.27%) Law
13 53 (2.73%) Manufacturing
14 51 (2.62%) Banking
15 43 (2.21%) Aerospace
16 40 (2.06%) Games
17 36 (1.85%) Local Government
18 34 (1.75%) Telecoms
19 24 (1.23%) Electronics
20 22 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 342 (17.59%) Senior
2 252 (12.96%) Analyst
3 231 (11.88%) Lead
4 147 (7.56%) Architect
5 103 (5.30%) Data Engineer
6 87 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
7 82 (4.22%) Business Manager
8 79 (4.06%) Development Manager
9 74 (3.81%) Data Analyst
10 67 (3.45%) Business Development Manager
11 59 (3.03%) Developer
12 56 (2.88%) Consultant
13 50 (2.57%) IT Manager
13 50 (2.57%) Senior Manager
14 49 (2.52%) Security Engineer
14 49 (2.52%) Senior Security Engineer
15 45 (2.31%) Data Architect
16 42 (2.16%) Business Analyst
16 42 (2.16%) Product Owner
16 42 (2.16%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.21%) .NET
1 43 (2.21%) React
2 37 (1.90%) PySpark
3 32 (1.65%) Node.js
4 27 (1.39%) Terraform
5 25 (1.29%) LangChain
6 23 (1.18%) REST
7 13 (0.67%) AngularJS
7 13 (0.67%) RESTful
8 12 (0.62%) CSS
8 12 (0.62%) Spring
8 12 (0.62%) Spring Boot
9 11 (0.57%) AWS CDK
9 11 (0.57%) HTML
9 11 (0.57%) Next.js
10 10 (0.51%) Django
10 10 (0.51%) PyTorch
11 9 (0.46%) FastAPI
11 9 (0.46%) Kafka
11 9 (0.46%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 124 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 115 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
3 106 (5.45%) Management Information System
4 101 (5.20%) Marketing Technology
5 85 (4.37%) Social Media
6 78 (4.01%) Cloud Native
7 59 (3.03%) Over-the-Top Content
8 53 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 51 (2.62%) AI Agents
10 40 (2.06%) Blog
11 39 (2.01%) Driving Licence
12 38 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
13 37 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
14 33 (1.70%) Credit Risk
15 31 (1.59%) Security Posture
16 29 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
17 26 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
18 24 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
19 22 (1.13%) Data Centre
20 21 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.08%) Windows
2 11 (0.57%) Android
3 7 (0.36%) Linux
4 6 (0.31%) VMS
5 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.10%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.051%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (25.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 468 (24.07%) AI
3 451 (23.20%) Analytics
4 446 (22.94%) Agile
5 381 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
5 381 (19.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 331 (17.03%) Mentoring
7 305 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 283 (14.56%) Coaching
9 272 (13.99%) Business Intelligence
10 266 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 246 (12.65%) CRM
12 234 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
13 195 (10.03%) Project Delivery
14 182 (9.36%) Business Development
14 182 (9.36%) CI/CD
15 167 (8.59%) Data Modelling
16 166 (8.54%) Actionable Insight
16 166 (8.54%) Customer Experience
17 158 (8.13%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 299 (15.38%) SQL
2 232 (11.93%) Python
3 54 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 52 (2.67%) C#
5 47 (2.42%) Java
6 40 (2.06%) TypeScript
7 23 (1.18%) C++
8 19 (0.98%) R
9 12 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (0.57%) Bicep
10 11 (0.57%) VBA
11 10 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.46%) Bash
13 7 (0.36%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.31%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.31%) Ruby
15 5 (0.26%) C
15 5 (0.26%) Go
15 5 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 189 (9.72%) Degree
2 174 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 144 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 90 (4.63%) ACCA
5 87 (4.48%) CIMA
6 66 (3.40%) DBS Check
7 39 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (1.95%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.70%) DV Cleared
10 30 (1.54%) CISSP
11 29 (1.49%) PMP
12 27 (1.39%) CISM
13 22 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 20 (1.03%) Master's Degree
15 19 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
16 16 (0.82%) CIPD
17 14 (0.72%) AAT
17 14 (0.72%) ICAEW
18 12 (0.62%) Azure Certification
19 11 (0.57%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (10.29%) Data Quality
2 130 (6.69%) Accessibility
3 99 (5.09%) GDPR
4 70 (3.60%) QA
5 53 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.26%) PMO
7 35 (1.80%) GRC
7 35 (1.80%) NIST
8 26 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 21 (1.08%) SLA
9 21 (1.08%) WCAG
10 15 (0.77%) IFRS
11 11 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.46%) COBIT
13 7 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.31%) EU AI Act
14 6 (0.31%) NCSC
14 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 39 (2.01%) Docker
2 13 (0.67%) Firmware
3 10 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.31%) vSphere
7 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.051%) GPFS
8 1 (0.051%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.051%) Lustre
8 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.77%) Grafana
3 6 (0.31%) CASB
3 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.21%) Ansible
4 4 (0.21%) Argo
4 4 (0.21%) Nmap
5 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.10%) Puppet
5 2 (0.10%) Salt
5 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.051%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.051%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.051%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.051%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 285 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.01%) Adobe
3 64 (3.29%) Google
4 58 (2.98%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.62%) Databricks
6 43 (2.21%) SAP
7 41 (2.11%) YouTube
8 27 (1.39%) Oracle
9 20 (1.03%) HubSpot
10 16 (0.82%) ServiceNow
11 15 (0.77%) Informatica
11 15 (0.77%) Sage
12 12 (0.62%) Foundry
12 12 (0.62%) VMware
13 10 (0.51%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.46%) Xero
15 8 (0.41%) Cisco
16 7 (0.36%) Workday
17 6 (0.31%) Ariba
17 6 (0.31%) ScienceLogic