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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 77 36
Rank change year-on-year +46 -41 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,130 673 1,955
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.10% 4.60% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.37% 4.84% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 682 400 1,108
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,719 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% +10.40% -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 15,340 13,907 29,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 95.05% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,890 8,636 23,352
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 15 May 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 37 (3.27%) CMS
2 36 (3.19%) Confluence
3 34 (3.01%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.35%) WordPress
8 3 (0.27%) nginx
8 3 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) Apache
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.088%) Drupal
10 1 (0.088%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.088%) Umbraco
Applications
1 92 (8.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 38 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.62%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.18%) Trello
11 1 (0.088%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.01%) Adobe Campaign
2 29 (2.57%) Workfront
3 16 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.53%) Shopify
6 5 (0.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.088%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.088%) Magento
7 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.088%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.088%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.088%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 211 (18.67%) Azure
2 158 (13.98%) Power Platform
3 109 (9.65%) AWS
4 89 (7.88%) SaaS
5 46 (4.07%) GCP
6 44 (3.89%) iPaaS
7 41 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (2.57%) Serverless
10 27 (2.39%) Figma
11 26 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (2.30%) Contentsquare
12 25 (2.21%) Adobe Analytics
13 24 (2.12%) GitHub
14 20 (1.77%) Azure Machine Learning
15 19 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
17 14 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
17 14 (1.24%) Entra ID
18 12 (1.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 158 (13.98%) Broadband
2 7 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.53%) Firewall
4 5 (0.44%) Network Security
5 3 (0.27%) DNS
5 3 (0.27%) Internet
5 3 (0.27%) Modbus
5 3 (0.27%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.27%) SSL
5 3 (0.27%) WAN
6 2 (0.18%) BGP
6 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.18%) LAN
6 2 (0.18%) MPLS
6 2 (0.18%) OSPF
6 2 (0.18%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.088%) DSL
7 1 (0.088%) Intranet
7 1 (0.088%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (13.27%) Power BI
2 64 (5.66%) Metadata
3 44 (3.89%) Tableau
4 38 (3.36%) SQL Server
5 36 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.68%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.50%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.24%) Oracle Database
8 14 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.06%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.88%) MySQL
12 9 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.80%) Looker
12 9 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.62%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.53%) Big Data
14 6 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (2.48%) JIRA
2 19 (1.68%) Git
3 8 (0.71%) JMeter
4 6 (0.53%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.53%) Locust
5 5 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.35%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.35%) GitLab
6 4 (0.35%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.35%) MLflow
6 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.27%) Vite
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) NUnit
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.18%) Storybook
8 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 369 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 343 (30.35%) Finance
3 305 (26.99%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (16.37%) Marketing
5 99 (8.76%) Public Sector
6 89 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 81 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
8 72 (6.37%) Legal
9 70 (6.19%) Games
10 62 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
11 55 (4.87%) Retail
12 45 (3.98%) Law
13 29 (2.57%) Banking
14 24 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.68%) Advertising
16 19 (1.68%) Local Government
16 19 (1.68%) Publishing
17 11 (0.97%) Multimedia
17 11 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 192 (16.99%) Senior
2 177 (15.66%) Analyst
3 120 (10.62%) Lead
4 61 (5.40%) Senior Manager
5 59 (5.22%) Data Engineer
6 58 (5.13%) Architect
7 47 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
8 44 (3.89%) Product Owner
9 41 (3.63%) Data Analyst
10 39 (3.45%) Product Manager
11 38 (3.36%) Developer
12 37 (3.27%) Business Analyst
13 35 (3.10%) Campaign Manager
14 32 (2.83%) Development Manager
15 30 (2.65%) Consultant
16 25 (2.21%) Engineering Manager
17 22 (1.95%) Accountant
17 22 (1.95%) Business Manager
18 21 (1.86%) Report Analyst
19 20 (1.77%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.92%) React
2 26 (2.30%) .NET
3 19 (1.68%) LangChain
4 17 (1.50%) REST
5 16 (1.42%) CSS
5 16 (1.42%) HTML
6 15 (1.33%) XML
7 12 (1.06%) AWS CDK
7 12 (1.06%) Middleware
7 12 (1.06%) Next.js
8 9 (0.80%) Node.js
8 9 (0.80%) RESTful
9 8 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.71%) EDI
9 8 (0.71%) Kafka
9 8 (0.71%) Vue
10 7 (0.62%) JSON
10 7 (0.62%) PySpark
10 7 (0.62%) TensorFlow
11 6 (0.53%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 123 (10.88%) Product Ownership
2 101 (8.94%) Social Media
3 91 (8.05%) Marketing Technology
4 77 (6.81%) Over-the-Top Content
5 60 (5.31%) Onboarding
6 52 (4.60%) Cloud Native
7 37 (3.27%) Management Information System
8 34 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.48%) Mobile App
10 24 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.86%) AI Agents
12 20 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.59%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.50%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.50%) PMI
15 16 (1.42%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
17 14 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (1.24%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.74%) Android
2 29 (2.57%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.15%) Windows
4 7 (0.62%) Linux
5 6 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (25.75%) Agile
2 283 (25.04%) Analytics
3 256 (22.65%) Roadmaps
4 254 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 242 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
6 234 (20.71%) AI
7 183 (16.19%) Mentoring
8 169 (14.96%) Business Intelligence
9 152 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 136 (12.04%) Customer Experience
11 129 (11.42%) Coaching
12 117 (10.35%) CI/CD
12 117 (10.35%) CRM
13 113 (10.00%) Project Management
14 102 (9.03%) Digital Marketing
14 102 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 101 (8.94%) Data Modelling
16 98 (8.67%) User Stories
17 95 (8.41%) DevOps
18 93 (8.23%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 147 (13.01%) SQL
2 146 (12.92%) Python
3 33 (2.92%) Java
4 25 (2.21%) C#
5 24 (2.12%) TypeScript
6 22 (1.95%) R
7 20 (1.77%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.71%) VBA
9 7 (0.62%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.53%) PHP
11 5 (0.44%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.35%) Bash
12 4 (0.35%) Bicep
12 4 (0.35%) C++
12 4 (0.35%) Scala
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) Formula Language
13 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.088%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 148 (13.10%) Degree
2 82 (7.26%) ACCA
3 81 (7.17%) CIMA
4 69 (6.11%) Security Cleared
5 48 (4.25%) SC Cleared
6 46 (4.07%) DBS Check
7 35 (3.10%) Master's Degree
8 34 (3.01%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.77%) AAT
10 17 (1.50%) CISSP
10 17 (1.50%) PMP
11 15 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.88%) CISM
13 10 (0.88%) PhD
14 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.80%) HNC
14 9 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.71%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (10.97%) Data Quality
2 86 (7.61%) Accessibility
3 64 (5.66%) GDPR
4 59 (5.22%) QA
5 32 (2.83%) WCAG
6 25 (2.21%) GRC
7 24 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.59%) NIST
9 16 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.15%) P3O
11 10 (0.88%) NCSC
11 10 (0.88%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.80%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.80%) PMO
12 9 (0.80%) SLA
13 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.53%) GAAP
14 5 (0.44%) IFRS
15 4 (0.35%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.27%) TickIT
System Software
1 21 (1.86%) Docker
2 6 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (1.68%) Kubernetes
1 19 (1.68%) Terraform
2 16 (1.42%) Grafana
3 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.35%) Nmap
4 4 (0.35%) SCCM
5 3 (0.27%) Argo
5 3 (0.27%) Control-M
5 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.18%) Ansible
6 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.18%) Puppet
6 2 (0.18%) Salt
7 1 (0.088%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 164 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 109 (9.65%) Adobe
3 44 (3.89%) Databricks
4 38 (3.36%) Google
4 38 (3.36%) Salesforce
5 37 (3.27%) SAP
6 28 (2.48%) Oracle
7 21 (1.86%) HubSpot
7 21 (1.86%) Sage
7 21 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.88%) Foundry
8 10 (0.88%) Workday
9 9 (0.80%) BMC
9 9 (0.80%) Informatica
10 8 (0.71%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.71%) Xero
11 7 (0.62%) Cisco
12 6 (0.53%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.53%) Ariba
12 6 (0.53%) Talend