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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 62 38
Rank change year-on-year +34 -24 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,127 631 1,949
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.32% 4.74% 6.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.60% 5.00% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 648 388 1,122
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £46,104 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,872 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +7.74% -5.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,195
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -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 14,826 12,623 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.16% 94.77% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,367 8,945 23,614
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,202 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,205 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +8.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 20 April 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 35 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.02%) Confluence
3 32 (2.84%) CMS
4 14 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.71%) SAS
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.35%) nginx
8 4 (0.35%) WordPress
9 3 (0.27%) Apache
10 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.089%) Drupal
Applications
1 130 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (3.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.71%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.35%) Trello
8 1 (0.089%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.089%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (2.48%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (1.77%) Workfront
3 19 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.80%) Shopify
5 5 (0.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 4 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.27%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.089%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.089%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.089%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.089%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.089%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.089%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.089%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 224 (19.88%) Azure
2 180 (15.97%) Power Platform
3 104 (9.23%) AWS
4 85 (7.54%) SaaS
5 68 (6.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 45 (3.99%) GCP
8 35 (3.11%) iPaaS
8 35 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (2.75%) GitHub
11 26 (2.31%) Serverless
12 23 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.95%) Figma
14 21 (1.86%) Contentsquare
15 20 (1.77%) Adobe Analytics
15 20 (1.77%) Azure Machine Learning
16 14 (1.24%) PaaS
17 13 (1.15%) Entra ID
18 12 (1.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 132 (11.71%) Broadband
2 5 (0.44%) Internet
2 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.35%) Firewall
4 3 (0.27%) DNS
4 3 (0.27%) Modbus
4 3 (0.27%) Network Security
4 3 (0.27%) SSL
5 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.089%) ADSL
6 1 (0.089%) DSL
6 1 (0.089%) Intranet
6 1 (0.089%) NAS
6 1 (0.089%) NGFW
6 1 (0.089%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.089%) VPN
6 1 (0.089%) WAN
6 1 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (15.17%) Power BI
2 62 (5.50%) Metadata
3 61 (5.41%) SQL Server
4 47 (4.17%) Tableau
5 43 (3.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (2.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.60%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.24%) Oracle Database
11 13 (1.15%) MySQL
12 11 (0.98%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.89%) Looker
13 10 (0.89%) Power Query
14 9 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
15 8 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.71%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 29 (2.57%) JIRA
2 16 (1.42%) Git
3 8 (0.71%) JMeter
4 6 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.53%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.53%) Locust
4 6 (0.53%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.35%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.35%) Vite
6 3 (0.27%) GitLab
6 3 (0.27%) MLflow
7 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.18%) NUnit
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.18%) Selenium
7 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.18%) Storybook
7 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 450 (39.93%) Social Skills
2 396 (35.14%) Finance
3 353 (31.32%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (15.79%) Marketing
5 115 (10.20%) Public Sector
6 91 (8.07%) Organisational Skills
7 73 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 69 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
9 62 (5.50%) Legal
10 61 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
11 59 (5.24%) Retail
12 57 (5.06%) Games
13 40 (3.55%) Law
14 34 (3.02%) Manufacturing
15 33 (2.93%) Banking
16 32 (2.84%) Advertising
17 19 (1.69%) Local Government
18 16 (1.42%) Publishing
19 15 (1.33%) Billing
20 12 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 188 (16.68%) Analyst
2 168 (14.91%) Senior
3 110 (9.76%) Lead
4 77 (6.83%) Architect
5 56 (4.97%) Data Engineer
5 56 (4.97%) Senior Manager
6 43 (3.82%) Developer
7 39 (3.46%) Financial Analyst
7 39 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
8 38 (3.37%) Data Analyst
9 37 (3.28%) Product Owner
10 36 (3.19%) Consultant
11 35 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (3.02%) Product Manager
13 28 (2.48%) Business Analyst
13 28 (2.48%) Campaign Manager
14 27 (2.40%) Development Manager
15 26 (2.31%) Business Manager
16 25 (2.22%) Engineering Manager
16 25 (2.22%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.40%) React
2 22 (1.95%) .NET
3 17 (1.51%) CSS
3 17 (1.51%) HTML
4 15 (1.33%) XML
5 13 (1.15%) LangChain
5 13 (1.15%) Middleware
5 13 (1.15%) REST
6 9 (0.80%) AWS CDK
6 9 (0.80%) JSON
6 9 (0.80%) Next.js
7 8 (0.71%) Flash
7 8 (0.71%) Kafka
7 8 (0.71%) PySpark
7 8 (0.71%) RESTful
8 7 (0.62%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.62%) EDI
8 7 (0.62%) TensorFlow
8 7 (0.62%) Vue
9 6 (0.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.58%) Product Ownership
2 89 (7.90%) Social Media
3 76 (6.74%) Marketing Technology
4 73 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (5.50%) Onboarding
5 62 (5.50%) Over-the-Top Content
6 55 (4.88%) Cloud Native
7 43 (3.82%) Management Information System
8 36 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (2.93%) Virtual Team
10 26 (2.31%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (1.60%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.60%) PMI
12 18 (1.60%) Security Posture
13 17 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.42%) Data Structures
15 14 (1.24%) Driving Licence
16 12 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (1.06%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.66%) Android
2 28 (2.48%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.15%) Windows
4 8 (0.71%) Linux
5 6 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (29.28%) Analytics
2 296 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
3 267 (23.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 258 (22.89%) Agile
5 248 (22.01%) AI
6 234 (20.76%) Roadmaps
7 202 (17.92%) Business Intelligence
8 164 (14.55%) Mentoring
9 150 (13.31%) Stakeholder Management
10 144 (12.78%) Customer Experience
11 139 (12.33%) Project Management
12 116 (10.29%) Coaching
13 113 (10.03%) CI/CD
14 111 (9.85%) Data Modelling
15 110 (9.76%) CRM
16 104 (9.23%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 103 (9.14%) Data Analysis
18 101 (8.96%) Visualisation
19 98 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
20 95 (8.43%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 169 (15.00%) SQL
2 138 (12.24%) Python
3 32 (2.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 32 (2.84%) Java
4 21 (1.86%) C#
4 21 (1.86%) TypeScript
5 20 (1.77%) R
6 19 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.89%) T-SQL
7 10 (0.89%) VBA
8 7 (0.62%) PHP
9 5 (0.44%) Bash
9 5 (0.44%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.35%) Bicep
10 4 (0.35%) Scala
11 2 (0.18%) C
11 2 (0.18%) C++
11 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.089%) ABAP
12 1 (0.089%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 170 (15.08%) Degree
2 103 (9.14%) ACCA
3 102 (9.05%) CIMA
4 72 (6.39%) Security Cleared
5 47 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.55%) Master's Degree
7 39 (3.46%) DBS Check
8 33 (2.93%) PMI Certification
9 24 (2.13%) AAT
10 21 (1.86%) CISSP
11 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.33%) PMP
12 14 (1.24%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.06%) CISM
14 12 (1.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.89%) AWS Certification
15 10 (0.89%) CIPD
15 10 (0.89%) PhD
16 9 (0.80%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (11.98%) Data Quality
2 78 (6.92%) Accessibility
3 58 (5.15%) QA
4 55 (4.88%) GDPR
5 30 (2.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 27 (2.40%) GRC
6 27 (2.40%) WCAG
7 23 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.42%) NIST
9 13 (1.15%) P3O
9 13 (1.15%) PMO
10 11 (0.98%) NCSC
11 10 (0.89%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.80%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.62%) GAAP
14 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.53%) IFRS
15 4 (0.35%) SLA
16 3 (0.27%) MiFID
16 3 (0.27%) TickIT
System Software
1 22 (1.95%) Docker
2 6 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.69%) Terraform
3 14 (1.24%) Grafana
4 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.53%) Nmap
6 4 (0.35%) SCCM
7 3 (0.27%) Argo
7 3 (0.27%) Control-M
7 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.18%) Ansible
8 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.18%) Packer
8 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.18%) Puppet
8 2 (0.18%) Salt
9 1 (0.089%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 168 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 89 (7.90%) Adobe
3 50 (4.44%) Databricks
4 46 (4.08%) SAP
5 38 (3.37%) Google
6 32 (2.84%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.57%) Oracle
8 24 (2.13%) Sage
9 23 (2.04%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.86%) HubSpot
11 11 (0.98%) Foundry
12 10 (0.89%) Workday
13 9 (0.80%) Xero
14 8 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.62%) Ariba
15 7 (0.62%) Cisco
15 7 (0.62%) Informatica
16 6 (0.53%) Alteryx
16 6 (0.53%) BMC
16 6 (0.53%) Talend