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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 61 36
Rank change year-on-year +32 -25 +9
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,108 626 1,959
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.34% 4.78% 6.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.63% 5.04% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 630 386 1,120
10th Percentile £37,475 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,050 £61,322 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +8.53% -5.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,180
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 14,527 12,420 29,443
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.14% 94.78% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,146 8,885 23,513
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 15 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 33 (2.98%) Confluence
2 31 (2.80%) CMS
2 31 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 10 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.72%) SAS
6 6 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.36%) nginx
7 4 (0.36%) WordPress
8 3 (0.27%) Apache
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 132 (11.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (3.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.72%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.36%) Trello
9 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.090%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (2.53%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (1.81%) Workfront
3 17 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.90%) Shopify
5 9 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.45%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.27%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.090%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.090%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 225 (20.31%) Azure
2 179 (16.16%) Power Platform
3 106 (9.57%) AWS
4 87 (7.85%) SaaS
5 68 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 47 (4.24%) GCP
7 38 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (3.16%) iPaaS
9 32 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.89%) GitHub
10 24 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (2.17%) Serverless
11 22 (1.99%) Figma
12 21 (1.90%) Contentsquare
13 20 (1.81%) Adobe Analytics
13 20 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
14 14 (1.26%) PaaS
15 13 (1.17%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 132 (11.91%) Broadband
2 5 (0.45%) Internet
2 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.36%) Firewall
4 3 (0.27%) DNS
4 3 (0.27%) Modbus
4 3 (0.27%) Network Security
4 3 (0.27%) SSL
5 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.090%) ADSL
6 1 (0.090%) DSL
6 1 (0.090%) Intranet
6 1 (0.090%) NAS
6 1 (0.090%) NGFW
6 1 (0.090%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.090%) VPN
6 1 (0.090%) WAN
6 1 (0.090%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (15.25%) Power BI
2 63 (5.69%) SQL Server
3 62 (5.60%) Metadata
4 48 (4.33%) Tableau
5 43 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.71%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.62%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.17%) MySQL
10 13 (1.17%) Oracle Database
10 13 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (1.08%) Power Query
12 10 (0.90%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.90%) Looker
12 10 (0.90%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
14 8 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 26 (2.35%) JIRA
2 16 (1.44%) Git
3 8 (0.72%) JMeter
4 7 (0.63%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.63%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.54%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.54%) Locust
6 4 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.36%) Vite
7 3 (0.27%) GitLab
7 3 (0.27%) MLflow
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) NUnit
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.18%) Storybook
8 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.090%) Maven
General
1 455 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 393 (35.47%) Finance
3 346 (31.23%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (15.34%) Marketing
5 108 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 91 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
7 72 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 69 (6.23%) Presentation Skills
9 63 (5.69%) Legal
10 60 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
10 60 (5.42%) Retail
11 55 (4.96%) Games
12 40 (3.61%) Law
13 34 (3.07%) Advertising
13 34 (3.07%) Banking
13 34 (3.07%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.81%) Local Government
15 16 (1.44%) Billing
15 16 (1.44%) Publishing
16 12 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 186 (16.79%) Analyst
2 162 (14.62%) Senior
3 105 (9.48%) Lead
4 77 (6.95%) Architect
5 54 (4.87%) Senior Manager
6 53 (4.78%) Data Engineer
7 44 (3.97%) Developer
8 40 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
9 39 (3.52%) Financial Analyst
10 37 (3.34%) Consultant
10 37 (3.34%) Product Owner
10 37 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.16%) Data Analyst
12 33 (2.98%) Product Manager
13 28 (2.53%) Campaign Manager
14 25 (2.26%) Business Analyst
14 25 (2.26%) Development Manager
14 25 (2.26%) Engineering Manager
14 25 (2.26%) Report Analyst
15 24 (2.17%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.35%) React
2 22 (1.99%) .NET
3 17 (1.53%) CSS
3 17 (1.53%) HTML
4 14 (1.26%) XML
5 12 (1.08%) LangChain
5 12 (1.08%) REST
6 9 (0.81%) JSON
6 9 (0.81%) Middleware
7 8 (0.72%) AWS CDK
7 8 (0.72%) Flash
7 8 (0.72%) Kafka
7 8 (0.72%) Next.js
7 8 (0.72%) RESTful
8 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.63%) EDI
8 7 (0.63%) PySpark
8 7 (0.63%) TensorFlow
8 7 (0.63%) Vue
9 6 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.48%) Product Ownership
2 89 (8.03%) Social Media
3 76 (6.86%) Marketing Technology
4 73 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (5.60%) Onboarding
5 62 (5.60%) Over-the-Top Content
6 55 (4.96%) Cloud Native
7 45 (4.06%) Management Information System
8 34 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (2.98%) Virtual Team
10 25 (2.26%) Mobile App
11 20 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (1.62%) Security Posture
13 17 (1.53%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.53%) Data Structures
13 17 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.53%) PMI
14 10 (0.90%) Driving Licence
14 10 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.90%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.62%) Android
2 27 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.17%) Windows
4 8 (0.72%) Linux
5 6 (0.54%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (29.78%) Analytics
2 297 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
3 256 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 251 (22.65%) AI
5 249 (22.47%) Agile
6 235 (21.21%) Roadmaps
7 201 (18.14%) Business Intelligence
8 153 (13.81%) Mentoring
9 145 (13.09%) Customer Experience
10 143 (12.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 139 (12.55%) Project Management
12 111 (10.02%) Data Modelling
13 110 (9.93%) CI/CD
14 103 (9.30%) Coaching
14 103 (9.30%) CRM
14 103 (9.30%) Data Analysis
14 103 (9.30%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 102 (9.21%) Visualisation
16 101 (9.12%) Actionable Insight
17 89 (8.03%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 168 (15.16%) SQL
2 138 (12.45%) Python
3 33 (2.98%) Java
4 32 (2.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (1.90%) C#
6 20 (1.81%) R
6 20 (1.81%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.90%) VBA
9 7 (0.63%) PHP
10 5 (0.45%) Bash
10 5 (0.45%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.36%) Bicep
11 4 (0.36%) Scala
12 3 (0.27%) C++
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.090%) ABAP
14 1 (0.090%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 172 (15.52%) Degree
2 104 (9.39%) ACCA
3 103 (9.30%) CIMA
4 71 (6.41%) Security Cleared
5 49 (4.42%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.61%) Master's Degree
7 39 (3.52%) DBS Check
8 33 (2.98%) PMI Certification
9 24 (2.17%) AAT
9 24 (2.17%) CISSP
10 16 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.44%) PMP
11 15 (1.35%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.26%) CISM
13 13 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.99%) AWS Certification
15 11 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.90%) CIPD
16 10 (0.90%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (12.00%) Data Quality
2 78 (7.04%) Accessibility
3 57 (5.14%) QA
4 56 (5.05%) GDPR
5 31 (2.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 29 (2.62%) GRC
7 27 (2.44%) WCAG
8 23 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 16 (1.44%) NIST
10 14 (1.26%) P3O
10 14 (1.26%) PMO
11 12 (1.08%) NCSC
12 11 (0.99%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.90%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.63%) GAAP
15 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.54%) IFRS
16 4 (0.36%) SLA
17 3 (0.27%) EMIR
17 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (1.99%) Docker
2 6 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.81%) Terraform
3 14 (1.26%) Grafana
4 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.63%) Nmap
5 4 (0.36%) SCCM
6 3 (0.27%) Argo
6 3 (0.27%) Control-M
6 3 (0.27%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.18%) Ansible
7 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.18%) Packer
7 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) Salt
8 1 (0.090%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 169 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.03%) Adobe
3 50 (4.51%) Databricks
4 44 (3.97%) SAP
5 40 (3.61%) Google
6 31 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.62%) Oracle
8 25 (2.26%) Sage
9 23 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.99%) HubSpot
11 11 (0.99%) Foundry
12 10 (0.90%) Workday
13 9 (0.81%) Informatica
13 9 (0.81%) Xero
14 8 (0.72%) Cisco
15 7 (0.63%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.54%) Alteryx
16 6 (0.54%) Ariba
16 6 (0.54%) BMC
16 6 (0.54%) Talend