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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 65 36
Rank change year-on-year +44 -29 +42
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,824 804 1,430
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.90% 4.84% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.62% 5.21% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 535 586
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,404
25th Percentile £44,000 £42,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,213
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.39% -8.36%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 24 August 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 43 (2.36%) Confluence
2 35 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.43%) CMS
4 14 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.38%) Apache
6 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.16%) SAS
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.055%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.055%) Appian
10 1 (0.055%) CICS
10 1 (0.055%) Drupal
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.055%) Resin
10 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 126 (6.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (2.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 25 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.33%) Simulink
7 6 (0.33%) Trello
8 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Blender
10 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.055%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 51 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (2.08%) Workfront
3 33 (1.81%) Adobe Campaign
4 31 (1.70%) Dynamics GP
5 18 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.71%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.27%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.27%) Primavera
7 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.11%) Actimize
10 2 (0.11%) SAP R/3
10 2 (0.11%) Shopify
11 1 (0.055%) Aladdin
11 1 (0.055%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 280 (15.35%) Azure
2 206 (11.29%) Power Platform
3 182 (9.98%) AWS
4 162 (8.88%) SaaS
5 84 (4.61%) GCP
6 55 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (2.85%) iPaaS
8 46 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
9 42 (2.30%) GitHub
10 31 (1.70%) Serverless
11 30 (1.64%) Google Analytics
12 28 (1.54%) Figma
13 26 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
14 24 (1.32%) Entra ID
15 21 (1.15%) Adobe Analytics
16 20 (1.10%) Contentsquare
17 17 (0.93%) PaaS
17 17 (0.93%) Snowflake
18 15 (0.82%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 151 (8.28%) Broadband
2 60 (3.29%) Network Security
3 57 (3.13%) Firewall
4 48 (2.63%) VLAN
5 7 (0.38%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.38%) VPN
5 7 (0.38%) WAN
6 4 (0.22%) LAN
6 4 (0.22%) Wireless
7 3 (0.16%) BGP
7 3 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.16%) Modbus
7 3 (0.16%) MPLS
7 3 (0.16%) OSPF
7 3 (0.16%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.11%) DNS
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (10.03%) Power BI
2 84 (4.61%) Metadata
3 76 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (2.74%) Tableau
5 37 (2.03%) SQL Server
6 34 (1.86%) Data Lake
7 31 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.43%) Looker
9 21 (1.15%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.10%) BigQuery
10 20 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.93%) Big Data
12 13 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.66%) DynamoDB
13 12 (0.66%) MySQL
13 12 (0.66%) Oracle Database
14 11 (0.60%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 46 (2.52%) JIRA
2 45 (2.47%) Git
3 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.33%) GitLab
6 6 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.27%) JMeter
7 5 (0.27%) Locust
8 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.22%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.22%) MLflow
8 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.11%) NUnit
9 2 (0.11%) RStudio
9 2 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 700 (38.38%) Social Skills
2 548 (30.04%) Finance
3 504 (27.63%) Analytical Skills
4 313 (17.16%) Marketing
5 194 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 147 (8.06%) Public Sector
7 140 (7.68%) Influencing Skills
8 130 (7.13%) Legal
9 127 (6.96%) Retail
10 92 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
11 90 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
12 73 (4.00%) Law
13 54 (2.96%) Manufacturing
14 53 (2.91%) Games
15 48 (2.63%) Banking
16 40 (2.19%) Aerospace
17 30 (1.64%) Local Government
18 23 (1.26%) Electronics
19 22 (1.21%) Telecoms
20 20 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 328 (17.98%) Senior
2 248 (13.60%) Analyst
3 223 (12.23%) Lead
4 139 (7.62%) Architect
5 86 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
6 80 (4.39%) Development Manager
7 77 (4.22%) Data Engineer
8 74 (4.06%) Data Analyst
9 73 (4.00%) Business Manager
10 62 (3.40%) Business Development Manager
11 58 (3.18%) Developer
12 56 (3.07%) Senior Manager
13 55 (3.02%) Consultant
13 55 (3.02%) Product Owner
14 49 (2.69%) Security Engineer
14 49 (2.69%) Senior Security Engineer
15 48 (2.63%) Product Manager
16 42 (2.30%) Marketing Manager
17 41 (2.25%) Business Analyst
18 37 (2.03%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.63%) React
2 30 (1.64%) .NET
2 30 (1.64%) Terraform
3 29 (1.59%) Node.js
4 25 (1.37%) LangChain
5 24 (1.32%) REST
6 16 (0.88%) PySpark
7 15 (0.82%) CSS
8 14 (0.77%) AWS CDK
8 14 (0.77%) HTML
8 14 (0.77%) Next.js
9 13 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 13 (0.71%) RESTful
10 11 (0.60%) Spring
10 11 (0.60%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.55%) Django
11 10 (0.55%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.49%) FastAPI
12 9 (0.49%) React Native
12 9 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 146 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 130 (7.13%) Marketing Technology
3 119 (6.52%) Social Media
4 95 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
5 93 (5.10%) Management Information System
6 86 (4.71%) Over-the-Top Content
7 84 (4.61%) Cloud Native
8 49 (2.69%) AI Agents
9 47 (2.58%) Onboarding
10 40 (2.19%) Blog
11 38 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
12 35 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.75%) Credit Risk
13 32 (1.75%) Security Posture
14 29 (1.59%) Driving Licence
15 28 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
16 26 (1.43%) Mobile App
17 24 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
18 20 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
19 19 (1.04%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.10%) Android
2 16 (0.88%) Windows
3 13 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.33%) VMS
5 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.16%) Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (24.23%) Agile
2 437 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 433 (23.74%) AI
4 432 (23.68%) Analytics
5 374 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
6 340 (18.64%) Roadmaps
7 339 (18.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 292 (16.01%) Mentoring
9 257 (14.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 233 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
11 226 (12.39%) CRM
12 221 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
13 199 (10.91%) Coaching
14 185 (10.14%) Customer Experience
15 179 (9.81%) Project Delivery
16 172 (9.43%) CI/CD
17 163 (8.94%) Business Development
18 156 (8.55%) Data Modelling
19 152 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
19 152 (8.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 265 (14.53%) SQL
2 225 (12.34%) Python
3 41 (2.25%) TypeScript
4 40 (2.19%) C#
5 37 (2.03%) JavaScript
6 34 (1.86%) Java
7 18 (0.99%) R
8 12 (0.66%) Bicep
8 12 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (0.60%) VBA
10 10 (0.55%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.49%) Bash
11 9 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.33%) C
12 6 (0.33%) C++
12 6 (0.33%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.33%) Ruby
13 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 193 (10.58%) Degree
2 147 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 120 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 84 (4.61%) ACCA
5 80 (4.39%) CIMA
6 52 (2.85%) DBS Check
7 44 (2.41%) PMI Certification
8 41 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 33 (1.81%) PMP
10 32 (1.75%) DV Cleared
11 28 (1.54%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 23 (1.26%) CISSP
14 21 (1.15%) CISM
15 17 (0.93%) AAT
15 17 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
16 15 (0.82%) CIPD
17 14 (0.77%) ICAEW
18 12 (0.66%) PhD
19 11 (0.60%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (9.16%) Data Quality
2 119 (6.52%) Accessibility
3 104 (5.70%) GDPR
4 67 (3.67%) QA
5 51 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.19%) GRC
7 32 (1.75%) NIST
7 32 (1.75%) PMO
8 29 (1.59%) WCAG
9 20 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 20 (1.10%) SLA
10 12 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.66%) IFRS
11 8 (0.44%) COBIT
11 8 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.33%) EU AI Act
12 6 (0.33%) NCSC
12 6 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 41 (2.25%) Docker
2 13 (0.71%) Firmware
3 11 (0.60%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.33%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.055%) GPFS
8 1 (0.055%) Lustre
8 1 (0.055%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 27 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.15%) Grafana
3 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.27%) CASB
5 4 (0.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
5 4 (0.22%) Nmap
6 2 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.11%) Puppet
6 2 (0.11%) Salt
7 1 (0.055%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.055%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.055%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 258 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.14%) Adobe
3 62 (3.40%) Google
4 60 (3.29%) Salesforce
5 50 (2.74%) Databricks
6 45 (2.47%) SAP
7 25 (1.37%) Oracle
8 20 (1.10%) HubSpot
9 16 (0.88%) Informatica
10 15 (0.82%) Sage
10 15 (0.82%) YouTube
11 12 (0.66%) Foundry
12 10 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.55%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.55%) Xero
13 8 (0.44%) Cisco
14 7 (0.38%) VMware
15 6 (0.33%) Ariba
15 6 (0.33%) ScienceLogic
16 5 (0.27%) Workday