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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 65 59
Rank change year-on-year +26 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 794 799 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.28% 4.88% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.04% 5.21% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 495 401 659
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,120
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,608 £46,314
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,731
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -11.29%

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 13,144 15,339 20,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.72% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,355 9,020 16,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,100 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 January 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 18 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.51%) Confluence
3 8 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.88%) CMS
4 7 (0.88%) SAS
5 6 (0.76%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.50%) Apache
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.38%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 133 (16.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.50%) Trello
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.13%) Shopify
2 8 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.76%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.38%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.38%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Primavera
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 164 (20.65%) Power Platform
2 153 (19.27%) Azure
3 86 (10.83%) SaaS
4 62 (7.81%) AWS
5 47 (5.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 45 (5.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (3.40%) GitHub
9 26 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.52%) GCP
11 19 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.89%) PaaS
13 14 (1.76%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.64%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (1.51%) Serverless
16 11 (1.39%) Google Analytics
17 10 (1.26%) PowerApps
18 9 (1.13%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.76%) Internet
2 3 (0.38%) Broadband
3 2 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.13%) ADSL
4 1 (0.13%) Firewall
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (19.27%) Power BI
2 49 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.17%) Tableau
3 39 (4.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (3.02%) Data Lake
5 24 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.77%) Metadata
7 17 (2.14%) Power Query
8 14 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (1.51%) MySQL
10 10 (1.26%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
10 10 (1.26%) GIS
11 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.88%) QlikView
13 6 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
13 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.63%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.63%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (2.52%) JIRA
2 7 (0.88%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.88%) Metasploit
3 6 (0.76%) Git
4 4 (0.50%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.50%) ERwin
4 4 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.50%) Toad
5 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.38%) Vite
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.25%) MLflow
6 2 (0.25%) Selenium
6 2 (0.25%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 376 (47.36%) Social Skills
2 357 (44.96%) Finance
3 315 (39.67%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.46%) Marketing
5 85 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 78 (9.82%) Presentation Skills
7 56 (7.05%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (5.54%) Manufacturing
10 41 (5.16%) Retail
11 38 (4.79%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (4.79%) Legal
12 23 (2.90%) Banking
13 22 (2.77%) Law
14 21 (2.64%) Advertising
15 18 (2.27%) Local Government
16 14 (1.76%) Billing
17 9 (1.13%) Automotive
17 9 (1.13%) Telecoms
18 8 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 167 (21.03%) Analyst
2 107 (13.48%) Senior
3 65 (8.19%) Lead
4 63 (7.93%) Architect
5 54 (6.80%) Financial Analyst
6 45 (5.67%) Developer
7 42 (5.29%) Consultant
8 38 (4.79%) Data Engineer
9 32 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
9 32 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
10 31 (3.90%) Business Manager
11 30 (3.78%) Data Analyst
11 30 (3.78%) Sales Executive
12 25 (3.15%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.90%) Business Analyst
14 22 (2.77%) Product Manager
14 22 (2.77%) Report Analyst
15 21 (2.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 21 (2.64%) Development Manager
16 19 (2.39%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.64%) Flash
1 13 (1.64%) REST
2 11 (1.39%) .NET
3 10 (1.26%) React
4 9 (1.13%) CSS
4 9 (1.13%) HTML
4 9 (1.13%) Middleware
4 9 (1.13%) SOAP
5 8 (1.01%) JSON
5 8 (1.01%) PySpark
6 6 (0.76%) Blazor
6 6 (0.76%) Kafka
6 6 (0.76%) OAuth
6 6 (0.76%) Spring
6 6 (0.76%) Spring Boot
6 6 (0.76%) XML
7 5 (0.63%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.63%) RESTful
7 5 (0.63%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 93 (11.71%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (6.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 42 (5.29%) Cloud Native
4 37 (4.66%) Management Information System
4 37 (4.66%) Product Ownership
5 36 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.40%) Virtual Team
7 15 (1.89%) Social Media
8 14 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.39%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.01%) Digital Media
12 8 (1.01%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.01%) GNSS
12 8 (1.01%) Insider Threat
12 8 (1.01%) Life Science
12 8 (1.01%) Satnav
13 7 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.13%) Windows
2 6 (0.76%) Linux
3 5 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.50%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (32.49%) Analytics
2 244 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
3 203 (25.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 173 (21.79%) Business Intelligence
5 144 (18.14%) AI
6 142 (17.88%) Agile
7 108 (13.60%) Visualisation
8 106 (13.35%) Roadmaps
9 103 (12.97%) Actionable Insight
10 99 (12.47%) CRM
11 97 (12.22%) Data Analysis
12 89 (11.21%) Project Management
13 88 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 83 (10.45%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 78 (9.82%) B2B
15 78 (9.82%) DevOps
16 73 (9.19%) Process Improvement
17 69 (8.69%) ERP
18 66 (8.31%) Data Visualisation
19 65 (8.19%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 170 (21.41%) SQL
2 113 (14.23%) Python
3 31 (3.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.64%) R
5 17 (2.14%) Java
6 15 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.76%) VBA
8 10 (1.26%) C#
8 10 (1.26%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.13%) Scala
10 8 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.76%) C++
11 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.76%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.63%) Bash
12 5 (0.63%) PHP
13 4 (0.50%) VB
14 2 (0.25%) ABAP
14 2 (0.25%) Bicep
14 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 168 (21.16%) Degree
2 93 (11.71%) ACCA
2 93 (11.71%) CIMA
3 54 (6.80%) Security Cleared
4 44 (5.54%) SC Cleared
5 37 (4.66%) DBS Check
6 28 (3.53%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.90%) CISSP
8 20 (2.52%) CISM
9 18 (2.27%) AAT
10 17 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.02%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.51%) CISA
13 12 (1.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.26%) CRISC
14 10 (1.26%) DV Cleared
14 10 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.20%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.91%) GDPR
3 28 (3.53%) QA
4 27 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (3.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 20 (2.52%) Accessibility
7 19 (2.39%) NIST
8 18 (2.27%) GRC
9 14 (1.76%) PMO
10 10 (1.26%) NCSC
11 9 (1.13%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.88%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.63%) COBIT
13 5 (0.63%) GAAP
13 5 (0.63%) ITGC
14 4 (0.50%) IFRS
14 4 (0.50%) SLA
15 3 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.25%) P3O
16 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (1.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.02%) Terraform
2 11 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.88%) Nmap
4 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.38%) Control-M
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 143 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.55%) SAP
3 48 (6.05%) Databricks
4 30 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.53%) Oracle
6 24 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.90%) Google
7 23 (2.90%) Workday
8 17 (2.14%) Sage
9 13 (1.64%) HubSpot
10 12 (1.51%) Autodesk
11 10 (1.26%) IBM
12 7 (0.88%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.88%) Cisco
13 6 (0.76%) Informatica
14 5 (0.63%) Adaptive Insights
15 4 (0.50%) BMC
15 4 (0.50%) Charles River
15 4 (0.50%) Concur
15 4 (0.50%) NEC