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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 66 35
Rank change year-on-year +45 -31 +40
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,817 807 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.93% 4.88% 5.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.63% 5.25% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,127 522 599
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,404
25th Percentile £44,861 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.70% -8.07%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,500 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -5.58%

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 18,872 15,371 21,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.41% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,617 8,911 15,260
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 18 August 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 48 (2.64%) Confluence
2 34 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.71%) CMS
4 14 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.39%) Apache
6 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.17%) SAS
9 3 (0.17%) WordPress
10 1 (0.055%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.055%) Appian
10 1 (0.055%) Drupal
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.055%) Resin
10 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 129 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 27 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.33%) Simulink
7 6 (0.33%) Trello
8 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.17%) Blender
10 3 (0.17%) Maya
10 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.055%) InDesign
12 1 (0.055%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 52 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (2.15%) Workfront
3 34 (1.87%) Adobe Campaign
4 31 (1.71%) Dynamics GP
5 19 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.72%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.33%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.28%) Primavera
9 4 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
10 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.11%) Shopify
11 1 (0.055%) Actimize
11 1 (0.055%) Aladdin
11 1 (0.055%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.055%) SAP R/3
11 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 287 (15.80%) Azure
2 207 (11.39%) Power Platform
3 182 (10.02%) AWS
4 158 (8.70%) SaaS
5 85 (4.68%) GCP
6 54 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
7 53 (2.92%) iPaaS
8 46 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (2.31%) GitHub
10 41 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
11 32 (1.76%) Figma
12 31 (1.71%) Serverless
13 28 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 28 (1.54%) Google Analytics
14 26 (1.43%) Adobe Analytics
15 25 (1.38%) Contentsquare
16 23 (1.27%) Entra ID
17 17 (0.94%) Snowflake
18 16 (0.88%) PaaS
19 15 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 161 (8.86%) Broadband
2 59 (3.25%) Network Security
3 56 (3.08%) Firewall
4 47 (2.59%) VLAN
5 7 (0.39%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.39%) VPN
5 7 (0.39%) WAN
6 4 (0.22%) LAN
7 3 (0.17%) BGP
7 3 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.17%) Modbus
7 3 (0.17%) MPLS
7 3 (0.17%) OSPF
7 3 (0.17%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.11%) DNS
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) SMS
8 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (10.13%) Power BI
2 85 (4.68%) Metadata
3 77 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.81%) Tableau
5 38 (2.09%) SQL Server
6 34 (1.87%) Data Lake
7 33 (1.82%) Relational Database
8 25 (1.38%) Looker
9 21 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (1.05%) BigQuery
12 17 (0.94%) Big Data
13 14 (0.77%) Oracle Database
14 13 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.66%) MySQL
16 11 (0.61%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 10 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
18 9 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (2.53%) Git
1 46 (2.53%) JIRA
2 11 (0.61%) Claude Code
3 8 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.33%) GitLab
5 6 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.28%) JMeter
6 5 (0.28%) Locust
7 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.22%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.22%) MLflow
7 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.17%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.11%) NUnit
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.055%) Ant
General
1 702 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 539 (29.66%) Finance
3 503 (27.68%) Analytical Skills
4 308 (16.95%) Marketing
5 186 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 149 (8.20%) Public Sector
7 132 (7.26%) Legal
8 130 (7.15%) Influencing Skills
9 125 (6.88%) Retail
10 95 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
12 72 (3.96%) Law
13 60 (3.30%) Games
14 53 (2.92%) Manufacturing
15 46 (2.53%) Banking
16 38 (2.09%) Aerospace
17 32 (1.76%) Local Government
18 23 (1.27%) Electronics
19 21 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
19 21 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 325 (17.89%) Senior
2 247 (13.59%) Analyst
3 221 (12.16%) Lead
4 139 (7.65%) Architect
5 84 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
6 83 (4.57%) Data Engineer
7 75 (4.13%) Development Manager
8 73 (4.02%) Data Analyst
9 68 (3.74%) Business Manager
10 58 (3.19%) Developer
10 58 (3.19%) Senior Manager
11 57 (3.14%) Business Development Manager
12 56 (3.08%) Consultant
12 56 (3.08%) Product Owner
13 48 (2.64%) Product Manager
14 47 (2.59%) Security Engineer
14 47 (2.59%) Senior Security Engineer
15 41 (2.26%) Marketing Manager
16 40 (2.20%) Business Analyst
17 38 (2.09%) Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.70%) React
2 30 (1.65%) .NET
3 28 (1.54%) Node.js
4 27 (1.49%) LangChain
5 25 (1.38%) REST
6 16 (0.88%) PySpark
7 15 (0.83%) AWS CDK
7 15 (0.83%) CSS
7 15 (0.83%) Next.js
8 14 (0.77%) HTML
9 13 (0.72%) RESTful
10 12 (0.66%) AngularJS
11 11 (0.61%) PyTorch
11 11 (0.61%) Spring
11 11 (0.61%) Spring Boot
11 11 (0.61%) XML
12 10 (0.55%) Django
13 9 (0.50%) GraphQL
13 9 (0.50%) React Native
13 9 (0.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 149 (8.20%) Product Ownership
2 132 (7.26%) Marketing Technology
3 122 (6.71%) Social Media
4 93 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
5 91 (5.01%) Management Information System
6 88 (4.84%) Over-the-Top Content
7 84 (4.62%) Cloud Native
8 48 (2.64%) AI Agents
9 43 (2.37%) Onboarding
10 40 (2.20%) Blog
11 38 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
12 34 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
13 32 (1.76%) Credit Risk
14 29 (1.60%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (1.54%) Driving Licence
16 27 (1.49%) Mobile App
17 24 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
18 20 (1.10%) Algorithms
19 19 (1.05%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.16%) Android
2 15 (0.83%) Windows
3 14 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.33%) VMS
5 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.17%) Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (24.71%) Agile
2 438 (24.11%) Analytics
3 435 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 431 (23.72%) AI
5 381 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
6 348 (19.15%) Roadmaps
7 330 (18.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 294 (16.18%) Mentoring
9 253 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 236 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
11 221 (12.16%) CRM
12 218 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
13 190 (10.46%) Coaching
14 189 (10.40%) Customer Experience
15 176 (9.69%) Project Delivery
16 174 (9.58%) CI/CD
17 160 (8.81%) Data Modelling
18 153 (8.42%) Business Development
19 151 (8.31%) Project Management
20 150 (8.26%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 260 (14.31%) SQL
2 229 (12.60%) Python
3 41 (2.26%) TypeScript
4 40 (2.20%) C#
5 37 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 36 (1.98%) Java
7 18 (0.99%) R
8 12 (0.66%) Bicep
8 12 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.66%) VBA
9 10 (0.55%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.50%) Bash
10 9 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.44%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.33%) C
12 6 (0.33%) C++
12 6 (0.33%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.33%) Ruby
13 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.17%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 196 (10.79%) Degree
2 145 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 118 (6.49%) SC Cleared
4 86 (4.73%) ACCA
5 82 (4.51%) CIMA
6 51 (2.81%) DBS Check
7 43 (2.37%) PMI Certification
8 42 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (1.87%) PMP
10 30 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 28 (1.54%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 23 (1.27%) CISSP
14 20 (1.10%) CISM
15 19 (1.05%) AAT
16 17 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
17 14 (0.77%) CIPD
17 14 (0.77%) ICAEW
18 12 (0.66%) PhD
19 11 (0.61%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 126 (6.93%) Accessibility
3 108 (5.94%) GDPR
4 67 (3.69%) QA
5 49 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (2.15%) GRC
7 34 (1.87%) WCAG
8 31 (1.71%) NIST
9 30 (1.65%) PMO
10 21 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 20 (1.10%) SLA
12 13 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.66%) IFRS
14 8 (0.44%) COBIT
15 7 (0.39%) NCSC
15 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.33%) EU AI Act
17 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 41 (2.26%) Docker
2 13 (0.72%) Firmware
3 11 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 8 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.33%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.055%) GPFS
8 1 (0.055%) Lustre
8 1 (0.055%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 30 (1.65%) Terraform
2 28 (1.54%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.16%) Grafana
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
5 4 (0.22%) CASB
5 4 (0.22%) Nmap
6 2 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.11%) Puppet
6 2 (0.11%) Salt
7 1 (0.055%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.055%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.055%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.055%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 258 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 118 (6.49%) Adobe
3 63 (3.47%) Google
4 57 (3.14%) Salesforce
5 52 (2.86%) Databricks
6 45 (2.48%) SAP
7 29 (1.60%) Oracle
8 20 (1.10%) HubSpot
9 16 (0.88%) Informatica
10 15 (0.83%) Sage
11 14 (0.77%) Foundry
12 11 (0.61%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.55%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.55%) Xero
14 9 (0.50%) YouTube
15 8 (0.44%) Cisco
15 8 (0.44%) VMware
16 6 (0.33%) Ariba
16 6 (0.33%) ScienceLogic
17 5 (0.28%) Workday