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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 67 36
Rank change year-on-year +47 -31 +38
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,884 786 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.07% 4.80% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.84% 5.16% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,176 527 551
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,650 £34,404
25th Percentile £43,965 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% +3.64% -8.71%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

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 19,145 15,240 21,286
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 92.98% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 13,809 8,865 14,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%

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 2 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 44 (2.34%) Confluence
2 36 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.33%) CMS
4 14 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.37%) Apache
6 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.053%) Appian
10 1 (0.053%) CICS
10 1 (0.053%) Drupal
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.053%) Resin
10 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
Applications
1 129 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (2.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 25 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.32%) Simulink
7 6 (0.32%) Trello
8 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.16%) Blender
10 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 1 (0.053%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.053%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 51 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (2.02%) Workfront
3 31 (1.65%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (1.43%) Adobe Campaign
5 19 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.74%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.27%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.27%) Primavera
9 4 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.21%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.16%) Actimize
10 3 (0.16%) SAP R/3
11 2 (0.11%) Shopify
12 1 (0.053%) Aladdin
12 1 (0.053%) FastStats
12 1 (0.053%) NEC Housing
12 1 (0.053%) Oracle Assets
12 1 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 288 (15.29%) Azure
2 217 (11.52%) Power Platform
3 205 (10.88%) AWS
4 158 (8.39%) SaaS
5 90 (4.78%) GCP
6 58 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (2.76%) iPaaS
8 48 (2.55%) Serverless
9 46 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (2.23%) GitHub
11 30 (1.59%) Google Analytics
12 29 (1.54%) Figma
13 26 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (1.33%) Entra ID
15 24 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (1.11%) Adobe Analytics
17 20 (1.06%) Contentsquare
18 19 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
19 16 (0.85%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 139 (7.38%) Broadband
2 61 (3.24%) Network Security
3 58 (3.08%) Firewall
4 48 (2.55%) VLAN
5 7 (0.37%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.37%) VPN
5 7 (0.37%) WAN
6 5 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.21%) LAN
7 4 (0.21%) Wireless
8 3 (0.16%) BGP
8 3 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.16%) MPLS
8 3 (0.16%) OSPF
8 3 (0.16%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.16%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.11%) DNS
9 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (10.30%) Power BI
2 91 (4.83%) Metadata
3 77 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.44%) Tableau
5 34 (1.80%) SQL Server
6 33 (1.75%) Data Lake
7 29 (1.54%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.38%) Looker
9 20 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 20 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.01%) NoSQL
11 17 (0.90%) Big Data
11 17 (0.90%) Spark SQL
12 13 (0.69%) DynamoDB
12 13 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.64%) MySQL
14 11 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (0.58%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (2.49%) JIRA
2 46 (2.44%) Git
3 11 (0.58%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.32%) GitLab
6 6 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.21%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.21%) MLflow
8 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.16%) RStudio
10 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.11%) Locust
10 2 (0.11%) Maven
10 2 (0.11%) NUnit
10 2 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 727 (38.59%) Social Skills
2 577 (30.63%) Finance
3 529 (28.08%) Analytical Skills
4 313 (16.61%) Marketing
5 196 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 180 (9.55%) Public Sector
7 145 (7.70%) Influencing Skills
8 135 (7.17%) Legal
9 131 (6.95%) Retail
10 99 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
11 96 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
12 80 (4.25%) Law
13 54 (2.87%) Manufacturing
14 49 (2.60%) Banking
15 45 (2.39%) Games
16 41 (2.18%) Aerospace
17 34 (1.80%) Local Government
18 24 (1.27%) Telecoms
19 23 (1.22%) Electronics
20 20 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 332 (17.62%) Senior
2 251 (13.32%) Analyst
3 223 (11.84%) Lead
4 143 (7.59%) Architect
5 92 (4.88%) Data Engineer
6 88 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
7 82 (4.35%) Development Manager
8 78 (4.14%) Business Manager
9 77 (4.09%) Data Analyst
10 66 (3.50%) Business Development Manager
11 58 (3.08%) Developer
12 55 (2.92%) Consultant
12 55 (2.92%) Product Owner
13 50 (2.65%) Senior Manager
14 49 (2.60%) Security Engineer
14 49 (2.60%) Senior Security Engineer
15 44 (2.34%) Data Architect
15 44 (2.34%) Product Manager
16 42 (2.23%) Senior Architect
17 41 (2.18%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.55%) React
2 45 (2.39%) .NET
3 33 (1.75%) PySpark
4 30 (1.59%) Node.js
5 28 (1.49%) Terraform
6 25 (1.33%) LangChain
7 24 (1.27%) REST
8 16 (0.85%) CSS
9 15 (0.80%) HTML
10 14 (0.74%) AWS CDK
10 14 (0.74%) Next.js
10 14 (0.74%) RESTful
11 13 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.58%) Spring
12 11 (0.58%) Spring Boot
13 10 (0.53%) Django
13 10 (0.53%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.53%) XML
14 9 (0.48%) FastAPI
14 9 (0.48%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 144 (7.64%) Product Ownership
2 123 (6.53%) Marketing Technology
3 108 (5.73%) Social Media
4 106 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
5 92 (4.88%) Management Information System
6 82 (4.35%) Cloud Native
7 80 (4.25%) Over-the-Top Content
8 50 (2.65%) AI Agents
9 48 (2.55%) Onboarding
10 40 (2.12%) Blog
11 39 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
12 37 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
13 34 (1.80%) Driving Licence
14 32 (1.70%) Credit Risk
15 30 (1.59%) Security Posture
16 28 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
17 24 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
18 23 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
19 19 (1.01%) Algorithms
19 19 (1.01%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.90%) Windows
2 11 (0.58%) Android
3 6 (0.32%) VMS
4 5 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.27%) Linux
5 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.053%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (24.79%) Agile
2 455 (24.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 447 (23.73%) AI
4 443 (23.51%) Analytics
5 379 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
6 357 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 331 (17.57%) Roadmaps
8 315 (16.72%) Mentoring
9 261 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 255 (13.54%) Business Intelligence
11 249 (13.22%) Coaching
12 234 (12.42%) CRM
13 219 (11.62%) Cybersecurity
14 187 (9.93%) Project Delivery
15 186 (9.87%) Customer Experience
16 184 (9.77%) CI/CD
17 170 (9.02%) Business Development
18 165 (8.76%) Data Modelling
19 163 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
20 152 (8.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 287 (15.23%) SQL
2 225 (11.94%) Python
3 55 (2.92%) C#
3 55 (2.92%) JavaScript
4 47 (2.49%) Java
5 42 (2.23%) TypeScript
6 22 (1.17%) C++
7 19 (1.01%) R
8 12 (0.64%) Bicep
8 12 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (0.58%) VBA
10 10 (0.53%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.48%) Bash
11 9 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.32%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.32%) Ruby
13 5 (0.27%) C
14 4 (0.21%) Go
14 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 192 (10.19%) Degree
2 154 (8.17%) Security Cleared
3 124 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 83 (4.41%) ACCA
5 80 (4.25%) CIMA
6 51 (2.71%) DBS Check
7 43 (2.28%) PMI Certification
8 41 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (1.80%) DV Cleared
10 33 (1.75%) PMP
11 26 (1.38%) CISSP
12 25 (1.33%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 24 (1.27%) CISM
14 18 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
15 15 (0.80%) AAT
15 15 (0.80%) CIPD
16 14 (0.74%) ICAEW
17 12 (0.64%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (10.35%) Data Quality
2 117 (6.21%) Accessibility
3 101 (5.36%) GDPR
4 67 (3.56%) QA
5 52 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.12%) GRC
7 37 (1.96%) PMO
8 33 (1.75%) NIST
9 27 (1.43%) WCAG
10 26 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 20 (1.06%) SLA
12 12 (0.64%) IFRS
13 11 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.42%) COBIT
15 7 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.32%) EU AI Act
16 6 (0.32%) NCSC
16 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
17 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 38 (2.02%) Docker
2 12 (0.64%) Firmware
3 11 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.053%) GPFS
8 1 (0.053%) Lustre
8 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.96%) Grafana
3 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.32%) CASB
5 4 (0.21%) Ansible
5 4 (0.21%) Argo
5 4 (0.21%) Nmap
6 2 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.11%) Puppet
6 2 (0.11%) Salt
6 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.053%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.053%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.053%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.053%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 267 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 105 (5.57%) Adobe
3 64 (3.40%) Google
4 62 (3.29%) Salesforce
5 49 (2.60%) Databricks
6 45 (2.39%) SAP
7 30 (1.59%) YouTube
8 21 (1.11%) Oracle
9 19 (1.01%) HubSpot
10 15 (0.80%) Informatica
10 15 (0.80%) Sage
11 12 (0.64%) Foundry
12 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.53%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.53%) Xero
13 9 (0.48%) VMware
14 8 (0.42%) Cisco
15 6 (0.32%) Ariba
15 6 (0.32%) ScienceLogic
16 5 (0.27%) Workday