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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 61 36
Rank change year-on-year +30 -25 +8
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,100 642 1,961
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.07% 4.77% 6.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.33% 5.03% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 651 391 1,121
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -5.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 15,001 12,760 29,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 94.74% 91.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,522 8,867 23,508
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +5.22% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 29 April 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 37 (3.36%) CMS
1 37 (3.36%) Confluence
2 35 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.36%) nginx
6 4 (0.36%) WordPress
7 3 (0.27%) Apache
7 3 (0.27%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.091%) Drupal
Applications
1 102 (9.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.73%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.27%) Trello
9 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.091%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (3.09%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (1.82%) Workfront
3 18 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.73%) Shopify
6 5 (0.45%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.27%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.091%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.091%) Magento
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.091%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.091%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 198 (18.00%) Azure
2 153 (13.91%) Power Platform
3 101 (9.18%) AWS
4 82 (7.45%) SaaS
5 43 (3.91%) GCP
6 40 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (3.18%) iPaaS
8 32 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (2.55%) GitHub
11 27 (2.45%) Figma
11 27 (2.45%) Serverless
12 26 (2.36%) Contentsquare
13 25 (2.27%) Adobe Analytics
14 24 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 20 (1.82%) Azure Machine Learning
17 14 (1.27%) Entra ID
18 13 (1.18%) PaaS
19 12 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 144 (13.09%) Broadband
2 5 (0.45%) Internet
2 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.36%) Firewall
4 3 (0.27%) DNS
4 3 (0.27%) Modbus
4 3 (0.27%) Network Security
4 3 (0.27%) SSL
5 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.091%) ADSL
6 1 (0.091%) DSL
6 1 (0.091%) Intranet
6 1 (0.091%) NAS
6 1 (0.091%) NGFW
6 1 (0.091%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.091%) VPN
6 1 (0.091%) WAN
6 1 (0.091%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (13.18%) Power BI
2 60 (5.45%) Metadata
3 46 (4.18%) Tableau
4 36 (3.27%) SQL Server
5 35 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.64%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.27%) Oracle Database
10 12 (1.09%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.00%) MySQL
11 11 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.82%) Looker
12 9 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.73%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.73%) Power Query
14 7 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.55%) Big Data
15 6 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (2.27%) JIRA
2 16 (1.45%) Git
3 8 (0.73%) JMeter
4 6 (0.55%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.55%) Locust
5 5 (0.45%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.45%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.36%) Vite
7 3 (0.27%) GitLab
7 3 (0.27%) MLflow
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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.18%) Storybook
8 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.091%) REST Assured
General
1 399 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 361 (32.82%) Finance
3 317 (28.82%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (16.18%) Marketing
5 108 (9.82%) Public Sector
6 87 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
7 74 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 66 (6.00%) Legal
9 63 (5.73%) Games
10 60 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
11 52 (4.73%) Retail
12 41 (3.73%) Law
13 37 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.82%) Advertising
14 31 (2.82%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.73%) Banking
16 18 (1.64%) Local Government
17 16 (1.45%) Publishing
18 11 (1.00%) Multimedia
18 11 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 180 (16.36%) Analyst
2 177 (16.09%) Senior
3 116 (10.55%) Lead
4 59 (5.36%) Architect
5 58 (5.27%) Senior Manager
6 57 (5.18%) Data Engineer
7 42 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
8 41 (3.73%) Developer
9 40 (3.64%) Product Manager
10 37 (3.36%) Financial Analyst
11 36 (3.27%) Business Analyst
11 36 (3.27%) Product Owner
12 35 (3.18%) Data Analyst
13 34 (3.09%) Campaign Manager
14 31 (2.82%) Consultant
15 26 (2.36%) Development Manager
16 25 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
17 23 (2.09%) Report Analyst
18 22 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
19 21 (1.91%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.45%) React
2 22 (2.00%) .NET
3 17 (1.55%) CSS
3 17 (1.55%) HTML
4 15 (1.36%) XML
5 14 (1.27%) LangChain
5 14 (1.27%) REST
6 12 (1.09%) Middleware
7 10 (0.91%) AWS CDK
7 10 (0.91%) Next.js
8 8 (0.73%) JSON
8 8 (0.73%) Kafka
8 8 (0.73%) PySpark
8 8 (0.73%) RESTful
9 7 (0.64%) EDI
9 7 (0.64%) TensorFlow
9 7 (0.64%) Vue
10 6 (0.55%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.55%) Flash
10 6 (0.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 118 (10.73%) Product Ownership
2 93 (8.45%) Social Media
3 82 (7.45%) Marketing Technology
4 68 (6.18%) Over-the-Top Content
5 61 (5.55%) Onboarding
6 52 (4.73%) Cloud Native
7 47 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
8 40 (3.64%) Management Information System
9 27 (2.45%) Mobile App
10 22 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.82%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 17 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.55%) PMI
14 16 (1.45%) Data Structures
15 14 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (1.27%) Driving Licence
16 13 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
16 13 (1.18%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.82%) Android
2 29 (2.64%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.18%) Windows
4 8 (0.73%) Linux
5 6 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (27.18%) Analytics
2 271 (24.64%) Agile
3 259 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
4 250 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 244 (22.18%) Roadmaps
6 227 (20.64%) AI
7 175 (15.91%) Mentoring
8 171 (15.55%) Business Intelligence
9 149 (13.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 141 (12.82%) Customer Experience
11 124 (11.27%) Coaching
11 124 (11.27%) Project Management
12 112 (10.18%) CI/CD
13 107 (9.73%) CRM
14 99 (9.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 98 (8.91%) Data Modelling
16 96 (8.73%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 93 (8.45%) Data Management
18 90 (8.18%) Digital Marketing
19 89 (8.09%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 139 (12.64%) Python
2 138 (12.55%) SQL
3 31 (2.82%) Java
4 21 (1.91%) C#
4 21 (1.91%) R
4 21 (1.91%) TypeScript
5 19 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 10 (0.91%) VBA
7 8 (0.73%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (0.64%) PHP
9 5 (0.45%) Bash
9 5 (0.45%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.36%) Bicep
10 4 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.18%) C
11 2 (0.18%) C++
11 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.091%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 151 (13.73%) Degree
2 104 (9.45%) ACCA
3 103 (9.36%) CIMA
4 71 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 47 (4.27%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.64%) DBS Check
7 37 (3.36%) Master's Degree
8 32 (2.91%) PMI Certification
9 22 (2.00%) AAT
10 20 (1.82%) CISSP
11 15 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.36%) PMP
12 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.09%) CISM
14 11 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.91%) PhD
16 9 (0.82%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.82%) CIPD
17 8 (0.73%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (11.18%) Data Quality
2 86 (7.82%) Accessibility
3 59 (5.36%) QA
4 54 (4.91%) GDPR
5 32 (2.91%) WCAG
6 27 (2.45%) GRC
7 26 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.73%) NIST
9 17 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.18%) P3O
11 11 (1.00%) NCSC
11 11 (1.00%) PMO
12 10 (0.91%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.82%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.64%) GAAP
15 6 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.55%) IFRS
16 4 (0.36%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.36%) SLA
17 3 (0.27%) TickIT
System Software
1 22 (2.00%) Docker
2 6 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.73%) Terraform
3 15 (1.36%) Grafana
4 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.45%) Nmap
6 4 (0.36%) SCCM
7 3 (0.27%) Argo
7 3 (0.27%) Control-M
7 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.18%) Ansible
8 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.18%) Packer
8 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.18%) Puppet
8 2 (0.18%) Salt
9 1 (0.091%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 168 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 100 (9.09%) Adobe
3 44 (4.00%) Databricks
4 40 (3.64%) SAP
5 38 (3.45%) Google
6 30 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.64%) Oracle
8 23 (2.09%) Sage
9 22 (2.00%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.91%) HubSpot
11 11 (1.00%) Foundry
11 11 (1.00%) Workday
12 9 (0.82%) Xero
13 8 (0.73%) BMC
13 8 (0.73%) Informatica
13 8 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.55%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.55%) Ariba
14 6 (0.55%) Cisco
14 6 (0.55%) Talend