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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 61 56
Rank change year-on-year +24 -5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 911 762 1,416
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.54% 5.09% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.46% 5.36% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 551 384 995
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,250 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.14% -0.74%
75th Percentile £82,241 £82,615 £80,435
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £52,617
% change year-on-year -7.41% +28.29% -12.37%

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 14,107 14,225 25,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.74% 95.08% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 8,743 21,428
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 28 February 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 27 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.09%) Confluence
3 14 (1.54%) CMS
4 9 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.88%) SAS
6 7 (0.77%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.55%) Apache
8 4 (0.44%) nginx
9 3 (0.33%) WordPress
10 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 132 (14.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.77%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.44%) Trello
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.21%) Shopify
2 9 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.44%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.33%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.33%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Magento
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 195 (21.41%) Azure
2 183 (20.09%) Power Platform
3 87 (9.55%) SaaS
4 82 (9.00%) AWS
5 63 (6.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 49 (5.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.51%) GitHub
9 31 (3.40%) GCP
10 21 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.20%) Serverless
12 19 (2.09%) PaaS
13 17 (1.87%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 15 (1.65%) Snowflake
16 13 (1.43%) PowerApps
17 10 (1.10%) Amazon S3
17 10 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
18 8 (0.88%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.72%) Broadband
2 8 (0.88%) Internet
3 3 (0.33%) SSL
3 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.22%) DNS
4 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) DSL
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) NAS
5 1 (0.11%) Network Security
5 1 (0.11%) NGFW
5 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.11%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (19.10%) Power BI
2 55 (6.04%) Tableau
3 52 (5.71%) SQL Server
4 45 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 41 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (2.96%) Metadata
8 22 (2.41%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.87%) Power Query
10 13 (1.43%) MySQL
11 11 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.10%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (0.99%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.66%) QlikView
16 5 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (2.31%) JIRA
2 9 (0.99%) Git
3 7 (0.77%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.77%) Metasploit
4 6 (0.66%) JMeter
5 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.44%) ERwin
5 4 (0.44%) Locust
5 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.44%) Vite
6 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.33%) GitLab
6 3 (0.33%) MLflow
6 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.22%) Selenium
7 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 432 (47.42%) Social Skills
2 372 (40.83%) Finance
3 320 (35.13%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (10.54%) Public Sector
5 95 (10.43%) Marketing
6 78 (8.56%) Presentation Skills
7 72 (7.90%) Organisational Skills
8 65 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (5.16%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (4.72%) Retail
11 37 (4.06%) Manufacturing
12 36 (3.95%) Legal
13 34 (3.73%) Games
14 30 (3.29%) Banking
15 27 (2.96%) Advertising
16 24 (2.63%) Law
17 20 (2.20%) Local Government
18 13 (1.43%) Billing
19 11 (1.21%) Publishing
20 10 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 190 (20.86%) Analyst
2 137 (15.04%) Senior
3 82 (9.00%) Lead
4 63 (6.92%) Architect
5 46 (5.05%) Data Engineer
5 46 (5.05%) Developer
6 44 (4.83%) Financial Analyst
7 43 (4.72%) Consultant
8 37 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
8 37 (4.06%) Senior Manager
9 34 (3.73%) Data Analyst
10 33 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (3.40%) Report Analyst
12 30 (3.29%) Sales Executive
13 24 (2.63%) Business Manager
14 23 (2.52%) Business Analyst
15 21 (2.31%) Software Engineer
16 20 (2.20%) Insight Analyst
16 20 (2.20%) Product Manager
17 18 (1.98%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.87%) .NET
1 17 (1.87%) React
2 11 (1.21%) Flash
3 10 (1.10%) Spring
4 9 (0.99%) CSS
4 9 (0.99%) HTML
4 9 (0.99%) REST
5 8 (0.88%) Kafka
5 8 (0.88%) Spring Boot
5 8 (0.88%) XML
6 7 (0.77%) LangChain
6 7 (0.77%) PySpark
6 7 (0.77%) TensorFlow
7 6 (0.66%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.66%) JSON
7 6 (0.66%) Middleware
7 6 (0.66%) RESTful
7 6 (0.66%) Vue
8 5 (0.55%) EDI
8 5 (0.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.11%) Self-Motivation
2 52 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 51 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 49 (5.38%) Onboarding
5 43 (4.72%) Management Information System
6 42 (4.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 31 (3.40%) Social Media
8 29 (3.18%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.20%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.87%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.76%) PMI
12 13 (1.43%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.43%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
14 9 (0.99%) GNSS
14 9 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (0.99%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.63%) Android
2 22 (2.41%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.43%) Windows
4 8 (0.88%) Linux
5 6 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (32.49%) Analytics
2 267 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
3 236 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 199 (21.84%) Business Intelligence
5 188 (20.64%) AI
6 174 (19.10%) Agile
7 153 (16.79%) Roadmaps
8 119 (13.06%) Project Management
9 118 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 113 (12.40%) CRM
11 111 (12.18%) Data Analysis
11 111 (12.18%) Mentoring
11 111 (12.18%) Visualisation
12 104 (11.42%) Actionable Insight
13 96 (10.54%) CI/CD
14 95 (10.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 88 (9.66%) Data Modelling
16 84 (9.22%) DevOps
17 79 (8.67%) Coaching
18 78 (8.56%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 167 (18.33%) SQL
2 133 (14.60%) Python
3 31 (3.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 30 (3.29%) Java
5 21 (2.31%) R
6 17 (1.87%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.32%) C#
8 12 (1.32%) VBA
9 9 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.88%) C++
11 6 (0.66%) Bash
11 6 (0.66%) PHP
12 5 (0.55%) Scala
13 2 (0.22%) ABAP
13 2 (0.22%) Bicep
13 2 (0.22%) C
13 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 163 (17.89%) Degree
2 88 (9.66%) ACCA
2 88 (9.66%) CIMA
3 59 (6.48%) Security Cleared
4 45 (4.94%) SC Cleared
5 38 (4.17%) DBS Check
6 31 (3.40%) Master's Degree
7 24 (2.63%) AAT
7 24 (2.63%) CISSP
8 22 (2.41%) PMI Certification
9 21 (2.31%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.76%) CISM
12 12 (1.32%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.10%) CEH
14 10 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (12.18%) Data Quality
2 54 (5.93%) QA
3 44 (4.83%) Accessibility
3 44 (4.83%) GDPR
4 31 (3.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 23 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.87%) GRC
7 14 (1.54%) NIST
7 14 (1.54%) P3O
8 13 (1.43%) NCSC
9 12 (1.32%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.32%) PMO
10 10 (1.10%) ISO 9001
10 10 (1.10%) WCAG
11 6 (0.66%) GAAP
12 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.55%) IFRS
12 5 (0.55%) SLA
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 22 (2.41%) Docker
2 5 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) Firmware
3 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.41%) Terraform
2 21 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.77%) Nmap
4 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.44%) Grafana
5 4 (0.44%) SCCM
6 3 (0.33%) Control-M
6 3 (0.33%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) Packer
7 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 141 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.82%) Databricks
3 41 (4.50%) SAP
4 33 (3.62%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.85%) Google
6 23 (2.52%) Oracle
7 22 (2.41%) HubSpot
7 22 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.98%) Adobe
9 15 (1.65%) Sage
10 13 (1.43%) Workday
11 11 (1.21%) Autodesk
12 10 (1.10%) Informatica
13 8 (0.88%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.88%) Cisco
13 8 (0.88%) Foundry
14 7 (0.77%) IBM
15 6 (0.66%) OpenAI
16 5 (0.55%) BMC
16 5 (0.55%) Talend