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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 66 57
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 831 781 1,289
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.27% 4.78% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.07% 5.07% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 524 399 890
10th Percentile £40,549 £37,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,745 £43,116 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,050 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,958 £80,435
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.81% -15.32%

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 13,689 15,415 23,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.83% 94.43% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,688 9,091 19,584
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 29 January 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 24 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.44%) Confluence
3 11 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.96%) CMS
4 8 (0.96%) SAS
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
6 4 (0.48%) nginx
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 123 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.48%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.48%) Trello
5 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Shopify
2 9 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.60%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.36%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.36%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Primavera
8 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 178 (21.42%) Power Platform
2 176 (21.18%) Azure
3 81 (9.75%) SaaS
4 72 (8.66%) AWS
5 53 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
6 49 (5.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 35 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.49%) GitHub
10 26 (3.13%) GCP
11 22 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.93%) Serverless
12 16 (1.93%) Snowflake
13 15 (1.81%) PaaS
14 14 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.56%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.32%) Azure Machine Learning
16 11 (1.32%) PowerApps
17 10 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
18 9 (1.08%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.68%) Broadband
2 7 (0.84%) Internet
3 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.24%) Network Security
3 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) DSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) NAS
4 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (19.86%) Power BI
2 55 (6.62%) SQL Server
3 52 (6.26%) Tableau
4 41 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (3.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 26 (3.13%) Metadata
7 25 (3.01%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.81%) Power Query
9 14 (1.68%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (1.68%) MySQL
10 11 (1.32%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
12 8 (0.96%) GIS
13 7 (0.84%) QlikView
14 6 (0.72%) Looker
14 6 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (2.53%) JIRA
2 8 (0.96%) Git
3 7 (0.84%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.84%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.48%) ERwin
4 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.48%) Toad
4 4 (0.48%) Vite
5 3 (0.36%) GitLab
5 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.24%) MLflow
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
6 2 (0.24%) Storybook
7 1 (0.12%) JMeter
7 1 (0.12%) Locust
7 1 (0.12%) Maven
7 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.12%) Serenity BDD
General
1 398 (47.89%) Social Skills
2 363 (43.68%) Finance
3 310 (37.30%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (12.76%) Public Sector
5 84 (10.11%) Marketing
6 78 (9.39%) Presentation Skills
7 58 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 45 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
10 44 (5.29%) Manufacturing
11 40 (4.81%) Retail
12 34 (4.09%) Legal
13 27 (3.25%) Banking
14 23 (2.77%) Law
15 22 (2.65%) Local Government
16 21 (2.53%) Advertising
17 14 (1.68%) Billing
17 14 (1.68%) Games
18 10 (1.20%) Telecoms
19 8 (0.96%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 176 (21.18%) Analyst
2 128 (15.40%) Senior
3 73 (8.78%) Lead
4 65 (7.82%) Architect
5 48 (5.78%) Financial Analyst
6 47 (5.66%) Developer
7 43 (5.17%) Data Engineer
8 40 (4.81%) Consultant
9 36 (4.33%) Senior Manager
10 35 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (3.85%) Sales Executive
11 32 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (3.61%) Business Manager
12 30 (3.61%) Data Analyst
13 26 (3.13%) Business Analyst
14 25 (3.01%) Report Analyst
15 21 (2.53%) Development Manager
16 20 (2.41%) Product Manager
17 19 (2.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 19 (2.29%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.05%) .NET
2 12 (1.44%) React
2 12 (1.44%) REST
3 11 (1.32%) CSS
3 11 (1.32%) Flash
3 11 (1.32%) HTML
4 9 (1.08%) Kafka
4 9 (1.08%) Middleware
5 8 (0.96%) PySpark
5 8 (0.96%) Spring
6 7 (0.84%) JSON
6 7 (0.84%) SOAP
6 7 (0.84%) TensorFlow
6 7 (0.84%) XML
7 6 (0.72%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.72%) Node.js
7 6 (0.72%) RESTful
7 6 (0.72%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.72%) Vue
8 5 (0.60%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.83%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (5.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 48 (5.78%) Cloud Native
4 43 (5.17%) Management Information System
5 40 (4.81%) Onboarding
6 39 (4.69%) Product Ownership
7 29 (3.49%) Virtual Team
8 18 (2.17%) Social Media
9 15 (1.81%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.68%) PMI
10 14 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
12 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.20%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.08%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.96%) Driving Licence
15 8 (0.96%) GNSS
15 8 (0.96%) Insider Threat
15 8 (0.96%) Satnav
16 7 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.44%) Windows
2 9 (1.08%) Android
3 8 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.84%) Linux
5 5 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.48%) Unix
7 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (33.45%) Analytics
2 248 (29.84%) Problem-Solving
3 215 (25.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 184 (22.14%) Business Intelligence
5 158 (19.01%) AI
6 152 (18.29%) Agile
7 126 (15.16%) Roadmaps
8 116 (13.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (13.48%) Visualisation
10 107 (12.88%) Actionable Insight
11 104 (12.52%) Data Analysis
12 101 (12.15%) CRM
13 100 (12.03%) Project Management
14 89 (10.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 82 (9.87%) DevOps
16 80 (9.63%) Mentoring
17 76 (9.15%) CI/CD
18 75 (9.03%) Data Modelling
19 71 (8.54%) ETL
20 70 (8.42%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 177 (21.30%) SQL
2 125 (15.04%) Python
3 31 (3.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (2.65%) R
5 20 (2.41%) Java
6 19 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.56%) C#
8 10 (1.20%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.20%) VBA
9 8 (0.96%) C++
9 8 (0.96%) Scala
9 8 (0.96%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.84%) PHP
10 7 (0.84%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.72%) Bash
11 6 (0.72%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.48%) VB
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
13 2 (0.24%) Bicep
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 172 (20.70%) Degree
2 82 (9.87%) ACCA
2 82 (9.87%) CIMA
3 59 (7.10%) Security Cleared
4 48 (5.78%) SC Cleared
5 44 (5.29%) DBS Check
6 31 (3.73%) Master's Degree
7 25 (3.01%) CISSP
8 22 (2.65%) CISM
9 20 (2.41%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.41%) PMI Certification
10 18 (2.17%) AAT
10 18 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.44%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.44%) CISA
12 12 (1.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (1.20%) CRISC
13 10 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (11.31%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.54%) QA
3 37 (4.45%) GDPR
4 30 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (3.25%) Accessibility
6 24 (2.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 21 (2.53%) GRC
7 21 (2.53%) NIST
8 14 (1.68%) P3O
8 14 (1.68%) PMO
9 12 (1.44%) NCSC
10 9 (1.08%) ISO 9001
10 9 (1.08%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.60%) COBIT
11 5 (0.60%) GAAP
11 5 (0.60%) ITGC
12 4 (0.48%) IFRS
13 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.24%) SLA
13 2 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (1.81%) Docker
2 3 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.05%) Terraform
2 13 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.84%) Nmap
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.36%) Control-M
6 2 (0.24%) SCCM
6 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 147 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.02%) Databricks
3 43 (5.17%) SAP
4 34 (4.09%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.65%) Oracle
6 21 (2.53%) Google
6 21 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.93%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.68%) Sage
9 12 (1.44%) Autodesk
9 12 (1.44%) Workday
10 9 (1.08%) Informatica
11 8 (0.96%) IBM
12 7 (0.84%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.84%) Cisco
13 5 (0.60%) BMC
13 5 (0.60%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.48%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.48%) Charles River
14 4 (0.48%) NEC