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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 70 35
Rank change year-on-year +47 -35 +26
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,603 794 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.42% 4.82% 5.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% 5.17% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 486 837
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,903 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,600 £72,950 £70,250
90th Percentile £101,000 £95,000 £91,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 July 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 45 (2.81%) Confluence
2 35 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.00%) CMS
4 14 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.31%) WordPress
9 4 (0.25%) Apache
9 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.25%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.062%) Appian
11 1 (0.062%) Drupal
11 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.062%) Resin
11 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 123 (7.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 29 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.37%) Trello
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.19%) Blender
9 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.19%) Maya
10 1 (0.062%) Mathcad
10 1 (0.062%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 53 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (2.43%) Workfront
3 34 (2.12%) Adobe Campaign
4 30 (1.87%) Dynamics GP
5 18 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.87%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.31%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
10 2 (0.12%) Shopify
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle General Ledger
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle Receivables
11 1 (0.062%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 274 (17.09%) Azure
2 188 (11.73%) Power Platform
3 162 (10.11%) AWS
4 126 (7.86%) SaaS
5 62 (3.87%) GCP
6 53 (3.31%) iPaaS
7 52 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (2.25%) GitHub
11 35 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
12 34 (2.12%) Serverless
13 28 (1.75%) Figma
14 26 (1.62%) Adobe Analytics
15 25 (1.56%) Contentsquare
16 23 (1.43%) Entra ID
17 19 (1.19%) PaaS
18 17 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
18 17 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
19 15 (0.94%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 175 (10.92%) Broadband
2 35 (2.18%) Network Security
3 34 (2.12%) Firewall
4 26 (1.62%) VLAN
5 8 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.50%) VPN
6 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.31%) WAN
7 4 (0.25%) DNS
7 4 (0.25%) LAN
8 3 (0.19%) BGP
8 3 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.19%) Modbus
8 3 (0.19%) MPLS
8 3 (0.19%) OSPF
8 3 (0.19%) SSL
8 3 (0.19%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.12%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.12%) SMS
9 2 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (10.48%) Power BI
2 80 (4.99%) Metadata
3 64 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (2.74%) Tableau
5 37 (2.31%) SQL Server
6 32 (2.00%) Relational Database
7 25 (1.56%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.87%) Oracle Database
11 13 (0.81%) Big Data
11 13 (0.81%) MySQL
11 13 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.75%) Looker
13 10 (0.62%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
14 9 (0.56%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (2.56%) JIRA
2 37 (2.31%) Git
3 11 (0.69%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.44%) JMeter
5 6 (0.37%) GitLab
6 5 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.31%) Locust
7 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.25%) MLflow
7 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.12%) NUnit
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 577 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 457 (28.51%) Finance
3 433 (27.01%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (16.16%) Marketing
5 138 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 130 (8.11%) Public Sector
7 116 (7.24%) Legal
8 103 (6.43%) Influencing Skills
9 84 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
10 81 (5.05%) Retail
11 73 (4.55%) Games
12 50 (3.12%) Law
13 46 (2.87%) Manufacturing
14 44 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.81%) Banking
16 28 (1.75%) Local Government
17 20 (1.25%) Advertising
17 20 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.00%) Publishing
19 13 (0.81%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 278 (17.34%) Senior
2 219 (13.66%) Analyst
3 178 (11.10%) Lead
4 112 (6.99%) Architect
5 72 (4.49%) Data Engineer
6 67 (4.18%) Data Analyst
6 67 (4.18%) Senior Analyst
7 63 (3.93%) Development Manager
8 61 (3.81%) Senior Manager
9 57 (3.56%) Developer
10 56 (3.49%) Consultant
11 55 (3.43%) Product Owner
12 50 (3.12%) Business Manager
13 45 (2.81%) Product Manager
14 43 (2.68%) Business Development Manager
15 42 (2.62%) Marketing Manager
16 38 (2.37%) Campaign Manager
17 34 (2.12%) Business Analyst
18 33 (2.06%) Engineering Manager
19 32 (2.00%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.24%) React
2 29 (1.81%) .NET
3 28 (1.75%) LangChain
4 25 (1.56%) REST
5 23 (1.43%) Node.js
6 17 (1.06%) Next.js
7 16 (1.00%) AWS CDK
7 16 (1.00%) CSS
8 15 (0.94%) HTML
9 14 (0.87%) RESTful
10 13 (0.81%) XML
11 12 (0.75%) Spring
12 11 (0.69%) PySpark
12 11 (0.69%) Spring Boot
13 10 (0.62%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.62%) TensorFlow
14 9 (0.56%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.56%) LangGraph
15 8 (0.50%) Kafka
15 8 (0.50%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 141 (8.80%) Product Ownership
2 129 (8.05%) Marketing Technology
3 117 (7.30%) Social Media
4 88 (5.49%) Over-the-Top Content
5 77 (4.80%) Management Information System
6 76 (4.74%) Cloud Native
7 66 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
8 52 (3.24%) Onboarding
9 45 (2.81%) AI Agents
10 36 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
11 33 (2.06%) Blog
11 33 (2.06%) Mobile App
12 28 (1.75%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
14 25 (1.56%) Credit Risk
14 25 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
15 24 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
16 22 (1.37%) Driving Licence
17 17 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (1.06%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.18%) Android
2 28 (1.75%) Apple iOS
3 20 (1.25%) Windows
4 6 (0.37%) VMS
5 4 (0.25%) Linux
5 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.062%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (25.14%) Agile
2 391 (24.39%) AI
3 390 (24.33%) Analytics
4 382 (23.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 348 (21.71%) Roadmaps
6 336 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
7 279 (17.40%) Mentoring
8 254 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 208 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
10 204 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 188 (11.73%) CRM
12 175 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
13 171 (10.67%) CI/CD
14 158 (9.86%) Customer Experience
15 156 (9.73%) Coaching
16 154 (9.61%) Data Modelling
17 153 (9.54%) Project Management
18 144 (8.98%) Data Management
19 139 (8.67%) Digital Marketing
20 136 (8.48%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 214 (13.35%) SQL
2 201 (12.54%) Python
3 46 (2.87%) TypeScript
4 39 (2.43%) C#
5 37 (2.31%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.25%) Java
7 16 (1.00%) R
8 12 (0.75%) Bicep
8 12 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (0.69%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.69%) VBA
10 8 (0.50%) Bash
11 7 (0.44%) C++
12 6 (0.37%) Ruby
13 5 (0.31%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.25%) C
14 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.19%) PHP
16 2 (0.12%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 178 (11.10%) Degree
2 108 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 88 (5.49%) ACCA
4 84 (5.24%) CIMA
4 84 (5.24%) SC Cleared
5 52 (3.24%) DBS Check
6 48 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 31 (1.93%) Master's Degree
7 31 (1.93%) PMP
8 24 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 23 (1.43%) AAT
9 23 (1.43%) CISSP
10 19 (1.19%) CISM
11 18 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (0.81%) CIPD
14 11 (0.69%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.62%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (10.48%) Data Quality
2 100 (6.24%) Accessibility
3 97 (6.05%) GDPR
4 72 (4.49%) QA
5 44 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (2.06%) GRC
7 31 (1.93%) WCAG
8 24 (1.50%) NIST
8 24 (1.50%) PMO
9 21 (1.31%) SLA
10 16 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.75%) IFRS
13 10 (0.62%) P3O
14 9 (0.56%) NCSC
15 6 (0.37%) COBIT
15 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.31%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (2.31%) Docker
2 15 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.56%) Firmware
4 8 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.37%) vSphere
7 5 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.062%) GPFS
9 1 (0.062%) Lustre
9 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 29 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.75%) Terraform
3 21 (1.31%) Grafana
4 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.25%) Argo
5 4 (0.25%) Nmap
6 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.19%) SCCM
6 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.12%) Ansible
7 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.12%) Packer
7 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.12%) Puppet
7 2 (0.12%) Salt
8 1 (0.062%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 239 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.42%) Adobe
3 49 (3.06%) Salesforce
4 46 (2.87%) Google
5 45 (2.81%) Databricks
6 38 (2.37%) SAP
7 29 (1.81%) Oracle
8 21 (1.31%) HubSpot
9 17 (1.06%) Foundry
10 16 (1.00%) Sage
11 15 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.75%) Informatica
13 10 (0.62%) Xero
14 9 (0.56%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.50%) VMware
16 7 (0.44%) Alteryx
17 6 (0.37%) Ariba
17 6 (0.37%) BMC
17 6 (0.37%) Cisco
17 6 (0.37%) ScienceLogic