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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 63 37
Rank change year-on-year +46 -26 +29
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 2,054 797 1,292
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.28% 4.75% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.28% 5.06% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,296 521 427
10th Percentile £36,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,780 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,545 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

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 19,983 15,760 19,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.57% 93.83% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,257 8,411 11,456
10th Percentile £33,900 £29,750 £35,134
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 October 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 43 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.80%) Confluence
3 14 (0.68%) CMS
4 10 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.39%) Apache
7 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.097%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.097%) SAS
11 1 (0.049%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.049%) CICS
11 1 (0.049%) Moodle
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.049%) Resin
11 1 (0.049%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.049%) WordPress
Applications
1 153 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.29%) Simulink
8 5 (0.24%) Notion
8 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.24%) Trello
9 4 (0.19%) InDesign
9 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.15%) Blender
10 3 (0.15%) Maya
11 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.097%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.049%) SPSS
12 1 (0.049%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 57 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.51%) Dynamics GP
3 20 (0.97%) Workfront
4 17 (0.83%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.34%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 7 (0.34%) Actimize
6 7 (0.34%) Primavera
7 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.24%) FastStats
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.15%) FastStats PeopleStage
10 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
11 2 (0.097%) iTrent
12 1 (0.049%) NEC Housing
12 1 (0.049%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 295 (14.36%) Azure
2 257 (12.51%) Power Platform
3 206 (10.03%) AWS
4 167 (8.13%) SaaS
5 87 (4.24%) GCP
6 72 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (2.29%) GitHub
8 46 (2.24%) Serverless
9 42 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.41%) Google Analytics
11 27 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
12 24 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (1.07%) Snowflake
14 21 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (0.97%) Entra ID
15 20 (0.97%) iPaaS
16 19 (0.93%) Amazon S3
17 17 (0.83%) Figma
18 16 (0.78%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.31%) Broadband
2 63 (3.07%) Network Security
3 57 (2.78%) Firewall
4 50 (2.43%) VLAN
5 15 (0.73%) 5G
6 10 (0.49%) WAN
7 9 (0.44%) Intranet
8 8 (0.39%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.34%) LAN
9 7 (0.34%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.34%) VPN
10 5 (0.24%) Internet
10 5 (0.24%) Wireless
11 4 (0.19%) SMS
12 3 (0.15%) BGP
12 3 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.15%) MPLS
12 3 (0.15%) OSPF
12 3 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (11.44%) Power BI
2 92 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (3.12%) Metadata
4 46 (2.24%) Tableau
5 34 (1.66%) Data Lake
6 29 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.27%) BigQuery
8 25 (1.22%) Looker
9 21 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (1.02%) Spark SQL
10 17 (0.83%) DynamoDB
10 17 (0.83%) NoSQL
11 16 (0.78%) Big Data
12 14 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.63%) MongoDB
13 13 (0.63%) Power Query
13 13 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.58%) Data Mining
14 12 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (2.82%) Git
2 44 (2.14%) JIRA
3 14 (0.68%) Claude Code
4 7 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (0.29%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.29%) GitLab
5 6 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.29%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.19%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.19%) MLflow
7 4 (0.19%) RStudio
7 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.15%) Maven
8 3 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.049%) Ant
9 1 (0.049%) Mocha
9 1 (0.049%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 812 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 692 (33.69%) Finance
3 609 (29.65%) Analytical Skills
4 305 (14.85%) Marketing
5 241 (11.73%) Public Sector
6 227 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 170 (8.28%) Influencing Skills
8 146 (7.11%) Legal
9 130 (6.33%) Retail
10 112 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
11 111 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
12 83 (4.04%) Law
13 77 (3.75%) Manufacturing
14 60 (2.92%) Banking
15 46 (2.24%) Aerospace
16 41 (2.00%) Local Government
17 38 (1.85%) Telecoms
18 35 (1.70%) Games
19 29 (1.41%) Electronics
19 29 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 344 (16.75%) Senior
2 272 (13.24%) Analyst
3 237 (11.54%) Lead
4 148 (7.21%) Architect
5 111 (5.40%) Data Engineer
6 86 (4.19%) Business Manager
7 84 (4.09%) Data Analyst
8 79 (3.85%) Development Manager
9 78 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
10 70 (3.41%) Business Development Manager
11 69 (3.36%) Developer
12 60 (2.92%) Consultant
13 57 (2.78%) IT Manager
14 54 (2.63%) Security Engineer
15 52 (2.53%) Senior Manager
16 51 (2.48%) Senior Security Engineer
17 43 (2.09%) Data Architect
17 43 (2.09%) Marketing Manager
17 43 (2.09%) Senior Architect
18 42 (2.04%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.19%) .NET
2 43 (2.09%) React
3 42 (2.04%) PySpark
4 37 (1.80%) Node.js
5 32 (1.56%) Terraform
6 30 (1.46%) REST
7 22 (1.07%) LangChain
8 16 (0.78%) Spring
8 16 (0.78%) Spring Boot
9 14 (0.68%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.68%) RESTful
10 11 (0.54%) AWS CDK
10 11 (0.54%) FastAPI
10 11 (0.54%) NestJS
10 11 (0.54%) Next.js
11 10 (0.49%) Django
12 9 (0.44%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
12 9 (0.44%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.44%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 133 (6.48%) Management Information System
2 130 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
3 104 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 73 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 69 (3.36%) Marketing Technology
6 65 (3.16%) Social Media
7 60 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 47 (2.29%) AI Agents
9 45 (2.19%) Driving Licence
10 41 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
10 41 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
11 40 (1.95%) Blog
12 39 (1.90%) Credit Risk
13 34 (1.66%) Over-the-Top Content
14 32 (1.56%) Security Posture
15 30 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
16 28 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
16 28 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
17 22 (1.07%) Mobile App
18 21 (1.02%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.02%) Windows
2 13 (0.63%) Android
3 7 (0.34%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.34%) Linux
4 6 (0.29%) VMS
5 2 (0.097%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.049%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (26.87%) Continuous Improvement
2 468 (22.78%) Analytics
3 462 (22.49%) AI
4 448 (21.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 434 (21.13%) Agile
6 408 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
7 341 (16.60%) Mentoring
8 311 (15.14%) Business Intelligence
8 311 (15.14%) Coaching
9 296 (14.41%) Roadmaps
10 288 (14.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 277 (13.49%) CRM
12 246 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
13 210 (10.22%) Project Delivery
14 204 (9.93%) Business Development
15 193 (9.40%) Actionable Insight
16 191 (9.30%) CI/CD
17 175 (8.52%) Data Modelling
18 169 (8.23%) Risk Management
19 166 (8.08%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 346 (16.85%) SQL
2 247 (12.03%) Python
3 55 (2.68%) JavaScript
4 47 (2.29%) C#
5 46 (2.24%) TypeScript
6 43 (2.09%) Java
7 23 (1.12%) C++
8 22 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 22 (1.07%) R
9 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.49%) Bicep
10 10 (0.49%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.44%) Bash
11 9 (0.44%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.39%) VBA
13 7 (0.34%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.29%) C
14 6 (0.29%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.29%) Ruby
15 5 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 196 (9.54%) Degree
2 185 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 160 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 81 (3.94%) ACCA
5 78 (3.80%) CIMA
6 65 (3.16%) DBS Check
7 41 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (1.61%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.56%) PMI Certification
10 30 (1.46%) CISSP
11 27 (1.31%) CISM
12 23 (1.12%) PMP
13 19 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 19 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 17 (0.83%) CIPD
15 14 (0.68%) ICAEW
15 14 (0.68%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.63%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.58%) AAT
17 12 (0.58%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (10.18%) Data Quality
2 125 (6.09%) Accessibility
3 100 (4.87%) GDPR
4 65 (3.16%) QA
5 53 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (2.34%) PMO
7 33 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 33 (1.61%) NIST
8 28 (1.36%) GRC
9 25 (1.22%) SLA
10 15 (0.73%) IFRS
10 15 (0.73%) WCAG
11 12 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.44%) COBIT
13 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
14 6 (0.29%) NCSC
14 6 (0.29%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (2.24%) Docker
2 15 (0.73%) Firmware
3 14 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.29%) vSphere
7 2 (0.097%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.049%) GPFS
8 1 (0.049%) Lustre
8 1 (0.049%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 26 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.39%) Grafana
3 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.29%) CASB
4 6 (0.29%) Nmap
5 3 (0.15%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.097%) Ansible
6 2 (0.097%) Argo
6 2 (0.097%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.097%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.049%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.049%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 312 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 73 (3.55%) Salesforce
3 60 (2.92%) Google
4 55 (2.68%) YouTube
5 54 (2.63%) Adobe
6 52 (2.53%) Databricks
7 41 (2.00%) SAP
8 33 (1.61%) Oracle
9 24 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.07%) HubSpot
11 14 (0.68%) Informatica
12 13 (0.63%) Foundry
12 13 (0.63%) VMware
13 11 (0.54%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.44%) EMC
15 8 (0.39%) Cisco
15 8 (0.39%) Workday
16 6 (0.29%) Sage
16 6 (0.29%) ScienceLogic
17 5 (0.24%) NetApp