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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 71 36
Rank change year-on-year +40 -35 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,115 679 1,955
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.05% 4.70% 6.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 4.94% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 684 407 1,107
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,875 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -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 15,256 13,742 29,604
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 95.02% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,828 8,906 23,443
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,354 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 10 May 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 38 (3.41%) CMS
2 36 (3.23%) Confluence
3 35 (3.14%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.36%) nginx
7 4 (0.36%) WordPress
8 3 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) Apache
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.090%) Drupal
10 1 (0.090%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.090%) Umbraco
Applications
1 93 (8.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (3.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.72%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.18%) Trello
9 1 (0.090%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.05%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (1.79%) Workfront
3 16 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.63%) Shopify
6 5 (0.45%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.090%) Magento
7 1 (0.090%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.090%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.090%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 213 (19.10%) Azure
2 157 (14.08%) Power Platform
3 108 (9.69%) AWS
4 89 (7.98%) SaaS
5 46 (4.13%) GCP
6 42 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (3.14%) iPaaS
8 32 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (2.51%) Serverless
10 27 (2.42%) Figma
11 26 (2.33%) Contentsquare
11 26 (2.33%) GitHub
12 25 (2.24%) Adobe Analytics
12 25 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 20 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
15 19 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (1.26%) Entra ID
17 13 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
18 12 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 149 (13.36%) Broadband
2 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.45%) Firewall
4 4 (0.36%) Network Security
5 3 (0.27%) DNS
5 3 (0.27%) Internet
5 3 (0.27%) Modbus
5 3 (0.27%) SSL
6 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.18%) WAN
7 1 (0.090%) BGP
7 1 (0.090%) DSL
7 1 (0.090%) Intranet
7 1 (0.090%) LAN
7 1 (0.090%) MPLS
7 1 (0.090%) NGFW
7 1 (0.090%) OSPF
7 1 (0.090%) SMS
7 1 (0.090%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (13.36%) Power BI
2 56 (5.02%) Metadata
3 44 (3.95%) Tableau
4 39 (3.50%) SQL Server
5 37 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (1.26%) Oracle Database
11 12 (1.08%) MySQL
11 12 (1.08%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.72%) Looker
16 7 (0.63%) BigQuery
17 6 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
17 6 (0.54%) Big Data
17 6 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (2.51%) JIRA
2 19 (1.70%) Git
3 8 (0.72%) JMeter
4 6 (0.54%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.54%) Locust
5 5 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.36%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.36%) GitLab
6 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.36%) MLflow
6 4 (0.36%) Vite
7 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) NUnit
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.18%) Storybook
8 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 373 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 338 (30.31%) Finance
3 304 (27.26%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (15.96%) Marketing
5 100 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 84 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 83 (7.44%) Organisational Skills
8 72 (6.46%) Legal
9 70 (6.28%) Games
10 62 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
11 52 (4.66%) Retail
12 44 (3.95%) Law
13 28 (2.51%) Banking
14 26 (2.33%) Manufacturing
15 24 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.88%) Advertising
17 19 (1.70%) Local Government
17 19 (1.70%) Publishing
18 11 (0.99%) Multimedia
18 11 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 186 (16.68%) Senior
2 178 (15.96%) Analyst
3 120 (10.76%) Lead
4 60 (5.38%) Data Engineer
5 59 (5.29%) Senior Manager
6 55 (4.93%) Architect
7 43 (3.86%) Senior Analyst
8 40 (3.59%) Developer
9 38 (3.41%) Business Analyst
9 38 (3.41%) Product Manager
9 38 (3.41%) Product Owner
10 37 (3.32%) Data Analyst
11 35 (3.14%) Campaign Manager
12 32 (2.87%) Consultant
12 32 (2.87%) Development Manager
13 25 (2.24%) Engineering Manager
14 23 (2.06%) Financial Analyst
15 22 (1.97%) Accountant
16 21 (1.88%) Business Manager
16 21 (1.88%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.78%) React
2 25 (2.24%) .NET
3 19 (1.70%) LangChain
4 17 (1.52%) CSS
4 17 (1.52%) HTML
5 16 (1.43%) REST
6 15 (1.35%) XML
7 12 (1.08%) Middleware
8 11 (0.99%) AWS CDK
8 11 (0.99%) Next.js
9 9 (0.81%) RESTful
10 8 (0.72%) EDI
10 8 (0.72%) Kafka
10 8 (0.72%) Node.js
10 8 (0.72%) PySpark
10 8 (0.72%) Vue
11 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.63%) JSON
11 7 (0.63%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 118 (10.58%) Product Ownership
2 93 (8.34%) Social Media
3 82 (7.35%) Marketing Technology
4 68 (6.10%) Over-the-Top Content
5 60 (5.38%) Onboarding
6 53 (4.75%) Cloud Native
7 38 (3.41%) Management Information System
8 33 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.51%) Mobile App
10 23 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.88%) AI Agents
12 20 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.61%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.52%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.52%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.52%) PMI
15 15 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.26%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.78%) Android
2 29 (2.60%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.17%) Windows
4 8 (0.72%) Linux
5 6 (0.54%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (25.38%) Analytics
2 281 (25.20%) Agile
3 248 (22.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 245 (21.97%) Roadmaps
5 244 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
6 232 (20.81%) AI
7 183 (16.41%) Mentoring
8 170 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
9 152 (13.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 131 (11.75%) Coaching
11 125 (11.21%) Customer Experience
12 116 (10.40%) CI/CD
12 116 (10.40%) CRM
13 113 (10.13%) Project Management
14 100 (8.97%) Data Modelling
15 99 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 94 (8.43%) DevOps
16 94 (8.43%) Digital Marketing
17 92 (8.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 90 (8.07%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 146 (13.09%) SQL
2 145 (13.00%) Python
3 32 (2.87%) Java
4 24 (2.15%) C#
5 23 (2.06%) TypeScript
6 21 (1.88%) R
7 20 (1.79%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.81%) VBA
9 8 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (0.72%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.63%) PHP
11 5 (0.45%) Bash
11 5 (0.45%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.36%) Bicep
12 4 (0.36%) Scala
13 3 (0.27%) C++
14 2 (0.18%) C
14 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.090%) Formula Language
15 1 (0.090%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 148 (13.27%) Degree
2 85 (7.62%) ACCA
3 84 (7.53%) CIMA
4 71 (6.37%) Security Cleared
5 49 (4.39%) SC Cleared
6 48 (4.30%) DBS Check
7 37 (3.32%) Master's Degree
8 33 (2.96%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.79%) AAT
10 18 (1.61%) CISSP
11 16 (1.43%) PMP
12 15 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.99%) CISM
15 10 (0.90%) PhD
16 9 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (0.81%) HNC
17 8 (0.72%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (11.03%) Data Quality
2 85 (7.62%) Accessibility
3 63 (5.65%) GDPR
4 60 (5.38%) QA
5 32 (2.87%) WCAG
6 27 (2.42%) GRC
7 25 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.61%) NIST
9 15 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.17%) P3O
11 11 (0.99%) NCSC
12 10 (0.90%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.90%) PMO
13 9 (0.81%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.63%) SLA
15 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.54%) GAAP
16 5 (0.45%) IFRS
17 4 (0.36%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.27%) TickIT
System Software
1 22 (1.97%) Docker
2 6 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (1.70%) Kubernetes
1 19 (1.70%) Terraform
2 16 (1.43%) Grafana
3 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.36%) Nmap
4 4 (0.36%) SCCM
5 3 (0.27%) Argo
5 3 (0.27%) Control-M
5 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.18%) Ansible
6 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.18%) Puppet
6 2 (0.18%) Salt
7 1 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 167 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.97%) Adobe
3 46 (4.13%) Databricks
4 41 (3.68%) SAP
5 38 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 37 (3.32%) Google
7 28 (2.51%) Oracle
8 21 (1.88%) HubSpot
8 21 (1.88%) Sage
9 20 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.90%) Foundry
10 10 (0.90%) Workday
11 9 (0.81%) Informatica
12 8 (0.72%) BMC
12 8 (0.72%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.72%) Xero
13 6 (0.54%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.54%) Ariba
13 6 (0.54%) Cisco
13 6 (0.54%) Talend