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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 69 37
Rank change year-on-year +48 -32 +37
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,733 819 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.73% 4.96% 5.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.32% 5.34% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,080 508 616
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £92,875 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.65%

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 18,587 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.86% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,454 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
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 5 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 (2.77%) Confluence
2 35 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 32 (1.85%) CMS
4 14 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.35%) Apache
8 5 (0.29%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
9 4 (0.23%) SAS
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.058%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.058%) Appian
11 1 (0.058%) Drupal
11 1 (0.058%) Resin
11 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 130 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 29 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.46%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.35%) Trello
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.23%) Simulink
9 3 (0.17%) Blender
9 3 (0.17%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.17%) Maya
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.058%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 54 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (2.25%) Workfront
3 34 (1.96%) Adobe Campaign
4 31 (1.79%) Dynamics GP
5 20 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (0.75%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.29%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
10 2 (0.12%) Shopify
11 1 (0.058%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.058%) Primavera
11 1 (0.058%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 286 (16.50%) Azure
2 207 (11.94%) Power Platform
3 177 (10.21%) AWS
4 147 (8.48%) SaaS
5 78 (4.50%) GCP
6 56 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 53 (3.06%) iPaaS
8 46 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
9 41 (2.37%) GitHub
10 34 (1.96%) Serverless
11 30 (1.73%) Figma
12 29 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (1.50%) Adobe Analytics
14 25 (1.44%) Contentsquare
15 23 (1.33%) Entra ID
15 23 (1.33%) Google Analytics
16 18 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (0.92%) Azure Machine Learning
17 16 (0.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 168 (9.69%) Broadband
2 50 (2.89%) Network Security
3 49 (2.83%) Firewall
4 40 (2.31%) VLAN
5 8 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.46%) VPN
6 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.35%) WAN
7 4 (0.23%) LAN
8 3 (0.17%) BGP
8 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.17%) DNS
8 3 (0.17%) Modbus
8 3 (0.17%) MPLS
8 3 (0.17%) OSPF
8 3 (0.17%) SSL
8 3 (0.17%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.12%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.12%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (10.68%) Power BI
2 83 (4.79%) Metadata
3 76 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (3.12%) Tableau
5 38 (2.19%) SQL Server
6 33 (1.90%) Data Lake
7 31 (1.79%) Relational Database
8 21 (1.21%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (1.04%) Looker
11 16 (0.92%) Big Data
11 16 (0.92%) BigQuery
12 15 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.81%) Oracle Database
14 13 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.69%) MySQL
16 11 (0.63%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 10 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
17 10 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 45 (2.60%) Git
2 44 (2.54%) JIRA
3 11 (0.63%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.35%) JMeter
5 6 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 5 (0.29%) Locust
6 5 (0.29%) MLflow
7 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.23%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.17%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.17%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.12%) NUnit
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.058%) Ant
General
1 642 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 490 (28.27%) Finance
3 472 (27.24%) Analytical Skills
4 291 (16.79%) Marketing
5 170 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 135 (7.79%) Public Sector
7 122 (7.04%) Legal
8 111 (6.41%) Retail
9 110 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
10 93 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
11 66 (3.81%) Games
12 57 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
13 54 (3.12%) Law
14 49 (2.83%) Manufacturing
15 34 (1.96%) Banking
16 29 (1.67%) Local Government
17 27 (1.56%) Aerospace
18 23 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (1.10%) Advertising
20 18 (1.04%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 303 (17.48%) Senior
2 232 (13.39%) Analyst
3 204 (11.77%) Lead
4 130 (7.50%) Architect
5 80 (4.62%) Data Engineer
6 74 (4.27%) Data Analyst
7 72 (4.15%) Senior Analyst
8 69 (3.98%) Development Manager
9 60 (3.46%) Business Manager
10 58 (3.35%) Developer
10 58 (3.35%) Product Owner
10 58 (3.35%) Senior Manager
11 56 (3.23%) Consultant
12 51 (2.94%) Business Development Manager
13 45 (2.60%) Product Manager
14 43 (2.48%) Marketing Manager
15 40 (2.31%) Security Engineer
15 40 (2.31%) Senior Security Engineer
16 39 (2.25%) Business Analyst
17 38 (2.19%) Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.06%) React
2 28 (1.62%) .NET
2 28 (1.62%) LangChain
3 26 (1.50%) Node.js
3 26 (1.50%) REST
4 18 (1.04%) AWS CDK
4 18 (1.04%) Next.js
5 15 (0.87%) CSS
5 15 (0.87%) PySpark
6 14 (0.81%) HTML
6 14 (0.81%) RESTful
7 11 (0.63%) AngularJS
7 11 (0.63%) PyTorch
7 11 (0.63%) Spring
7 11 (0.63%) Spring Boot
7 11 (0.63%) XML
8 10 (0.58%) Django
9 9 (0.52%) GraphQL
9 9 (0.52%) React Native
9 9 (0.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 147 (8.48%) Product Ownership
2 131 (7.56%) Marketing Technology
3 117 (6.75%) Social Media
4 88 (5.08%) Over-the-Top Content
5 84 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
6 80 (4.62%) Cloud Native
7 77 (4.44%) Management Information System
8 47 (2.71%) AI Agents
9 44 (2.54%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.19%) Blog
11 37 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
12 33 (1.90%) Mobile App
13 31 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
14 28 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (1.62%) Credit Risk
14 28 (1.62%) Security Posture
15 24 (1.38%) Driving Licence
16 21 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
17 19 (1.10%) Life Science
18 18 (1.04%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 30 (1.73%) Android
2 22 (1.27%) Apple iOS
3 17 (0.98%) Windows
4 6 (0.35%) VMS
5 4 (0.23%) Linux
5 4 (0.23%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (25.04%) Agile
2 424 (24.47%) Analytics
3 419 (24.18%) AI
4 410 (23.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 362 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
6 346 (19.97%) Roadmaps
7 295 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 290 (16.73%) Mentoring
9 232 (13.39%) Business Intelligence
9 232 (13.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 209 (12.06%) CRM
11 205 (11.83%) Cybersecurity
12 180 (10.39%) CI/CD
13 172 (9.92%) Coaching
14 171 (9.87%) Customer Experience
15 163 (9.41%) Data Modelling
16 147 (8.48%) Project Management
17 145 (8.37%) Data Management
18 143 (8.25%) DevOps
18 143 (8.25%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 245 (14.14%) SQL
2 225 (12.98%) Python
3 45 (2.60%) TypeScript
4 38 (2.19%) C#
5 37 (2.14%) Java
6 36 (2.08%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.10%) R
8 14 (0.81%) VBA
9 12 (0.69%) Bicep
9 12 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.46%) Bash
12 7 (0.40%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.35%) C
13 6 (0.35%) C++
13 6 (0.35%) Ruby
14 4 (0.23%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 185 (10.68%) Degree
2 130 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 86 (4.96%) ACCA
5 82 (4.73%) CIMA
6 52 (3.00%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.42%) PMI Certification
8 33 (1.90%) PMP
9 32 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 30 (1.73%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 24 (1.38%) CISSP
13 21 (1.21%) AAT
14 20 (1.15%) DV Cleared
15 19 (1.10%) CISM
16 17 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.75%) CIPD
17 13 (0.75%) ICAEW
18 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
18 11 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (9.92%) Data Quality
2 116 (6.69%) Accessibility
3 102 (5.89%) GDPR
4 63 (3.64%) QA
5 48 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (2.02%) GRC
7 33 (1.90%) WCAG
8 30 (1.73%) NIST
9 22 (1.27%) PMO
10 20 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 19 (1.10%) SLA
12 14 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.69%) IFRS
14 9 (0.52%) NCSC
15 8 (0.46%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.40%) COBIT
17 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.29%) EU AI Act
18 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 41 (2.37%) Docker
2 13 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.63%) Firmware
4 8 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.35%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.058%) GPFS
8 1 (0.058%) Lustre
8 1 (0.058%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 33 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.85%) Terraform
3 21 (1.21%) Grafana
4 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.23%) Ansible
5 4 (0.23%) Argo
5 4 (0.23%) Nmap
6 3 (0.17%) CASB
6 3 (0.17%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.12%) Puppet
7 2 (0.12%) Salt
8 1 (0.058%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.058%) SCCM
Vendors
1 251 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 118 (6.81%) Adobe
3 58 (3.35%) Google
4 53 (3.06%) Databricks
5 49 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 41 (2.37%) SAP
7 29 (1.67%) Oracle
8 22 (1.27%) HubSpot
9 16 (0.92%) Foundry
10 15 (0.87%) Sage
11 14 (0.81%) Informatica
12 13 (0.75%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.58%) Xero
14 8 (0.46%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.46%) VMware
15 7 (0.40%) Alteryx
15 7 (0.40%) Cisco
16 6 (0.35%) Ariba
16 6 (0.35%) ScienceLogic
17 5 (0.29%) Workday