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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 80 34
Rank change year-on-year +51 -46 +11
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,206 654 1,941
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.37% 4.48% 5.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.70% 4.72% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 736 377 1,096
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £35,113
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 15,672 13,856 29,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.83% 94.94% 90.61%
Number of salaries quoted 11,183 8,128 23,369
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,695 £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 £80,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £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 24 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 36 (2.99%) CMS
1 36 (2.99%) Confluence
2 34 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.33%) WordPress
7 3 (0.25%) Apache
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.083%) Drupal
9 1 (0.083%) Umbraco
Applications
1 96 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (4.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 36 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.17%) Trello
11 1 (0.083%) Blender
11 1 (0.083%) Maya
11 1 (0.083%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 39 (3.23%) Workfront
2 34 (2.82%) Adobe Campaign
3 16 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.50%) Shopify
6 5 (0.41%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.41%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.083%) Magento
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.083%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.083%) ResourceLink
9 1 (0.083%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 224 (18.57%) Azure
2 164 (13.60%) Power Platform
3 120 (9.95%) AWS
4 99 (8.21%) SaaS
5 53 (4.39%) iPaaS
6 52 (4.31%) GCP
7 42 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (2.49%) Serverless
10 27 (2.24%) Figma
11 26 (2.16%) GitHub
12 25 (2.07%) Adobe Analytics
12 25 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (2.07%) Contentsquare
13 20 (1.66%) Azure Machine Learning
14 18 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (1.24%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (14.10%) Broadband
2 7 (0.58%) Firewall
2 7 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.50%) Network Security
4 4 (0.33%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.33%) WAN
5 3 (0.25%) BGP
5 3 (0.25%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.25%) DNS
5 3 (0.25%) Internet
5 3 (0.25%) LAN
5 3 (0.25%) Modbus
5 3 (0.25%) MPLS
5 3 (0.25%) OSPF
5 3 (0.25%) SSL
5 3 (0.25%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.17%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.17%) SMS
7 1 (0.083%) DSL
7 1 (0.083%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (12.94%) Power BI
2 75 (6.22%) Metadata
3 44 (3.65%) Tableau
4 40 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (3.15%) SQL Server
6 21 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.41%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.16%) Oracle Database
10 13 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (1.08%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.00%) MySQL
12 10 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.75%) Looker
14 8 (0.66%) Big Data
14 8 (0.66%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
16 6 (0.50%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (2.32%) JIRA
2 20 (1.66%) Git
3 8 (0.66%) JMeter
4 6 (0.50%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.50%) Locust
5 5 (0.41%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.41%) GitLab
5 5 (0.41%) MLflow
6 4 (0.33%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.33%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.25%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.25%) Vite
8 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.17%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.17%) Storybook
8 2 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 392 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 355 (29.44%) Finance
3 323 (26.78%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (16.83%) Marketing
5 106 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 101 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 82 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
8 74 (6.14%) Legal
9 70 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
10 69 (5.72%) Games
11 62 (5.14%) Retail
12 50 (4.15%) Law
13 30 (2.49%) Banking
14 25 (2.07%) Manufacturing
14 25 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (1.99%) Local Government
16 20 (1.66%) Advertising
17 19 (1.58%) Publishing
18 11 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
19 10 (0.83%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 198 (16.42%) Senior
2 179 (14.84%) Analyst
3 131 (10.86%) Lead
4 66 (5.47%) Architect
5 64 (5.31%) Senior Manager
6 60 (4.98%) Data Engineer
7 54 (4.48%) Product Owner
8 47 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
9 46 (3.81%) Developer
10 45 (3.73%) Data Analyst
11 41 (3.40%) Product Manager
12 37 (3.07%) Business Analyst
12 37 (3.07%) Development Manager
13 36 (2.99%) Campaign Manager
14 31 (2.57%) Consultant
15 27 (2.24%) Business Manager
16 24 (1.99%) Engineering Manager
17 23 (1.91%) Accountant
17 23 (1.91%) Software Engineer
18 22 (1.82%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.15%) React
2 26 (2.16%) .NET
3 25 (2.07%) LangChain
4 18 (1.49%) REST
5 17 (1.41%) CSS
6 16 (1.33%) HTML
7 15 (1.24%) XML
8 14 (1.16%) Next.js
9 13 (1.08%) AWS CDK
10 11 (0.91%) Middleware
10 11 (0.91%) Node.js
10 11 (0.91%) RESTful
11 8 (0.66%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.66%) EDI
11 8 (0.66%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (0.66%) PySpark
11 8 (0.66%) Spring
11 8 (0.66%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.66%) Vue
12 7 (0.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 138 (11.44%) Product Ownership
2 112 (9.29%) Social Media
3 102 (8.46%) Marketing Technology
4 88 (7.30%) Over-the-Top Content
5 60 (4.98%) Onboarding
6 56 (4.64%) Cloud Native
7 39 (3.23%) Management Information System
8 37 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.57%) Mobile App
10 25 (2.07%) AI Agents
11 24 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
12 21 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (1.66%) Algorithms
13 20 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.49%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.41%) PMI
16 16 (1.33%) Data Structures
16 16 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (1.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.74%) Android
2 29 (2.40%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.08%) Windows
4 7 (0.58%) Linux
5 6 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.33%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (26.45%) Agile
2 295 (24.46%) Analytics
3 282 (23.38%) Roadmaps
4 267 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 254 (21.06%) AI
5 254 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
6 192 (15.92%) Mentoring
7 176 (14.59%) Business Intelligence
8 163 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 147 (12.19%) Customer Experience
10 129 (10.70%) Coaching
11 127 (10.53%) CRM
12 123 (10.20%) CI/CD
13 117 (9.70%) Project Management
14 115 (9.54%) Digital Marketing
15 112 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 109 (9.04%) Data Modelling
16 109 (9.04%) User Stories
17 103 (8.54%) Personalization
18 102 (8.46%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 161 (13.35%) Python
2 159 (13.18%) SQL
3 34 (2.82%) Java
4 28 (2.32%) TypeScript
5 26 (2.16%) C#
6 24 (1.99%) R
7 22 (1.82%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.66%) VBA
9 7 (0.58%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.50%) PHP
11 5 (0.41%) Bash
11 5 (0.41%) C++
11 5 (0.41%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.33%) Scala
13 3 (0.25%) Bicep
14 2 (0.17%) C
14 2 (0.17%) Formula Language
14 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 159 (13.18%) Degree
2 77 (6.38%) ACCA
3 75 (6.22%) CIMA
3 75 (6.22%) Security Cleared
4 55 (4.56%) SC Cleared
5 49 (4.06%) DBS Check
6 35 (2.90%) PMI Certification
7 34 (2.82%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.58%) AAT
9 18 (1.49%) PMP
10 17 (1.41%) CISSP
11 15 (1.24%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.83%) CISM
13 10 (0.83%) PhD
14 9 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.75%) HNC
15 8 (0.66%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (10.86%) Data Quality
2 88 (7.30%) Accessibility
3 70 (5.80%) GDPR
4 62 (5.14%) QA
5 32 (2.65%) WCAG
6 24 (1.99%) GRC
7 23 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 18 (1.49%) NIST
10 13 (1.08%) P3O
11 11 (0.91%) SLA
12 10 (0.83%) NCSC
12 10 (0.83%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.66%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.66%) PMO
14 6 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.41%) GAAP
15 5 (0.41%) IFRS
16 4 (0.33%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.25%) TickIT
System Software
1 25 (2.07%) Docker
2 6 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.33%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (1.66%) Kubernetes
1 20 (1.66%) Terraform
2 17 (1.41%) Grafana
3 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.33%) Argo
4 4 (0.33%) Nmap
4 4 (0.33%) SCCM
5 3 (0.25%) Control-M
5 3 (0.25%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.25%) 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%) Puppet
6 2 (0.17%) Salt
7 1 (0.083%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 172 (14.26%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.95%) Adobe
3 42 (3.48%) Databricks
3 42 (3.48%) Salesforce
4 39 (3.23%) Google
5 37 (3.07%) SAP
6 28 (2.32%) Oracle
7 23 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.74%) HubSpot
8 21 (1.74%) Sage
9 11 (0.91%) Foundry
10 10 (0.83%) BMC
10 10 (0.83%) Informatica
10 10 (0.83%) Workday
11 9 (0.75%) Xero
12 8 (0.66%) Cisco
12 8 (0.66%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.50%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.50%) Ariba
13 6 (0.50%) Talend