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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 68 54
Rank change year-on-year +35 -14 -8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 979 624 1,520
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.81% 4.62% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.83% 4.85% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 561 380 1,068
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £34,972
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.14% +0.09%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,156 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,525 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% +24.59% -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 14,333 12,855 27,649
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.00% 95.28% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,435 8,787 22,895
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,949 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 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 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.45%) Confluence
3 19 (1.94%) CMS
4 9 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.92%) SAS
5 7 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.41%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) nginx
7 4 (0.41%) WordPress
8 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 131 (13.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.82%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.41%) Trello
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.10%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Adobe Campaign
2 12 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.23%) Shopify
3 10 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.02%) Workfront
4 4 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.31%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.20%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 211 (21.55%) Azure
2 182 (18.59%) Power Platform
3 97 (9.91%) AWS
4 84 (8.58%) SaaS
5 66 (6.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (4.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 44 (4.49%) GCP
8 35 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (3.37%) GitHub
10 24 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.25%) Serverless
12 20 (2.04%) Azure Machine Learning
13 18 (1.84%) iPaaS
14 15 (1.53%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.43%) PaaS
16 13 (1.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 12 (1.23%) PowerApps
18 11 (1.12%) Contentsquare
18 11 (1.12%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 91 (9.30%) Broadband
2 5 (0.51%) Internet
2 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.31%) DNS
3 3 (0.31%) Firewall
3 3 (0.31%) Modbus
3 3 (0.31%) SSL
4 2 (0.20%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.10%) ADSL
5 1 (0.10%) DSL
5 1 (0.10%) Intranet
5 1 (0.10%) NAS
5 1 (0.10%) Network Security
5 1 (0.10%) NGFW
5 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.10%) VPN
5 1 (0.10%) WAN
5 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (17.57%) Power BI
2 57 (5.82%) SQL Server
3 56 (5.72%) Tableau
4 44 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (4.49%) Metadata
5 39 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 24 (2.45%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.53%) MySQL
8 15 (1.53%) Power Query
9 12 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.02%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.82%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.72%) Looker
14 6 (0.61%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 22 (2.25%) JIRA
2 10 (1.02%) Git
3 7 (0.72%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.72%) JMeter
3 7 (0.72%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.51%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.51%) Locust
5 4 (0.41%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.41%) ERwin
5 4 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.41%) Vite
6 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.31%) MLflow
6 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.20%) GitLab
7 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.20%) Storybook
7 2 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 444 (45.35%) Social Skills
2 366 (37.39%) Finance
3 332 (33.91%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (12.87%) Marketing
5 98 (10.01%) Public Sector
6 78 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
7 77 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
8 65 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (4.90%) Retail
11 45 (4.60%) Legal
12 44 (4.49%) Manufacturing
13 43 (4.39%) Games
14 33 (3.37%) Advertising
15 31 (3.17%) Banking
15 31 (3.17%) Law
16 20 (2.04%) Local Government
17 15 (1.53%) Publishing
18 13 (1.33%) Billing
19 11 (1.12%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 187 (19.10%) Analyst
2 145 (14.81%) Senior
3 88 (8.99%) Lead
4 69 (7.05%) Architect
5 46 (4.70%) Senior Manager
6 44 (4.49%) Data Engineer
7 42 (4.29%) Financial Analyst
8 39 (3.98%) Developer
9 38 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
10 37 (3.78%) Consultant
11 36 (3.68%) Data Analyst
11 36 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
12 30 (3.06%) Report Analyst
13 28 (2.86%) Sales Executive
14 25 (2.55%) Product Owner
15 23 (2.35%) Business Analyst
15 23 (2.35%) Business Manager
16 21 (2.15%) Development Manager
16 21 (2.15%) Engineering Manager
17 18 (1.84%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.25%) React
2 21 (2.15%) .NET
3 14 (1.43%) CSS
3 14 (1.43%) HTML
4 11 (1.12%) REST
5 10 (1.02%) Flash
5 10 (1.02%) LangChain
6 9 (0.92%) XML
7 8 (0.82%) Kafka
7 8 (0.82%) RESTful
7 8 (0.82%) Spring
8 7 (0.72%) AWS CDK
8 7 (0.72%) JSON
8 7 (0.72%) Middleware
8 7 (0.72%) Next.js
8 7 (0.72%) PySpark
8 7 (0.72%) TensorFlow
9 6 (0.61%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.61%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 82 (8.38%) Self-Motivation
2 74 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 59 (6.03%) Social Media
4 57 (5.82%) Onboarding
5 51 (5.21%) Cloud Native
6 44 (4.49%) Management Information System
7 39 (3.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 34 (3.47%) Marketing Technology
9 32 (3.27%) Virtual Team
10 30 (3.06%) Over-the-Top Content
11 24 (2.45%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.74%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.63%) PMI
14 16 (1.63%) Security Posture
15 15 (1.53%) Data Structures
16 11 (1.12%) GNSS
16 11 (1.12%) Satnav
17 9 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.86%) Android
2 26 (2.66%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.53%) Windows
4 9 (0.92%) Linux
5 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (31.36%) Analytics
2 281 (28.70%) Problem-Solving
3 234 (23.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 213 (21.76%) AI
5 204 (20.84%) Agile
6 203 (20.74%) Business Intelligence
7 185 (18.90%) Roadmaps
8 139 (14.20%) Project Management
9 130 (13.28%) Mentoring
10 126 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 115 (11.75%) CRM
12 105 (10.73%) CI/CD
12 105 (10.73%) Data Analysis
13 104 (10.62%) Visualisation
14 103 (10.52%) Actionable Insight
15 102 (10.42%) Customer Experience
16 100 (10.21%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 95 (9.70%) Data Modelling
18 86 (8.78%) B2B
18 86 (8.78%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 166 (16.96%) SQL
2 144 (14.71%) Python
3 34 (3.47%) Java
4 31 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (2.15%) R
6 20 (2.04%) C#
6 20 (2.04%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.74%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.12%) VBA
9 10 (1.02%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.72%) PHP
11 6 (0.61%) Bash
12 5 (0.51%) C++
12 5 (0.51%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.41%) Scala
14 3 (0.31%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) C
15 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.10%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 162 (16.55%) Degree
2 87 (8.89%) ACCA
3 86 (8.78%) CIMA
4 57 (5.82%) Security Cleared
5 41 (4.19%) DBS Check
6 40 (4.09%) SC Cleared
7 37 (3.78%) Master's Degree
8 26 (2.66%) PMI Certification
9 25 (2.55%) AAT
10 23 (2.35%) CISSP
11 19 (1.94%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (1.33%) CISM
14 12 (1.23%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (1.12%) PMP
16 10 (1.02%) CEH
16 10 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (11.85%) Data Quality
2 59 (6.03%) Accessibility
3 54 (5.52%) QA
4 47 (4.80%) GDPR
5 32 (3.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 23 (2.35%) GRC
7 21 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.63%) WCAG
9 14 (1.43%) P3O
10 13 (1.33%) NCSC
10 13 (1.33%) NIST
11 12 (1.23%) ISO 9001
11 12 (1.23%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.23%) PMO
12 6 (0.61%) GAAP
13 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.51%) IFRS
14 4 (0.41%) SLA
15 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.10%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 21 (2.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Firmware
3 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (2.35%) Terraform
2 21 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.33%) Grafana
4 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.72%) Nmap
5 4 (0.41%) SCCM
6 3 (0.31%) Control-M
6 3 (0.31%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.20%) Packer
7 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.10%) Argo
8 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.10%) Kibana
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.10%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 150 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.41%) Databricks
3 47 (4.80%) Adobe
4 42 (4.29%) SAP
5 36 (3.68%) Google
6 34 (3.47%) Salesforce
7 26 (2.66%) Oracle
8 24 (2.45%) HubSpot
9 21 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.74%) Sage
11 11 (1.12%) Foundry
11 11 (1.12%) Informatica
12 10 (1.02%) Autodesk
12 10 (1.02%) Workday
13 8 (0.82%) Cisco
14 7 (0.72%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.72%) IBM
15 6 (0.61%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.61%) Talend
16 5 (0.51%) Anaplan