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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 62 59
Rank change year-on-year +22 -3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 826 834 940
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.40% 4.84% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.09% 5.21% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 516 423 596
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £35,725
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,554 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,875 £98,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.41%

All Process and 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 13,571 16,022 18,664
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.79% 92.92% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 8,676 9,671 15,007
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +3.31% -3.20%
75th Percentile £78,839 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.45%) Confluence
3 10 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.85%) SAS
6 6 (0.73%) CMS
7 4 (0.48%) Apache
7 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 150 (18.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.48%) Trello
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.97%) Shopify
4 6 (0.73%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.61%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.48%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.36%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.36%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.24%) Magento
8 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Primavera
9 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 175 (21.19%) Power Platform
2 145 (17.55%) Azure
3 89 (10.77%) SaaS
4 59 (7.14%) AWS
5 45 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 44 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
8 31 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (2.91%) GitHub
10 22 (2.66%) GCP
11 18 (2.18%) Snowflake
12 17 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.94%) PaaS
14 14 (1.69%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 12 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (1.45%) Google Analytics
16 12 (1.45%) PowerApps
17 10 (1.21%) Serverless
18 8 (0.97%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.85%) Internet
2 4 (0.48%) Broadband
3 3 (0.36%) Firewall
4 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.24%) Network Security
4 2 (0.24%) SAN
4 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) Intranet
5 1 (0.12%) LAN
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (19.85%) Power BI
2 50 (6.05%) Tableau
3 48 (5.81%) SQL Server
4 36 (4.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 28 (3.39%) Power Query
7 27 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (2.91%) Data Lake
9 22 (2.66%) Metadata
10 14 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (1.33%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.21%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.21%) GIS
12 10 (1.21%) MySQL
12 10 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.85%) Looker
14 7 (0.85%) QlikView
15 6 (0.73%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 18 (2.18%) JIRA
2 4 (0.48%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.48%) ERwin
2 4 (0.48%) Metasploit
2 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
2 4 (0.48%) Toad
3 3 (0.36%) Git
3 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.24%) GitLab
4 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.24%) Selenium
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) JMeter
5 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) Storybook
5 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 381 (46.13%) Social Skills
2 371 (44.92%) Finance
3 318 (38.50%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (11.26%) Marketing
5 86 (10.41%) Public Sector
6 82 (9.93%) Presentation Skills
7 66 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
9 50 (6.05%) Legal
10 45 (5.45%) Manufacturing
11 44 (5.33%) Retail
12 30 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (2.78%) Banking
14 22 (2.66%) Advertising
15 21 (2.54%) Law
16 16 (1.94%) Local Government
17 14 (1.69%) Billing
18 11 (1.33%) French Language
19 10 (1.21%) Automotive
20 9 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 181 (21.91%) Analyst
2 115 (13.92%) Senior
3 70 (8.47%) Lead
4 67 (8.11%) Architect
5 63 (7.63%) Financial Analyst
6 50 (6.05%) Developer
7 40 (4.84%) Consultant
8 36 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
9 35 (4.24%) Business Manager
9 35 (4.24%) Data Engineer
10 34 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 31 (3.75%) Data Analyst
13 30 (3.63%) Senior Manager
14 29 (3.51%) Sales Executive
15 25 (3.03%) Business Analyst
15 25 (3.03%) Development Manager
16 23 (2.78%) Product Manager
17 22 (2.66%) Power BI Analyst
18 20 (2.42%) HR Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.94%) REST
2 13 (1.57%) Flash
3 11 (1.33%) .NET
3 11 (1.33%) React
4 10 (1.21%) Middleware
5 9 (1.09%) JSON
5 9 (1.09%) SOAP
6 8 (0.97%) Blazor
6 8 (0.97%) Kafka
6 8 (0.97%) PySpark
7 7 (0.85%) HTML
7 7 (0.85%) Spring
7 7 (0.85%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.73%) CSS
8 6 (0.73%) OAuth
9 5 (0.61%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.61%) XML
10 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.48%) RESTful
10 4 (0.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 91 (11.02%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (5.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 47 (5.69%) Onboarding
4 42 (5.08%) Cloud Native
5 38 (4.60%) Management Information System
6 33 (4.00%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.27%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.57%) Social Media
8 13 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
9 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.33%) Life Science
9 11 (1.33%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.21%) Digital Media
11 9 (1.09%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.97%) Driving Licence
13 7 (0.85%) IoT
13 7 (0.85%) NHS
14 6 (0.73%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.61%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.33%) Windows
2 6 (0.73%) Linux
2 6 (0.73%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (30.87%) Analytics
2 248 (30.02%) Problem-Solving
3 203 (24.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 190 (23.00%) Business Intelligence
5 150 (18.16%) AI
6 139 (16.83%) Agile
7 119 (14.41%) Visualisation
8 111 (13.44%) CRM
9 109 (13.20%) Data Analysis
10 103 (12.47%) Actionable Insight
10 103 (12.47%) Roadmaps
11 90 (10.90%) Project Management
12 84 (10.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 84 (10.17%) ERP
13 80 (9.69%) DevOps
14 77 (9.32%) B2B
14 77 (9.32%) Process Improvement
15 76 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (8.84%) Data Visualisation
17 67 (8.11%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 194 (23.49%) SQL
2 116 (14.04%) Python
3 41 (4.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (2.66%) R
5 20 (2.42%) VBA
6 19 (2.30%) Java
7 14 (1.69%) C#
8 13 (1.57%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.21%) Scala
9 10 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.97%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.73%) C++
12 5 (0.61%) Bash
12 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.48%) VB
14 3 (0.36%) PHP
15 2 (0.24%) ABAP
15 2 (0.24%) Bicep
15 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 158 (19.13%) Degree
2 103 (12.47%) ACCA
2 103 (12.47%) CIMA
3 50 (6.05%) Security Cleared
4 40 (4.84%) SC Cleared
5 32 (3.87%) DBS Check
6 26 (3.15%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.42%) AAT
8 18 (2.18%) CISM
8 18 (2.18%) CISSP
9 16 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.45%) CISA
11 12 (1.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (1.21%) CRISC
12 10 (1.21%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (0.97%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (9.44%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.05%) GDPR
3 25 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.66%) QA
6 21 (2.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 17 (2.06%) NIST
8 14 (1.69%) GRC
8 14 (1.69%) PMO
9 8 (0.97%) NCSC
10 6 (0.73%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.61%) COBIT
11 5 (0.61%) ITGC
11 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.48%) SLA
13 3 (0.36%) GAAP
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS
14 2 (0.24%) P3O
15 1 (0.12%) EMIR
System Software
1 12 (1.45%) Docker
2 3 (0.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) vSphere
3 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (2.30%) Terraform
2 14 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.48%) Nmap
3 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.36%) Control-M
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 166 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.02%) SAP
3 44 (5.33%) Databricks
4 37 (4.48%) Workday
5 36 (4.36%) Oracle
6 33 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 27 (3.27%) Google
8 26 (3.15%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.69%) Sage
10 13 (1.57%) HubSpot
11 12 (1.45%) Autodesk
12 11 (1.33%) Adaptive Insights
13 10 (1.21%) IBM
14 9 (1.09%) Anaplan
15 6 (0.73%) Informatica
16 5 (0.61%) Alteryx
16 5 (0.61%) Xero
17 4 (0.48%) BMC
17 4 (0.48%) Cisco
17 4 (0.48%) Concur