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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 77 37
Rank change year-on-year +48 -40 +9
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,262 677 1,946
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.58% 4.57% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.94% 4.82% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 780 397 1,091
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,800 £35,225
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £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 £73,886 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.60%

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 15,885 14,034 29,900
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.81% 90.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,369 8,239 23,472
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,450 £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 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 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 38 (3.01%) Confluence
2 35 (2.77%) CMS
3 34 (2.69%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.32%) Apache
6 4 (0.32%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.32%) SAS
6 4 (0.32%) WordPress
7 3 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.079%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.079%) Drupal
9 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.079%) Umbraco
Applications
1 101 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (4.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 36 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.55%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.16%) Blender
10 2 (0.16%) Maya
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.079%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 39 (3.09%) Workfront
2 34 (2.69%) Adobe Campaign
3 16 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.48%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.48%) Shopify
6 5 (0.40%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 4 (0.32%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
10 1 (0.079%) Magento
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.079%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.079%) ResourceLink
10 1 (0.079%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 233 (18.46%) Azure
2 168 (13.31%) Power Platform
3 130 (10.30%) AWS
4 101 (8.00%) SaaS
5 53 (4.20%) GCP
5 53 (4.20%) iPaaS
6 44 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (2.61%) Serverless
9 27 (2.14%) Figma
10 26 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.06%) GitHub
11 25 (1.98%) Adobe Analytics
11 25 (1.98%) Contentsquare
12 20 (1.58%) Azure Machine Learning
13 18 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (1.19%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (13.47%) Broadband
2 8 (0.63%) Firewall
2 8 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.55%) Network Security
4 5 (0.40%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.40%) WAN
5 4 (0.32%) DNS
5 4 (0.32%) LAN
6 3 (0.24%) BGP
6 3 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.24%) Internet
6 3 (0.24%) Modbus
6 3 (0.24%) MPLS
6 3 (0.24%) OSPF
6 3 (0.24%) SSL
6 3 (0.24%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.16%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.16%) SMS
7 2 (0.16%) VPN
7 2 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (12.68%) Power BI
2 74 (5.86%) Metadata
3 45 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (3.33%) Tableau
5 39 (3.09%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.51%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.19%) Big Data
8 15 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.11%) MySQL
9 14 (1.11%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.11%) Oracle Database
10 11 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.63%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.63%) Looker
12 8 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.48%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (2.38%) JIRA
2 21 (1.66%) Git
3 7 (0.55%) JMeter
4 6 (0.48%) Claude Code
4 6 (0.48%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.48%) GitLab
5 5 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.40%) Locust
5 5 (0.40%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.40%) MLflow
6 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.24%) Vite
8 2 (0.16%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.16%) NUnit
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.16%) Storybook
8 2 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 416 (32.96%) Social Skills
2 371 (29.40%) Finance
3 348 (27.58%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (16.32%) Marketing
5 109 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 106 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (6.66%) Organisational Skills
8 76 (6.02%) Legal
9 75 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
10 69 (5.47%) Games
11 65 (5.15%) Retail
12 49 (3.88%) Law
13 30 (2.38%) Banking
14 28 (2.22%) Local Government
15 26 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.98%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.66%) Advertising
18 19 (1.51%) Publishing
19 11 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
20 9 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 208 (16.48%) Senior
2 188 (14.90%) Analyst
3 138 (10.94%) Lead
4 72 (5.71%) Architect
5 69 (5.47%) Data Engineer
6 64 (5.07%) Senior Manager
7 55 (4.36%) Product Owner
8 52 (4.12%) Developer
9 51 (4.04%) Data Analyst
9 51 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
10 41 (3.25%) Product Manager
11 37 (2.93%) Business Analyst
11 37 (2.93%) Development Manager
12 36 (2.85%) Campaign Manager
13 33 (2.61%) Consultant
14 27 (2.14%) Business Manager
15 26 (2.06%) Software Engineer
16 25 (1.98%) Engineering Manager
17 23 (1.82%) Accountant
17 23 (1.82%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.41%) React
2 28 (2.22%) .NET
3 24 (1.90%) LangChain
4 19 (1.51%) CSS
4 19 (1.51%) REST
5 18 (1.43%) HTML
6 15 (1.19%) XML
7 14 (1.11%) Next.js
7 14 (1.11%) Node.js
8 13 (1.03%) AWS CDK
8 13 (1.03%) RESTful
9 11 (0.87%) Middleware
9 11 (0.87%) PySpark
10 9 (0.71%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.71%) Spring
10 9 (0.71%) Vue
11 8 (0.63%) EDI
11 8 (0.63%) Kafka
11 8 (0.63%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (0.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 139 (11.01%) Product Ownership
2 111 (8.80%) Social Media
3 102 (8.08%) Marketing Technology
4 88 (6.97%) Over-the-Top Content
5 63 (4.99%) Cloud Native
6 61 (4.83%) Onboarding
7 46 (3.65%) Management Information System
8 38 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.46%) Mobile App
10 25 (1.98%) AI Agents
10 25 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.90%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.82%) Security Posture
13 20 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (1.35%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.35%) PMI
16 16 (1.27%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.61%) Android
2 29 (2.30%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.19%) Windows
4 6 (0.48%) Linux
4 6 (0.48%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (26.23%) Agile
2 314 (24.88%) Analytics
3 296 (23.45%) Roadmaps
4 281 (22.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 277 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 265 (21.00%) AI
7 196 (15.53%) Mentoring
8 183 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
9 173 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 147 (11.65%) Customer Experience
11 133 (10.54%) Coaching
12 132 (10.46%) CI/CD
13 131 (10.38%) CRM
14 124 (9.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 122 (9.67%) Project Management
16 119 (9.43%) Data Modelling
17 116 (9.19%) Digital Marketing
18 110 (8.72%) User Stories
19 105 (8.32%) DevOps
20 104 (8.24%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 181 (14.34%) SQL
2 177 (14.03%) Python
3 34 (2.69%) Java
4 33 (2.61%) TypeScript
5 30 (2.38%) C#
6 28 (2.22%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.82%) R
8 9 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.71%) VBA
9 7 (0.55%) C++
9 7 (0.55%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.48%) Bash
10 6 (0.48%) PHP
10 6 (0.48%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.32%) Ruby
11 4 (0.32%) Scala
12 3 (0.24%) Bicep
13 2 (0.16%) C
13 2 (0.16%) Formula Language
13 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 165 (13.07%) Degree
2 85 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 78 (6.18%) ACCA
4 75 (5.94%) CIMA
5 65 (5.15%) SC Cleared
6 47 (3.72%) DBS Check
7 35 (2.77%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.61%) Master's Degree
9 20 (1.58%) CISSP
10 19 (1.51%) AAT
11 18 (1.43%) PMP
12 16 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (1.03%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.87%) CISM
15 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.79%) PhD
16 9 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (0.71%) HNC
17 8 (0.63%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (11.17%) Data Quality
2 88 (6.97%) Accessibility
3 73 (5.78%) GDPR
4 68 (5.39%) QA
5 32 (2.54%) WCAG
6 27 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (1.98%) GRC
8 20 (1.58%) NIST
9 19 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.03%) P3O
11 12 (0.95%) PMO
11 12 (0.95%) SLA
12 10 (0.79%) NCSC
12 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.71%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.48%) IFRS
16 5 (0.40%) GAAP
17 4 (0.32%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.24%) EMIR
System Software
1 28 (2.22%) Docker
2 7 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.32%) Firmware
4 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (1.66%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.58%) Terraform
3 16 (1.27%) Grafana
4 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.40%) Nmap
6 4 (0.32%) SCCM
7 3 (0.24%) Argo
7 3 (0.24%) Control-M
7 3 (0.24%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.16%) Ansible
8 2 (0.16%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.16%) Packer
8 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.16%) Puppet
8 2 (0.16%) Salt
9 1 (0.079%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 181 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 119 (9.43%) Adobe
3 42 (3.33%) Databricks
3 42 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 39 (3.09%) Google
5 37 (2.93%) SAP
6 28 (2.22%) Oracle
7 23 (1.82%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.66%) HubSpot
9 20 (1.58%) Sage
10 10 (0.79%) BMC
10 10 (0.79%) Cisco
10 10 (0.79%) Foundry
10 10 (0.79%) Informatica
10 10 (0.79%) OpenAI
10 10 (0.79%) Workday
10 10 (0.79%) Xero
11 6 (0.48%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.48%) Ariba
11 6 (0.48%) Talend