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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 60 55
Rank change year-on-year +23 -5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 912 738 1,452
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.53% 5.12% 5.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.45% 5.37% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 550 377 1,017
10th Percentile £39,900 £37,500 £36,120
25th Percentile £47,125 £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 £82,435 £82,500 £80,435
90th Percentile £96,375 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -7.41% +28.45% -12.42%

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 14,129 13,731 26,398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.60% 95.17% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,198 8,546 21,902
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,500 £34,401
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 3 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 27 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.08%) Confluence
3 13 (1.43%) CMS
4 9 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.99%) SAS
5 7 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.55%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) nginx
8 3 (0.33%) WordPress
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 132 (14.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.77%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.44%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.21%) Shopify
2 9 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.44%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.33%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.33%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Magento
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 193 (21.16%) Azure
2 183 (20.07%) Power Platform
3 88 (9.65%) SaaS
4 81 (8.88%) AWS
5 62 (6.80%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.51%) GitHub
9 31 (3.40%) GCP
10 21 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.08%) PaaS
11 19 (2.08%) Serverless
12 17 (1.86%) Azure Machine Learning
13 15 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (1.64%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.43%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
16 9 (0.99%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.88%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.15%) Broadband
2 8 (0.88%) Internet
3 3 (0.33%) SSL
3 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.22%) DNS
4 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) DSL
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
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
1 174 (19.08%) Power BI
2 57 (6.25%) Tableau
3 53 (5.81%) SQL Server
4 44 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 40 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (2.96%) Metadata
8 22 (2.41%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.86%) Power Query
10 13 (1.43%) MySQL
11 11 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.10%) Relational Database
13 9 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
14 8 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.66%) QlikView
16 5 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (2.30%) JIRA
2 9 (0.99%) Git
3 7 (0.77%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.77%) Metasploit
4 6 (0.66%) JMeter
5 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.44%) ERwin
5 4 (0.44%) Locust
5 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.44%) Vite
6 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.33%) GitLab
6 3 (0.33%) MLflow
6 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.22%) Selenium
7 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 432 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 371 (40.68%) Finance
3 321 (35.20%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (10.64%) Public Sector
5 96 (10.53%) Marketing
6 78 (8.55%) Presentation Skills
7 72 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
8 66 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (4.71%) Retail
11 38 (4.17%) Games
12 37 (4.06%) Legal
12 37 (4.06%) Manufacturing
13 31 (3.40%) Banking
14 27 (2.96%) Advertising
15 24 (2.63%) Law
16 20 (2.19%) Local Government
17 13 (1.43%) Billing
18 11 (1.21%) Publishing
19 10 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 191 (20.94%) Analyst
2 139 (15.24%) Senior
3 86 (9.43%) Lead
4 64 (7.02%) Architect
5 46 (5.04%) Data Engineer
6 44 (4.82%) Financial Analyst
7 43 (4.71%) Consultant
7 43 (4.71%) Developer
8 38 (4.17%) Senior Manager
9 37 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
10 34 (3.73%) Data Analyst
11 33 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
12 32 (3.51%) Report Analyst
13 29 (3.18%) Sales Executive
14 24 (2.63%) Business Manager
15 23 (2.52%) Business Analyst
16 20 (2.19%) Insight Analyst
16 20 (2.19%) Software Engineer
17 18 (1.97%) Product Manager
17 18 (1.97%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.75%) .NET
1 16 (1.75%) React
2 11 (1.21%) Flash
3 9 (0.99%) CSS
3 9 (0.99%) HTML
3 9 (0.99%) Spring
4 8 (0.88%) Kafka
4 8 (0.88%) REST
4 8 (0.88%) XML
5 7 (0.77%) LangChain
5 7 (0.77%) PySpark
5 7 (0.77%) Spring Boot
5 7 (0.77%) TensorFlow
6 6 (0.66%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.66%) JSON
6 6 (0.66%) Middleware
6 6 (0.66%) RESTful
6 6 (0.66%) Vue
7 5 (0.55%) EDI
7 5 (0.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.10%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 51 (5.59%) Product Ownership
4 49 (5.37%) Cloud Native
5 43 (4.71%) Management Information System
6 41 (4.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 31 (3.40%) Social Media
8 29 (3.18%) Virtual Team
9 24 (2.63%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.86%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.75%) PMI
12 14 (1.54%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.43%) Security Posture
14 10 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (0.99%) GNSS
15 9 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (0.99%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.07%) Android
2 26 (2.85%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.43%) Windows
4 8 (0.88%) Linux
5 6 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (32.46%) Analytics
2 265 (29.06%) Problem-Solving
3 232 (25.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 199 (21.82%) Business Intelligence
5 190 (20.83%) AI
6 173 (18.97%) Agile
7 156 (17.11%) Roadmaps
8 122 (13.38%) Project Management
9 118 (12.94%) Mentoring
10 117 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 112 (12.28%) CRM
12 111 (12.17%) Data Analysis
12 111 (12.17%) Visualisation
13 104 (11.40%) Actionable Insight
14 98 (10.75%) CI/CD
15 94 (10.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 88 (9.65%) Data Modelling
17 80 (8.77%) Coaching
17 80 (8.77%) DevOps
18 78 (8.55%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 165 (18.09%) SQL
2 133 (14.58%) Python
3 31 (3.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 29 (3.18%) Java
5 21 (2.30%) R
6 17 (1.86%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.32%) VBA
9 10 (1.10%) C#
10 9 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.88%) C++
12 6 (0.66%) Bash
12 6 (0.66%) PHP
13 4 (0.44%) Scala
14 2 (0.22%) ABAP
14 2 (0.22%) Bicep
14 2 (0.22%) C
14 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 163 (17.87%) Degree
2 88 (9.65%) ACCA
3 87 (9.54%) CIMA
4 59 (6.47%) Security Cleared
5 45 (4.93%) SC Cleared
6 38 (4.17%) DBS Check
7 32 (3.51%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.74%) AAT
9 24 (2.63%) CISSP
10 22 (2.41%) PMI Certification
11 20 (2.19%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.75%) CISM
12 16 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.32%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (1.10%) CEH
15 10 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (12.17%) Data Quality
2 54 (5.92%) QA
3 48 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 44 (4.82%) GDPR
5 31 (3.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 23 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.86%) GRC
8 14 (1.54%) NIST
8 14 (1.54%) P3O
9 13 (1.43%) NCSC
10 12 (1.32%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.32%) PMO
11 10 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 10 (1.10%) WCAG
12 6 (0.66%) GAAP
13 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.55%) IFRS
13 5 (0.55%) SLA
14 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.11%) COBIT
System Software
1 21 (2.30%) Docker
2 5 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) Firmware
3 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (2.30%) Terraform
2 20 (2.19%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.77%) Nmap
4 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.44%) Grafana
5 4 (0.44%) SCCM
6 3 (0.33%) Control-M
6 3 (0.33%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) Packer
7 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 141 (15.46%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.70%) Databricks
3 42 (4.61%) SAP
4 33 (3.62%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.85%) Google
5 26 (2.85%) Oracle
6 23 (2.52%) HubSpot
7 22 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.97%) Adobe
9 15 (1.64%) Sage
10 13 (1.43%) Workday
11 11 (1.21%) Autodesk
11 11 (1.21%) Informatica
12 9 (0.99%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.88%) Cisco
13 8 (0.88%) Foundry
14 7 (0.77%) IBM
15 6 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.66%) Talend
16 5 (0.55%) Anaplan