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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 68 53
Rank change year-on-year +34 -15 -6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 986 628 1,539
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.77% 4.68% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.80% 4.92% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 571 384 1,084
10th Percentile £38,984 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,375 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.14% -1.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,660 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.63% +23.02% -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 14,496 12,767 28,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.79% 95.16% 91.97%
Number of salaries quoted 9,559 8,815 23,028
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 22 March 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 25 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.43%) Confluence
3 19 (1.93%) CMS
4 10 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.91%) SAS
6 7 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.61%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.41%) Apache
8 4 (0.41%) nginx
8 4 (0.41%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 131 (13.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.81%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.41%) Trello
7 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.10%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.42%) Adobe Campaign
2 13 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.22%) Shopify
4 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.01%) Workfront
6 3 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.30%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.10%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 214 (21.70%) Azure
2 181 (18.36%) Power Platform
3 99 (10.04%) AWS
4 83 (8.42%) SaaS
5 66 (6.69%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (4.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 45 (4.56%) GCP
8 34 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (3.35%) GitHub
10 25 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.23%) Serverless
12 20 (2.03%) Azure Machine Learning
13 18 (1.83%) iPaaS
14 15 (1.52%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.42%) PaaS
16 13 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 11 (1.12%) Contentsquare
17 11 (1.12%) Figma
18 10 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 92 (9.33%) Broadband
2 5 (0.51%) Internet
2 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.30%) DNS
3 3 (0.30%) Firewall
3 3 (0.30%) Modbus
3 3 (0.30%) SSL
4 2 (0.20%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.10%) ADSL
5 1 (0.10%) DSL
5 1 (0.10%) Intranet
5 1 (0.10%) NAS
5 1 (0.10%) Network Security
5 1 (0.10%) NGFW
5 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.10%) VPN
5 1 (0.10%) WAN
5 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (17.34%) Power BI
2 58 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 55 (5.58%) Tableau
4 44 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (4.46%) Metadata
5 39 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (2.33%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.52%) MySQL
8 15 (1.52%) Power Query
9 12 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.01%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.91%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
11 9 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.81%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.81%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.71%) Looker
Development Applications
1 23 (2.33%) JIRA
2 10 (1.01%) Git
3 7 (0.71%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.71%) JMeter
3 7 (0.71%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.51%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.51%) Locust
5 4 (0.41%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.41%) ERwin
5 4 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.41%) Vite
6 3 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.30%) MLflow
6 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.20%) GitLab
7 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.20%) Storybook
7 2 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 445 (45.13%) Social Skills
2 366 (37.12%) Finance
3 335 (33.98%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (12.78%) Marketing
5 99 (10.04%) Public Sector
6 79 (8.01%) Organisational Skills
7 76 (7.71%) Presentation Skills
8 65 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 53 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (4.87%) Retail
11 46 (4.67%) Legal
12 44 (4.46%) Manufacturing
13 43 (4.36%) Games
14 33 (3.35%) Advertising
15 32 (3.25%) Law
16 30 (3.04%) Banking
17 20 (2.03%) Local Government
18 15 (1.52%) Publishing
19 14 (1.42%) Billing
20 11 (1.12%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 184 (18.66%) Analyst
2 146 (14.81%) Senior
3 89 (9.03%) Lead
4 69 (7.00%) Architect
5 47 (4.77%) Senior Manager
6 45 (4.56%) Data Engineer
7 42 (4.26%) Financial Analyst
8 39 (3.96%) Developer
9 38 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (3.65%) Consultant
11 35 (3.55%) Data Analyst
11 35 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
12 30 (3.04%) Report Analyst
13 27 (2.74%) Sales Executive
14 25 (2.54%) Product Owner
15 23 (2.33%) Business Analyst
15 23 (2.33%) Business Manager
15 23 (2.33%) Engineering Manager
16 21 (2.13%) Development Manager
17 19 (1.93%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.33%) React
2 21 (2.13%) .NET
3 14 (1.42%) CSS
3 14 (1.42%) HTML
4 11 (1.12%) REST
5 10 (1.01%) Flash
5 10 (1.01%) LangChain
5 10 (1.01%) XML
6 9 (0.91%) Kafka
7 8 (0.81%) RESTful
7 8 (0.81%) Spring
8 7 (0.71%) AWS CDK
8 7 (0.71%) JSON
8 7 (0.71%) Middleware
8 7 (0.71%) Next.js
8 7 (0.71%) PySpark
8 7 (0.71%) TensorFlow
9 6 (0.61%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.61%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.42%) Self-Motivation
2 75 (7.61%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.09%) Social Media
4 57 (5.78%) Onboarding
5 52 (5.27%) Cloud Native
6 45 (4.56%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 35 (3.55%) Marketing Technology
9 32 (3.25%) Virtual Team
10 31 (3.14%) Over-the-Top Content
11 24 (2.43%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.72%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.72%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.62%) PMI
15 15 (1.52%) Data Structures
16 12 (1.22%) GNSS
16 12 (1.22%) Satnav
17 9 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.84%) Android
2 26 (2.64%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.62%) Windows
4 9 (0.91%) Linux
5 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.41%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (31.14%) Analytics
2 283 (28.70%) Problem-Solving
3 235 (23.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 216 (21.91%) AI
5 204 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
6 202 (20.49%) Agile
7 189 (19.17%) Roadmaps
8 142 (14.40%) Project Management
9 132 (13.39%) Mentoring
10 130 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 115 (11.66%) CRM
12 105 (10.65%) CI/CD
13 104 (10.55%) Visualisation
14 103 (10.45%) Customer Experience
15 102 (10.34%) Data Analysis
16 101 (10.24%) Actionable Insight
17 100 (10.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 96 (9.74%) Data Modelling
19 89 (9.03%) Coaching
20 87 (8.82%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 166 (16.84%) SQL
2 141 (14.30%) Python
3 34 (3.45%) Java
4 31 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (2.13%) R
6 20 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.93%) C#
8 17 (1.72%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.01%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.91%) VBA
11 7 (0.71%) PHP
12 6 (0.61%) Bash
13 5 (0.51%) C++
13 5 (0.51%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.41%) Scala
15 3 (0.30%) Bicep
16 2 (0.20%) C
16 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.10%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 162 (16.43%) Degree
2 86 (8.72%) ACCA
3 85 (8.62%) CIMA
4 59 (5.98%) Security Cleared
5 41 (4.16%) DBS Check
6 40 (4.06%) SC Cleared
7 36 (3.65%) Master's Degree
8 27 (2.74%) PMI Certification
9 25 (2.54%) AAT
10 24 (2.43%) CISSP
11 20 (2.03%) Azure Certification
12 17 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (1.42%) CISM
15 13 (1.32%) AWS Certification
16 12 (1.22%) PMP
16 12 (1.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 11 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
18 10 (1.01%) CEH
18 10 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (11.87%) Data Quality
2 59 (5.98%) Accessibility
3 54 (5.48%) QA
4 50 (5.07%) GDPR
5 32 (3.25%) Actionable Recommendations
6 25 (2.54%) GRC
7 23 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.62%) WCAG
9 15 (1.52%) NIST
10 14 (1.42%) NCSC
10 14 (1.42%) P3O
11 13 (1.32%) ISO 9001
11 13 (1.32%) PCI DSS
12 12 (1.22%) PMO
13 7 (0.71%) GAAP
14 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.51%) IFRS
15 4 (0.41%) SLA
16 2 (0.20%) ISO 26262
16 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (2.13%) Docker
2 6 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Firmware
3 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (2.33%) Terraform
2 21 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.32%) Grafana
4 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.71%) Nmap
5 4 (0.41%) SCCM
6 3 (0.30%) Control-M
6 3 (0.30%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.20%) Argo
7 2 (0.20%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.20%) Packer
7 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.10%) Ansible
8 1 (0.10%) Kibana
8 1 (0.10%) Puppet
8 1 (0.10%) Salt
Vendors
1 154 (15.62%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.38%) Databricks
3 48 (4.87%) Adobe
4 42 (4.26%) SAP
5 36 (3.65%) Google
6 33 (3.35%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.74%) Oracle
8 23 (2.33%) HubSpot
9 22 (2.23%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.83%) Sage
11 11 (1.12%) Autodesk
11 11 (1.12%) Foundry
11 11 (1.12%) Informatica
12 10 (1.01%) Workday
13 8 (0.81%) Cisco
14 7 (0.71%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.71%) IBM
15 6 (0.61%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.61%) Talend
16 5 (0.51%) Anaplan