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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 67 36
Rank change year-on-year +46 -31 +41
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,829 808 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.98% 4.88% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.69% 5.25% 6.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 526 596
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,404
25th Percentile £44,806 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.70% -8.07%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,875 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -5.17%

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 18,880 15,403 21,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.36% 93.01% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,612 8,900 15,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 20 August 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 48 (2.62%) Confluence
2 34 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.69%) CMS
4 14 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.38%) Apache
6 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.16%) SAS
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.055%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.055%) Appian
10 1 (0.055%) Drupal
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.055%) Resin
10 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 128 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 25 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.33%) Simulink
7 6 (0.33%) Trello
8 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.16%) Blender
10 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.055%) InDesign
12 1 (0.055%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 51 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (2.13%) Workfront
3 33 (1.80%) Adobe Campaign
4 31 (1.69%) Dynamics GP
5 18 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.71%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.27%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.27%) Primavera
7 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.11%) Actimize
10 2 (0.11%) SAP R/3
10 2 (0.11%) Shopify
11 1 (0.055%) Aladdin
11 1 (0.055%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 285 (15.58%) Azure
2 208 (11.37%) Power Platform
3 184 (10.06%) AWS
4 160 (8.75%) SaaS
5 86 (4.70%) GCP
6 53 (2.90%) iPaaS
6 53 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
7 46 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.30%) GitHub
9 41 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (1.75%) Figma
10 32 (1.75%) Serverless
11 30 (1.64%) Google Analytics
12 27 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (1.42%) Adobe Analytics
14 25 (1.37%) Contentsquare
15 24 (1.31%) Entra ID
16 17 (0.93%) PaaS
16 17 (0.93%) Snowflake
17 16 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 159 (8.69%) Broadband
2 60 (3.28%) Network Security
3 57 (3.12%) Firewall
4 47 (2.57%) VLAN
5 7 (0.38%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.38%) VPN
5 7 (0.38%) WAN
6 4 (0.22%) LAN
7 3 (0.16%) BGP
7 3 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.16%) Modbus
7 3 (0.16%) MPLS
7 3 (0.16%) OSPF
7 3 (0.16%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.11%) DNS
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) SMS
8 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (10.11%) Power BI
2 85 (4.65%) Metadata
3 76 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.79%) Tableau
5 38 (2.08%) SQL Server
6 34 (1.86%) Data Lake
7 33 (1.80%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.42%) Looker
9 21 (1.15%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.09%) BigQuery
10 20 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.93%) Big Data
12 14 (0.77%) Oracle Database
13 13 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.66%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.66%) MySQL
15 11 (0.60%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 46 (2.52%) JIRA
2 45 (2.46%) Git
3 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.33%) GitLab
6 6 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.27%) JMeter
7 5 (0.27%) Locust
8 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.22%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.22%) MLflow
8 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.11%) NUnit
10 2 (0.11%) RStudio
11 1 (0.055%) Ant
General
1 706 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 543 (29.69%) Finance
3 506 (27.67%) Analytical Skills
4 310 (16.95%) Marketing
5 189 (10.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 149 (8.15%) Public Sector
7 135 (7.38%) Influencing Skills
8 134 (7.33%) Legal
9 127 (6.94%) Retail
10 95 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
11 88 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
12 71 (3.88%) Law
13 60 (3.28%) Games
14 53 (2.90%) Manufacturing
15 49 (2.68%) Banking
16 40 (2.19%) Aerospace
17 30 (1.64%) Local Government
18 23 (1.26%) Electronics
19 22 (1.20%) Telecoms
20 21 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 328 (17.93%) Senior
2 248 (13.56%) Analyst
3 226 (12.36%) Lead
4 140 (7.65%) Architect
5 86 (4.70%) Senior Analyst
6 81 (4.43%) Data Engineer
7 78 (4.26%) Development Manager
8 74 (4.05%) Data Analyst
9 71 (3.88%) Business Manager
10 60 (3.28%) Business Development Manager
11 58 (3.17%) Developer
12 57 (3.12%) Senior Manager
13 56 (3.06%) Product Owner
14 55 (3.01%) Consultant
15 47 (2.57%) Product Manager
15 47 (2.57%) Security Engineer
15 47 (2.57%) Senior Security Engineer
16 41 (2.24%) Business Analyst
16 41 (2.24%) Marketing Manager
17 37 (2.02%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.68%) React
2 30 (1.64%) .NET
2 30 (1.64%) Terraform
3 29 (1.59%) Node.js
4 26 (1.42%) LangChain
5 24 (1.31%) REST
6 16 (0.87%) PySpark
7 15 (0.82%) AWS CDK
7 15 (0.82%) CSS
7 15 (0.82%) Next.js
8 14 (0.77%) HTML
9 13 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 13 (0.71%) RESTful
10 12 (0.66%) Spring
10 12 (0.66%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.55%) Django
11 10 (0.55%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.49%) .NET Core
12 9 (0.49%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 148 (8.09%) Product Ownership
2 131 (7.16%) Marketing Technology
3 121 (6.62%) Social Media
4 94 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
5 90 (4.92%) Management Information System
6 87 (4.76%) Over-the-Top Content
7 85 (4.65%) Cloud Native
8 49 (2.68%) AI Agents
9 48 (2.62%) Onboarding
10 40 (2.19%) Blog
11 38 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
12 33 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.75%) Credit Risk
14 30 (1.64%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (1.53%) Driving Licence
16 27 (1.48%) Mobile App
17 24 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
18 20 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
19 19 (1.04%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.15%) Android
2 15 (0.82%) Windows
3 14 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.33%) VMS
5 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.16%) Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (24.71%) Agile
2 441 (24.11%) AI
2 441 (24.11%) Analytics
3 440 (24.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 381 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 349 (19.08%) Roadmaps
6 335 (18.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 299 (16.35%) Mentoring
8 257 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 235 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
10 223 (12.19%) CRM
11 218 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
12 200 (10.93%) Coaching
13 190 (10.39%) Customer Experience
14 178 (9.73%) Project Delivery
15 175 (9.57%) CI/CD
16 160 (8.75%) Data Modelling
17 157 (8.58%) Business Development
18 153 (8.37%) Actionable Insight
19 152 (8.31%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 266 (14.54%) SQL
2 229 (12.52%) Python
3 42 (2.30%) TypeScript
4 40 (2.19%) C#
5 37 (2.02%) JavaScript
6 36 (1.97%) Java
7 18 (0.98%) R
8 12 (0.66%) Bicep
8 12 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.66%) VBA
9 10 (0.55%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.49%) Bash
10 9 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.49%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.33%) C
11 6 (0.33%) C++
11 6 (0.33%) MATLAB
11 6 (0.33%) Ruby
12 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 193 (10.55%) Degree
2 149 (8.15%) Security Cleared
3 122 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 85 (4.65%) ACCA
5 81 (4.43%) CIMA
6 51 (2.79%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.30%) PMI Certification
8 41 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 33 (1.80%) PMP
10 32 (1.75%) DV Cleared
11 28 (1.53%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 24 (1.31%) CISSP
14 21 (1.15%) CISM
15 18 (0.98%) AAT
16 17 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
17 15 (0.82%) CIPD
18 14 (0.77%) ICAEW
19 12 (0.66%) PhD
20 11 (0.60%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (9.46%) Data Quality
2 126 (6.89%) Accessibility
3 107 (5.85%) GDPR
4 68 (3.72%) QA
5 50 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.19%) GRC
7 34 (1.86%) WCAG
8 32 (1.75%) NIST
9 31 (1.69%) PMO
10 22 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 20 (1.09%) SLA
12 13 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.66%) IFRS
14 8 (0.44%) COBIT
15 7 (0.38%) NCSC
15 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.33%) EU AI Act
17 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 42 (2.30%) Docker
2 13 (0.71%) Firmware
3 11 (0.60%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.33%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.055%) GPFS
8 1 (0.055%) Lustre
8 1 (0.055%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.15%) Grafana
3 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.27%) CASB
5 4 (0.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
5 4 (0.22%) Nmap
6 2 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.11%) Puppet
6 2 (0.11%) Salt
7 1 (0.055%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.055%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.055%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.055%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 257 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 117 (6.40%) Adobe
3 63 (3.44%) Google
4 59 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.79%) Databricks
6 45 (2.46%) SAP
7 27 (1.48%) Oracle
8 20 (1.09%) HubSpot
9 16 (0.87%) Informatica
10 15 (0.82%) Sage
10 15 (0.82%) YouTube
11 13 (0.71%) Foundry
12 10 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.55%) Xero
13 9 (0.49%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.44%) Cisco
15 7 (0.38%) VMware
16 6 (0.33%) Ariba
16 6 (0.33%) ScienceLogic
17 5 (0.27%) Workday