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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 67 53
Rank change year-on-year +31 -14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 948 634 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.66% 4.58% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.65% 4.80% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 560 376 1,064
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,068
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.14% +0.09%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,525 £54,700
% change year-on-year -8.79% +25.27% -8.83%

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 14,265 13,196 27,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.18% 95.34% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,356 8,763 22,811
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,411 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

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 13 March 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 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.53%) Confluence
3 19 (2.00%) CMS
4 10 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.95%) SAS
6 7 (0.74%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.53%) Apache
8 4 (0.42%) nginx
8 4 (0.42%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 132 (13.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.42%) Trello
7 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.37%) Adobe Campaign
2 12 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.27%) Shopify
3 11 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.32%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.32%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.21%) Workfront
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 203 (21.41%) Azure
2 182 (19.20%) Power Platform
3 92 (9.70%) AWS
4 86 (9.07%) SaaS
5 65 (6.86%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (4.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 37 (3.90%) GCP
8 34 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (3.48%) GitHub
10 32 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (2.43%) Serverless
13 17 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
14 15 (1.58%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (1.48%) PaaS
16 12 (1.27%) PowerApps
17 11 (1.16%) Contentsquare
17 11 (1.16%) Figma
18 10 (1.05%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 61 (6.43%) Broadband
2 6 (0.63%) Internet
3 3 (0.32%) SSL
3 3 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.21%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.21%) DNS
4 2 (0.21%) Firewall
4 2 (0.21%) Modbus
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
1 172 (18.14%) Power BI
2 57 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 57 (6.01%) Tableau
3 44 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 28 (2.95%) Metadata
7 23 (2.43%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.58%) MySQL
8 15 (1.58%) Power Query
9 12 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.05%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.74%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.63%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 21 (2.22%) JIRA
2 10 (1.05%) Git
3 7 (0.74%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.74%) JMeter
3 7 (0.74%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.53%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.53%) Locust
5 4 (0.42%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.42%) ERwin
5 4 (0.42%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.42%) Vite
6 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.32%) GitLab
6 3 (0.32%) MLflow
6 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.21%) Storybook
7 2 (0.21%) Vagrant
General
1 439 (46.31%) Social Skills
2 367 (38.71%) Finance
3 329 (34.70%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (11.81%) Marketing
5 98 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 76 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
6 76 (8.02%) Presentation Skills
7 65 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 51 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
9 47 (4.96%) Retail
10 44 (4.64%) Legal
11 43 (4.54%) Games
12 42 (4.43%) Manufacturing
13 32 (3.38%) Advertising
14 31 (3.27%) Banking
15 28 (2.95%) Law
16 21 (2.22%) Local Government
17 15 (1.58%) Publishing
18 13 (1.37%) Billing
19 11 (1.16%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 190 (20.04%) Analyst
2 145 (15.30%) Senior
3 84 (8.86%) Lead
4 68 (7.17%) Architect
5 46 (4.85%) Data Engineer
5 46 (4.85%) Senior Manager
6 42 (4.43%) Financial Analyst
7 41 (4.32%) Developer
8 38 (4.01%) Consultant
9 37 (3.90%) Data Analyst
9 37 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
9 37 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
10 31 (3.27%) Report Analyst
11 28 (2.95%) Sales Executive
12 23 (2.43%) Business Analyst
12 23 (2.43%) Business Manager
13 19 (2.00%) Insight Analyst
13 19 (2.00%) Software Engineer
14 18 (1.90%) Development Manager
14 18 (1.90%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.32%) React
2 20 (2.11%) .NET
3 13 (1.37%) CSS
3 13 (1.37%) HTML
4 10 (1.05%) Flash
4 10 (1.05%) REST
5 9 (0.95%) Kafka
5 9 (0.95%) Spring
5 9 (0.95%) XML
6 8 (0.84%) RESTful
7 7 (0.74%) AngularJS
7 7 (0.74%) AWS CDK
7 7 (0.74%) JSON
7 7 (0.74%) LangChain
7 7 (0.74%) Middleware
7 7 (0.74%) Next.js
7 7 (0.74%) PySpark
7 7 (0.74%) Spring Boot
7 7 (0.74%) TensorFlow
8 6 (0.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
2 60 (6.33%) Product Ownership
3 56 (5.91%) Onboarding
4 49 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.75%) Management Information System
6 43 (4.54%) Social Media
7 39 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 32 (3.38%) Virtual Team
9 24 (2.53%) Mobile App
10 19 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
11 18 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.79%) Algorithms
13 16 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.69%) PMI
14 15 (1.58%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.58%) Over-the-Top Content
14 15 (1.58%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.16%) GNSS
15 11 (1.16%) Satnav
16 9 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.95%) Android
2 26 (2.74%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.58%) Windows
4 8 (0.84%) Linux
5 6 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (32.49%) Analytics
2 273 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
3 231 (24.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 204 (21.52%) Business Intelligence
5 203 (21.41%) AI
6 179 (18.88%) Agile
7 169 (17.83%) Roadmaps
8 131 (13.82%) Project Management
9 126 (13.29%) Mentoring
9 126 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 118 (12.45%) CRM
11 106 (11.18%) Data Analysis
11 106 (11.18%) Visualisation
12 105 (11.08%) Actionable Insight
12 105 (11.08%) CI/CD
13 99 (10.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 94 (9.92%) Data Modelling
15 85 (8.97%) B2B
15 85 (8.97%) Coaching
16 82 (8.65%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 169 (17.83%) SQL
2 130 (13.71%) Python
3 31 (3.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (2.95%) Java
5 21 (2.22%) R
5 21 (2.22%) TypeScript
6 17 (1.79%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.37%) C#
8 10 (1.05%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.05%) VBA
9 7 (0.74%) PHP
10 6 (0.63%) Bash
10 6 (0.63%) C++
11 5 (0.53%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.42%) Scala
13 3 (0.32%) Bicep
14 2 (0.21%) C
14 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.11%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 162 (17.09%) Degree
2 86 (9.07%) ACCA
3 85 (8.97%) CIMA
4 57 (6.01%) Security Cleared
5 41 (4.32%) DBS Check
5 41 (4.32%) SC Cleared
6 35 (3.69%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.64%) AAT
7 25 (2.64%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.43%) CISSP
9 19 (2.00%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.37%) CISM
12 12 (1.27%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.05%) CEH
14 10 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (12.13%) Data Quality
2 58 (6.12%) Accessibility
3 53 (5.59%) QA
4 48 (5.06%) GDPR
5 32 (3.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 21 (2.22%) GRC
6 21 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.69%) WCAG
8 14 (1.48%) P3O
9 13 (1.37%) NCSC
9 13 (1.37%) NIST
10 12 (1.27%) ISO 9001
10 12 (1.27%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.27%) PMO
11 6 (0.63%) GAAP
12 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.53%) IFRS
13 4 (0.42%) SLA
14 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.11%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 22 (2.32%) Docker
2 6 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.21%) Firmware
3 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.32%) Terraform
2 21 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.74%) Nmap
4 6 (0.63%) Grafana
5 4 (0.42%) SCCM
6 3 (0.32%) Control-M
6 3 (0.32%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.21%) Packer
7 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.11%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 151 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.59%) Databricks
3 43 (4.54%) SAP
4 35 (3.69%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.38%) Adobe
6 27 (2.85%) Google
6 27 (2.85%) Oracle
7 23 (2.43%) HubSpot
8 21 (2.22%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.69%) Sage
10 11 (1.16%) Informatica
10 11 (1.16%) Workday
11 10 (1.05%) Autodesk
12 8 (0.84%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.84%) Cisco
12 8 (0.84%) Foundry
13 7 (0.74%) IBM
14 6 (0.63%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.63%) Talend
15 5 (0.53%) Anaplan