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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 68 36
Rank change year-on-year +48 -32 +37
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,904 779 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.10% 4.83% 5.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.90% 5.20% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,188 520 502
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,740 £34,750
25th Percentile £43,998 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.71%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £70,188
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,385
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -3.68%

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 19,241 14,993 20,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.86% 92.96% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,875 8,634 13,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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 5 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 44 (2.31%) Confluence
2 36 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.31%) CMS
4 14 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.37%) Apache
6 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.053%) Appian
10 1 (0.053%) CICS
10 1 (0.053%) Drupal
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.053%) Resin
10 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 130 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (2.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 26 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.32%) Simulink
7 6 (0.32%) Trello
8 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.16%) Blender
10 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.053%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 51 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (2.00%) Workfront
3 31 (1.63%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (1.42%) Adobe Campaign
5 17 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.74%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.26%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 5 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.26%) Primavera
9 4 (0.21%) Actimize
9 4 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.16%) SAP R/3
11 2 (0.11%) Shopify
12 1 (0.053%) Aladdin
12 1 (0.053%) FastStats
12 1 (0.053%) NEC Housing
12 1 (0.053%) Oracle Assets
12 1 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 292 (15.34%) Azure
2 222 (11.66%) Power Platform
3 206 (10.82%) AWS
4 157 (8.25%) SaaS
5 89 (4.67%) GCP
6 59 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (2.73%) iPaaS
8 47 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (2.47%) Serverless
9 42 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
9 42 (2.21%) GitHub
10 30 (1.58%) Google Analytics
11 29 (1.52%) Figma
12 27 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (1.26%) Entra ID
14 21 (1.10%) Adobe Analytics
15 20 (1.05%) Contentsquare
16 19 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (0.89%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 139 (7.30%) Broadband
2 61 (3.20%) Network Security
3 58 (3.05%) Firewall
4 48 (2.52%) VLAN
5 7 (0.37%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.37%) VPN
5 7 (0.37%) WAN
6 5 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.21%) LAN
7 4 (0.21%) Wireless
8 3 (0.16%) BGP
8 3 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.16%) MPLS
8 3 (0.16%) OSPF
8 3 (0.16%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.11%) DNS
9 2 (0.11%) SMS
9 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (10.45%) Power BI
2 91 (4.78%) Metadata
3 81 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (2.47%) Tableau
5 36 (1.89%) SQL Server
6 34 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 29 (1.52%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.37%) Looker
9 21 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.05%) BigQuery
11 19 (1.00%) NoSQL
12 17 (0.89%) Big Data
12 17 (0.89%) Spark SQL
13 14 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 14 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
15 12 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
15 12 (0.63%) MySQL
16 11 (0.58%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (2.47%) Git
1 47 (2.47%) JIRA
2 11 (0.58%) Claude Code
3 8 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.32%) GitLab
5 6 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.21%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.21%) MLflow
7 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.16%) RStudio
9 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.11%) Locust
9 2 (0.11%) Maven
9 2 (0.11%) NUnit
9 2 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 734 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 588 (30.88%) Finance
3 536 (28.15%) Analytical Skills
4 312 (16.39%) Marketing
5 197 (10.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 181 (9.51%) Public Sector
7 147 (7.72%) Influencing Skills
8 136 (7.14%) Legal
9 131 (6.88%) Retail
10 98 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
10 98 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
11 82 (4.31%) Law
12 51 (2.68%) Manufacturing
13 50 (2.63%) Banking
14 45 (2.36%) Games
15 41 (2.15%) Aerospace
16 34 (1.79%) Local Government
17 24 (1.26%) Electronics
17 24 (1.26%) Telecoms
18 21 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 336 (17.65%) Senior
2 253 (13.29%) Analyst
3 227 (11.92%) Lead
4 145 (7.62%) Architect
5 94 (4.94%) Data Engineer
6 89 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
7 82 (4.31%) Development Manager
8 79 (4.15%) Data Analyst
9 78 (4.10%) Business Manager
10 66 (3.47%) Business Development Manager
11 58 (3.05%) Developer
12 55 (2.89%) Consultant
13 54 (2.84%) Product Owner
14 51 (2.68%) Senior Manager
15 49 (2.57%) Security Engineer
15 49 (2.57%) Senior Security Engineer
16 44 (2.31%) Data Architect
17 43 (2.26%) Product Manager
18 42 (2.21%) Senior Architect
19 41 (2.15%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.47%) React
2 45 (2.36%) .NET
3 34 (1.79%) PySpark
4 31 (1.63%) Node.js
5 28 (1.47%) Terraform
6 25 (1.31%) LangChain
7 24 (1.26%) REST
8 15 (0.79%) CSS
8 15 (0.79%) RESTful
9 14 (0.74%) HTML
10 13 (0.68%) AngularJS
10 13 (0.68%) AWS CDK
10 13 (0.68%) Next.js
11 11 (0.58%) Spring
11 11 (0.58%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.53%) Django
12 10 (0.53%) PyTorch
12 10 (0.53%) XML
13 9 (0.47%) FastAPI
13 9 (0.47%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 144 (7.56%) Product Ownership
2 123 (6.46%) Marketing Technology
3 108 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
3 108 (5.67%) Social Media
4 93 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 81 (4.25%) Cloud Native
6 80 (4.20%) Over-the-Top Content
7 50 (2.63%) AI Agents
8 47 (2.47%) Onboarding
9 40 (2.10%) Blog
10 39 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
11 37 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (1.79%) Driving Licence
13 32 (1.68%) Credit Risk
14 30 (1.58%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
16 24 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
16 24 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
17 21 (1.10%) Data Centre
18 20 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.05%) Windows
2 11 (0.58%) Android
3 7 (0.37%) Linux
4 6 (0.32%) VMS
5 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.053%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (24.47%) Agile
2 462 (24.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 452 (23.74%) AI
4 448 (23.53%) Analytics
5 380 (19.96%) Problem-Solving
6 368 (19.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 333 (17.49%) Roadmaps
8 316 (16.60%) Mentoring
9 265 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 260 (13.66%) Business Intelligence
11 257 (13.50%) Coaching
12 236 (12.39%) CRM
13 221 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
14 193 (10.14%) Project Delivery
15 187 (9.82%) Customer Experience
16 186 (9.77%) CI/CD
17 170 (8.93%) Business Development
18 169 (8.88%) Data Modelling
19 165 (8.67%) Actionable Insight
20 151 (7.93%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 294 (15.44%) SQL
2 227 (11.92%) Python
3 55 (2.89%) C#
3 55 (2.89%) JavaScript
4 47 (2.47%) Java
5 42 (2.21%) TypeScript
6 22 (1.16%) C++
7 19 (1.00%) R
8 12 (0.63%) Bicep
8 12 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (0.58%) VBA
10 10 (0.53%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.47%) Bash
11 9 (0.47%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.32%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.32%) Ruby
12 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.26%) C
14 4 (0.21%) Go
Qualifications
1 189 (9.93%) Degree
2 156 (8.19%) Security Cleared
3 127 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 84 (4.41%) ACCA
5 81 (4.25%) CIMA
6 51 (2.68%) DBS Check
7 43 (2.26%) PMI Certification
8 40 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (1.79%) DV Cleared
10 33 (1.73%) PMP
11 27 (1.42%) CISSP
12 25 (1.31%) CISM
12 25 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 24 (1.26%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
15 15 (0.79%) AAT
15 15 (0.79%) CIPD
16 14 (0.74%) ICAEW
17 12 (0.63%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (10.35%) Data Quality
2 115 (6.04%) Accessibility
3 101 (5.30%) GDPR
4 68 (3.57%) QA
5 53 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (2.05%) GRC
6 39 (2.05%) PMO
7 34 (1.79%) NIST
8 27 (1.42%) WCAG
9 26 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 20 (1.05%) SLA
11 12 (0.63%) IFRS
12 11 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.42%) COBIT
14 7 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.32%) EU AI Act
15 6 (0.32%) NCSC
15 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 39 (2.05%) Docker
2 13 (0.68%) Firmware
3 11 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.053%) GPFS
8 1 (0.053%) Lustre
8 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.95%) Grafana
3 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.32%) CASB
5 4 (0.21%) Ansible
5 4 (0.21%) Argo
5 4 (0.21%) Nmap
6 2 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.11%) Puppet
6 2 (0.11%) Salt
6 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.053%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.053%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.053%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.053%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 274 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 104 (5.46%) Adobe
3 64 (3.36%) Google
4 62 (3.26%) Salesforce
5 49 (2.57%) Databricks
6 43 (2.26%) SAP
7 36 (1.89%) YouTube
8 21 (1.10%) Oracle
9 18 (0.95%) HubSpot
10 15 (0.79%) Informatica
10 15 (0.79%) Sage
11 12 (0.63%) Foundry
12 11 (0.58%) VMware
13 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.53%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.53%) Xero
14 8 (0.42%) Cisco
15 6 (0.32%) Ariba
15 6 (0.32%) ScienceLogic
16 5 (0.26%) BMC