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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 64 51
Rank change year-on-year +33 -13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,082 620 1,603
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.28% 4.83% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 5.09% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 624 391 1,100
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £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 14,363 12,178 28,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.42% 94.80% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,040 8,855 23,360
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 8 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 30 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.59%) Confluence
3 24 (2.22%) CMS
4 14 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.74%) SAS
7 7 (0.65%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.37%) Apache
8 4 (0.37%) nginx
8 4 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 134 (12.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (3.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.74%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.46%) Trello
9 4 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.37%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.092%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.94%) Adobe Campaign
2 19 (1.76%) Workfront
3 17 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.02%) Shopify
5 9 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.37%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.28%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.092%) Magento
9 1 (0.092%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.092%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.092%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 220 (20.33%) Azure
2 181 (16.73%) Power Platform
3 102 (9.43%) AWS
4 85 (7.86%) SaaS
5 68 (6.28%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (4.44%) GCP
7 47 (4.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 37 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (3.14%) iPaaS
10 33 (3.05%) GitHub
11 32 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.94%) Serverless
14 20 (1.85%) Azure Machine Learning
15 17 (1.57%) Figma
16 16 (1.48%) Contentsquare
17 15 (1.39%) Adobe Analytics
17 15 (1.39%) PaaS
18 14 (1.29%) Snowflake
19 13 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 120 (11.09%) Broadband
2 5 (0.46%) Internet
2 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) Firewall
3 3 (0.28%) Modbus
3 3 (0.28%) SSL
4 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.092%) ADSL
5 1 (0.092%) DSL
5 1 (0.092%) Intranet
5 1 (0.092%) NAS
5 1 (0.092%) Network Security
5 1 (0.092%) NGFW
5 1 (0.092%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.092%) VPN
5 1 (0.092%) WAN
5 1 (0.092%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (15.80%) Power BI
2 62 (5.73%) Metadata
2 62 (5.73%) SQL Server
3 50 (4.62%) Tableau
4 44 (4.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.94%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.48%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.39%) MySQL
10 14 (1.29%) Power Query
11 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (1.11%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.92%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
14 9 (0.83%) Looker
14 9 (0.83%) NoSQL
15 8 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (2.40%) JIRA
2 14 (1.29%) Git
3 8 (0.74%) JMeter
4 7 (0.65%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.65%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.55%) Locust
6 4 (0.37%) Vite
7 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.28%) MLflow
7 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) ERwin
8 2 (0.18%) GitLab
8 2 (0.18%) NUnit
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 461 (42.61%) Social Skills
2 393 (36.32%) Finance
3 349 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (14.70%) Marketing
5 104 (9.61%) Public Sector
6 88 (8.13%) Organisational Skills
7 73 (6.75%) Presentation Skills
8 69 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 57 (5.27%) Influencing Skills
9 57 (5.27%) Retail
10 56 (5.18%) Legal
11 49 (4.53%) Games
12 40 (3.70%) Law
13 38 (3.51%) Manufacturing
14 34 (3.14%) Advertising
15 33 (3.05%) Banking
16 20 (1.85%) Local Government
17 15 (1.39%) Billing
17 15 (1.39%) Publishing
18 12 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 189 (17.47%) Analyst
2 157 (14.51%) Senior
3 102 (9.43%) Lead
4 75 (6.93%) Architect
5 52 (4.81%) Senior Manager
6 50 (4.62%) Data Engineer
7 45 (4.16%) Developer
8 43 (3.97%) Financial Analyst
9 40 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
10 36 (3.33%) Consultant
10 36 (3.33%) Product Owner
10 36 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (3.05%) Data Analyst
12 29 (2.68%) Report Analyst
13 27 (2.50%) Product Manager
14 25 (2.31%) Engineering Manager
15 23 (2.13%) Business Analyst
15 23 (2.13%) Business Manager
16 22 (2.03%) Development Manager
17 21 (1.94%) Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.31%) React
2 22 (2.03%) .NET
3 17 (1.57%) CSS
3 17 (1.57%) HTML
4 14 (1.29%) XML
5 11 (1.02%) LangChain
5 11 (1.02%) REST
6 10 (0.92%) Flash
7 9 (0.83%) JSON
7 9 (0.83%) Kafka
7 9 (0.83%) Middleware
8 8 (0.74%) RESTful
8 8 (0.74%) TensorFlow
9 7 (0.65%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.65%) AWS CDK
9 7 (0.65%) EDI
9 7 (0.65%) Next.js
9 7 (0.65%) PySpark
9 7 (0.65%) Vue
10 6 (0.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.15%) Product Ownership
2 83 (7.67%) Social Media
3 77 (7.12%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (6.28%) Marketing Technology
5 60 (5.55%) Onboarding
6 55 (5.08%) Cloud Native
7 54 (4.99%) Over-the-Top Content
8 43 (3.97%) Management Information System
9 35 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (3.05%) Virtual Team
11 24 (2.22%) Mobile App
12 19 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.66%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.66%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.57%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (1.48%) PMI
16 10 (0.92%) GNSS
16 10 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.92%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.59%) Android
2 26 (2.40%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.39%) Windows
4 8 (0.74%) Linux
5 6 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.37%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (30.31%) Analytics
2 297 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
3 243 (22.46%) AI
3 243 (22.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 241 (22.27%) Agile
5 219 (20.24%) Roadmaps
6 204 (18.85%) Business Intelligence
7 145 (13.40%) Mentoring
8 138 (12.75%) Project Management
8 138 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 133 (12.29%) Customer Experience
10 109 (10.07%) CI/CD
10 109 (10.07%) Data Modelling
11 108 (9.98%) CRM
12 105 (9.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 105 (9.70%) Visualisation
13 101 (9.33%) Data Analysis
14 100 (9.24%) Actionable Insight
15 97 (8.96%) Coaching
16 90 (8.32%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 169 (15.62%) SQL
2 140 (12.94%) Python
3 34 (3.14%) Java
4 32 (2.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (1.85%) C#
5 20 (1.85%) R
6 19 (1.76%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.76%) TypeScript
7 10 (0.92%) T-SQL
7 10 (0.92%) VBA
8 7 (0.65%) PHP
9 5 (0.46%) Bash
9 5 (0.46%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.37%) Bicep
10 4 (0.37%) C++
10 4 (0.37%) Scala
11 2 (0.18%) C
11 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.092%) ABAP
12 1 (0.092%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 170 (15.71%) Degree
2 107 (9.89%) ACCA
3 106 (9.80%) CIMA
4 68 (6.28%) Security Cleared
5 46 (4.25%) SC Cleared
6 42 (3.88%) DBS Check
7 38 (3.51%) Master's Degree
8 32 (2.96%) PMI Certification
9 27 (2.50%) AAT
10 23 (2.13%) CISSP
11 16 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.48%) PMP
12 14 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.20%) CISM
14 12 (1.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (1.02%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.92%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (12.11%) Data Quality
2 72 (6.65%) Accessibility
3 56 (5.18%) QA
4 55 (5.08%) GDPR
5 31 (2.87%) Actionable Recommendations
6 29 (2.68%) GRC
7 22 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (2.03%) WCAG
8 15 (1.39%) NIST
9 14 (1.29%) P3O
9 14 (1.29%) PMO
10 12 (1.11%) NCSC
11 11 (1.02%) ISO 9001
11 11 (1.02%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.65%) GAAP
13 6 (0.55%) IFRS
14 5 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.37%) SLA
16 2 (0.18%) EMIR
16 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (2.13%) Docker
2 6 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.092%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.94%) Kubernetes
1 21 (1.94%) Terraform
2 14 (1.29%) Grafana
3 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.65%) Nmap
4 4 (0.37%) SCCM
5 3 (0.28%) Argo
5 3 (0.28%) Control-M
5 3 (0.28%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.18%) Ansible
6 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.18%) Puppet
6 2 (0.18%) Salt
7 1 (0.092%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 165 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.02%) Adobe
3 52 (4.81%) Databricks
4 46 (4.25%) SAP
5 40 (3.70%) Google
6 31 (2.87%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.68%) Oracle
8 23 (2.13%) HubSpot
8 23 (2.13%) Sage
9 22 (2.03%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.02%) Foundry
11 10 (0.92%) Informatica
11 10 (0.92%) Workday
12 8 (0.74%) Cisco
13 7 (0.65%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.65%) Xero
14 6 (0.55%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.55%) Ariba
14 6 (0.55%) IBM
14 6 (0.55%) Talend