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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 65 56
Rank change year-on-year +25 -9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 885 759 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.38% 4.89% 5.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% 5.15% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 545 381 979
10th Percentile £39,400 £38,000 £36,250
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% -0.74%
75th Percentile £82,241 £82,958 £80,435
90th Percentile £97,000 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.81% -13.93%

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 14,165 14,737 25,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.13% 94.91% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,173 8,842 21,140
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,199 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 19 February 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 29 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.58%) Confluence
3 10 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.90%) CMS
4 8 (0.90%) SAS
5 5 (0.56%) Apache
6 4 (0.45%) nginx
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 131 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.68%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.45%) Trello
7 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.13%) Shopify
2 9 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.56%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.34%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.34%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 189 (21.36%) Azure
2 186 (21.02%) Power Platform
3 84 (9.49%) SaaS
4 80 (9.04%) AWS
5 62 (7.01%) Azure Data Factory
6 50 (5.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.62%) GitHub
9 29 (3.28%) GCP
10 22 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.37%) Serverless
12 18 (2.03%) PaaS
13 16 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
14 15 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 15 (1.69%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.58%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.36%) Amazon S3
17 9 (1.02%) Azure Event Grid
17 9 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.94%) Broadband
2 7 (0.79%) Internet
3 3 (0.34%) SSL
3 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.23%) DNS
4 2 (0.23%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.11%) DSL
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
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
1 175 (19.77%) Power BI
2 56 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 56 (6.33%) Tableau
3 44 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (3.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 27 (3.05%) Metadata
7 24 (2.71%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.81%) Power Query
9 14 (1.58%) MySQL
10 13 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (1.24%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.68%) Looker
13 6 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
13 6 (0.68%) QlikView
13 6 (0.68%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (2.37%) JIRA
2 8 (0.90%) Git
3 7 (0.79%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.79%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.45%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.45%) ERwin
4 4 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.45%) Toad
4 4 (0.45%) Vite
5 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.34%) GitLab
5 3 (0.34%) JMeter
5 3 (0.34%) MLflow
5 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.23%) Selenium
6 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.23%) Storybook
6 2 (0.23%) Vagrant
General
1 428 (48.36%) Social Skills
2 375 (42.37%) Finance
3 320 (36.16%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (11.30%) Public Sector
5 90 (10.17%) Marketing
6 78 (8.81%) Presentation Skills
7 65 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (4.63%) Retail
11 38 (4.29%) Manufacturing
12 33 (3.73%) Legal
13 29 (3.28%) Banking
14 25 (2.82%) Advertising
15 24 (2.71%) Law
16 23 (2.60%) Local Government
17 22 (2.49%) Games
18 13 (1.47%) Billing
19 11 (1.24%) Telecoms
20 9 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 190 (21.47%) Analyst
2 136 (15.37%) Senior
3 73 (8.25%) Lead
4 62 (7.01%) Architect
5 49 (5.54%) Developer
6 45 (5.08%) Data Engineer
6 45 (5.08%) Financial Analyst
7 44 (4.97%) Consultant
8 39 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
9 35 (3.95%) Data Analyst
10 34 (3.84%) Senior Manager
11 31 (3.50%) Sales Executive
11 31 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
12 29 (3.28%) Report Analyst
13 26 (2.94%) Business Analyst
13 26 (2.94%) Business Manager
14 20 (2.26%) Insight Analyst
15 19 (2.15%) Software Engineer
16 18 (2.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 18 (2.03%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.03%) .NET
1 18 (2.03%) React
2 11 (1.24%) Flash
2 11 (1.24%) REST
3 10 (1.13%) CSS
3 10 (1.13%) HTML
3 10 (1.13%) Spring
4 9 (1.02%) Kafka
5 8 (0.90%) Middleware
5 8 (0.90%) PySpark
5 8 (0.90%) Spring Boot
5 8 (0.90%) XML
6 7 (0.79%) JSON
6 7 (0.79%) RESTful
6 7 (0.79%) TensorFlow
7 6 (0.68%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.68%) LangChain
7 6 (0.68%) Node.js
7 6 (0.68%) Vue
8 5 (0.56%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.15%) Self-Motivation
2 51 (5.76%) Cloud Native
3 45 (5.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 45 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 44 (4.97%) Product Ownership
5 42 (4.75%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.28%) Virtual Team
7 22 (2.49%) Social Media
8 16 (1.81%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.69%) PMI
10 13 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.47%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
12 10 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.02%) IoT
13 9 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.90%) GNSS
14 8 (0.90%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.03%) Android
2 17 (1.92%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.81%) Windows
4 8 (0.90%) Linux
5 6 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.45%) Unix
8 2 (0.23%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (33.11%) Analytics
2 258 (29.15%) Problem-Solving
3 232 (26.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 198 (22.37%) Business Intelligence
5 178 (20.11%) AI
6 164 (18.53%) Agile
7 136 (15.37%) Roadmaps
8 121 (13.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (12.66%) Project Management
10 111 (12.54%) Visualisation
11 110 (12.43%) Actionable Insight
12 109 (12.32%) Data Analysis
13 108 (12.20%) CRM
14 104 (11.75%) Mentoring
15 100 (11.30%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 89 (10.06%) CI/CD
17 85 (9.60%) Data Modelling
18 83 (9.38%) DevOps
19 79 (8.93%) Coaching
19 79 (8.93%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 177 (20.00%) SQL
2 131 (14.80%) Python
3 31 (3.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 26 (2.94%) Java
5 22 (2.49%) R
6 17 (1.92%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.81%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.47%) C#
9 11 (1.24%) VBA
10 9 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.90%) C++
12 7 (0.79%) PHP
12 7 (0.79%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.68%) Bash
13 6 (0.68%) Scala
13 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.45%) VB
15 2 (0.23%) ABAP
15 2 (0.23%) Bicep
16 1 (0.11%) C
Qualifications
1 171 (19.32%) Degree
2 85 (9.60%) ACCA
2 85 (9.60%) CIMA
3 58 (6.55%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 38 (4.29%) DBS Check
6 32 (3.62%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.82%) CISSP
8 22 (2.49%) AAT
8 22 (2.49%) PMI Certification
9 21 (2.37%) Azure Certification
10 19 (2.15%) CISM
10 19 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.36%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (11.98%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.54%) QA
3 41 (4.63%) GDPR
4 30 (3.39%) Accessibility
5 29 (3.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 26 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (2.03%) GRC
8 16 (1.81%) NIST
9 14 (1.58%) P3O
10 12 (1.36%) NCSC
10 12 (1.36%) PMO
11 11 (1.24%) PCI DSS
12 9 (1.02%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.68%) GAAP
14 5 (0.56%) IFRS
14 5 (0.56%) SLA
15 3 (0.34%) COBIT
15 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.34%) ITGC
16 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (2.03%) Docker
2 6 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (2.26%) Terraform
2 18 (2.03%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.79%) Nmap
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.45%) SCCM
6 3 (0.34%) Control-M
6 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.23%) Packer
7 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.11%) Grafana
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 140 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.99%) Databricks
3 45 (5.08%) SAP
4 34 (3.84%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.94%) Oracle
6 25 (2.82%) Google
7 23 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 21 (2.37%) HubSpot
9 15 (1.69%) Sage
10 13 (1.47%) Workday
11 12 (1.36%) Autodesk
12 10 (1.13%) Informatica
13 8 (0.90%) Cisco
13 8 (0.90%) IBM
14 7 (0.79%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.79%) Foundry
15 6 (0.68%) Adobe
15 6 (0.68%) Anaplan
15 6 (0.68%) OpenAI
16 5 (0.56%) BMC