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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 67 36
Rank change year-on-year +50 -31 +34
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 2,070 784 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.42% 4.85% 6.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.35% 5.20% 6.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,298 518 458
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,938 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,447 £42,758 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,394 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +1.82%

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 19,997 15,081 19,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.30% 93.33% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 14,323 8,517 12,096
10th Percentile £34,250 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 23 September 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 46 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.98%) Confluence
3 19 (0.92%) CMS
4 9 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (0.39%) Apache
5 8 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.097%) SAS
10 1 (0.048%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.048%) CICS
10 1 (0.048%) Drupal
10 1 (0.048%) Moodle
10 1 (0.048%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.048%) Resin
10 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 150 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 34 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.29%) Simulink
7 6 (0.29%) Trello
8 4 (0.19%) InDesign
8 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.14%) Blender
9 3 (0.14%) Maya
10 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.097%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.048%) SPSS
11 1 (0.048%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 55 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.50%) Dynamics GP
3 29 (1.40%) Workfront
4 20 (0.97%) Adobe Campaign
5 17 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
6 16 (0.77%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.39%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 7 (0.34%) Primavera
9 6 (0.29%) Actimize
9 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
13 2 (0.097%) FastStats
14 1 (0.048%) Magento
14 1 (0.048%) Oracle Assets
14 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
14 1 (0.048%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 285 (13.77%) Azure
2 252 (12.17%) Power Platform
3 203 (9.81%) AWS
4 168 (8.12%) SaaS
5 82 (3.96%) GCP
6 71 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (2.27%) GitHub
7 47 (2.27%) Serverless
8 42 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (1.74%) iPaaS
11 31 (1.50%) Google Analytics
12 27 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (1.11%) Figma
15 22 (1.06%) Snowflake
16 21 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
17 20 (0.97%) Entra ID
18 19 (0.92%) Amazon S3
19 16 (0.77%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 96 (4.64%) Broadband
2 62 (3.00%) Network Security
3 57 (2.75%) Firewall
4 50 (2.42%) VLAN
5 15 (0.72%) 5G
6 9 (0.43%) Intranet
7 8 (0.39%) Unified Communications
7 8 (0.39%) WAN
8 7 (0.34%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.34%) VPN
9 5 (0.24%) Internet
9 5 (0.24%) LAN
10 4 (0.19%) SMS
10 4 (0.19%) Wireless
11 3 (0.14%) BGP
11 3 (0.14%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.14%) MPLS
11 3 (0.14%) OSPF
11 3 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (11.11%) Power BI
2 87 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (3.77%) Metadata
4 45 (2.17%) Tableau
5 33 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 32 (1.55%) SQL Server
7 30 (1.45%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.30%) BigQuery
8 27 (1.30%) Looker
9 19 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (0.87%) NoSQL
10 18 (0.87%) Spark SQL
11 17 (0.82%) Big Data
12 16 (0.77%) DynamoDB
13 13 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.63%) MongoDB
13 13 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.58%) MySQL
15 11 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (2.66%) Git
2 47 (2.27%) JIRA
3 14 (0.68%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.29%) GitLab
7 5 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.19%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.19%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) RStudio
8 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.097%) Maven
9 2 (0.097%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.048%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.048%) Mocha
10 1 (0.048%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 799 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 697 (33.67%) Finance
3 598 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
4 323 (15.60%) Marketing
5 238 (11.50%) Public Sector
6 217 (10.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 164 (7.92%) Influencing Skills
8 151 (7.29%) Legal
9 134 (6.47%) Retail
10 113 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
11 109 (5.27%) Presentation Skills
12 84 (4.06%) Law
13 65 (3.14%) Manufacturing
14 59 (2.85%) Banking
15 44 (2.13%) Aerospace
16 40 (1.93%) Games
16 40 (1.93%) Local Government
17 38 (1.84%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.30%) Electronics
19 24 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 353 (17.05%) Senior
2 271 (13.09%) Analyst
3 242 (11.69%) Lead
4 152 (7.34%) Architect
5 109 (5.27%) Data Engineer
6 86 (4.15%) Senior Analyst
7 83 (4.01%) Business Manager
8 81 (3.91%) Data Analyst
9 78 (3.77%) Development Manager
10 75 (3.62%) Developer
11 68 (3.29%) Business Development Manager
12 60 (2.90%) Consultant
13 56 (2.71%) IT Manager
14 51 (2.46%) Senior Manager
15 50 (2.42%) Security Engineer
15 50 (2.42%) Senior Security Engineer
16 44 (2.13%) Data Architect
16 44 (2.13%) Marketing Manager
16 44 (2.13%) Senior Architect
17 43 (2.08%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.13%) .NET
2 43 (2.08%) React
3 38 (1.84%) PySpark
4 34 (1.64%) Node.js
5 28 (1.35%) Terraform
6 27 (1.30%) REST
7 22 (1.06%) LangChain
8 16 (0.77%) AngularJS
9 15 (0.72%) RESTful
9 15 (0.72%) Spring
9 15 (0.72%) Spring Boot
10 11 (0.53%) AWS CDK
10 11 (0.53%) CSS
10 11 (0.53%) NestJS
10 11 (0.53%) Next.js
11 10 (0.48%) Django
11 10 (0.48%) FastAPI
11 10 (0.48%) HTML
11 10 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (0.48%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 125 (6.04%) Management Information System
1 125 (6.04%) Product Ownership
2 119 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
3 102 (4.93%) Marketing Technology
4 87 (4.20%) Social Media
5 76 (3.67%) Cloud Native
6 61 (2.95%) Onboarding
7 57 (2.75%) Over-the-Top Content
8 50 (2.42%) AI Agents
9 41 (1.98%) Driving Licence
9 41 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.93%) Blog
10 40 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.79%) Credit Risk
12 30 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (1.45%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
14 27 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
15 22 (1.06%) Data Centre
16 20 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (0.97%) Windows
2 13 (0.63%) Android
3 7 (0.34%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.34%) Linux
4 6 (0.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.048%) Unix
5 1 (0.048%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (25.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 480 (23.19%) Analytics
3 479 (23.14%) AI
4 456 (22.03%) Agile
5 431 (20.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 396 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
7 349 (16.86%) Mentoring
8 321 (15.51%) Roadmaps
9 307 (14.83%) Coaching
10 306 (14.78%) Business Intelligence
11 287 (13.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 255 (12.32%) CRM
13 237 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
14 205 (9.90%) Project Delivery
15 189 (9.13%) Actionable Insight
16 187 (9.03%) Business Development
17 185 (8.94%) CI/CD
18 174 (8.41%) Data Modelling
19 167 (8.07%) Customer Experience
20 166 (8.02%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 331 (15.99%) SQL
2 236 (11.40%) Python
3 54 (2.61%) JavaScript
4 46 (2.22%) C#
5 44 (2.13%) Java
6 42 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 23 (1.11%) C++
8 21 (1.01%) R
9 16 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.53%) Bicep
12 10 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.48%) VBA
13 9 (0.43%) Bash
14 7 (0.34%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.34%) Ruby
15 6 (0.29%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.24%) C
16 5 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 198 (9.57%) Degree
2 184 (8.89%) Security Cleared
3 156 (7.54%) SC Cleared
4 98 (4.73%) ACCA
5 95 (4.59%) CIMA
6 68 (3.29%) DBS Check
7 40 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 37 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.50%) CISSP
11 28 (1.35%) CISM
11 28 (1.35%) PMP
12 22 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 19 (0.92%) CIPD
13 19 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
14 17 (0.82%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.68%) AAT
15 14 (0.68%) ICAEW
16 12 (0.58%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.58%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (10.05%) Data Quality
2 131 (6.33%) Accessibility
3 101 (4.88%) GDPR
4 70 (3.38%) QA
5 52 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (2.27%) PMO
7 34 (1.64%) NIST
8 32 (1.55%) GRC
9 28 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (1.16%) SLA
11 21 (1.01%) WCAG
12 16 (0.77%) IFRS
13 11 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.43%) COBIT
15 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
16 6 (0.29%) NCSC
16 6 (0.29%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
17 5 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 42 (2.03%) Docker
2 14 (0.68%) Firmware
3 10 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.048%) GPFS
7 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.048%) Lustre
7 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (1.06%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.43%) Grafana
3 6 (0.29%) CASB
3 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.19%) Nmap
5 3 (0.14%) Ansible
5 3 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.097%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.097%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.048%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.048%) Puppet
7 1 (0.048%) Salt
Vendors
1 301 (14.54%) Microsoft
2 80 (3.86%) Adobe
3 65 (3.14%) Salesforce
4 60 (2.90%) Google
5 51 (2.46%) Databricks
6 47 (2.27%) YouTube
7 46 (2.22%) SAP
8 34 (1.64%) Oracle
9 24 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.06%) HubSpot
11 15 (0.72%) Informatica
12 12 (0.58%) Sage
12 12 (0.58%) VMware
13 10 (0.48%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.43%) Foundry
15 8 (0.39%) Cisco
15 8 (0.39%) Workday
16 7 (0.34%) EMC
16 7 (0.34%) Xero
17 6 (0.29%) ScienceLogic