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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 62 53
Rank change year-on-year +31 -9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,059 617 1,538
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.28% 4.81% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 5.07% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 611 391 1,091
10th Percentile £38,979 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,921 £44,854 £42,612
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +8.70% -2.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,500 £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 14,103 12,168 28,555
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.60% 94.83% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,832 8,797 23,312
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,738 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 3 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 29 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.64%) Confluence
3 24 (2.27%) CMS
4 14 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.76%) SAS
7 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.38%) nginx
8 4 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 131 (12.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (3.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.76%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.38%) Trello
8 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.094%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.98%) Adobe Campaign
2 19 (1.79%) Workfront
3 15 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.04%) Shopify
5 8 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.28%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.28%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.19%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.094%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.094%) Magento
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.094%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.094%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.094%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 220 (20.77%) Azure
2 178 (16.81%) Power Platform
3 101 (9.54%) AWS
4 84 (7.93%) SaaS
5 67 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (4.53%) GCP
7 47 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 36 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (3.21%) iPaaS
10 33 (3.12%) GitHub
11 32 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.98%) Serverless
14 20 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
15 17 (1.61%) Figma
16 16 (1.51%) Contentsquare
17 15 (1.42%) Adobe Analytics
17 15 (1.42%) Snowflake
18 14 (1.32%) PaaS
19 13 (1.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 120 (11.33%) Broadband
2 5 (0.47%) Internet
2 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) Firewall
3 3 (0.28%) Modbus
3 3 (0.28%) SSL
4 2 (0.19%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.094%) ADSL
5 1 (0.094%) DSL
5 1 (0.094%) Intranet
5 1 (0.094%) NAS
5 1 (0.094%) Network Security
5 1 (0.094%) NGFW
5 1 (0.094%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.094%) VPN
5 1 (0.094%) WAN
5 1 (0.094%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (15.86%) Power BI
2 63 (5.95%) Metadata
3 62 (5.85%) SQL Server
4 51 (4.82%) Tableau
5 44 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (2.08%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.51%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.42%) MySQL
11 14 (1.32%) Power Query
12 13 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.13%) Oracle Database
14 11 (1.04%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
15 9 (0.85%) Looker
15 9 (0.85%) NoSQL
16 8 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (2.27%) JIRA
2 12 (1.13%) Git
3 8 (0.76%) JMeter
4 7 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.66%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.57%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.57%) Locust
6 4 (0.38%) Vite
7 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.28%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.28%) ERwin
7 3 (0.28%) MLflow
7 3 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.19%) NUnit
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.19%) Selenium
8 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 452 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 386 (36.45%) Finance
3 343 (32.39%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (14.64%) Marketing
5 102 (9.63%) Public Sector
6 85 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (7.08%) Presentation Skills
8 68 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 57 (5.38%) Retail
10 55 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (5.19%) Legal
11 49 (4.63%) Games
12 39 (3.68%) Law
13 38 (3.59%) Manufacturing
14 34 (3.21%) Advertising
15 32 (3.02%) Banking
16 20 (1.89%) Local Government
17 15 (1.42%) Publishing
18 14 (1.32%) Billing
19 11 (1.04%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 186 (17.56%) Analyst
2 150 (14.16%) Senior
3 99 (9.35%) Lead
4 75 (7.08%) Architect
5 51 (4.82%) Senior Manager
6 49 (4.63%) Data Engineer
7 43 (4.06%) Financial Analyst
8 42 (3.97%) Developer
9 38 (3.59%) Senior Analyst
10 37 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
11 36 (3.40%) Product Owner
12 33 (3.12%) Consultant
12 33 (3.12%) Data Analyst
13 29 (2.74%) Report Analyst
14 27 (2.55%) Product Manager
15 25 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
16 23 (2.17%) Business Manager
17 22 (2.08%) Business Analyst
17 22 (2.08%) Development Manager
18 21 (1.98%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.27%) React
2 22 (2.08%) .NET
3 17 (1.61%) CSS
3 17 (1.61%) HTML
4 13 (1.23%) XML
5 11 (1.04%) REST
6 10 (0.94%) Flash
6 10 (0.94%) LangChain
7 9 (0.85%) JSON
7 9 (0.85%) Kafka
7 9 (0.85%) Middleware
8 8 (0.76%) RESTful
9 7 (0.66%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.66%) AWS CDK
9 7 (0.66%) Next.js
9 7 (0.66%) PySpark
9 7 (0.66%) TensorFlow
9 7 (0.66%) Vue
10 6 (0.57%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.25%) Product Ownership
2 83 (7.84%) Social Media
3 76 (7.18%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (6.42%) Marketing Technology
5 58 (5.48%) Onboarding
6 54 (5.10%) Over-the-Top Content
7 53 (5.00%) Cloud Native
8 43 (4.06%) Management Information System
9 34 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (3.12%) Virtual Team
11 24 (2.27%) Mobile App
12 19 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.70%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.61%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.61%) Security Posture
15 16 (1.51%) PMI
16 10 (0.94%) GNSS
16 10 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.94%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.64%) Android
2 26 (2.46%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.42%) Windows
4 8 (0.76%) Linux
5 6 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (30.69%) Analytics
2 293 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
3 243 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 242 (22.85%) AI
5 237 (22.38%) Agile
6 217 (20.49%) Roadmaps
7 200 (18.89%) Business Intelligence
8 143 (13.50%) Mentoring
9 137 (12.94%) Project Management
10 135 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 132 (12.46%) Customer Experience
12 108 (10.20%) CI/CD
13 107 (10.10%) Data Modelling
14 106 (10.01%) CRM
15 104 (9.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 104 (9.82%) Visualisation
16 100 (9.44%) Actionable Insight
17 99 (9.35%) Data Analysis
18 97 (9.16%) Coaching
19 88 (8.31%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 165 (15.58%) SQL
2 138 (13.03%) Python
3 33 (3.12%) Java
4 30 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (1.89%) C#
5 20 (1.89%) R
6 19 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.79%) TypeScript
7 10 (0.94%) T-SQL
8 9 (0.85%) VBA
9 7 (0.66%) PHP
10 5 (0.47%) Bash
10 5 (0.47%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.38%) Bicep
11 4 (0.38%) C++
11 4 (0.38%) Scala
12 2 (0.19%) C
12 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.094%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 166 (15.68%) Degree
2 105 (9.92%) ACCA
3 104 (9.82%) CIMA
4 65 (6.14%) Security Cleared
5 44 (4.15%) SC Cleared
6 43 (4.06%) DBS Check
7 37 (3.49%) Master's Degree
8 31 (2.93%) PMI Certification
9 27 (2.55%) AAT
10 22 (2.08%) CISSP
11 17 (1.61%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (1.42%) PMP
14 12 (1.13%) CISM
14 12 (1.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (1.04%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.94%) CEH
16 10 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (12.18%) Data Quality
2 71 (6.70%) Accessibility
3 56 (5.29%) GDPR
3 56 (5.29%) QA
4 31 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 28 (2.64%) GRC
6 22 (2.08%) WCAG
7 21 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.32%) NIST
8 14 (1.32%) P3O
8 14 (1.32%) PMO
9 12 (1.13%) NCSC
10 11 (1.04%) ISO 9001
10 11 (1.04%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.66%) GAAP
12 6 (0.57%) IFRS
13 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.38%) SLA
15 2 (0.19%) IEC 61508
15 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (2.17%) Docker
2 6 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Firmware
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.094%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (2.08%) Terraform
2 21 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.32%) Grafana
4 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.66%) Nmap
5 4 (0.38%) SCCM
6 3 (0.28%) Argo
6 3 (0.28%) Control-M
6 3 (0.28%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.19%) Ansible
7 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.19%) Packer
7 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Salt
8 1 (0.094%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 161 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.18%) Adobe
3 53 (5.00%) Databricks
4 43 (4.06%) SAP
5 38 (3.59%) Google
6 31 (2.93%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.55%) Oracle
8 22 (2.08%) HubSpot
8 22 (2.08%) Sage
8 22 (2.08%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.04%) Foundry
9 11 (1.04%) Informatica
10 9 (0.85%) Workday
11 8 (0.76%) Cisco
12 7 (0.66%) IBM
12 7 (0.66%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.57%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.57%) BMC
13 6 (0.57%) Talend
13 6 (0.57%) Xero