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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 69 60
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 +20
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 871 846 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.73% 4.25% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.30% 4.74% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 547 422 678
10th Percentile £38,637 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,780 £42,500 £45,819
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £78,800 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -8.33%

All Process and 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 13,820 17,850 20,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.98% 89.77% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,725 10,738 16,290
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 25 November 2025.

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 24 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.38%) Confluence
3 10 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.92%) CMS
5 7 (0.80%) SAS
6 5 (0.57%) Apache
6 5 (0.57%) WordPress
7 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.46%) Moodle
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.34%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 160 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.34%) Trello
6 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (1.61%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.03%) Shopify
4 7 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.69%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.46%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.46%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.34%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.23%) Primavera
9 2 (0.23%) ResourceLink
10 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
10 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 187 (21.47%) Power Platform
2 138 (15.84%) Azure
3 84 (9.64%) SaaS
4 66 (7.58%) AWS
5 43 (4.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 38 (4.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 35 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (2.99%) GCP
10 21 (2.41%) Google Analytics
11 19 (2.18%) PaaS
12 17 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.95%) GitHub
13 16 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.84%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (1.61%) Snowflake
15 10 (1.15%) Serverless
16 9 (1.03%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.92%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.03%) Internet
2 7 (0.80%) Firewall
3 3 (0.34%) Broadband
3 3 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (0.34%) Network Security
3 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.34%) WAN
4 2 (0.23%) LAN
4 2 (0.23%) SAN
4 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) 4G
5 1 (0.11%) 5G
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) BGP
5 1 (0.11%) OSPF
5 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.11%) VLAN
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (20.09%) Power BI
2 59 (6.77%) Tableau
3 55 (6.31%) SQL Server
4 34 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 33 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (3.79%) Power Query
6 29 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (2.07%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (1.61%) BigQuery
9 14 (1.61%) Metadata
10 13 (1.49%) GIS
11 11 (1.26%) MySQL
11 11 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
11 11 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
13 8 (0.92%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.80%) Looker
14 7 (0.80%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 19 (2.18%) JIRA
2 4 (0.46%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.46%) ERwin
2 4 (0.46%) Git
2 4 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
2 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (0.46%) Toad
3 3 (0.34%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.34%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.23%) GitLab
5 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 396 (45.46%) Social Skills
2 377 (43.28%) Finance
3 336 (38.58%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (12.17%) Marketing
5 91 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 83 (9.53%) Presentation Skills
7 78 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (6.77%) Legal
9 55 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (5.28%) Retail
11 44 (5.05%) Manufacturing
12 36 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (3.79%) Banking
14 28 (3.21%) Law
15 23 (2.64%) Advertising
16 22 (2.53%) Local Government
17 15 (1.72%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.61%) Billing
19 11 (1.26%) Automotive
20 9 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 206 (23.65%) Analyst
2 121 (13.89%) Senior
3 78 (8.96%) Lead
4 68 (7.81%) Architect
5 64 (7.35%) Financial Analyst
6 60 (6.89%) Developer
7 46 (5.28%) Senior Analyst
8 42 (4.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 38 (4.36%) Business Manager
10 37 (4.25%) Consultant
10 37 (4.25%) Data Analyst
11 35 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
12 31 (3.56%) Sales Executive
13 30 (3.44%) Development Manager
13 30 (3.44%) Senior Manager
14 28 (3.21%) Data Engineer
15 27 (3.10%) Business Analyst
16 26 (2.99%) Power BI Analyst
16 26 (2.99%) Product Manager
17 24 (2.76%) Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.95%) REST
2 16 (1.84%) .NET
3 12 (1.38%) React
4 11 (1.26%) Flash
4 11 (1.26%) JSON
5 10 (1.15%) Middleware
6 9 (1.03%) HTML
6 9 (1.03%) SOAP
7 8 (0.92%) Blazor
7 8 (0.92%) CSS
8 7 (0.80%) Kafka
8 7 (0.80%) Node.js
8 7 (0.80%) Spring
8 7 (0.80%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.80%) XML
9 5 (0.57%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.57%) OAuth
10 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.46%) RESTful
10 4 (0.46%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.22%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (6.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 53 (6.08%) Onboarding
4 46 (5.28%) Cloud Native
5 43 (4.94%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.67%) Product Ownership
7 28 (3.21%) Virtual Team
8 24 (2.76%) Social Media
9 17 (1.95%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (1.38%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.15%) Digital Media
11 10 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.15%) Life Science
11 10 (1.15%) NHS
11 10 (1.15%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.80%) IoT
12 7 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.69%) Learning Management System
13 6 (0.69%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.72%) Windows
2 6 (0.69%) Linux
3 5 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (32.38%) Analytics
2 255 (29.28%) Problem-Solving
3 209 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
4 202 (23.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 160 (18.37%) AI
6 149 (17.11%) Agile
7 131 (15.04%) Visualisation
8 126 (14.47%) Data Analysis
9 120 (13.78%) CRM
10 111 (12.74%) Roadmaps
11 109 (12.51%) Actionable Insight
12 102 (11.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 96 (11.02%) Project Management
14 90 (10.33%) B2B
15 85 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 82 (9.41%) Data Visualisation
16 82 (9.41%) Process Improvement
17 77 (8.84%) Mentoring
18 75 (8.61%) ERP
19 70 (8.04%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 217 (24.91%) SQL
2 121 (13.89%) Python
3 46 (5.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.41%) VBA
5 20 (2.30%) R
6 18 (2.07%) Java
6 18 (2.07%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.95%) C#
8 11 (1.26%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.80%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.69%) Bash
10 6 (0.69%) C++
10 6 (0.69%) Scala
11 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.46%) PHP
12 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.46%) VB
13 2 (0.23%) ABAP
13 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 168 (19.29%) Degree
2 98 (11.25%) ACCA
2 98 (11.25%) CIMA
3 47 (5.40%) Security Cleared
4 39 (4.48%) SC Cleared
5 30 (3.44%) DBS Check
6 29 (3.33%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.07%) AAT
8 17 (1.95%) CISM
9 16 (1.84%) CISSP
10 15 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.38%) CISA
13 12 (1.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (1.15%) Azure Certification
14 10 (1.15%) CRISC
14 10 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.03%) DV Cleared
16 8 (0.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.27%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.08%) GDPR
3 29 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 24 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 17 (1.95%) QA
7 15 (1.72%) NIST
7 15 (1.72%) PMO
8 14 (1.61%) GRC
9 7 (0.80%) NCSC
10 6 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.57%) COBIT
11 5 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.57%) ITGC
12 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.46%) SLA
13 3 (0.34%) IFRS
14 2 (0.23%) GAAP
15 1 (0.11%) Basel III
15 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (1.15%) Docker
2 5 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) vSphere
4 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (1.72%) Terraform
2 12 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.34%) Nmap
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.11%) Kibana
5 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 180 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.77%) SAP
3 51 (5.86%) Google
4 36 (4.13%) Databricks
4 36 (4.13%) Oracle
5 35 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.90%) Workday
7 26 (2.99%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.49%) HubSpot
9 12 (1.38%) Sage
10 11 (1.26%) Adaptive Insights
10 11 (1.26%) Autodesk
11 9 (1.03%) IBM
12 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.92%) Apple
13 6 (0.69%) Anaplan
13 6 (0.69%) Informatica
14 5 (0.57%) Xero
15 4 (0.46%) Charles River
15 4 (0.46%) NEC