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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 69 36
Rank change year-on-year +48 -33 +30
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,657 801 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 4.85% 5.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.15% 5.21% 6.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 490 713
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,931 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,756 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.41% +8.65% -7.65%

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 18,117 15,366 23,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 93.09% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,146 9,081 17,628
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
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 27 July 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 47 (2.84%) Confluence
2 36 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 32 (1.93%) CMS
4 14 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.30%) Apache
8 5 (0.30%) WordPress
9 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.24%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) Appian
12 1 (0.060%) Drupal
12 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.060%) Resin
12 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 125 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 28 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.36%) Trello
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.24%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.18%) Blender
9 3 (0.18%) Maya
9 3 (0.18%) Simulink
10 2 (0.12%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 54 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (2.35%) Workfront
3 34 (2.05%) Adobe Campaign
4 31 (1.87%) Dynamics GP
5 19 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.84%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.30%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.24%) Raiser’s Edge
10 2 (0.12%) Shopify
11 1 (0.060%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle General Ledger
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
11 1 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 281 (16.96%) Azure
2 195 (11.77%) Power Platform
3 167 (10.08%) AWS
4 134 (8.09%) SaaS
5 69 (4.16%) GCP
6 54 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
7 53 (3.20%) iPaaS
8 46 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (2.41%) GitHub
10 39 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
11 35 (2.11%) Serverless
12 28 (1.69%) Figma
13 26 (1.57%) Adobe Analytics
14 25 (1.51%) Contentsquare
15 23 (1.39%) Entra ID
16 19 (1.15%) PaaS
17 17 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
17 17 (1.03%) Google Analytics
17 17 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 174 (10.50%) Broadband
2 36 (2.17%) Network Security
3 35 (2.11%) Firewall
4 26 (1.57%) VLAN
5 8 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.48%) VPN
6 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.36%) WAN
7 4 (0.24%) DNS
7 4 (0.24%) LAN
8 3 (0.18%) BGP
8 3 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.18%) Modbus
8 3 (0.18%) MPLS
8 3 (0.18%) OSPF
8 3 (0.18%) SSL
8 3 (0.18%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.12%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.12%) SMS
9 2 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (10.50%) Power BI
2 83 (5.01%) Metadata
3 70 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (2.96%) Tableau
5 37 (2.23%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 30 (1.81%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.03%) NoSQL
10 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (0.91%) Big Data
12 14 (0.84%) Oracle Database
13 13 (0.78%) Looker
13 13 (0.78%) MySQL
13 13 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.72%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.60%) MongoDB
15 10 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
15 10 (0.60%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (2.66%) JIRA
2 41 (2.47%) Git
3 11 (0.66%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.42%) JMeter
5 6 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 5 (0.30%) Locust
6 5 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.24%) MLflow
7 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 596 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 468 (28.24%) Finance
3 452 (27.28%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (16.42%) Marketing
5 152 (9.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 124 (7.48%) Public Sector
7 121 (7.30%) Legal
8 108 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
9 97 (5.85%) Retail
10 85 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (4.35%) Games
12 51 (3.08%) Law
13 47 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (2.78%) Manufacturing
15 31 (1.87%) Banking
16 28 (1.69%) Local Government
17 20 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (1.15%) Advertising
18 19 (1.15%) Aerospace
19 16 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 279 (16.84%) Senior
2 223 (13.46%) Analyst
3 196 (11.83%) Lead
4 118 (7.12%) Architect
5 78 (4.71%) Data Engineer
6 71 (4.28%) Data Analyst
7 70 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
8 65 (3.92%) Development Manager
9 59 (3.56%) Developer
10 57 (3.44%) Consultant
11 56 (3.38%) Product Owner
12 54 (3.26%) Senior Manager
13 52 (3.14%) Business Manager
14 45 (2.72%) Business Development Manager
14 45 (2.72%) Product Manager
15 43 (2.60%) Marketing Manager
16 38 (2.29%) Campaign Manager
17 37 (2.23%) Business Analyst
18 34 (2.05%) IT Manager
19 33 (1.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.26%) React
2 29 (1.75%) .NET
3 28 (1.69%) LangChain
4 26 (1.57%) Node.js
4 26 (1.57%) REST
5 18 (1.09%) Next.js
6 17 (1.03%) AWS CDK
7 15 (0.91%) CSS
8 14 (0.84%) HTML
8 14 (0.84%) RESTful
9 13 (0.78%) PySpark
10 12 (0.72%) XML
11 11 (0.66%) Spring
11 11 (0.66%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.60%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.60%) PyTorch
13 9 (0.54%) Django
13 9 (0.54%) JSON
13 9 (0.54%) LangGraph
13 9 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 143 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 130 (7.85%) Marketing Technology
3 116 (7.00%) Social Media
4 88 (5.31%) Over-the-Top Content
5 79 (4.77%) Cloud Native
5 79 (4.77%) Management Information System
6 74 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
7 51 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 45 (2.72%) AI Agents
9 37 (2.23%) Blog
9 37 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
10 36 (2.17%) Mobile App
11 29 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.69%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 27 (1.63%) Credit Risk
14 24 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
15 23 (1.39%) Driving Licence
16 18 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (1.03%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.17%) Android
2 28 (1.69%) Apple iOS
3 19 (1.15%) Windows
4 6 (0.36%) VMS
5 4 (0.24%) Linux
5 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.060%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (25.47%) Agile
2 415 (25.05%) AI
3 409 (24.68%) Analytics
4 392 (23.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 347 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
5 347 (20.94%) Roadmaps
6 280 (16.90%) Mentoring
7 267 (16.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 218 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 216 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
10 198 (11.95%) CRM
11 182 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
12 179 (10.80%) CI/CD
13 164 (9.90%) Customer Experience
14 162 (9.78%) Data Modelling
15 157 (9.47%) Coaching
16 153 (9.23%) Project Management
17 143 (8.63%) Data Management
18 141 (8.51%) DevOps
19 140 (8.45%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 227 (13.70%) SQL
2 211 (12.73%) Python
3 47 (2.84%) TypeScript
4 39 (2.35%) C#
5 37 (2.23%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.17%) Java
7 17 (1.03%) R
8 13 (0.78%) VBA
9 12 (0.72%) Bicep
9 12 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (0.66%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.48%) Bash
13 6 (0.36%) C++
13 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.36%) Ruby
14 5 (0.30%) C
15 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.18%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 180 (10.86%) Degree
2 120 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 96 (5.79%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.25%) ACCA
5 83 (5.01%) CIMA
6 51 (3.08%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.53%) PMI Certification
8 33 (1.99%) PMP
9 31 (1.87%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 24 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.39%) CISSP
13 22 (1.33%) AAT
14 19 (1.15%) CISM
15 17 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
16 15 (0.91%) DV Cleared
17 13 (0.78%) CIPD
18 12 (0.72%) ICAEW
19 11 (0.66%) Azure Certification
19 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (10.44%) Data Quality
2 111 (6.70%) Accessibility
3 101 (6.10%) GDPR
4 64 (3.86%) QA
5 47 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (2.05%) GRC
7 31 (1.87%) WCAG
8 28 (1.69%) NIST
9 24 (1.45%) PMO
10 21 (1.27%) SLA
11 17 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.72%) IFRS
14 9 (0.54%) NCSC
15 7 (0.42%) COBIT
15 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.30%) EU AI Act
17 5 (0.30%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 40 (2.41%) Docker
2 14 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.60%) Firmware
4 8 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.36%) vSphere
7 5 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.060%) GPFS
9 1 (0.060%) Lustre
9 1 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.87%) Terraform
3 21 (1.27%) Grafana
4 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.24%) Argo
5 4 (0.24%) Nmap
6 3 (0.18%) Ansible
6 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.12%) CASB
7 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.12%) Packer
7 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.12%) Puppet
7 2 (0.12%) Salt
7 2 (0.12%) SCCM
8 1 (0.060%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 243 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.18%) Adobe
3 52 (3.14%) Databricks
4 50 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 48 (2.90%) Google
6 39 (2.35%) SAP
7 29 (1.75%) Oracle
8 22 (1.33%) HubSpot
9 17 (1.03%) Foundry
10 16 (0.97%) Sage
11 15 (0.91%) ServiceNow
12 14 (0.84%) Informatica
13 10 (0.60%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.60%) Xero
14 8 (0.48%) VMware
15 7 (0.42%) Alteryx
15 7 (0.42%) Cisco
16 6 (0.36%) Ariba
16 6 (0.36%) BMC
16 6 (0.36%) Workday