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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 69 36
Rank change year-on-year +51 -33 +36
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,982 786 1,411
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.27% 4.84% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.10% 5.20% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,237 527 497
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £34,843
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 £70,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -1.32%

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 19,633 15,114 20,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.88% 93.04% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 14,127 8,686 12,990
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,250 £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 11 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 42 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.97%) Confluence
3 20 (1.01%) CMS
4 14 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.35%) Apache
6 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.10%) SAS
10 1 (0.050%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.050%) CICS
10 1 (0.050%) Drupal
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.050%) Resin
10 1 (0.050%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.050%) WordPress
Applications
1 135 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 28 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.30%) Simulink
7 6 (0.30%) Trello
8 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.20%) 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 (0.050%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.050%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 52 (2.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (1.87%) Workfront
3 31 (1.56%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (1.36%) Adobe Campaign
5 17 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
6 15 (0.76%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.35%) Primavera
8 6 (0.30%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 6 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.25%) Actimize
9 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
11 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
12 2 (0.10%) FastStats
12 2 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 2 (0.10%) Shopify
13 1 (0.050%) NEC Housing
13 1 (0.050%) Oracle Assets
13 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 294 (14.83%) Azure
2 222 (11.20%) Power Platform
3 207 (10.44%) AWS
4 159 (8.02%) SaaS
5 88 (4.44%) GCP
6 66 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (2.57%) iPaaS
8 49 (2.47%) Serverless
9 46 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (2.22%) GitHub
11 42 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (1.51%) Google Analytics
13 27 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
15 24 (1.21%) Figma
16 23 (1.16%) Entra ID
17 21 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
18 19 (0.96%) Amazon S3
18 19 (0.96%) Snowflake
19 16 (0.81%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 132 (6.66%) Broadband
2 62 (3.13%) Network Security
3 58 (2.93%) Firewall
4 49 (2.47%) VLAN
5 12 (0.61%) 5G
6 7 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.35%) VPN
6 7 (0.35%) WAN
7 6 (0.30%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.20%) Intranet
9 4 (0.20%) LAN
9 4 (0.20%) Wireless
10 3 (0.15%) BGP
10 3 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.15%) Internet
10 3 (0.15%) MPLS
10 3 (0.15%) OSPF
10 3 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (10.04%) Power BI
2 91 (4.59%) Metadata
3 83 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (2.27%) Tableau
5 35 (1.77%) Data Lake
5 35 (1.77%) SQL Server
6 29 (1.46%) Relational Database
7 27 (1.36%) Looker
8 22 (1.11%) BigQuery
9 21 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.01%) NoSQL
11 18 (0.91%) Spark SQL
12 17 (0.86%) Big Data
13 15 (0.76%) DynamoDB
14 13 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
15 12 (0.61%) MySQL
16 11 (0.55%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (2.42%) Git
2 47 (2.37%) JIRA
3 12 (0.61%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.30%) GitLab
7 5 (0.25%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.20%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.20%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.20%) MLflow
8 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.15%) RStudio
10 2 (0.10%) Maven
10 2 (0.10%) NUnit
10 2 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.050%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.050%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 752 (37.94%) Social Skills
2 632 (31.89%) Finance
3 560 (28.25%) Analytical Skills
4 324 (16.35%) Marketing
5 208 (10.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 200 (10.09%) Public Sector
7 152 (7.67%) Influencing Skills
8 139 (7.01%) Legal
9 133 (6.71%) Retail
10 104 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
11 103 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
12 86 (4.34%) Law
13 55 (2.77%) Manufacturing
14 52 (2.62%) Banking
15 43 (2.17%) Aerospace
16 40 (2.02%) Games
17 36 (1.82%) Local Government
18 34 (1.72%) Telecoms
19 24 (1.21%) Electronics
20 22 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 347 (17.51%) Senior
2 252 (12.71%) Analyst
3 234 (11.81%) Lead
4 147 (7.42%) Architect
5 99 (4.99%) Data Engineer
6 89 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
7 81 (4.09%) Business Manager
7 81 (4.09%) Development Manager
8 76 (3.83%) Data Analyst
9 66 (3.33%) Business Development Manager
10 60 (3.03%) Developer
11 56 (2.83%) Consultant
12 54 (2.72%) Senior Manager
13 53 (2.67%) Product Owner
14 49 (2.47%) Security Engineer
14 49 (2.47%) Senior Security Engineer
15 48 (2.42%) IT Manager
16 44 (2.22%) Data Architect
17 43 (2.17%) Product Manager
17 43 (2.17%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.32%) .NET
2 45 (2.27%) React
3 36 (1.82%) PySpark
4 33 (1.66%) Node.js
5 28 (1.41%) Terraform
6 25 (1.26%) LangChain
7 24 (1.21%) REST
8 15 (0.76%) RESTful
9 14 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.71%) CSS
10 13 (0.66%) HTML
11 12 (0.61%) AWS CDK
11 12 (0.61%) Next.js
11 12 (0.61%) Spring
11 12 (0.61%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.50%) Django
12 10 (0.50%) Kafka
12 10 (0.50%) PyTorch
12 10 (0.50%) XML
13 9 (0.45%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 144 (7.27%) Product Ownership
2 122 (6.16%) Marketing Technology
3 117 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
4 108 (5.45%) Social Media
5 104 (5.25%) Management Information System
6 82 (4.14%) Cloud Native
7 79 (3.99%) Over-the-Top Content
8 53 (2.67%) Onboarding
9 51 (2.57%) AI Agents
10 40 (2.02%) Blog
10 40 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 39 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (1.92%) Driving Licence
13 33 (1.66%) Credit Risk
14 31 (1.56%) Security Posture
15 29 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
16 25 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
17 24 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
18 21 (1.06%) Data Centre
19 20 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.06%) Windows
2 11 (0.55%) Android
3 7 (0.35%) Linux
4 6 (0.30%) VMS
5 5 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.050%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (24.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 474 (23.92%) AI
3 467 (23.56%) Agile
4 458 (23.11%) Analytics
5 391 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
6 389 (19.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 333 (16.80%) Roadmaps
8 328 (16.55%) Mentoring
9 279 (14.08%) Coaching
10 269 (13.57%) Business Intelligence
10 269 (13.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 248 (12.51%) CRM
12 233 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
13 196 (9.89%) Project Delivery
14 189 (9.54%) Customer Experience
15 186 (9.38%) CI/CD
16 179 (9.03%) Business Development
17 171 (8.63%) Actionable Insight
18 167 (8.43%) Data Modelling
19 154 (7.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 301 (15.19%) SQL
2 230 (11.60%) Python
3 55 (2.77%) C#
3 55 (2.77%) JavaScript
4 48 (2.42%) Java
5 42 (2.12%) TypeScript
6 23 (1.16%) C++
7 19 (0.96%) R
8 12 (0.61%) Bicep
8 12 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (0.55%) VBA
10 10 (0.50%) Kotlin
10 10 (0.50%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.45%) Bash
12 6 (0.30%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.30%) Ruby
12 6 (0.30%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.25%) C
13 5 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 193 (9.74%) Degree
2 170 (8.58%) Security Cleared
3 139 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 89 (4.49%) ACCA
5 86 (4.34%) CIMA
6 63 (3.18%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.12%) PMI Certification
8 40 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 32 (1.61%) PMP
11 30 (1.51%) CISSP
12 27 (1.36%) CISM
13 24 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 23 (1.16%) Master's Degree
15 19 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
16 16 (0.81%) CIPD
17 14 (0.71%) AAT
17 14 (0.71%) ICAEW
18 12 (0.61%) Azure Certification
19 11 (0.55%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 125 (6.31%) Accessibility
3 102 (5.15%) GDPR
4 70 (3.53%) QA
5 54 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.22%) PMO
7 39 (1.97%) GRC
8 35 (1.77%) NIST
9 27 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 21 (1.06%) SLA
10 21 (1.06%) WCAG
11 15 (0.76%) IFRS
12 11 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.45%) COBIT
14 7 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.30%) EU AI Act
15 6 (0.30%) NCSC
15 6 (0.30%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.30%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 39 (1.97%) Docker
2 13 (0.66%) Firmware
3 11 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.30%) vSphere
7 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.050%) GPFS
8 1 (0.050%) Lustre
8 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 23 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 16 (0.81%) Grafana
3 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.30%) CASB
5 4 (0.20%) Ansible
5 4 (0.20%) Argo
5 4 (0.20%) Nmap
6 2 (0.10%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.10%) Puppet
6 2 (0.10%) Salt
6 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.050%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.050%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.050%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 287 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.94%) Adobe
3 66 (3.33%) Google
4 62 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.57%) Databricks
6 44 (2.22%) SAP
7 41 (2.07%) YouTube
8 25 (1.26%) Oracle
9 20 (1.01%) HubSpot
10 15 (0.76%) Informatica
10 15 (0.76%) Sage
11 13 (0.66%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.61%) Foundry
13 11 (0.55%) VMware
14 10 (0.50%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.45%) Xero
16 8 (0.40%) Cisco
17 7 (0.35%) Workday
18 6 (0.30%) Ariba
18 6 (0.30%) ScienceLogic