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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 64 61
Rank change year-on-year +22 -3 +16
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 839 855 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.49% 4.55% 4.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.09% 4.98% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 520 435 646
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,147 £42,500 £45,207
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £79,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

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 13,775 17,158 19,587
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.07% 91.24% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,682 10,397 15,831
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,270
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 7 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 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.43%) Confluence
3 10 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.83%) SAS
6 6 (0.72%) CMS
7 5 (0.60%) Apache
7 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.48%) WordPress
9 3 (0.36%) Moodle
9 3 (0.36%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 151 (18.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.48%) Trello
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
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
Business Applications
1 14 (1.67%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.95%) Shopify
4 6 (0.72%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.48%) 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%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.24%) Magento
8 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) Primavera
9 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 174 (20.74%) Power Platform
2 138 (16.45%) Azure
3 85 (10.13%) SaaS
4 67 (7.99%) AWS
5 41 (4.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 40 (4.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 35 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.86%) GCP
10 20 (2.38%) GitHub
11 18 (2.15%) PaaS
12 16 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.91%) Google Analytics
12 16 (1.91%) Snowflake
13 14 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.55%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.31%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.19%) Serverless
17 8 (0.95%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.07%) Internet
2 5 (0.60%) Firewall
3 3 (0.36%) Broadband
3 3 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.24%) Network Security
4 2 (0.24%) SAN
4 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.24%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) 4G
5 1 (0.12%) 5G
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) LAN
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (19.31%) Power BI
2 54 (6.44%) Tableau
3 49 (5.84%) SQL Server
4 33 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 32 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 29 (3.46%) Power Query
7 24 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (2.38%) Data Lake
9 17 (2.03%) Metadata
10 15 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (1.55%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.31%) GIS
13 10 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
13 10 (1.19%) MySQL
13 10 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.83%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.83%) Looker
14 7 (0.83%) QlikView
14 7 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (2.26%) JIRA
2 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.48%) ERwin
2 4 (0.48%) Git
2 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
2 4 (0.48%) Toad
3 3 (0.36%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.36%) Metasploit
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%) Locust
5 1 (0.12%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 386 (46.01%) Social Skills
2 368 (43.86%) Finance
3 320 (38.14%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (11.56%) Marketing
5 89 (10.61%) Public Sector
6 81 (9.65%) Presentation Skills
7 78 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (6.20%) Legal
10 45 (5.36%) Retail
11 43 (5.13%) Manufacturing
12 32 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (3.22%) Banking
14 25 (2.98%) Law
15 23 (2.74%) Advertising
15 23 (2.74%) Local Government
16 14 (1.67%) Billing
17 11 (1.31%) Financial Institution
18 10 (1.19%) Automotive
19 9 (1.07%) French Language
Job Titles
1 183 (21.81%) Analyst
2 117 (13.95%) Senior
3 74 (8.82%) Lead
4 66 (7.87%) Architect
5 63 (7.51%) Financial Analyst
6 53 (6.32%) Developer
7 43 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
8 39 (4.65%) Consultant
9 37 (4.41%) Business Manager
10 36 (4.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 34 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (3.58%) Data Analyst
12 30 (3.58%) Data Engineer
12 30 (3.58%) Sales Executive
12 30 (3.58%) Senior Manager
13 28 (3.34%) Development Manager
14 25 (2.98%) Business Analyst
15 24 (2.86%) Power BI Analyst
16 23 (2.74%) Commercial Analyst
16 23 (2.74%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.91%) REST
2 13 (1.55%) .NET
2 13 (1.55%) Flash
3 11 (1.31%) React
4 10 (1.19%) Middleware
5 9 (1.07%) JSON
5 9 (1.07%) SOAP
6 8 (0.95%) Blazor
7 7 (0.83%) Kafka
7 7 (0.83%) Spring
7 7 (0.83%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.72%) HTML
9 5 (0.60%) CSS
9 5 (0.60%) OAuth
9 5 (0.60%) TensorFlow
10 4 (0.48%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.48%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.48%) PySpark
10 4 (0.48%) XGBoost
10 4 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
2 52 (6.20%) Onboarding
3 51 (6.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 48 (5.72%) Cloud Native
5 40 (4.77%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.05%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.22%) Virtual Team
8 19 (2.26%) Social Media
9 16 (1.91%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.31%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.31%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.19%) Digital Media
11 10 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.19%) Life Science
11 10 (1.19%) NHS
12 8 (0.95%) IoT
13 6 (0.72%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.72%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.91%) Windows
2 7 (0.83%) Linux
3 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (31.47%) Analytics
2 251 (29.92%) Problem-Solving
3 198 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 191 (22.77%) Business Intelligence
5 160 (19.07%) AI
6 146 (17.40%) Agile
7 121 (14.42%) Visualisation
8 112 (13.35%) Data Analysis
9 109 (12.99%) Roadmaps
10 108 (12.87%) CRM
11 106 (12.63%) Actionable Insight
12 91 (10.85%) Project Management
13 88 (10.49%) B2B
14 87 (10.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 78 (9.30%) ERP
15 78 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 76 (9.06%) DevOps
16 76 (9.06%) Process Improvement
17 74 (8.82%) Data Visualisation
18 69 (8.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 202 (24.08%) SQL
2 113 (13.47%) Python
3 42 (5.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (2.38%) R
5 19 (2.26%) VBA
6 18 (2.15%) Java
7 14 (1.67%) C#
7 14 (1.67%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.83%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.83%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.72%) C++
9 6 (0.72%) Scala
10 5 (0.60%) Bash
11 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.48%) VB
12 3 (0.36%) PHP
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
13 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 159 (18.95%) Degree
2 104 (12.40%) ACCA
2 104 (12.40%) CIMA
3 46 (5.48%) Security Cleared
4 38 (4.53%) SC Cleared
5 30 (3.58%) DBS Check
6 28 (3.34%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.38%) AAT
8 17 (2.03%) CISM
9 16 (1.91%) CISSP
10 14 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.43%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.43%) CISA
11 12 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (1.19%) CRISC
12 10 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
13 9 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.95%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.95%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.84%) GDPR
3 25 (2.98%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 19 (2.26%) QA
7 15 (1.79%) NIST
8 14 (1.67%) PMO
9 12 (1.43%) GRC
10 7 (0.83%) NCSC
11 6 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.60%) COBIT
12 5 (0.60%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.60%) ITGC
13 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.48%) SLA
14 2 (0.24%) GAAP
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS
15 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 12 (1.43%) Docker
2 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) vSphere
4 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (2.03%) Terraform
2 14 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.36%) Nmap
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
1 173 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.91%) SAP
3 45 (5.36%) Google
4 40 (4.77%) Databricks
5 34 (4.05%) Oracle
6 33 (3.93%) Workday
7 30 (3.58%) Salesforce
8 27 (3.22%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.55%) Sage
10 12 (1.43%) HubSpot
11 11 (1.31%) Adaptive Insights
11 11 (1.31%) Autodesk
12 8 (0.95%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.95%) Anaplan
12 8 (0.95%) Apple
13 7 (0.83%) IBM
14 6 (0.72%) Informatica
15 5 (0.60%) Xero
16 4 (0.48%) Adobe
16 4 (0.48%) Concur