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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 81 36
Rank change year-on-year +51 -45 +7
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,174 661 1,948
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.25% 4.41% 5.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 4.64% 6.59%
Number of salaries quoted 710 390 1,101
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,875 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% +8.86% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,394 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.65% +9.81% -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 15,535 14,247 29,575
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.06% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,045 8,583 23,342
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -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 21 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 36 (3.07%) CMS
1 36 (3.07%) Confluence
2 34 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.34%) WordPress
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.085%) Drupal
9 1 (0.085%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
Applications
1 93 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (4.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 34 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.60%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.17%) Trello
11 1 (0.085%) Blender
11 1 (0.085%) Maya
11 1 (0.085%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 39 (3.32%) Workfront
2 34 (2.90%) Adobe Campaign
3 16 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.51%) Shopify
6 5 (0.43%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.43%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.085%) Magento
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.085%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.085%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.085%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 221 (18.82%) Azure
2 158 (13.46%) Power Platform
3 114 (9.71%) AWS
4 97 (8.26%) SaaS
5 53 (4.51%) iPaaS
6 49 (4.17%) GCP
7 42 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 32 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (2.56%) Serverless
10 27 (2.30%) Figma
11 25 (2.13%) Adobe Analytics
11 25 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.13%) Contentsquare
11 25 (2.13%) GitHub
12 20 (1.70%) Azure Machine Learning
13 18 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (1.28%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (14.48%) Broadband
2 7 (0.60%) Firewall
2 7 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.51%) Network Security
4 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.34%) WAN
5 3 (0.26%) BGP
5 3 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.26%) DNS
5 3 (0.26%) Internet
5 3 (0.26%) LAN
5 3 (0.26%) Modbus
5 3 (0.26%) MPLS
5 3 (0.26%) OSPF
5 3 (0.26%) SSL
5 3 (0.26%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.17%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.17%) SMS
7 1 (0.085%) DSL
7 1 (0.085%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (12.78%) Power BI
2 75 (6.39%) Metadata
3 44 (3.75%) Tableau
4 38 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (3.15%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.62%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.36%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.19%) Oracle Database
8 14 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.02%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.94%) MySQL
12 9 (0.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.77%) Looker
12 9 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.68%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.60%) Big Data
14 7 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
15 6 (0.51%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (2.39%) JIRA
2 20 (1.70%) Git
3 8 (0.68%) JMeter
4 6 (0.51%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.51%) Locust
5 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.43%) MLflow
6 4 (0.34%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.34%) GitLab
6 4 (0.34%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.26%) Vite
8 2 (0.17%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.17%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 2 (0.17%) Storybook
8 2 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 377 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 349 (29.73%) Finance
3 305 (25.98%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (17.21%) Marketing
5 104 (8.86%) Public Sector
6 94 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 81 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 73 (6.22%) Legal
9 70 (5.96%) Games
10 63 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
11 59 (5.03%) Retail
12 47 (4.00%) Law
13 30 (2.56%) Banking
14 25 (2.13%) Manufacturing
15 23 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.79%) Local Government
17 20 (1.70%) Advertising
18 19 (1.62%) Publishing
19 11 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
20 10 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 197 (16.78%) Senior
2 175 (14.91%) Analyst
3 122 (10.39%) Lead
4 64 (5.45%) Senior Manager
5 60 (5.11%) Architect
5 60 (5.11%) Data Engineer
6 54 (4.60%) Product Owner
7 47 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
8 43 (3.66%) Data Analyst
9 42 (3.58%) Developer
10 39 (3.32%) Product Manager
11 37 (3.15%) Business Analyst
12 36 (3.07%) Campaign Manager
13 32 (2.73%) Development Manager
14 31 (2.64%) Consultant
15 24 (2.04%) Engineering Manager
16 23 (1.96%) Accountant
16 23 (1.96%) Software Engineer
17 22 (1.87%) Business Manager
18 21 (1.79%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.98%) React
2 26 (2.21%) .NET
3 23 (1.96%) LangChain
4 18 (1.53%) REST
5 16 (1.36%) CSS
5 16 (1.36%) HTML
6 15 (1.28%) XML
7 13 (1.11%) AWS CDK
8 12 (1.02%) Next.js
9 11 (0.94%) Middleware
9 11 (0.94%) Node.js
10 10 (0.85%) RESTful
11 8 (0.68%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.68%) EDI
11 8 (0.68%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.68%) Vue
12 7 (0.60%) JSON
12 7 (0.60%) Kafka
12 7 (0.60%) PySpark
12 7 (0.60%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 136 (11.58%) Product Ownership
2 112 (9.54%) Social Media
3 102 (8.69%) Marketing Technology
4 88 (7.50%) Over-the-Top Content
5 60 (5.11%) Onboarding
6 54 (4.60%) Cloud Native
7 37 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (2.56%) Mobile App
9 24 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (1.96%) AI Agents
11 20 (1.70%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
13 18 (1.53%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.45%) PMI
15 16 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 16 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (1.28%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.73%) Android
2 29 (2.47%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.11%) Windows
4 7 (0.60%) Linux
5 6 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (26.92%) Agile
2 291 (24.79%) Analytics
3 271 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 256 (21.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 250 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
6 247 (21.04%) AI
7 189 (16.10%) Mentoring
8 171 (14.57%) Business Intelligence
9 157 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
10 145 (12.35%) Customer Experience
11 130 (11.07%) Coaching
12 123 (10.48%) CRM
13 121 (10.31%) CI/CD
14 117 (9.97%) Project Management
15 116 (9.88%) Digital Marketing
16 109 (9.28%) User Stories
17 107 (9.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 106 (9.03%) Data Modelling
19 103 (8.77%) Personalization
20 101 (8.60%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 155 (13.20%) Python
2 151 (12.86%) SQL
3 33 (2.81%) Java
4 26 (2.21%) C#
4 26 (2.21%) TypeScript
5 22 (1.87%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.79%) R
7 8 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.68%) VBA
8 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.51%) PHP
10 5 (0.43%) C++
10 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.34%) Bash
11 4 (0.34%) Scala
12 3 (0.26%) Bicep
13 2 (0.17%) C
13 2 (0.17%) Formula Language
13 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.085%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 151 (12.86%) Degree
2 77 (6.56%) ACCA
3 75 (6.39%) CIMA
4 74 (6.30%) Security Cleared
5 53 (4.51%) SC Cleared
6 45 (3.83%) DBS Check
7 36 (3.07%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.90%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.62%) AAT
9 19 (1.62%) PMP
10 17 (1.45%) CISSP
11 15 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.85%) CISM
13 10 (0.85%) PhD
14 9 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.77%) HNC
14 9 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (11.16%) Data Quality
2 87 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 70 (5.96%) GDPR
4 61 (5.20%) QA
5 32 (2.73%) WCAG
6 25 (2.13%) GRC
7 24 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 18 (1.53%) NIST
9 13 (1.11%) P3O
10 10 (0.85%) NCSC
10 10 (0.85%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.77%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.77%) PMO
11 9 (0.77%) SLA
12 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.43%) GAAP
14 4 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.34%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.26%) TickIT
System Software
1 23 (1.96%) Docker
2 6 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (1.70%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.62%) Terraform
3 17 (1.45%) Grafana
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.34%) Argo
5 4 (0.34%) Nmap
5 4 (0.34%) SCCM
6 3 (0.26%) Control-M
6 3 (0.26%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.17%) Ansible
7 2 (0.17%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.17%) Packer
7 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.17%) Puppet
7 2 (0.17%) Salt
8 1 (0.085%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 165 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 120 (10.22%) Adobe
3 42 (3.58%) Databricks
3 42 (3.58%) Salesforce
4 38 (3.24%) Google
4 38 (3.24%) SAP
5 28 (2.39%) Oracle
6 22 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.79%) HubSpot
7 21 (1.79%) Sage
8 11 (0.94%) Foundry
9 10 (0.85%) Workday
10 9 (0.77%) BMC
10 9 (0.77%) Informatica
10 9 (0.77%) Xero
11 8 (0.68%) Cisco
11 8 (0.68%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.51%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.51%) Ariba
12 6 (0.51%) Talend