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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 64 55
Rank change year-on-year +33 -9 -8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,038 618 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.22% 4.82% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 5.08% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 593 390 1,087
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.14% -1.92%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% -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 13,978 12,164 28,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.76% 94.81% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 8,801 23,226
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
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 £75,000
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 31 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 28 (2.70%) Confluence
2 26 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.31%) CMS
4 14 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.77%) SAS
7 6 (0.58%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.39%) Apache
8 4 (0.39%) nginx
8 4 (0.39%) WordPress
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 132 (12.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (3.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.77%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.39%) Trello
8 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.096%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.02%) Adobe Campaign
2 19 (1.83%) Workfront
3 15 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (1.16%) Shopify
5 10 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.29%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.19%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.096%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.096%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 218 (21.00%) Azure
2 179 (17.24%) Power Platform
3 102 (9.83%) AWS
4 82 (7.90%) SaaS
5 66 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (4.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 46 (4.43%) GCP
8 35 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (3.28%) GitHub
9 34 (3.28%) iPaaS
10 32 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (2.22%) Serverless
13 20 (1.93%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (1.54%) Contentsquare
14 16 (1.54%) Figma
14 16 (1.54%) Snowflake
15 15 (1.45%) Adobe Analytics
15 15 (1.45%) PaaS
16 13 (1.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 120 (11.56%) Broadband
2 5 (0.48%) Internet
2 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.29%) DNS
3 3 (0.29%) Firewall
3 3 (0.29%) Modbus
3 3 (0.29%) SSL
4 2 (0.19%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.096%) ADSL
5 1 (0.096%) DSL
5 1 (0.096%) Intranet
5 1 (0.096%) NAS
5 1 (0.096%) Network Security
5 1 (0.096%) NGFW
5 1 (0.096%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.096%) VPN
5 1 (0.096%) WAN
5 1 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (16.38%) Power BI
2 63 (6.07%) Metadata
3 61 (5.88%) SQL Server
4 52 (5.01%) Tableau
5 44 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 39 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (3.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 23 (2.22%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.45%) MySQL
9 15 (1.45%) Power Query
9 15 (1.45%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.06%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.96%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (0.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (0.87%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
15 7 (0.67%) Looker
Development Applications
1 23 (2.22%) JIRA
2 11 (1.06%) Git
3 8 (0.77%) JMeter
4 7 (0.67%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.67%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.58%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.58%) Locust
6 4 (0.39%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.39%) ERwin
6 4 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.39%) Vite
7 3 (0.29%) MLflow
7 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.19%) Selenium
8 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.19%) Storybook
8 2 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 456 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 373 (35.93%) Finance
3 340 (32.76%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (14.64%) Marketing
5 97 (9.34%) Public Sector
6 85 (8.19%) Organisational Skills
7 77 (7.42%) Presentation Skills
8 68 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
10 54 (5.20%) Legal
11 53 (5.11%) Retail
12 49 (4.72%) Games
13 41 (3.95%) Manufacturing
14 38 (3.66%) Law
15 34 (3.28%) Advertising
16 31 (2.99%) Banking
17 20 (1.93%) Local Government
18 15 (1.45%) Publishing
19 14 (1.35%) Billing
20 11 (1.06%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 183 (17.63%) Analyst
2 148 (14.26%) Senior
3 94 (9.06%) Lead
4 72 (6.94%) Architect
5 51 (4.91%) Senior Manager
6 48 (4.62%) Data Engineer
7 42 (4.05%) Financial Analyst
8 41 (3.95%) Developer
9 38 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (3.47%) Product Owner
11 35 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (3.28%) Data Analyst
13 33 (3.18%) Consultant
14 29 (2.79%) Report Analyst
15 25 (2.41%) Product Manager
15 25 (2.41%) Sales Executive
16 24 (2.31%) Engineering Manager
17 23 (2.22%) Business Manager
18 22 (2.12%) Development Manager
19 21 (2.02%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.31%) React
2 21 (2.02%) .NET
3 16 (1.54%) CSS
3 16 (1.54%) HTML
4 11 (1.06%) REST
4 11 (1.06%) XML
5 10 (0.96%) Flash
5 10 (0.96%) LangChain
6 9 (0.87%) Kafka
7 7 (0.67%) AngularJS
7 7 (0.67%) AWS CDK
7 7 (0.67%) JSON
7 7 (0.67%) Middleware
7 7 (0.67%) Next.js
7 7 (0.67%) PySpark
7 7 (0.67%) RESTful
7 7 (0.67%) Spring
7 7 (0.67%) TensorFlow
7 7 (0.67%) Vue
8 6 (0.58%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.44%) Product Ownership
2 83 (8.00%) Social Media
3 80 (7.71%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (6.07%) Marketing Technology
5 57 (5.49%) Onboarding
6 54 (5.20%) Over-the-Top Content
7 53 (5.11%) Cloud Native
8 44 (4.24%) Management Information System
9 36 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (3.18%) Virtual Team
11 24 (2.31%) Mobile App
12 19 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.64%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.64%) Data Structures
13 17 (1.64%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.54%) PMI
15 11 (1.06%) GNSS
15 11 (1.06%) Satnav
16 8 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.70%) Android
2 26 (2.50%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.54%) Windows
4 8 (0.77%) Linux
5 6 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.39%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (30.83%) Analytics
2 289 (27.84%) Problem-Solving
3 241 (23.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 233 (22.45%) Agile
5 231 (22.25%) AI
6 215 (20.71%) Roadmaps
7 203 (19.56%) Business Intelligence
8 141 (13.58%) Mentoring
9 137 (13.20%) Project Management
10 132 (12.72%) Customer Experience
11 130 (12.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 114 (10.98%) CRM
13 108 (10.40%) CI/CD
14 106 (10.21%) Data Modelling
15 105 (10.12%) Visualisation
16 104 (10.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 101 (9.73%) Data Analysis
18 99 (9.54%) Actionable Insight
19 93 (8.96%) Coaching
20 90 (8.67%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 164 (15.80%) SQL
2 139 (13.39%) Python
3 34 (3.28%) Java
4 31 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (2.02%) R
6 20 (1.93%) C#
7 19 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.73%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.96%) T-SQL
9 10 (0.96%) VBA
10 7 (0.67%) PHP
11 5 (0.48%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.39%) C++
12 4 (0.39%) Scala
13 3 (0.29%) Bicep
14 2 (0.19%) C
14 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.096%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 163 (15.70%) Degree
2 95 (9.15%) ACCA
3 94 (9.06%) CIMA
4 62 (5.97%) Security Cleared
5 42 (4.05%) DBS Check
5 42 (4.05%) SC Cleared
6 37 (3.56%) Master's Degree
7 29 (2.79%) PMI Certification
8 26 (2.50%) AAT
9 22 (2.12%) CISSP
10 19 (1.83%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (1.25%) PMP
13 12 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.16%) CISM
13 12 (1.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.96%) CEH
15 10 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (12.33%) Data Quality
2 69 (6.65%) Accessibility
3 56 (5.39%) QA
4 54 (5.20%) GDPR
5 32 (3.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 26 (2.50%) GRC
7 22 (2.12%) WCAG
8 21 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.35%) NIST
9 14 (1.35%) P3O
10 13 (1.25%) PMO
11 12 (1.16%) ISO 9001
11 12 (1.16%) NCSC
12 11 (1.06%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.67%) GAAP
14 6 (0.58%) IFRS
15 5 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.39%) SLA
17 2 (0.19%) ISO 26262
17 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (2.22%) Docker
2 6 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Firmware
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (2.31%) Terraform
2 22 (2.12%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.35%) Grafana
4 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.67%) Nmap
5 4 (0.39%) SCCM
6 3 (0.29%) Argo
6 3 (0.29%) Control-M
6 3 (0.29%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.29%) 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 (0.096%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 161 (15.51%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.32%) Adobe
3 54 (5.20%) Databricks
4 42 (4.05%) SAP
5 37 (3.56%) Google
6 33 (3.18%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.60%) Oracle
8 24 (2.31%) HubSpot
9 23 (2.22%) Sage
10 22 (2.12%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.16%) Informatica
12 11 (1.06%) Foundry
13 9 (0.87%) Autodesk
14 8 (0.77%) Cisco
14 8 (0.77%) Workday
15 7 (0.67%) IBM
16 6 (0.58%) Alteryx
16 6 (0.58%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.58%) Talend
16 6 (0.58%) Xero