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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 80 36
Rank change year-on-year +50 -44 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,144 675 1,956
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.13% 4.46% 6.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.41% 4.69% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 693 400 1,105
10th Percentile £36,300 £36,175 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,438 £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 £77,500 £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 15,436 14,396 29,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.67% 95.08% 90.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,985 8,732 23,377
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%

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 18 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 (3.23%) CMS
2 36 (3.15%) Confluence
3 34 (2.97%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.35%) WordPress
8 3 (0.26%) nginx
8 3 (0.26%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.087%) Drupal
10 1 (0.087%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.087%) Umbraco
Applications
1 91 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 36 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.61%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.17%) Trello
11 1 (0.087%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.97%) Adobe Campaign
2 29 (2.53%) Workfront
3 16 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.52%) Shopify
6 5 (0.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.087%) Magento
8 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.087%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.087%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 219 (19.14%) Azure
2 162 (14.16%) Power Platform
3 112 (9.79%) AWS
4 93 (8.13%) SaaS
5 48 (4.20%) GCP
6 44 (3.85%) iPaaS
7 42 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 32 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (2.53%) Serverless
10 27 (2.36%) Figma
11 26 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (2.19%) Adobe Analytics
12 25 (2.19%) Contentsquare
12 25 (2.19%) GitHub
13 20 (1.75%) Azure Machine Learning
14 19 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (1.31%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 158 (13.81%) Broadband
2 7 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.52%) Firewall
4 5 (0.44%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) DNS
5 3 (0.26%) Internet
5 3 (0.26%) Modbus
5 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.26%) SSL
5 3 (0.26%) WAN
6 2 (0.17%) BGP
6 2 (0.17%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.17%) LAN
6 2 (0.17%) MPLS
6 2 (0.17%) OSPF
6 2 (0.17%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.087%) DSL
7 1 (0.087%) Intranet
7 1 (0.087%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (13.46%) Power BI
2 65 (5.68%) Metadata
3 44 (3.85%) Tableau
4 38 (3.32%) SQL Server
5 37 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.66%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.49%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.22%) Oracle Database
8 14 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.96%) MySQL
12 9 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.79%) Looker
12 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.61%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
14 6 (0.52%) Big Data
14 6 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (2.45%) JIRA
2 19 (1.66%) Git
3 8 (0.70%) JMeter
4 6 (0.52%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.52%) 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 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.26%) Vite
8 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.17%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.17%) NUnit
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 2 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 369 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 343 (29.98%) Finance
3 305 (26.66%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (16.52%) Marketing
5 102 (8.92%) Public Sector
6 92 (8.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 81 (7.08%) Organisational Skills
8 73 (6.38%) Legal
9 70 (6.12%) Games
10 63 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
11 59 (5.16%) Retail
12 47 (4.11%) Law
13 29 (2.53%) Banking
14 24 (2.10%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.75%) Local Government
17 19 (1.66%) Advertising
17 19 (1.66%) Publishing
18 11 (0.96%) Multimedia
18 11 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 193 (16.87%) Senior
2 176 (15.38%) Analyst
3 120 (10.49%) Lead
4 61 (5.33%) Data Engineer
4 61 (5.33%) Senior Manager
5 59 (5.16%) Architect
6 46 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
7 45 (3.93%) Product Owner
8 42 (3.67%) Data Analyst
9 39 (3.41%) Developer
9 39 (3.41%) Product Manager
10 37 (3.23%) Business Analyst
11 36 (3.15%) Campaign Manager
12 32 (2.80%) Development Manager
13 31 (2.71%) Consultant
14 25 (2.19%) Engineering Manager
15 23 (2.01%) Accountant
16 22 (1.92%) Business Manager
17 20 (1.75%) Report Analyst
17 20 (1.75%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.97%) React
2 26 (2.27%) .NET
3 21 (1.84%) LangChain
4 17 (1.49%) REST
5 16 (1.40%) CSS
5 16 (1.40%) HTML
6 15 (1.31%) XML
7 12 (1.05%) AWS CDK
7 12 (1.05%) Next.js
8 11 (0.96%) Middleware
9 10 (0.87%) RESTful
10 9 (0.79%) Node.js
11 8 (0.70%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.70%) EDI
11 8 (0.70%) Kafka
11 8 (0.70%) Vue
12 7 (0.61%) JSON
12 7 (0.61%) PySpark
12 7 (0.61%) Spring
12 7 (0.61%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 124 (10.84%) Product Ownership
2 102 (8.92%) Social Media
3 91 (7.95%) Marketing Technology
4 77 (6.73%) Over-the-Top Content
5 59 (5.16%) Onboarding
6 53 (4.63%) Cloud Native
7 37 (3.23%) Management Information System
8 35 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.45%) Mobile App
10 24 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (2.01%) AI Agents
12 19 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.57%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.49%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.49%) PMI
15 16 (1.40%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (1.22%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.71%) Android
2 29 (2.53%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.14%) Windows
4 7 (0.61%) Linux
5 6 (0.52%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (26.05%) Agile
2 287 (25.09%) Analytics
3 256 (22.38%) Roadmaps
4 255 (22.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 243 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
6 241 (21.07%) AI
7 184 (16.08%) Mentoring
8 172 (15.03%) Business Intelligence
9 152 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 135 (11.80%) Customer Experience
11 129 (11.28%) Coaching
12 119 (10.40%) CRM
13 118 (10.31%) CI/CD
14 114 (9.97%) Project Management
15 104 (9.09%) Data Modelling
15 104 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
16 102 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 99 (8.65%) User Stories
18 97 (8.48%) DevOps
19 92 (8.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 152 (13.29%) SQL
2 149 (13.02%) Python
3 33 (2.88%) Java
4 25 (2.19%) C#
4 25 (2.19%) TypeScript
5 21 (1.84%) R
6 20 (1.75%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.70%) VBA
8 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.52%) PHP
10 5 (0.44%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.35%) Bash
11 4 (0.35%) Bicep
11 4 (0.35%) C++
11 4 (0.35%) Scala
12 2 (0.17%) C
12 2 (0.17%) Formula Language
12 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.087%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 152 (13.29%) Degree
2 77 (6.73%) ACCA
3 76 (6.64%) CIMA
4 71 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 50 (4.37%) SC Cleared
6 45 (3.93%) DBS Check
7 35 (3.06%) Master's Degree
7 35 (3.06%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.66%) AAT
9 18 (1.57%) PMP
10 17 (1.49%) CISSP
11 15 (1.31%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.87%) CISM
13 10 (0.87%) PhD
14 9 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.79%) HNC
14 9 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (11.01%) Data Quality
2 86 (7.52%) Accessibility
3 66 (5.77%) GDPR
4 61 (5.33%) QA
5 32 (2.80%) WCAG
6 25 (2.19%) GRC
7 24 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.57%) NIST
9 16 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.14%) P3O
11 10 (0.87%) NCSC
11 10 (0.87%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.87%) SLA
12 9 (0.79%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.79%) PMO
13 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.44%) GAAP
15 4 (0.35%) IFRS
15 4 (0.35%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.26%) TickIT
System Software
1 22 (1.92%) Docker
2 6 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.26%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (1.66%) Kubernetes
1 19 (1.66%) Terraform
2 16 (1.40%) Grafana
3 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.35%) Nmap
4 4 (0.35%) SCCM
5 3 (0.26%) Argo
5 3 (0.26%) Control-M
5 3 (0.26%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.17%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.17%) Packer
6 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) Puppet
6 2 (0.17%) Salt
7 1 (0.087%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 167 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 109 (9.53%) Adobe
3 46 (4.02%) Databricks
4 40 (3.50%) Salesforce
5 38 (3.32%) Google
5 38 (3.32%) SAP
6 28 (2.45%) Oracle
7 21 (1.84%) HubSpot
7 21 (1.84%) Sage
7 21 (1.84%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.87%) Foundry
8 10 (0.87%) Workday
9 9 (0.79%) BMC
9 9 (0.79%) Informatica
10 8 (0.70%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.70%) Xero
11 7 (0.61%) Cisco
12 6 (0.52%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.52%) Ariba
12 6 (0.52%) Talend