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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 64 53
Rank change year-on-year +33 -11 -6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,058 618 1,536
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.28% 4.81% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.50% 5.07% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 612 393 1,090
10th Percentile £38,979 £36,250 £34,694
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £63,175 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +9.87% -2.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £66,404 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +20.73% -8.33%

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 14,100 12,183 28,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.68% 94.83% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,815 8,806 23,283
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 April 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 29 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.65%) Confluence
3 24 (2.27%) CMS
4 14 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.76%) SAS
7 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.38%) nginx
8 4 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 130 (12.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (3.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.76%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.38%) Trello
8 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.095%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.98%) Adobe Campaign
2 19 (1.80%) Workfront
3 15 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (1.13%) Shopify
5 8 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.28%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.28%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.095%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.095%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.095%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 221 (20.89%) Azure
2 179 (16.92%) Power Platform
3 103 (9.74%) AWS
4 86 (8.13%) SaaS
5 67 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 49 (4.63%) GCP
7 47 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 36 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (3.21%) GitHub
9 34 (3.21%) iPaaS
10 32 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.08%) Serverless
13 20 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
14 17 (1.61%) Figma
15 16 (1.51%) Contentsquare
15 16 (1.51%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.42%) Adobe Analytics
16 15 (1.42%) PaaS
17 13 (1.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 120 (11.34%) Broadband
2 5 (0.47%) Internet
2 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) Firewall
3 3 (0.28%) Modbus
3 3 (0.28%) SSL
4 2 (0.19%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.095%) ADSL
5 1 (0.095%) DSL
5 1 (0.095%) Intranet
5 1 (0.095%) NAS
5 1 (0.095%) Network Security
5 1 (0.095%) NGFW
5 1 (0.095%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.095%) VPN
5 1 (0.095%) WAN
5 1 (0.095%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (15.97%) Power BI
2 64 (6.05%) Metadata
3 61 (5.77%) SQL Server
4 52 (4.91%) Tableau
5 44 (4.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 39 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 23 (2.17%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.42%) MySQL
9 15 (1.42%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.32%) Power Query
11 13 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (1.13%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.04%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
14 9 (0.85%) Looker
14 9 (0.85%) NoSQL
15 8 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (2.17%) JIRA
2 12 (1.13%) Git
3 8 (0.76%) JMeter
4 7 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.66%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.57%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.57%) Locust
6 4 (0.38%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.38%) ERwin
6 4 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.38%) Vite
7 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.28%) MLflow
7 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.19%) GitLab
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.19%) Storybook
8 2 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 456 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 383 (36.20%) Finance
3 342 (32.33%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (14.74%) Marketing
5 102 (9.64%) Public Sector
6 85 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
7 76 (7.18%) Presentation Skills
8 69 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (5.48%) Retail
10 55 (5.20%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (5.20%) Legal
11 49 (4.63%) Games
12 40 (3.78%) Manufacturing
13 38 (3.59%) Law
14 34 (3.21%) Advertising
15 32 (3.02%) Banking
16 20 (1.89%) Local Government
17 15 (1.42%) Publishing
18 14 (1.32%) Billing
19 11 (1.04%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 186 (17.58%) Analyst
2 151 (14.27%) Senior
3 97 (9.17%) Lead
4 76 (7.18%) Architect
5 51 (4.82%) Senior Manager
6 48 (4.54%) Data Engineer
7 43 (4.06%) Financial Analyst
8 42 (3.97%) Developer
9 38 (3.59%) Senior Analyst
9 38 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (3.40%) Product Owner
11 33 (3.12%) Consultant
11 33 (3.12%) Data Analyst
12 29 (2.74%) Report Analyst
13 26 (2.46%) Product Manager
14 25 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
15 23 (2.17%) Business Manager
15 23 (2.17%) Sales Executive
16 22 (2.08%) Business Analyst
16 22 (2.08%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.27%) React
2 22 (2.08%) .NET
3 17 (1.61%) CSS
3 17 (1.61%) HTML
4 13 (1.23%) XML
5 11 (1.04%) REST
6 10 (0.95%) Flash
6 10 (0.95%) LangChain
7 9 (0.85%) JSON
7 9 (0.85%) Kafka
7 9 (0.85%) Middleware
8 8 (0.76%) RESTful
9 7 (0.66%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.66%) AWS CDK
9 7 (0.66%) Next.js
9 7 (0.66%) PySpark
9 7 (0.66%) TensorFlow
9 7 (0.66%) Vue
10 6 (0.57%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 83 (7.84%) Social Media
3 79 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (6.43%) Marketing Technology
5 59 (5.58%) Onboarding
6 54 (5.10%) Cloud Native
6 54 (5.10%) Over-the-Top Content
7 44 (4.16%) Management Information System
8 36 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (3.12%) Virtual Team
10 24 (2.27%) Mobile App
11 19 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.61%) Algorithms
12 17 (1.61%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.61%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.51%) PMI
14 11 (1.04%) GNSS
14 11 (1.04%) Satnav
15 10 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.65%) Android
2 26 (2.46%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.51%) Windows
4 8 (0.76%) Linux
5 6 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (31.00%) Analytics
2 294 (27.79%) Problem-Solving
3 242 (22.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 241 (22.78%) AI
5 237 (22.40%) Agile
6 219 (20.70%) Roadmaps
7 201 (19.00%) Business Intelligence
8 144 (13.61%) Mentoring
9 137 (12.95%) Project Management
10 135 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 133 (12.57%) Customer Experience
12 110 (10.40%) CI/CD
13 109 (10.30%) CRM
14 107 (10.11%) Data Modelling
15 106 (10.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 104 (9.83%) Visualisation
17 99 (9.36%) Actionable Insight
17 99 (9.36%) Data Analysis
18 96 (9.07%) Coaching
19 89 (8.41%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 165 (15.60%) SQL
2 138 (13.04%) Python
3 33 (3.12%) Java
4 30 (2.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (1.89%) C#
5 20 (1.89%) R
6 19 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 10 (0.95%) T-SQL
8 9 (0.85%) VBA
9 7 (0.66%) PHP
10 5 (0.47%) Bash
10 5 (0.47%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.38%) Bicep
11 4 (0.38%) C++
11 4 (0.38%) Scala
12 2 (0.19%) C
12 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.095%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 165 (15.60%) Degree
2 103 (9.74%) ACCA
3 102 (9.64%) CIMA
4 65 (6.14%) Security Cleared
5 44 (4.16%) DBS Check
5 44 (4.16%) SC Cleared
6 37 (3.50%) Master's Degree
7 31 (2.93%) PMI Certification
8 27 (2.55%) AAT
9 22 (2.08%) CISSP
10 19 (1.80%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.42%) PMP
13 12 (1.13%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.13%) CISM
13 12 (1.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.95%) CEH
15 10 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (12.19%) Data Quality
2 71 (6.71%) Accessibility
3 56 (5.29%) QA
4 55 (5.20%) GDPR
5 31 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 28 (2.65%) GRC
7 22 (2.08%) WCAG
8 21 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.32%) NIST
9 14 (1.32%) P3O
9 14 (1.32%) PMO
10 12 (1.13%) ISO 9001
10 12 (1.13%) NCSC
11 11 (1.04%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.66%) GAAP
13 6 (0.57%) IFRS
14 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.38%) SLA
16 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 23 (2.17%) Docker
2 6 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Firmware
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (2.27%) Terraform
2 21 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.32%) Grafana
4 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.66%) Nmap
5 4 (0.38%) SCCM
6 3 (0.28%) Argo
6 3 (0.28%) Control-M
6 3 (0.28%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.19%) Ansible
7 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.19%) Packer
7 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Salt
8 1 (0.095%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 160 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.18%) Adobe
3 54 (5.10%) Databricks
4 43 (4.06%) SAP
5 39 (3.69%) Google
6 32 (3.02%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.55%) Oracle
8 23 (2.17%) HubSpot
9 22 (2.08%) Sage
9 22 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.13%) Informatica
11 11 (1.04%) Foundry
12 8 (0.76%) Autodesk
12 8 (0.76%) Cisco
12 8 (0.76%) Workday
13 7 (0.66%) IBM
13 7 (0.66%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.57%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.57%) Talend
14 6 (0.57%) Xero