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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 63 61
Rank change year-on-year +22 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 790 799 1,026
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.28% 4.86% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.04% 5.19% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 491 402 653
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,120
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,608 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £61,469
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.49% +2.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -10.57%

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 13,070 15,388 20,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.44% 93.64% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,286 9,071 16,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £45,164
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 12 January 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 18 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.52%) Confluence
3 8 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.89%) CMS
4 7 (0.89%) SAS
5 6 (0.76%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.51%) Apache
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.38%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 134 (16.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) Trello
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.14%) Shopify
2 8 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.76%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.38%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.38%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Primavera
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 164 (20.76%) Power Platform
2 149 (18.86%) Azure
3 86 (10.89%) SaaS
4 60 (7.59%) AWS
5 46 (5.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 44 (5.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (3.42%) GitHub
9 26 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (2.41%) GCP
11 15 (1.90%) PaaS
12 14 (1.77%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.65%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.52%) Serverless
15 11 (1.39%) Google Analytics
16 10 (1.27%) PowerApps
17 8 (1.01%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.76%) Internet
2 3 (0.38%) Broadband
3 2 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.13%) ADSL
4 1 (0.13%) Firewall
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (19.37%) Power BI
2 49 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.20%) Tableau
3 38 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (3.04%) Data Lake
6 23 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (2.78%) Metadata
8 17 (2.15%) Power Query
9 14 (1.77%) BusinessObjects
10 12 (1.52%) MySQL
11 10 (1.27%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (1.27%) GIS
12 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.89%) QlikView
14 6 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.63%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.63%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (2.53%) JIRA
2 7 (0.89%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.89%) Metasploit
3 6 (0.76%) Git
4 4 (0.51%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.51%) ERwin
4 4 (0.51%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.51%) Toad
5 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.38%) Vite
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.25%) Selenium
6 2 (0.25%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) Locust
7 1 (0.13%) MLflow
7 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 373 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 355 (44.94%) Finance
3 314 (39.75%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.52%) Marketing
5 85 (10.76%) Public Sector
6 78 (9.87%) Presentation Skills
7 55 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (5.70%) Manufacturing
9 41 (5.19%) Retail
10 38 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (4.81%) Legal
11 22 (2.78%) Banking
11 22 (2.78%) Law
12 21 (2.66%) Advertising
13 18 (2.28%) Local Government
14 14 (1.77%) Billing
15 9 (1.14%) Automotive
15 9 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 167 (21.14%) Analyst
2 106 (13.42%) Senior
3 64 (8.10%) Lead
4 63 (7.97%) Architect
5 54 (6.84%) Financial Analyst
6 44 (5.57%) Developer
7 42 (5.32%) Consultant
8 35 (4.43%) Data Engineer
9 32 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
9 32 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
10 31 (3.92%) Business Manager
11 30 (3.80%) Data Analyst
11 30 (3.80%) Sales Executive
12 25 (3.16%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.91%) Business Analyst
14 22 (2.78%) Product Manager
14 22 (2.78%) Report Analyst
15 21 (2.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 21 (2.66%) Development Manager
16 19 (2.41%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.65%) Flash
1 13 (1.65%) REST
2 10 (1.27%) .NET
2 10 (1.27%) React
3 9 (1.14%) CSS
3 9 (1.14%) HTML
3 9 (1.14%) Middleware
3 9 (1.14%) SOAP
4 8 (1.01%) JSON
4 8 (1.01%) PySpark
5 6 (0.76%) Blazor
5 6 (0.76%) Kafka
5 6 (0.76%) OAuth
5 6 (0.76%) Spring
5 6 (0.76%) Spring Boot
5 6 (0.76%) XML
6 5 (0.63%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.63%) RESTful
7 4 (0.51%) Node.js
7 4 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (11.77%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (6.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 41 (5.19%) Cloud Native
4 37 (4.68%) Management Information System
4 37 (4.68%) Product Ownership
5 36 (4.56%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.42%) Virtual Team
7 15 (1.90%) Social Media
8 14 (1.77%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.39%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.01%) Digital Media
12 8 (1.01%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.01%) GNSS
12 8 (1.01%) Insider Threat
12 8 (1.01%) Life Science
12 8 (1.01%) Satnav
13 7 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.14%) Windows
2 6 (0.76%) Linux
3 5 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.51%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (32.28%) Analytics
2 241 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
3 202 (25.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 173 (21.90%) Business Intelligence
5 143 (18.10%) AI
6 141 (17.85%) Agile
7 108 (13.67%) Visualisation
8 106 (13.42%) Roadmaps
9 104 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
10 99 (12.53%) CRM
11 97 (12.28%) Data Analysis
12 89 (11.27%) Project Management
13 87 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 81 (10.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 78 (9.87%) B2B
15 78 (9.87%) DevOps
16 73 (9.24%) Process Improvement
17 69 (8.73%) ERP
18 66 (8.35%) Data Visualisation
19 63 (7.97%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 168 (21.27%) SQL
2 110 (13.92%) Python
3 31 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.66%) R
5 17 (2.15%) Java
6 15 (1.90%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.77%) VBA
8 10 (1.27%) C#
8 10 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.14%) Scala
10 8 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.76%) C++
11 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.76%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.63%) Bash
12 5 (0.63%) PHP
13 4 (0.51%) VB
14 2 (0.25%) ABAP
14 2 (0.25%) Bicep
14 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 167 (21.14%) Degree
2 94 (11.90%) ACCA
2 94 (11.90%) CIMA
3 54 (6.84%) Security Cleared
4 44 (5.57%) SC Cleared
5 37 (4.68%) DBS Check
6 27 (3.42%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.91%) CISSP
8 20 (2.53%) CISM
9 18 (2.28%) AAT
10 16 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.90%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.52%) CISA
12 12 (1.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (1.27%) CRISC
13 10 (1.27%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.13%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.94%) GDPR
3 28 (3.54%) QA
4 27 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (3.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 20 (2.53%) Accessibility
7 19 (2.41%) NIST
8 18 (2.28%) GRC
9 14 (1.77%) PMO
10 10 (1.27%) NCSC
11 9 (1.14%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.89%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.63%) COBIT
13 5 (0.63%) GAAP
13 5 (0.63%) ITGC
14 4 (0.51%) IFRS
14 4 (0.51%) SLA
15 3 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.25%) P3O
16 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.03%) Terraform
2 10 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.89%) Nmap
4 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.38%) Control-M
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 143 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.58%) SAP
3 46 (5.82%) Databricks
4 30 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.54%) Oracle
6 24 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.91%) Google
7 23 (2.91%) Workday
8 17 (2.15%) Sage
9 13 (1.65%) HubSpot
10 12 (1.52%) Autodesk
11 10 (1.27%) IBM
12 7 (0.89%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.89%) Cisco
13 6 (0.76%) Informatica
14 5 (0.63%) Adaptive Insights
15 4 (0.51%) BMC
15 4 (0.51%) Concur
15 4 (0.51%) NEC
15 4 (0.51%) Xero