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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 67 36
Rank change year-on-year +49 -31 +34
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 2,015 784 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.29% 4.83% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.18% 5.18% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 523 487
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £34,612
25th Percentile £44,447 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £70,125
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,299
% change year-on-year - +8.50% +0.45%

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 19,802 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.49% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,194 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 17 September 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 44 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.94%) Confluence
3 19 (0.94%) CMS
4 9 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.35%) Apache
7 5 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.099%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.099%) SAS
10 1 (0.050%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.050%) CICS
10 1 (0.050%) Drupal
10 1 (0.050%) Moodle
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.050%) Resin
10 1 (0.050%) WordPress
Applications
1 139 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 30 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.35%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.30%) Simulink
8 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.30%) Trello
9 4 (0.20%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.15%) Blender
10 3 (0.15%) InDesign
10 3 (0.15%) Maya
11 2 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.099%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.050%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.050%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 54 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.54%) Dynamics GP
3 29 (1.44%) Workfront
4 21 (1.04%) Adobe Campaign
5 18 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
6 15 (0.74%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.40%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 7 (0.35%) Primavera
9 6 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.25%) Actimize
10 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
13 2 (0.099%) FastStats
14 1 (0.050%) Magento
14 1 (0.050%) Oracle Assets
14 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
14 1 (0.050%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 288 (14.29%) Azure
2 242 (12.01%) Power Platform
3 202 (10.02%) AWS
4 167 (8.29%) SaaS
5 81 (4.02%) GCP
6 71 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (2.33%) Serverless
8 45 (2.23%) GitHub
9 43 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (1.79%) iPaaS
12 31 (1.54%) Google Analytics
13 27 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
15 23 (1.14%) Figma
16 21 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (1.04%) Entra ID
16 21 (1.04%) Snowflake
17 19 (0.94%) Amazon S3
18 16 (0.79%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 97 (4.81%) Broadband
2 62 (3.08%) Network Security
3 57 (2.83%) Firewall
4 50 (2.48%) VLAN
5 15 (0.74%) 5G
6 9 (0.45%) Intranet
7 8 (0.40%) Unified Communications
8 7 (0.35%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.35%) VPN
8 7 (0.35%) WAN
9 5 (0.25%) Internet
10 4 (0.20%) LAN
10 4 (0.20%) SMS
10 4 (0.20%) Wireless
11 3 (0.15%) BGP
11 3 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.15%) MPLS
11 3 (0.15%) OSPF
11 3 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (10.92%) Power BI
2 84 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (3.82%) Metadata
4 45 (2.23%) Tableau
5 33 (1.64%) Data Lake
6 32 (1.59%) SQL Server
7 30 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.29%) Looker
9 24 (1.19%) BigQuery
10 18 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 18 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (0.89%) Spark SQL
11 17 (0.84%) Big Data
12 15 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 13 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.60%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (0.55%) MySQL
15 11 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (2.48%) Git
2 46 (2.28%) JIRA
3 13 (0.65%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.30%) GitLab
7 5 (0.25%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.20%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.20%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.20%) MLflow
8 4 (0.20%) RStudio
8 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.099%) Maven
9 2 (0.099%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.050%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.050%) Mocha
10 1 (0.050%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 769 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 669 (33.20%) Finance
3 577 (28.64%) Analytical Skills
4 313 (15.53%) Marketing
5 228 (11.32%) Public Sector
6 212 (10.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 160 (7.94%) Influencing Skills
8 145 (7.20%) Legal
9 133 (6.60%) Retail
10 108 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
11 105 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
12 83 (4.12%) Law
13 59 (2.93%) Manufacturing
14 55 (2.73%) Banking
15 44 (2.18%) Aerospace
16 40 (1.99%) Games
17 39 (1.94%) Local Government
18 37 (1.84%) Telecoms
19 26 (1.29%) Electronics
20 23 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 348 (17.27%) Senior
2 262 (13.00%) Analyst
3 237 (11.76%) Lead
4 151 (7.49%) Architect
5 109 (5.41%) Data Engineer
6 86 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
7 84 (4.17%) Business Manager
8 79 (3.92%) Data Analyst
8 79 (3.92%) Development Manager
9 69 (3.42%) Business Development Manager
10 65 (3.23%) Developer
11 59 (2.93%) Consultant
12 57 (2.83%) IT Manager
13 50 (2.48%) Security Engineer
13 50 (2.48%) Senior Manager
13 50 (2.48%) Senior Security Engineer
14 44 (2.18%) Data Architect
14 44 (2.18%) Senior Architect
15 43 (2.13%) Business Analyst
15 43 (2.13%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.13%) .NET
1 43 (2.13%) React
2 37 (1.84%) PySpark
3 33 (1.64%) Node.js
4 27 (1.34%) Terraform
5 26 (1.29%) REST
6 22 (1.09%) LangChain
7 14 (0.69%) AngularJS
7 14 (0.69%) RESTful
7 14 (0.69%) Spring
7 14 (0.69%) Spring Boot
8 12 (0.60%) CSS
9 11 (0.55%) AWS CDK
9 11 (0.55%) HTML
9 11 (0.55%) Next.js
10 10 (0.50%) Django
10 10 (0.50%) NestJS
10 10 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (0.50%) PyTorch
11 9 (0.45%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 124 (6.15%) Product Ownership
2 117 (5.81%) Management Information System
2 117 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
3 102 (5.06%) Marketing Technology
4 87 (4.32%) Social Media
5 76 (3.77%) Cloud Native
6 58 (2.88%) Over-the-Top Content
7 56 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 51 (2.53%) AI Agents
9 41 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.99%) Blog
10 40 (1.99%) Driving Licence
11 38 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
12 35 (1.74%) Credit Risk
13 31 (1.54%) Security Posture
14 30 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
15 27 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
15 27 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
16 22 (1.09%) Data Centre
17 21 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.04%) Windows
2 12 (0.60%) Android
3 7 (0.35%) Linux
4 6 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.30%) VMS
5 2 (0.099%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.050%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (25.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 472 (23.42%) AI
3 468 (23.23%) Analytics
4 446 (22.13%) Agile
5 410 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 385 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
7 346 (17.17%) Mentoring
8 314 (15.58%) Roadmaps
9 299 (14.84%) Coaching
10 295 (14.64%) Business Intelligence
11 277 (13.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 253 (12.56%) CRM
13 236 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
14 203 (10.07%) Project Delivery
15 186 (9.23%) Business Development
16 183 (9.08%) CI/CD
17 179 (8.88%) Actionable Insight
18 172 (8.54%) Data Modelling
19 163 (8.09%) Data Engineering
20 162 (8.04%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 317 (15.73%) SQL
2 230 (11.41%) Python
3 54 (2.68%) JavaScript
4 46 (2.28%) C#
5 43 (2.13%) Java
6 41 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 23 (1.14%) C++
8 19 (0.94%) R
9 15 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.55%) Bicep
12 10 (0.50%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.50%) VBA
13 9 (0.45%) Bash
14 7 (0.35%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.35%) Ruby
15 6 (0.30%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.30%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.25%) C
16 5 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 197 (9.78%) Degree
2 183 (9.08%) Security Cleared
3 154 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 92 (4.57%) ACCA
5 89 (4.42%) CIMA
6 67 (3.33%) DBS Check
7 40 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (1.89%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.54%) CISSP
11 29 (1.44%) PMP
12 28 (1.39%) CISM
13 22 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 20 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
15 19 (0.94%) Master's Degree
16 17 (0.84%) CIPD
17 14 (0.69%) AAT
17 14 (0.69%) ICAEW
18 13 (0.65%) Azure Certification
19 11 (0.55%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (10.17%) Data Quality
2 130 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 102 (5.06%) GDPR
4 71 (3.52%) QA
5 54 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (2.28%) PMO
7 36 (1.79%) NIST
8 34 (1.69%) GRC
9 26 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (1.19%) SLA
11 21 (1.04%) WCAG
12 15 (0.74%) IFRS
13 11 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.45%) COBIT
15 7 (0.35%) NCSC
15 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.30%) EU AI Act
16 6 (0.30%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 40 (1.99%) Docker
2 14 (0.69%) Firmware
3 10 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.30%) vSphere
6 2 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.050%) GPFS
7 1 (0.050%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.050%) Lustre
7 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.45%) Grafana
3 6 (0.30%) CASB
3 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.20%) Ansible
4 4 (0.20%) Argo
4 4 (0.20%) Nmap
5 2 (0.099%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.099%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.099%) Puppet
5 2 (0.099%) Salt
5 2 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.050%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.050%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 297 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 79 (3.92%) Adobe
3 62 (3.08%) Salesforce
4 58 (2.88%) Google
5 51 (2.53%) Databricks
6 46 (2.28%) SAP
7 43 (2.13%) YouTube
8 34 (1.69%) Oracle
9 23 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.04%) HubSpot
11 15 (0.74%) Informatica
12 14 (0.69%) Sage
13 12 (0.60%) VMware
14 10 (0.50%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.45%) Foundry
16 8 (0.40%) Cisco
16 8 (0.40%) Workday
16 8 (0.40%) Xero
17 6 (0.30%) EMC
17 6 (0.30%) ScienceLogic