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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 79 38
Rank change year-on-year +53 -41 +8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,390 708 1,961
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.94% 4.59% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.49% 4.86% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 871 421 1,091
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £73,886 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year - +9.69% -8.15%

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 16,378 14,566 30,818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.83% 94.52% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,822 8,457 23,835
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 18 June 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 42 (3.02%) Confluence
2 37 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.52%) CMS
4 14 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.36%) WordPress
8 4 (0.29%) Apache
8 4 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.29%) SAS
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.072%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.072%) Drupal
11 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.072%) Resin
11 1 (0.072%) Umbraco
Applications
1 105 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (4.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 31 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.50%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.22%) Blender
9 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.22%) Maya
9 3 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.81%) Workfront
2 34 (2.45%) Adobe Campaign
3 16 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.43%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.36%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.36%) Shopify
7 3 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 257 (18.49%) Azure
2 170 (12.23%) Power Platform
3 149 (10.72%) AWS
4 112 (8.06%) SaaS
5 56 (4.03%) GCP
6 53 (3.81%) iPaaS
7 43 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 42 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.59%) Serverless
10 28 (2.01%) GitHub
11 27 (1.94%) Figma
12 26 (1.87%) Adobe Analytics
13 25 (1.80%) Contentsquare
14 19 (1.37%) Entra ID
15 18 (1.29%) Azure Machine Learning
16 17 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 16 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 177 (12.73%) Broadband
2 9 (0.65%) Network Security
3 8 (0.58%) Firewall
3 8 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.36%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.36%) VPN
4 5 (0.36%) WAN
5 4 (0.29%) DNS
5 4 (0.29%) LAN
6 3 (0.22%) BGP
6 3 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.22%) Internet
6 3 (0.22%) Modbus
6 3 (0.22%) MPLS
6 3 (0.22%) OSPF
6 3 (0.22%) SSL
6 3 (0.22%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.14%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.14%) SMS
7 2 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (11.22%) Power BI
2 75 (5.40%) Metadata
3 49 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (2.95%) Tableau
5 37 (2.66%) SQL Server
6 31 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (1.22%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.01%) MySQL
10 14 (1.01%) Oracle Database
10 14 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.94%) Big Data
12 10 (0.72%) Looker
12 10 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.65%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
15 7 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (2.73%) JIRA
2 25 (1.80%) Git
3 8 (0.58%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.50%) JMeter
5 6 (0.43%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.43%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.43%) GitLab
5 6 (0.43%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.36%) Locust
6 5 (0.36%) MLflow
7 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.22%) Vite
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.14%) Vagrant
General
1 469 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 404 (29.06%) Finance
3 376 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (14.96%) Marketing
5 124 (8.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 118 (8.49%) Public Sector
7 94 (6.76%) Influencing Skills
8 80 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
9 79 (5.68%) Legal
10 75 (5.40%) Games
11 72 (5.18%) Retail
12 49 (3.53%) Law
13 35 (2.52%) Local Government
13 35 (2.52%) Manufacturing
14 32 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (2.09%) Banking
16 21 (1.51%) Advertising
17 19 (1.37%) Publishing
18 16 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
19 10 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 226 (16.26%) Senior
2 208 (14.96%) Analyst
3 148 (10.65%) Lead
4 92 (6.62%) Architect
5 65 (4.68%) Data Engineer
6 63 (4.53%) Data Analyst
7 62 (4.46%) Senior Analyst
8 61 (4.39%) Senior Manager
9 58 (4.17%) Product Owner
10 52 (3.74%) Developer
11 48 (3.45%) Consultant
12 44 (3.17%) Development Manager
13 41 (2.95%) Product Manager
14 36 (2.59%) Business Analyst
14 36 (2.59%) Campaign Manager
15 33 (2.37%) Business Manager
16 28 (2.01%) Business Development Manager
17 27 (1.94%) Engineering Manager
17 27 (1.94%) Software Engineer
18 25 (1.80%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.24%) React
2 31 (2.23%) .NET
3 26 (1.87%) LangChain
4 22 (1.58%) REST
5 18 (1.29%) CSS
6 17 (1.22%) HTML
6 17 (1.22%) Node.js
7 16 (1.15%) Next.js
8 15 (1.08%) AWS CDK
8 15 (1.08%) XML
9 13 (0.94%) RESTful
10 12 (0.86%) Spring
11 10 (0.72%) Kafka
11 10 (0.72%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.65%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.65%) TensorFlow
12 9 (0.65%) Vue
13 8 (0.58%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.58%) AngularJS
13 8 (0.58%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 140 (10.07%) Product Ownership
2 119 (8.56%) Social Media
3 103 (7.41%) Marketing Technology
4 88 (6.33%) Over-the-Top Content
5 70 (5.04%) Cloud Native
6 60 (4.32%) Management Information System
7 57 (4.10%) Onboarding
8 47 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.73%) AI Agents
10 32 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
11 31 (2.23%) Mobile App
12 26 (1.87%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
14 22 (1.58%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
16 19 (1.37%) Credit Risk
17 18 (1.29%) Data Structures
17 18 (1.29%) PMI
18 16 (1.15%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.37%) Android
2 29 (2.09%) Apple iOS
3 19 (1.37%) Windows
4 7 (0.50%) Linux
5 6 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.29%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.22%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (25.76%) Agile
2 332 (23.88%) Analytics
3 330 (23.74%) Roadmaps
4 311 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
5 307 (22.09%) AI
6 306 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 231 (16.62%) Mentoring
8 207 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 186 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
10 153 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 149 (10.72%) Customer Experience
12 147 (10.58%) CI/CD
13 141 (10.14%) Coaching
14 136 (9.78%) Project Management
15 134 (9.64%) Data Modelling
16 132 (9.50%) CRM
17 119 (8.56%) Actionable Insight
17 119 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
18 118 (8.49%) DevOps
19 114 (8.20%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 194 (13.96%) SQL
2 183 (13.17%) Python
3 39 (2.81%) TypeScript
4 36 (2.59%) Java
5 31 (2.23%) C#
5 31 (2.23%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.44%) R
7 9 (0.65%) Bash
7 9 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (0.65%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.65%) VBA
8 8 (0.58%) Bicep
9 7 (0.50%) C++
10 5 (0.36%) PHP
10 5 (0.36%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.29%) Ruby
12 2 (0.14%) C
12 2 (0.14%) Formula Language
12 2 (0.14%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 171 (12.30%) Degree
2 92 (6.62%) Security Cleared
3 82 (5.90%) ACCA
4 79 (5.68%) CIMA
5 72 (5.18%) SC Cleared
6 55 (3.96%) DBS Check
7 42 (3.02%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.73%) CISSP
9 24 (1.73%) PMP
10 21 (1.51%) AAT
11 20 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 16 (1.15%) CISM
14 15 (1.08%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (0.72%) CIPD
17 10 (0.72%) PhD
18 9 (0.65%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (10.65%) Data Quality
2 89 (6.40%) Accessibility
3 81 (5.83%) GDPR
4 76 (5.47%) QA
5 36 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (2.23%) WCAG
7 28 (2.01%) GRC
8 24 (1.73%) NIST
8 24 (1.73%) PMO
9 21 (1.51%) SLA
10 18 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.94%) P3O
12 11 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.79%) IFRS
12 11 (0.79%) NCSC
13 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.58%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.29%) GAAP
15 4 (0.29%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 34 (2.45%) Docker
2 12 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.29%) Firmware
4 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.22%) vSphere
6 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.65%) Terraform
3 16 (1.15%) Grafana
4 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.43%) Nmap
6 4 (0.29%) SCCM
7 3 (0.22%) Argo
7 3 (0.22%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.14%) Ansible
8 2 (0.14%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.14%) Packer
8 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.14%) Puppet
8 2 (0.14%) Salt
9 1 (0.072%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.072%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 192 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 119 (8.56%) Adobe
3 44 (3.17%) Salesforce
4 42 (3.02%) Databricks
5 39 (2.81%) Google
6 35 (2.52%) SAP
7 28 (2.01%) Oracle
8 19 (1.37%) Sage
9 18 (1.29%) HubSpot
10 16 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.94%) Foundry
12 10 (0.72%) Informatica
12 10 (0.72%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.72%) Xero
13 9 (0.65%) Cisco
14 7 (0.50%) Workday
15 6 (0.43%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.43%) Ariba
15 6 (0.43%) BMC
15 6 (0.43%) VMware