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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 68 35
Rank change year-on-year +51 -33 +34
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 2,069 787 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.33% 4.75% 6.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.29% 5.07% 6.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,295 517 444
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,869 £36,019
25th Percentile £44,447 £42,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,107
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.34% -8.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,125
UK median annual salary £58,598 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +5.26% +3.64%

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 20,108 15,510 19,787
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.68% 88.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,355 8,405 11,799
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,188
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,015 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 29 September 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 46 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.74%) Confluence
3 14 (0.68%) CMS
4 10 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.39%) Apache
6 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.097%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.097%) SAS
11 1 (0.048%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.048%) Drupal
11 1 (0.048%) Moodle
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.048%) Resin
11 1 (0.048%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 154 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 34 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.29%) Simulink
8 6 (0.29%) Trello
9 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.19%) InDesign
10 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.097%) Notion
12 2 (0.097%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.048%) SPSS
13 1 (0.048%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 56 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.50%) Dynamics GP
3 28 (1.35%) Workfront
4 17 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
7 8 (0.39%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 7 (0.34%) Primavera
9 6 (0.29%) Actimize
9 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
12 3 (0.14%) FastStats
12 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
13 2 (0.097%) iTrent
14 1 (0.048%) Aladdin
14 1 (0.048%) SAP CAR
14 1 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 285 (13.77%) Azure
2 258 (12.47%) Power Platform
3 203 (9.81%) AWS
4 162 (7.83%) SaaS
5 84 (4.06%) GCP
6 70 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (2.32%) GitHub
8 46 (2.22%) Serverless
9 42 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
10 41 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (1.69%) iPaaS
12 32 (1.55%) Google Analytics
13 27 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (1.06%) Snowflake
16 21 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
17 20 (0.97%) Entra ID
18 19 (0.92%) Amazon S3
19 18 (0.87%) Figma
20 16 (0.77%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 83 (4.01%) Broadband
2 63 (3.04%) Network Security
3 57 (2.75%) Firewall
4 50 (2.42%) VLAN
5 15 (0.72%) 5G
6 9 (0.43%) Intranet
6 9 (0.43%) WAN
7 8 (0.39%) Unified Communications
8 7 (0.34%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.34%) VPN
9 6 (0.29%) LAN
10 5 (0.24%) Internet
10 5 (0.24%) Wireless
11 4 (0.19%) SMS
12 3 (0.14%) BGP
12 3 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.14%) MPLS
12 3 (0.14%) OSPF
12 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.14%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (11.41%) Power BI
2 90 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (3.72%) Metadata
4 45 (2.17%) Tableau
5 34 (1.64%) Data Lake
6 30 (1.45%) SQL Server
7 29 (1.40%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.30%) BigQuery
8 27 (1.30%) Looker
9 20 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (0.92%) Spark SQL
11 18 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 17 (0.82%) Big Data
12 17 (0.82%) DynamoDB
13 14 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.63%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.58%) MySQL
16 11 (0.53%) Data Mining
16 11 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 59 (2.85%) Git
2 46 (2.22%) JIRA
3 14 (0.68%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.29%) GitLab
6 6 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.19%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.19%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.19%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.19%) MLflow
7 4 (0.19%) RStudio
7 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.14%) Maven
8 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.048%) Mocha
9 1 (0.048%) NUnit
9 1 (0.048%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 807 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 702 (33.93%) Finance
3 607 (29.34%) Analytical Skills
4 319 (15.42%) Marketing
5 245 (11.84%) Public Sector
6 223 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 167 (8.07%) Influencing Skills
8 146 (7.06%) Legal
9 129 (6.23%) Retail
10 113 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
11 110 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
12 85 (4.11%) Law
13 70 (3.38%) Manufacturing
14 61 (2.95%) Banking
15 46 (2.22%) Aerospace
16 41 (1.98%) Local Government
17 39 (1.88%) Telecoms
18 34 (1.64%) Games
19 29 (1.40%) Electronics
20 26 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 349 (16.87%) Senior
2 273 (13.19%) Analyst
3 245 (11.84%) Lead
4 151 (7.30%) Architect
5 110 (5.32%) Data Engineer
6 86 (4.16%) Business Manager
7 84 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
8 83 (4.01%) Data Analyst
9 79 (3.82%) Development Manager
10 73 (3.53%) Developer
11 70 (3.38%) Business Development Manager
12 59 (2.85%) Consultant
13 57 (2.75%) IT Manager
14 51 (2.46%) Security Engineer
14 51 (2.46%) Senior Security Engineer
15 48 (2.32%) Senior Manager
16 44 (2.13%) Marketing Manager
16 44 (2.13%) Senior Architect
17 43 (2.08%) Business Analyst
18 42 (2.03%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.13%) .NET
2 41 (1.98%) React
3 40 (1.93%) PySpark
4 34 (1.64%) Node.js
5 30 (1.45%) REST
6 27 (1.30%) Terraform
7 23 (1.11%) LangChain
8 16 (0.77%) AngularJS
8 16 (0.77%) Spring
8 16 (0.77%) Spring Boot
9 15 (0.72%) RESTful
10 11 (0.53%) AWS CDK
10 11 (0.53%) FastAPI
10 11 (0.53%) NestJS
10 11 (0.53%) Next.js
11 10 (0.48%) Django
11 10 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (0.48%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.43%) Pandas
12 9 (0.43%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 131 (6.33%) Management Information System
2 123 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
3 121 (5.85%) Product Ownership
4 89 (4.30%) Marketing Technology
5 79 (3.82%) Social Media
6 75 (3.62%) Cloud Native
7 62 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 49 (2.37%) AI Agents
8 49 (2.37%) Over-the-Top Content
9 42 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (2.03%) Driving Licence
9 42 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.93%) Blog
11 38 (1.84%) Credit Risk
12 31 (1.50%) Security Posture
13 30 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
15 27 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
16 22 (1.06%) Data Centre
17 21 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (0.97%) Windows
2 13 (0.63%) Android
3 7 (0.34%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.34%) Linux
4 6 (0.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.048%) Unix
5 1 (0.048%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (26.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 471 (22.76%) Analytics
3 468 (22.62%) AI
4 448 (21.65%) Agile
5 446 (21.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 399 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
7 345 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 312 (15.08%) Business Intelligence
9 311 (15.03%) Coaching
9 311 (15.03%) Roadmaps
10 288 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 260 (12.57%) CRM
12 239 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
13 210 (10.15%) Project Delivery
14 193 (9.33%) Actionable Insight
14 193 (9.33%) Business Development
15 190 (9.18%) CI/CD
16 174 (8.41%) Data Modelling
17 168 (8.12%) Risk Management
18 163 (7.88%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 344 (16.63%) SQL
2 241 (11.65%) Python
3 53 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 45 (2.17%) C#
4 45 (2.17%) Java
5 43 (2.08%) TypeScript
6 23 (1.11%) C++
7 22 (1.06%) R
8 21 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (0.53%) Bicep
11 10 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.43%) Bash
12 9 (0.43%) VBA
13 7 (0.34%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.34%) Ruby
13 7 (0.34%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.29%) C
14 6 (0.29%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 200 (9.67%) Degree
2 187 (9.04%) Security Cleared
3 160 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 92 (4.45%) ACCA
5 89 (4.30%) CIMA
6 67 (3.24%) DBS Check
7 41 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.50%) CISSP
11 28 (1.35%) CISM
12 26 (1.26%) PMP
13 21 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 19 (0.92%) CIPD
14 19 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
15 16 (0.77%) Master's Degree
16 14 (0.68%) ICAEW
17 13 (0.63%) AAT
18 12 (0.58%) Azure Certification
18 12 (0.58%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 123 (5.94%) Accessibility
3 98 (4.74%) GDPR
4 67 (3.24%) QA
5 54 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (2.32%) PMO
7 34 (1.64%) NIST
8 30 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 30 (1.45%) GRC
9 25 (1.21%) SLA
10 15 (0.72%) IFRS
10 15 (0.72%) WCAG
11 12 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.43%) COBIT
13 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
14 6 (0.29%) NCSC
14 6 (0.29%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (2.08%) Docker
2 15 (0.72%) Firmware
3 11 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.048%) GPFS
7 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.048%) Lustre
7 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 23 (1.11%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.39%) Grafana
3 6 (0.29%) CASB
3 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.19%) Nmap
5 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.097%) Ansible
6 2 (0.097%) Argo
6 2 (0.097%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.048%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 306 (14.79%) Microsoft
2 68 (3.29%) Adobe
2 68 (3.29%) Salesforce
3 61 (2.95%) Google
4 51 (2.46%) Databricks
5 50 (2.42%) YouTube
6 44 (2.13%) SAP
7 33 (1.59%) Oracle
8 24 (1.16%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.11%) HubSpot
10 14 (0.68%) Informatica
11 12 (0.58%) VMware
12 11 (0.53%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.48%) Foundry
14 9 (0.43%) Workday
15 8 (0.39%) Cisco
15 8 (0.39%) EMC
15 8 (0.39%) Sage
16 6 (0.29%) ScienceLogic
16 6 (0.29%) Xero