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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 65 58
Rank change year-on-year +25 -7 +11
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 819 827 985
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.33% 4.81% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.04% 5.17% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 504 418 625
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £35,655
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,608 £45,026
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,572 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +2.62% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,875 £98,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -9.62%

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 13,568 15,987 19,398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.33% 92.92% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,660 9,616 15,599
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,050 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £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% - -4.00%

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 27 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 22 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.47%) Confluence
3 10 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.85%) CMS
4 7 (0.85%) SAS
5 4 (0.49%) Apache
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.24%) nginx
6 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 150 (18.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.49%) Trello
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.71%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.98%) 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 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.37%) 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%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 170 (20.76%) Power Platform
2 145 (17.70%) Azure
3 86 (10.50%) SaaS
4 58 (7.08%) AWS
5 45 (5.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 44 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (3.17%) GitHub
10 21 (2.56%) GCP
11 18 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.08%) Snowflake
13 16 (1.95%) PaaS
14 13 (1.59%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.34%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.34%) PowerApps
16 11 (1.34%) Serverless
17 8 (0.98%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.73%) Internet
2 4 (0.49%) Broadband
3 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.24%) Network Security
3 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) LAN
4 1 (0.12%) SAN
4 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (19.41%) Power BI
2 49 (5.98%) Tableau
3 48 (5.86%) SQL Server
4 36 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (4.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 26 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (2.93%) Data Lake
7 24 (2.93%) Power Query
8 22 (2.69%) Metadata
9 14 (1.71%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (1.34%) BigQuery
10 11 (1.34%) MySQL
11 10 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (1.22%) GIS
11 10 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.85%) Looker
14 7 (0.85%) QlikView
15 6 (0.73%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 19 (2.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.61%) Burp Suite
2 5 (0.61%) Git
2 5 (0.61%) Metasploit
3 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.49%) ERwin
3 4 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (0.49%) Toad
4 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.24%) GitLab
5 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.24%) Selenium
5 2 (0.24%) Storybook
5 2 (0.24%) Vite
6 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.12%) JMeter
6 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 385 (47.01%) Social Skills
2 368 (44.93%) Finance
3 320 (39.07%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (11.36%) Marketing
5 85 (10.38%) Public Sector
6 82 (10.01%) Presentation Skills
7 61 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
9 48 (5.86%) Legal
10 45 (5.49%) Manufacturing
11 43 (5.25%) Retail
12 32 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (2.69%) Advertising
13 22 (2.69%) Banking
14 21 (2.56%) Law
15 16 (1.95%) Local Government
16 14 (1.71%) Billing
17 11 (1.34%) French Language
18 9 (1.10%) Automotive
18 9 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 178 (21.73%) Analyst
2 112 (13.68%) Senior
3 68 (8.30%) Lead
4 67 (8.18%) Architect
5 61 (7.45%) Financial Analyst
6 49 (5.98%) Developer
7 41 (5.01%) Consultant
8 35 (4.27%) Business Manager
8 35 (4.27%) Data Engineer
8 35 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
9 33 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
10 31 (3.79%) Data Analyst
11 29 (3.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 29 (3.54%) Sales Executive
11 29 (3.54%) Senior Manager
12 25 (3.05%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.05%) Development Manager
13 22 (2.69%) Product Manager
14 20 (2.44%) HR Advisor
14 20 (2.44%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.59%) Flash
1 13 (1.59%) REST
2 10 (1.22%) Middleware
2 10 (1.22%) React
3 9 (1.10%) .NET
3 9 (1.10%) SOAP
4 8 (0.98%) Blazor
4 8 (0.98%) CSS
4 8 (0.98%) HTML
4 8 (0.98%) JSON
4 8 (0.98%) PySpark
5 6 (0.73%) Kafka
5 6 (0.73%) OAuth
5 6 (0.73%) Spring
5 6 (0.73%) Spring Boot
6 5 (0.61%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.61%) RESTful
6 5 (0.61%) XML
7 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (5.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 45 (5.49%) Onboarding
4 40 (4.88%) Cloud Native
5 37 (4.52%) Management Information System
6 35 (4.27%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.30%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.71%) Social Media
9 13 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (1.47%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.34%) Life Science
12 10 (1.22%) Digital Media
13 9 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.98%) Driving Licence
14 8 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.85%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.85%) IoT
15 7 (0.85%) NHS
16 6 (0.73%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.10%) Windows
2 6 (0.73%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.49%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 251 (30.65%) Analytics
3 208 (25.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 184 (22.47%) Business Intelligence
5 145 (17.70%) AI
6 140 (17.09%) Agile
7 117 (14.29%) Visualisation
8 110 (13.43%) CRM
8 110 (13.43%) Data Analysis
9 103 (12.58%) Actionable Insight
10 102 (12.45%) Roadmaps
11 88 (10.74%) Project Management
12 83 (10.13%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 83 (10.13%) ERP
13 79 (9.65%) DevOps
13 79 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 78 (9.52%) Process Improvement
15 75 (9.16%) B2B
16 72 (8.79%) Data Visualisation
17 63 (7.69%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 184 (22.47%) SQL
2 114 (13.92%) Python
3 37 (4.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (2.69%) R
5 20 (2.44%) VBA
6 18 (2.20%) Java
7 15 (1.83%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.47%) C#
9 10 (1.22%) Scala
9 10 (1.22%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.10%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.85%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.73%) Bash
12 6 (0.73%) C++
12 6 (0.73%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.49%) PHP
13 4 (0.49%) VB
14 2 (0.24%) ABAP
14 2 (0.24%) Bicep
14 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 161 (19.66%) Degree
2 105 (12.82%) ACCA
2 105 (12.82%) CIMA
3 51 (6.23%) Security Cleared
4 41 (5.01%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.15%) DBS Check
6 26 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.44%) AAT
7 20 (2.44%) CISSP
8 19 (2.32%) CISM
9 16 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.47%) CISA
11 12 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (1.22%) CRISC
12 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (0.98%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.98%) GDPR
3 26 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (3.17%) QA
4 24 (2.93%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 18 (2.20%) NIST
7 15 (1.83%) GRC
8 14 (1.71%) PMO
9 9 (1.10%) NCSC
10 7 (0.85%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.73%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.61%) COBIT
12 5 (0.61%) ITGC
13 4 (0.49%) GAAP
13 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.49%) SLA
14 3 (0.37%) IFRS
15 2 (0.24%) P3O
15 2 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (1.34%) Docker
2 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.24%) 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 18 (2.20%) Terraform
2 12 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.61%) Nmap
4 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.37%) Control-M
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 158 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.08%) SAP
3 45 (5.49%) Databricks
4 37 (4.52%) Workday
5 36 (4.40%) Oracle
6 33 (4.03%) ServiceNow
7 26 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 25 (3.05%) Google
9 15 (1.83%) Sage
10 12 (1.47%) Autodesk
10 12 (1.47%) HubSpot
11 11 (1.34%) Adaptive Insights
12 10 (1.22%) IBM
13 8 (0.98%) Anaplan
14 6 (0.73%) Informatica
15 5 (0.61%) Cisco
15 5 (0.61%) Xero
16 4 (0.49%) Alteryx
16 4 (0.49%) BMC
16 4 (0.49%) Concur