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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 65 53
Rank change year-on-year +28 -12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 910 651 1,521
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.50% 4.63% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.45% 4.86% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 538 384 1,070
10th Percentile £39,694 £37,150 £35,203
25th Percentile £46,938 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.14% +0.09%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +25.00% -10.00%

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 14,111 13,408 27,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.24% 95.41% 92.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,199 8,890 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

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 9 March 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 27 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.09%) Confluence
3 13 (1.43%) CMS
4 9 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.99%) SAS
5 7 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.55%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) nginx
7 4 (0.44%) WordPress
8 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 132 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (0.88%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.44%) Trello
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.21%) Shopify
3 7 (0.77%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.33%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.33%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.22%) Workfront
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 195 (21.43%) Azure
2 178 (19.56%) Power Platform
3 85 (9.34%) AWS
4 81 (8.90%) SaaS
5 62 (6.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (5.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (3.74%) GCP
7 34 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.52%) GitHub
9 21 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.20%) Serverless
11 17 (1.87%) Azure Machine Learning
12 15 (1.65%) Snowflake
13 14 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (1.43%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.32%) PaaS
16 10 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
17 9 (0.99%) Amazon S3
18 8 (0.88%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.49%) Broadband
2 8 (0.88%) Internet
3 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.33%) SSL
5 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.22%) DNS
5 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 2 (0.22%) Modbus
6 1 (0.11%) ADSL
6 1 (0.11%) DSL
6 1 (0.11%) Intranet
6 1 (0.11%) NAS
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) NGFW
6 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.11%) VPN
6 1 (0.11%) WAN
6 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (18.57%) Power BI
2 54 (5.93%) Tableau
3 53 (5.82%) SQL Server
4 43 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 40 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 28 (3.08%) Metadata
8 24 (2.64%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.76%) Power Query
10 13 (1.43%) MySQL
11 11 (1.21%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.10%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
14 8 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.66%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.66%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 21 (2.31%) JIRA
2 9 (0.99%) Git
3 7 (0.77%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.77%) Metasploit
4 6 (0.66%) JMeter
5 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.44%) ERwin
5 4 (0.44%) Locust
5 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.44%) Vite
6 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.33%) GitLab
6 3 (0.33%) MLflow
6 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.22%) Selenium
7 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 426 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 365 (40.11%) Finance
3 321 (35.27%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (10.88%) Marketing
5 96 (10.55%) Public Sector
6 76 (8.35%) Presentation Skills
7 73 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
8 59 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (4.62%) Retail
11 41 (4.51%) Manufacturing
12 38 (4.18%) Games
13 37 (4.07%) Legal
14 31 (3.41%) Banking
15 30 (3.30%) Advertising
16 25 (2.75%) Law
17 21 (2.31%) Local Government
18 13 (1.43%) Billing
18 13 (1.43%) Publishing
19 10 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 188 (20.66%) Analyst
2 139 (15.27%) Senior
3 79 (8.68%) Lead
4 66 (7.25%) Architect
5 45 (4.95%) Data Engineer
6 42 (4.62%) Consultant
6 42 (4.62%) Financial Analyst
6 42 (4.62%) Senior Manager
7 39 (4.29%) Developer
8 36 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
8 36 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.85%) Data Analyst
10 30 (3.30%) Report Analyst
11 27 (2.97%) Sales Executive
12 24 (2.64%) Business Manager
13 23 (2.53%) Business Analyst
14 19 (2.09%) Insight Analyst
14 19 (2.09%) Software Engineer
15 18 (1.98%) Supply Chain Analyst
16 17 (1.87%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.98%) .NET
1 18 (1.98%) React
2 10 (1.10%) CSS
2 10 (1.10%) Flash
2 10 (1.10%) HTML
3 9 (0.99%) REST
3 9 (0.99%) Spring
4 8 (0.88%) Kafka
4 8 (0.88%) XML
5 7 (0.77%) LangChain
5 7 (0.77%) PySpark
5 7 (0.77%) Spring Boot
5 7 (0.77%) TensorFlow
6 6 (0.66%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.66%) JSON
6 6 (0.66%) Middleware
6 6 (0.66%) RESTful
6 6 (0.66%) Vue
7 5 (0.55%) EDI
7 5 (0.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.01%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (5.93%) Onboarding
2 54 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 45 (4.95%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.84%) Cloud Native
5 38 (4.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (3.85%) Social Media
7 30 (3.30%) Virtual Team
8 24 (2.64%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.87%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (1.76%) PMI
11 15 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.65%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.10%) GNSS
14 10 (1.10%) Satnav
15 9 (0.99%) IoT
15 9 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.08%) Android
2 26 (2.86%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.43%) Windows
4 8 (0.88%) Linux
5 6 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (32.31%) Analytics
2 264 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
3 224 (24.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 198 (21.76%) Business Intelligence
5 193 (21.21%) AI
6 169 (18.57%) Agile
7 152 (16.70%) Roadmaps
8 126 (13.85%) Project Management
9 120 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 118 (12.97%) Mentoring
11 112 (12.31%) CRM
12 109 (11.98%) Data Analysis
13 105 (11.54%) Visualisation
14 102 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
15 100 (10.99%) CI/CD
16 95 (10.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 90 (9.89%) Data Modelling
18 81 (8.90%) Coaching
19 80 (8.79%) B2B
20 79 (8.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 161 (17.69%) SQL
2 131 (14.40%) Python
3 31 (3.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 29 (3.19%) Java
5 21 (2.31%) R
6 18 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.32%) C#
8 12 (1.32%) VBA
9 9 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.88%) C++
11 6 (0.66%) Bash
11 6 (0.66%) PHP
12 4 (0.44%) Scala
13 2 (0.22%) Bicep
13 2 (0.22%) C
13 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.11%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 161 (17.69%) Degree
2 86 (9.45%) ACCA
3 85 (9.34%) CIMA
4 60 (6.59%) Security Cleared
5 45 (4.95%) SC Cleared
6 39 (4.29%) DBS Check
7 34 (3.74%) Master's Degree
8 24 (2.64%) AAT
9 23 (2.53%) CISSP
9 23 (2.53%) PMI Certification
10 19 (2.09%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.43%) CISM
14 12 (1.32%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (1.10%) CEH
16 10 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (12.31%) Data Quality
2 52 (5.71%) QA
3 50 (5.49%) Accessibility
4 45 (4.95%) GDPR
5 32 (3.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 20 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.87%) GRC
8 14 (1.54%) P3O
9 13 (1.43%) NCSC
9 13 (1.43%) NIST
10 12 (1.32%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.32%) PMO
11 11 (1.21%) ISO 9001
12 10 (1.10%) WCAG
13 6 (0.66%) GAAP
14 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.55%) IFRS
15 4 (0.44%) SLA
16 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 21 (2.31%) Docker
2 5 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) Firmware
3 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (2.31%) Terraform
2 20 (2.20%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.77%) Nmap
4 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.55%) Grafana
6 4 (0.44%) SCCM
7 3 (0.33%) Control-M
7 3 (0.33%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.22%) Packer
8 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.11%) Argo
9 1 (0.11%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 140 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.71%) Databricks
3 45 (4.95%) SAP
4 32 (3.52%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.97%) Google
6 26 (2.86%) Oracle
7 23 (2.53%) HubSpot
8 21 (2.31%) Adobe
8 21 (2.31%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.65%) Sage
10 13 (1.43%) Workday
11 11 (1.21%) Informatica
12 10 (1.10%) Autodesk
13 8 (0.88%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.88%) Cisco
13 8 (0.88%) Foundry
14 7 (0.77%) IBM
15 6 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.66%) Talend
16 5 (0.55%) Anaplan