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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 61 58
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 802 821 977
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.30% 4.82% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.00% 5.18% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 491 416 616
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,120
25th Percentile £45,313 £42,608 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £61,750 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +18.18% -10.57%

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 13,369 15,861 19,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.41% 93.11% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,464 9,489 15,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £80,000
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 1 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 19 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.50%) Confluence
3 8 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.87%) CMS
4 7 (0.87%) SAS
5 6 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.50%) Apache
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (17.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.50%) Trello
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.00%) Shopify
4 6 (0.75%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.50%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.37%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.25%) Magento
8 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Primavera
9 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 163 (20.32%) Power Platform
2 145 (18.08%) Azure
3 84 (10.47%) SaaS
4 57 (7.11%) AWS
5 45 (5.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 43 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (3.24%) GitHub
10 21 (2.62%) GCP
11 18 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.87%) PaaS
13 14 (1.75%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.62%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.37%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.37%) Serverless
17 10 (1.25%) PowerApps
18 8 (1.00%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.75%) Internet
2 4 (0.50%) Broadband
3 2 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) LAN
4 1 (0.12%) SAN
4 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (18.95%) Power BI
2 49 (6.11%) Tableau
3 48 (5.99%) SQL Server
4 37 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 32 (3.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 24 (2.99%) Data Lake
7 23 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (2.74%) Metadata
9 20 (2.49%) Power Query
10 14 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (1.37%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.37%) MySQL
12 10 (1.25%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.25%) GIS
13 9 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.87%) QlikView
15 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
17 5 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 19 (2.37%) JIRA
2 6 (0.75%) Burp Suite
2 6 (0.75%) Metasploit
3 5 (0.62%) Git
4 4 (0.50%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.50%) ERwin
4 4 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.50%) Toad
5 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.25%) Selenium
6 2 (0.25%) Storybook
6 2 (0.25%) Vite
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Locust
7 1 (0.12%) MLflow
7 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.12%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 380 (47.38%) Social Skills
2 361 (45.01%) Finance
3 316 (39.40%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.35%) Marketing
5 85 (10.60%) Public Sector
6 80 (9.98%) Presentation Skills
7 56 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (5.86%) Legal
10 45 (5.61%) Manufacturing
11 43 (5.36%) Retail
12 33 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (2.74%) Banking
14 21 (2.62%) Advertising
14 21 (2.62%) Law
15 16 (2.00%) Local Government
16 14 (1.75%) Billing
17 11 (1.37%) French Language
18 9 (1.12%) Automotive
18 9 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 169 (21.07%) Analyst
2 109 (13.59%) Senior
3 66 (8.23%) Architect
4 64 (7.98%) Lead
5 57 (7.11%) Financial Analyst
6 48 (5.99%) Developer
7 41 (5.11%) Consultant
8 35 (4.36%) Business Manager
9 34 (4.24%) Data Engineer
9 34 (4.24%) Senior Analyst
10 33 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
11 30 (3.74%) Data Analyst
12 29 (3.62%) Sales Executive
13 28 (3.49%) Senior Manager
14 25 (3.12%) Development Manager
15 24 (2.99%) Business Analyst
15 24 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 22 (2.74%) Product Manager
17 20 (2.49%) HR Advisor
17 20 (2.49%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.62%) Flash
1 13 (1.62%) REST
2 10 (1.25%) React
3 9 (1.12%) .NET
3 9 (1.12%) Middleware
3 9 (1.12%) SOAP
4 8 (1.00%) Blazor
4 8 (1.00%) CSS
4 8 (1.00%) HTML
4 8 (1.00%) JSON
4 8 (1.00%) PySpark
5 6 (0.75%) Kafka
5 6 (0.75%) OAuth
5 6 (0.75%) Spring
5 6 (0.75%) Spring Boot
6 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.62%) RESTful
6 5 (0.62%) XML
7 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.47%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (5.99%) Analytical Mindset
3 45 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 40 (4.99%) Cloud Native
5 37 (4.61%) Management Information System
6 35 (4.36%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.37%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.75%) Social Media
9 13 (1.62%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.62%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.37%) Life Science
11 10 (1.25%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.12%) Digital Media
13 8 (1.00%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.00%) NHS
14 7 (0.87%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.87%) GNSS
14 7 (0.87%) Insider Threat
14 7 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.12%) Windows
2 6 (0.75%) Linux
3 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.50%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (31.17%) Analytics
2 249 (31.05%) Problem-Solving
3 206 (25.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 175 (21.82%) Business Intelligence
5 140 (17.46%) AI
6 139 (17.33%) Agile
7 114 (14.21%) Visualisation
8 110 (13.72%) CRM
9 105 (13.09%) Data Analysis
10 103 (12.84%) Actionable Insight
11 102 (12.72%) Roadmaps
12 89 (11.10%) Project Management
13 81 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 80 (9.98%) ERP
15 78 (9.73%) DevOps
15 78 (9.73%) Process Improvement
16 77 (9.60%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 76 (9.48%) B2B
18 70 (8.73%) Data Visualisation
19 62 (7.73%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 176 (21.95%) SQL
2 110 (13.72%) Python
3 32 (3.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (2.74%) R
5 19 (2.37%) VBA
6 18 (2.24%) Java
7 14 (1.75%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.50%) C#
9 10 (1.25%) Scala
9 10 (1.25%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.00%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.75%) C++
11 6 (0.75%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.62%) Bash
13 4 (0.50%) PHP
13 4 (0.50%) VB
14 2 (0.25%) ABAP
14 2 (0.25%) Bicep
14 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 162 (20.20%) Degree
2 99 (12.34%) ACCA
2 99 (12.34%) CIMA
3 52 (6.48%) Security Cleared
4 42 (5.24%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.24%) DBS Check
6 26 (3.24%) Master's Degree
7 21 (2.62%) CISSP
8 19 (2.37%) AAT
8 19 (2.37%) CISM
9 16 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.50%) CISA
11 12 (1.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (1.25%) CRISC
12 10 (1.25%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
13 9 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.85%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.99%) GDPR
3 26 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (3.24%) QA
4 23 (2.87%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.87%) Actionable Recommendations
5 18 (2.24%) NIST
6 15 (1.87%) GRC
7 14 (1.75%) PMO
8 9 (1.12%) NCSC
9 8 (1.00%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.75%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.62%) COBIT
11 5 (0.62%) ITGC
12 4 (0.50%) GAAP
12 4 (0.50%) SLA
13 3 (0.37%) IFRS
13 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.25%) P3O
14 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) vSphere
3 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (2.12%) Terraform
2 11 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.75%) Nmap
4 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.37%) Control-M
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 150 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.11%) SAP
3 45 (5.61%) Databricks
4 36 (4.49%) Workday
5 35 (4.36%) Oracle
6 33 (4.11%) ServiceNow
7 26 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 25 (3.12%) Google
9 15 (1.87%) Sage
10 12 (1.50%) Autodesk
10 12 (1.50%) HubSpot
11 10 (1.25%) Adaptive Insights
11 10 (1.25%) IBM
12 8 (1.00%) Anaplan
13 6 (0.75%) Cisco
13 6 (0.75%) Informatica
14 4 (0.50%) BMC
14 4 (0.50%) Charles River
14 4 (0.50%) NEC
14 4 (0.50%) Northgate