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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 79 37
Rank change year-on-year +50 -42 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,294 679 1,942
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.71% 4.57% 5.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.17% 4.82% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 796 397 1,087
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £35,135
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,886 £77,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year - +9.10% -7.55%

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 15,830 14,077 30,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.08% 94.70% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,320 8,261 23,558
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 5 June 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 (2.94%) Confluence
2 35 (2.70%) CMS
3 33 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.70%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.31%) Apache
6 4 (0.31%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.31%) SAS
6 4 (0.31%) WordPress
7 3 (0.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.077%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.077%) Drupal
9 1 (0.077%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.077%) Umbraco
Applications
1 101 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (4.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 36 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.23%) Blender
9 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.23%) Maya
9 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.077%) SPSS
10 1 (0.077%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (3.01%) Workfront
2 34 (2.63%) Adobe Campaign
3 16 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.46%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.39%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.39%) Shopify
7 4 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.077%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.077%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 233 (18.01%) Azure
2 164 (12.67%) Power Platform
3 133 (10.28%) AWS
4 102 (7.88%) SaaS
5 53 (4.10%) GCP
5 53 (4.10%) iPaaS
6 43 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (2.63%) Serverless
9 28 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (2.09%) Figma
11 26 (2.01%) GitHub
12 25 (1.93%) Adobe Analytics
12 25 (1.93%) Contentsquare
13 17 (1.31%) Azure Machine Learning
13 17 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.16%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (13.14%) Broadband
2 8 (0.62%) Firewall
2 8 (0.62%) Network Security
2 8 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.39%) SD-WAN
3 5 (0.39%) WAN
4 4 (0.31%) DNS
4 4 (0.31%) LAN
5 3 (0.23%) BGP
5 3 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.23%) Internet
5 3 (0.23%) Modbus
5 3 (0.23%) MPLS
5 3 (0.23%) OSPF
5 3 (0.23%) SSL
5 3 (0.23%) VPN
5 3 (0.23%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.15%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.15%) SMS
6 2 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (11.98%) Power BI
2 72 (5.56%) Metadata
3 46 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (3.25%) Tableau
5 38 (2.94%) SQL Server
6 30 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.39%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.16%) Big Data
10 15 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (1.08%) MySQL
11 14 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.08%) Oracle Database
12 11 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.70%) Looker
14 8 (0.62%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
15 6 (0.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (2.32%) JIRA
2 22 (1.70%) Git
3 7 (0.54%) Claude Code
3 7 (0.54%) JMeter
4 6 (0.46%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.46%) GitLab
5 5 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.39%) Locust
5 5 (0.39%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.31%) MLflow
6 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.23%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.23%) Vite
8 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.15%) Storybook
8 2 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 426 (32.92%) Social Skills
2 381 (29.44%) Finance
3 363 (28.05%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (15.92%) Marketing
5 113 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 110 (8.50%) Public Sector
7 84 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
8 82 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
9 76 (5.87%) Legal
10 68 (5.26%) Games
11 65 (5.02%) Retail
12 50 (3.86%) Law
13 35 (2.70%) Local Government
14 30 (2.32%) Banking
15 28 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (2.09%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.62%) Advertising
18 19 (1.47%) Publishing
19 11 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
20 9 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 213 (16.46%) Senior
2 200 (15.46%) Analyst
3 141 (10.90%) Lead
4 74 (5.72%) Architect
5 67 (5.18%) Data Engineer
6 62 (4.79%) Senior Manager
7 61 (4.71%) Data Analyst
8 56 (4.33%) Senior Analyst
9 55 (4.25%) Product Owner
10 51 (3.94%) Developer
11 41 (3.17%) Consultant
11 41 (3.17%) Product Manager
12 37 (2.86%) Business Analyst
13 36 (2.78%) Campaign Manager
13 36 (2.78%) Development Manager
14 27 (2.09%) Software Engineer
15 26 (2.01%) Business Manager
16 25 (1.93%) Engineering Manager
17 23 (1.78%) Lead Architect
17 23 (1.78%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.40%) React
2 28 (2.16%) .NET
3 24 (1.85%) LangChain
4 20 (1.55%) REST
5 19 (1.47%) CSS
6 18 (1.39%) HTML
7 15 (1.16%) Next.js
7 15 (1.16%) Node.js
7 15 (1.16%) XML
8 14 (1.08%) AWS CDK
9 13 (1.00%) RESTful
10 11 (0.85%) Spring
11 10 (0.77%) Kafka
11 10 (0.77%) Middleware
11 10 (0.77%) PySpark
12 9 (0.70%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.70%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.70%) Vue
13 8 (0.62%) LlamaIndex
13 8 (0.62%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 111 (8.58%) Social Media
3 102 (7.88%) Marketing Technology
4 88 (6.80%) Over-the-Top Content
5 62 (4.79%) Cloud Native
6 60 (4.64%) Onboarding
7 54 (4.17%) Management Information System
8 39 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.40%) Mobile App
10 26 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.93%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.78%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.78%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.31%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
14 17 (1.31%) PMI
15 16 (1.24%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.55%) Android
2 29 (2.24%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.24%) Windows
4 6 (0.46%) Linux
4 6 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.077%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (25.89%) Agile
2 322 (24.88%) Analytics
3 302 (23.34%) Roadmaps
4 298 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
5 286 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 267 (20.63%) AI
7 204 (15.77%) Mentoring
8 183 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
9 179 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 147 (11.36%) Customer Experience
11 133 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 132 (10.20%) Coaching
12 132 (10.20%) CRM
13 131 (10.12%) Project Management
14 130 (10.05%) CI/CD
15 123 (9.51%) Data Modelling
16 117 (9.04%) Actionable Insight
17 116 (8.96%) Digital Marketing
18 110 (8.50%) User Stories
19 105 (8.11%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 189 (14.61%) SQL
2 185 (14.30%) Python
3 36 (2.78%) Java
3 36 (2.78%) TypeScript
4 30 (2.32%) C#
5 29 (2.24%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.78%) R
7 9 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (0.70%) VBA
8 7 (0.54%) Bash
8 7 (0.54%) C++
8 7 (0.54%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.39%) PHP
11 4 (0.31%) Bicep
11 4 (0.31%) Ruby
11 4 (0.31%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) C
12 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 164 (12.67%) Degree
2 86 (6.65%) Security Cleared
3 78 (6.03%) ACCA
4 75 (5.80%) CIMA
5 66 (5.10%) SC Cleared
6 48 (3.71%) DBS Check
7 36 (2.78%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.47%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.70%) CISSP
10 19 (1.47%) PMP
11 18 (1.39%) AAT
12 17 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.00%) CISM
15 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.77%) PhD
16 10 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 9 (0.70%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.70%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (10.90%) Data Quality
2 89 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 76 (5.87%) GDPR
3 76 (5.87%) QA
4 32 (2.47%) WCAG
5 30 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (2.01%) GRC
7 22 (1.70%) NIST
8 21 (1.62%) PMO
9 19 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (1.16%) SLA
11 13 (1.00%) P3O
12 11 (0.85%) NCSC
12 11 (0.85%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.70%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.54%) IFRS
15 5 (0.39%) GAAP
16 4 (0.31%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.23%) GxP
System Software
1 30 (2.32%) Docker
2 8 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.31%) Firmware
4 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.077%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.70%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.55%) Terraform
3 16 (1.24%) Grafana
4 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.39%) Nmap
6 4 (0.31%) SCCM
7 3 (0.23%) Argo
7 3 (0.23%) Control-M
7 3 (0.23%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.15%) Ansible
8 2 (0.15%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.15%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) Puppet
8 2 (0.15%) Salt
9 1 (0.077%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 182 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 118 (9.12%) Adobe
3 43 (3.32%) Salesforce
4 39 (3.01%) Databricks
5 38 (2.94%) Google
6 36 (2.78%) SAP
7 28 (2.16%) Oracle
8 22 (1.70%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.62%) HubSpot
10 20 (1.55%) Sage
11 11 (0.85%) Workday
12 10 (0.77%) BMC
12 10 (0.77%) Cisco
12 10 (0.77%) Foundry
12 10 (0.77%) Informatica
12 10 (0.77%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.77%) Xero
13 6 (0.46%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.46%) Ariba
13 6 (0.46%) Talend