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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 68 36
Rank change year-on-year +51 -32 +28
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 2,080 798 1,365
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.34% 4.73% 6.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.31% 5.04% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 524 441
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,869 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,965 £42,773 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £57,500 £55,213
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% +4.14% -8.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.26% +3.64%

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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 47 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.78%) Confluence
3 14 (0.67%) CMS
4 10 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.38%) Apache
6 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.096%) SAS
11 1 (0.048%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.048%) Appian
11 1 (0.048%) CICS
11 1 (0.048%) Moodle
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.048%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 156 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.29%) Simulink
8 6 (0.29%) Trello
9 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.19%) InDesign
10 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.19%) Notion
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 2 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.096%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.048%) SPSS
13 1 (0.048%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 57 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.49%) Dynamics GP
3 20 (0.96%) Workfront
4 17 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
7 9 (0.43%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 7 (0.34%) Actimize
8 7 (0.34%) Primavera
9 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.19%) FastStats
11 4 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
12 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
13 2 (0.096%) FastStats PeopleStage
13 2 (0.096%) iTrent
14 1 (0.048%) NEC Housing
14 1 (0.048%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 294 (14.13%) Azure
2 263 (12.64%) Power Platform
3 206 (9.90%) AWS
4 165 (7.93%) SaaS
5 88 (4.23%) GCP
6 72 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (2.31%) GitHub
8 46 (2.21%) Serverless
9 43 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
11 32 (1.54%) Google Analytics
12 27 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (1.06%) Snowflake
15 21 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (0.96%) Entra ID
16 20 (0.96%) iPaaS
17 19 (0.91%) Amazon S3
18 17 (0.82%) Figma
19 16 (0.77%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.27%) Broadband
2 63 (3.03%) Network Security
3 57 (2.74%) Firewall
4 50 (2.40%) VLAN
5 15 (0.72%) 5G
6 10 (0.48%) WAN
7 9 (0.43%) Intranet
8 8 (0.38%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.34%) LAN
9 7 (0.34%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.34%) VPN
10 5 (0.24%) Internet
10 5 (0.24%) Wireless
11 4 (0.19%) SMS
12 3 (0.14%) BGP
12 3 (0.14%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.14%) MPLS
12 3 (0.14%) OSPF
12 3 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (11.54%) Power BI
2 92 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (3.08%) Metadata
4 45 (2.16%) Tableau
5 34 (1.63%) Data Lake
6 30 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 30 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 27 (1.30%) BigQuery
7 27 (1.30%) Looker
8 20 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (0.96%) Spark SQL
9 17 (0.82%) Big Data
9 17 (0.82%) DynamoDB
9 17 (0.82%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.63%) MongoDB
11 13 (0.63%) Power Query
12 12 (0.58%) Data Mining
12 12 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 59 (2.84%) Git
2 47 (2.26%) JIRA
3 14 (0.67%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.29%) GitLab
6 6 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.24%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.19%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) RStudio
8 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.14%) Maven
9 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.048%) Ant
10 1 (0.048%) Mocha
10 1 (0.048%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 821 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 705 (33.89%) Finance
3 614 (29.52%) Analytical Skills
4 306 (14.71%) Marketing
5 247 (11.88%) Public Sector
6 227 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 170 (8.17%) Influencing Skills
8 147 (7.07%) Legal
9 129 (6.20%) Retail
10 115 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
11 111 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
12 85 (4.09%) Law
13 73 (3.51%) Manufacturing
14 64 (3.08%) Banking
15 47 (2.26%) Aerospace
16 41 (1.97%) Local Government
17 39 (1.88%) Telecoms
18 34 (1.63%) Games
19 29 (1.39%) Electronics
19 29 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 351 (16.88%) Senior
2 279 (13.41%) Analyst
3 245 (11.78%) Lead
4 152 (7.31%) Architect
5 112 (5.38%) Data Engineer
6 86 (4.13%) Business Manager
7 85 (4.09%) Data Analyst
8 84 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
9 79 (3.80%) Development Manager
10 72 (3.46%) Developer
11 70 (3.37%) Business Development Manager
12 61 (2.93%) Consultant
13 57 (2.74%) IT Manager
14 53 (2.55%) Security Engineer
15 51 (2.45%) Senior Security Engineer
16 50 (2.40%) Senior Manager
17 45 (2.16%) Business Analyst
18 44 (2.12%) Senior Architect
19 43 (2.07%) Data Architect
19 43 (2.07%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.12%) .NET
2 43 (2.07%) React
3 41 (1.97%) PySpark
4 36 (1.73%) Node.js
5 30 (1.44%) REST
5 30 (1.44%) Terraform
6 23 (1.11%) LangChain
7 16 (0.77%) Spring
7 16 (0.77%) Spring Boot
8 14 (0.67%) AngularJS
8 14 (0.67%) RESTful
9 11 (0.53%) AWS CDK
9 11 (0.53%) FastAPI
9 11 (0.53%) NestJS
9 11 (0.53%) Next.js
10 10 (0.48%) Django
10 10 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (0.48%) PyTorch
11 9 (0.43%) CSS
11 9 (0.43%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 133 (6.39%) Management Information System
2 129 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
3 105 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 76 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 69 (3.32%) Marketing Technology
6 64 (3.08%) Social Media
7 63 (3.03%) Onboarding
8 49 (2.36%) AI Agents
9 44 (2.12%) Driving Licence
10 42 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
11 41 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
12 40 (1.92%) Blog
13 39 (1.88%) Credit Risk
14 34 (1.63%) Over-the-Top Content
15 32 (1.54%) Security Posture
16 29 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
16 29 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
17 28 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
18 22 (1.06%) Data Centre
18 22 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (0.96%) Windows
2 13 (0.63%) Android
3 7 (0.34%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.34%) Linux
4 6 (0.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.048%) Unix
5 1 (0.048%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (26.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 473 (22.74%) Analytics
3 471 (22.64%) AI
4 450 (21.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 437 (21.01%) Agile
6 404 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
7 347 (16.68%) Mentoring
8 316 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
8 316 (15.19%) Coaching
9 301 (14.47%) Roadmaps
10 290 (13.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 271 (13.03%) CRM
12 245 (11.78%) Cybersecurity
13 211 (10.14%) Project Delivery
14 202 (9.71%) Business Development
15 195 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
16 192 (9.23%) CI/CD
17 179 (8.61%) Data Modelling
18 170 (8.17%) Risk Management
19 165 (7.93%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 349 (16.78%) SQL
2 247 (11.88%) Python
3 55 (2.64%) JavaScript
4 46 (2.21%) C#
5 44 (2.12%) Java
5 44 (2.12%) TypeScript
6 23 (1.11%) C++
6 23 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 22 (1.06%) R
8 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.48%) Bicep
9 10 (0.48%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.43%) Bash
10 9 (0.43%) VBA
11 8 (0.38%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.34%) Ruby
12 7 (0.34%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.29%) C
13 6 (0.29%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 202 (9.71%) Degree
2 188 (9.04%) Security Cleared
3 161 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 84 (4.04%) ACCA
5 81 (3.89%) CIMA
6 66 (3.17%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 34 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.49%) CISSP
11 28 (1.35%) CISM
12 25 (1.20%) PMP
13 20 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 19 (0.91%) CIPD
14 19 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
15 16 (0.77%) Master's Degree
16 14 (0.67%) ICAEW
17 12 (0.58%) AAT
17 12 (0.58%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.58%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (10.10%) Data Quality
2 125 (6.01%) Accessibility
3 99 (4.76%) GDPR
4 66 (3.17%) QA
5 54 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (2.31%) PMO
7 34 (1.63%) NIST
8 32 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 30 (1.44%) GRC
10 25 (1.20%) SLA
11 15 (0.72%) IFRS
11 15 (0.72%) WCAG
12 12 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.43%) COBIT
14 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
15 6 (0.29%) NCSC
15 6 (0.29%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (2.16%) Docker
2 15 (0.72%) Firmware
3 12 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.29%) vSphere
7 2 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.048%) GPFS
8 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.048%) Lustre
8 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 25 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.38%) Grafana
3 6 (0.29%) CASB
3 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.24%) Nmap
5 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.096%) Ansible
6 2 (0.096%) Argo
6 2 (0.096%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.048%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 312 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 70 (3.37%) Salesforce
3 63 (3.03%) Google
4 55 (2.64%) YouTube
5 54 (2.60%) Adobe
6 52 (2.50%) Databricks
7 44 (2.12%) SAP
8 35 (1.68%) Oracle
9 23 (1.11%) HubSpot
9 23 (1.11%) ServiceNow
10 14 (0.67%) Informatica
11 12 (0.58%) Foundry
11 12 (0.58%) VMware
12 11 (0.53%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.48%) Workday
14 8 (0.38%) Cisco
14 8 (0.38%) EMC
15 7 (0.34%) Sage
16 6 (0.29%) ScienceLogic
16 6 (0.29%) Xero