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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 70 37
Rank change year-on-year +49 -33 +35
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,709 820 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.68% 4.94% 5.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.24% 5.32% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 505 625
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.70% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,500 £90,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.60%

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 18,492 15,420 22,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.05% 92.98% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 13,404 9,120 16,093
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 2 August 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 48 (2.81%) Confluence
2 34 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 32 (1.87%) CMS
4 14 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.35%) Apache
8 5 (0.29%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
9 4 (0.23%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.059%) Appian
11 1 (0.059%) Drupal
11 1 (0.059%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.059%) Resin
11 1 (0.059%) Umbraco
Applications
1 129 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 29 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.47%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.35%) Trello
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.23%) Simulink
9 3 (0.18%) Blender
9 3 (0.18%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.18%) Maya
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.059%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 54 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (2.28%) Workfront
3 34 (1.99%) Adobe Campaign
4 31 (1.81%) Dynamics GP
5 20 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.82%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.29%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
10 2 (0.12%) Shopify
11 1 (0.059%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle General Ledger
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
11 1 (0.059%) Primavera
11 1 (0.059%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 283 (16.56%) Azure
2 201 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 172 (10.06%) AWS
4 143 (8.37%) SaaS
5 73 (4.27%) GCP
6 55 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
7 53 (3.10%) iPaaS
8 45 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (2.22%) GitHub
11 33 (1.93%) Serverless
12 30 (1.76%) Figma
13 29 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
14 26 (1.52%) Adobe Analytics
15 25 (1.46%) Contentsquare
16 23 (1.35%) Entra ID
17 20 (1.17%) Google Analytics
18 17 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
19 16 (0.94%) PaaS
20 15 (0.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 168 (9.83%) Broadband
2 43 (2.52%) Network Security
3 42 (2.46%) Firewall
4 33 (1.93%) VLAN
5 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.47%) VPN
6 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.35%) WAN
7 4 (0.23%) LAN
8 3 (0.18%) BGP
8 3 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.18%) DNS
8 3 (0.18%) Modbus
8 3 (0.18%) MPLS
8 3 (0.18%) OSPF
8 3 (0.18%) SSL
8 3 (0.18%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.12%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.12%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (10.47%) Power BI
2 82 (4.80%) Metadata
3 73 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (2.98%) Tableau
5 38 (2.22%) SQL Server
6 30 (1.76%) Data Lake
6 30 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.17%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (0.94%) Looker
10 15 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (0.88%) Big Data
11 14 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 14 (0.82%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.70%) MySQL
14 11 (0.64%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.59%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 44 (2.57%) Git
1 44 (2.57%) JIRA
2 11 (0.64%) Claude Code
3 7 (0.41%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.35%) JMeter
4 6 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.29%) Locust
6 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.23%) MLflow
6 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.18%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.12%) NUnit
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.059%) Ant
General
1 627 (36.69%) Social Skills
2 489 (28.61%) Finance
3 464 (27.15%) Analytical Skills
4 281 (16.44%) Marketing
5 168 (9.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 132 (7.72%) Public Sector
7 121 (7.08%) Legal
8 110 (6.44%) Influencing Skills
9 107 (6.26%) Retail
10 92 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
11 66 (3.86%) Games
12 54 (3.16%) Law
13 53 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
14 49 (2.87%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.87%) Banking
16 28 (1.64%) Local Government
17 25 (1.46%) Aerospace
18 22 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (1.11%) Advertising
20 18 (1.05%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 291 (17.03%) Senior
2 229 (13.40%) Analyst
3 202 (11.82%) Lead
4 126 (7.37%) Architect
5 77 (4.51%) Data Engineer
6 73 (4.27%) Data Analyst
7 70 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
8 66 (3.86%) Development Manager
9 59 (3.45%) Product Owner
10 57 (3.34%) Business Manager
10 57 (3.34%) Consultant
10 57 (3.34%) Developer
10 57 (3.34%) Senior Manager
11 48 (2.81%) Business Development Manager
12 45 (2.63%) Product Manager
13 43 (2.52%) Marketing Manager
14 39 (2.28%) Business Analyst
15 38 (2.22%) Campaign Manager
16 34 (1.99%) IT Manager
17 33 (1.93%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.10%) React
2 29 (1.70%) .NET
3 28 (1.64%) LangChain
4 26 (1.52%) REST
5 25 (1.46%) Node.js
6 18 (1.05%) AWS CDK
6 18 (1.05%) Next.js
7 15 (0.88%) CSS
8 14 (0.82%) HTML
8 14 (0.82%) RESTful
9 13 (0.76%) PySpark
10 11 (0.64%) XML
11 10 (0.59%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.59%) Django
11 10 (0.59%) PyTorch
11 10 (0.59%) Spring
11 10 (0.59%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.53%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.53%) React Native
12 9 (0.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 149 (8.72%) Product Ownership
2 131 (7.67%) Marketing Technology
3 117 (6.85%) Social Media
4 88 (5.15%) Over-the-Top Content
5 81 (4.74%) Cloud Native
5 81 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
6 77 (4.51%) Management Information System
7 47 (2.75%) AI Agents
8 44 (2.57%) Onboarding
9 37 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
10 36 (2.11%) Blog
11 31 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (1.81%) Mobile App
12 28 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 28 (1.64%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.58%) Credit Risk
14 24 (1.40%) Driving Licence
15 22 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (1.11%) Life Science
17 18 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 30 (1.76%) Android
2 22 (1.29%) Apple iOS
3 18 (1.05%) Windows
4 6 (0.35%) VMS
5 4 (0.23%) Linux
5 4 (0.23%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.059%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (24.87%) Agile
2 415 (24.28%) Analytics
3 414 (24.22%) AI
4 408 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 359 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
6 344 (20.13%) Roadmaps
7 294 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 287 (16.79%) Mentoring
9 229 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 226 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
11 204 (11.94%) CRM
12 198 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
13 174 (10.18%) CI/CD
14 171 (10.01%) Coaching
15 169 (9.89%) Customer Experience
16 159 (9.30%) Data Modelling
17 147 (8.60%) Project Management
18 144 (8.43%) Data Management
19 143 (8.37%) Digital Marketing
20 139 (8.13%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 233 (13.63%) SQL
2 215 (12.58%) Python
3 44 (2.57%) TypeScript
4 38 (2.22%) C#
5 36 (2.11%) Java
5 36 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.05%) R
7 13 (0.76%) VBA
8 12 (0.70%) Bicep
8 12 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (0.59%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.47%) Bash
11 6 (0.35%) C
11 6 (0.35%) C++
11 6 (0.35%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.35%) Ruby
12 4 (0.23%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 181 (10.59%) Degree
2 125 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 101 (5.91%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.09%) ACCA
5 83 (4.86%) CIMA
6 52 (3.04%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 33 (1.93%) PMP
9 30 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (1.70%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 24 (1.40%) CISSP
13 21 (1.23%) AAT
14 19 (1.11%) CISM
15 18 (1.05%) DV Cleared
16 17 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.76%) CIPD
17 13 (0.76%) ICAEW
18 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
18 11 (0.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 114 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 103 (6.03%) GDPR
4 64 (3.74%) QA
5 48 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (2.05%) GRC
7 33 (1.93%) WCAG
8 30 (1.76%) NIST
9 22 (1.29%) PMO
10 20 (1.17%) SLA
11 18 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.70%) IFRS
14 9 (0.53%) NCSC
15 8 (0.47%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.41%) COBIT
17 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.29%) EU AI Act
18 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 40 (2.34%) Docker
2 13 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.64%) Firmware
4 8 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.35%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.059%) GPFS
8 1 (0.059%) Lustre
8 1 (0.059%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (1.87%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.76%) Terraform
3 21 (1.23%) Grafana
4 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.23%) Argo
5 4 (0.23%) Nmap
6 3 (0.18%) Ansible
6 3 (0.18%) CASB
6 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.12%) Puppet
7 2 (0.12%) Salt
8 1 (0.059%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.059%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.059%) SCCM
Vendors
1 249 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 119 (6.96%) Adobe
3 56 (3.28%) Google
4 51 (2.98%) Databricks
5 47 (2.75%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.46%) SAP
7 30 (1.76%) Oracle
8 21 (1.23%) HubSpot
9 17 (0.99%) Foundry
10 16 (0.94%) Sage
11 14 (0.82%) Informatica
12 13 (0.76%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.59%) Xero
14 9 (0.53%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.47%) VMware
16 7 (0.41%) Alteryx
16 7 (0.41%) Cisco
17 6 (0.35%) Ariba
17 6 (0.35%) ScienceLogic
17 6 (0.35%) Workday