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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 66 59
Rank change year-on-year +24 -7 +20
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 848 847 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.59% 4.35% 4.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.18% 4.81% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 525 427 665
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £79,157 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +15.45% -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 13,718 17,618 19,851
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.39% 90.49% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,628 10,643 16,088
10th Percentile £29,250 £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 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £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 30 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 23 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.42%) Confluence
3 10 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.94%) CMS
5 7 (0.83%) SAS
6 5 (0.59%) Apache
6 5 (0.59%) WordPress
7 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.35%) Moodle
8 3 (0.35%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 151 (17.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.35%) Trello
6 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (1.65%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.94%) Shopify
4 6 (0.71%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.71%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.47%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.35%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.24%) Primavera
8 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
9 1 (0.12%) FastStats
9 1 (0.12%) FastStats PeopleStage
9 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 174 (20.52%) Power Platform
2 135 (15.92%) Azure
3 86 (10.14%) SaaS
4 65 (7.67%) AWS
5 42 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
6 39 (4.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 35 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.83%) GCP
10 18 (2.12%) GitHub
10 18 (2.12%) Google Analytics
10 18 (2.12%) PaaS
11 16 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 15 (1.77%) Snowflake
13 14 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (1.65%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.18%) Amazon S3
15 9 (1.06%) Serverless
16 8 (0.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.06%) Internet
2 5 (0.59%) Firewall
3 3 (0.35%) Broadband
3 3 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.24%) Network Security
4 2 (0.24%) SAN
4 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.24%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) 4G
5 1 (0.12%) 5G
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) LAN
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (19.10%) Power BI
2 55 (6.49%) Tableau
3 49 (5.78%) SQL Server
4 34 (4.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 33 (3.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (3.54%) Power Query
7 27 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (2.24%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.77%) BusinessObjects
9 15 (1.77%) Metadata
10 14 (1.65%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.30%) GIS
12 10 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.18%) MySQL
12 10 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.83%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.83%) Looker
14 7 (0.83%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 19 (2.24%) JIRA
2 4 (0.47%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.47%) ERwin
2 4 (0.47%) Git
2 4 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
2 4 (0.47%) Toad
3 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.35%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.24%) GitLab
4 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) JMeter
5 1 (0.12%) Locust
5 1 (0.12%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.12%) Selenium
5 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 385 (45.40%) Social Skills
2 368 (43.40%) Finance
3 322 (37.97%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (12.15%) Marketing
5 89 (10.50%) Public Sector
6 82 (9.67%) Presentation Skills
7 78 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (6.49%) Legal
9 53 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (5.42%) Retail
11 43 (5.07%) Manufacturing
12 34 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (3.77%) Banking
14 28 (3.30%) Law
15 23 (2.71%) Advertising
16 22 (2.59%) Local Government
17 14 (1.65%) Billing
18 13 (1.53%) Financial Institution
19 11 (1.30%) Automotive
20 9 (1.06%) French Language
Job Titles
1 188 (22.17%) Analyst
2 119 (14.03%) Senior
3 75 (8.84%) Lead
4 66 (7.78%) Architect
5 63 (7.43%) Financial Analyst
6 53 (6.25%) Developer
7 44 (5.19%) Senior Analyst
8 38 (4.48%) Consultant
9 37 (4.36%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 37 (4.36%) Business Manager
10 34 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (3.66%) Data Analyst
11 31 (3.66%) Sales Executive
12 30 (3.54%) Senior Manager
13 28 (3.30%) Data Engineer
13 28 (3.30%) Development Manager
14 26 (3.07%) Business Analyst
15 25 (2.95%) Power BI Analyst
15 25 (2.95%) Product Manager
16 23 (2.71%) Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.89%) .NET
2 15 (1.77%) REST
3 12 (1.42%) Flash
3 12 (1.42%) React
4 9 (1.06%) JSON
4 9 (1.06%) Middleware
4 9 (1.06%) SOAP
5 8 (0.94%) Blazor
6 7 (0.83%) HTML
6 7 (0.83%) Kafka
6 7 (0.83%) Spring
6 7 (0.83%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.71%) CSS
8 5 (0.59%) Node.js
8 5 (0.59%) OAuth
9 4 (0.47%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.47%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.47%) Pandas
9 4 (0.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 52 (6.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 47 (5.54%) Cloud Native
5 41 (4.83%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.89%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.18%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.71%) Social Media
9 17 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.30%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.18%) Digital Media
11 10 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.18%) Life Science
11 10 (1.18%) NHS
11 10 (1.18%) Security Posture
12 8 (0.94%) IoT
13 6 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.71%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.59%) Augmented Reality
14 5 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.77%) Windows
2 7 (0.83%) Linux
3 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.47%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (31.49%) Analytics
2 250 (29.48%) Problem-Solving
3 197 (23.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 194 (22.88%) Business Intelligence
5 159 (18.75%) AI
6 148 (17.45%) Agile
7 120 (14.15%) Visualisation
8 116 (13.68%) CRM
8 116 (13.68%) Data Analysis
9 109 (12.85%) Roadmaps
10 107 (12.62%) Actionable Insight
11 92 (10.85%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 92 (10.85%) Project Management
12 89 (10.50%) B2B
13 82 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
14 76 (8.96%) Process Improvement
15 75 (8.84%) ERP
16 74 (8.73%) Data Visualisation
17 72 (8.49%) DevOps
18 70 (8.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 202 (23.82%) SQL
2 110 (12.97%) Python
3 44 (5.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (2.24%) Java
4 19 (2.24%) R
4 19 (2.24%) VBA
5 15 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.65%) C#
7 8 (0.94%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.71%) Bash
9 6 (0.71%) C++
9 6 (0.71%) Scala
9 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.47%) VB
11 2 (0.24%) ABAP
11 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 161 (18.99%) Degree
2 101 (11.91%) ACCA
2 101 (11.91%) CIMA
3 46 (5.42%) Security Cleared
4 38 (4.48%) SC Cleared
5 30 (3.54%) DBS Check
6 28 (3.30%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.24%) AAT
8 17 (2.00%) CISM
9 16 (1.89%) CISSP
10 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.42%) CISA
11 12 (1.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 11 (1.30%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
13 10 (1.18%) CRISC
13 10 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.94%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.49%) Data Quality
2 50 (5.90%) GDPR
3 26 (3.07%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 19 (2.24%) QA
7 15 (1.77%) NIST
7 15 (1.77%) PMO
8 13 (1.53%) GRC
9 7 (0.83%) NCSC
10 6 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.59%) COBIT
11 5 (0.59%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.59%) ITGC
12 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.47%) SLA
13 2 (0.24%) GAAP
13 2 (0.24%) IFRS
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 19770
14 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (1.30%) Docker
2 5 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) vSphere
4 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (1.89%) Terraform
2 13 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.35%) Nmap
5 1 (0.12%) Argo
5 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.12%) Grafana
5 1 (0.12%) Kibana
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 174 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.60%) SAP
3 48 (5.66%) Google
4 37 (4.36%) Databricks
5 34 (4.01%) Oracle
5 34 (4.01%) Workday
6 33 (3.89%) Salesforce
7 26 (3.07%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.53%) HubSpot
9 12 (1.42%) Sage
10 11 (1.30%) Adaptive Insights
10 11 (1.30%) Autodesk
11 8 (0.94%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.94%) Apple
12 7 (0.83%) IBM
13 6 (0.71%) Anaplan
13 6 (0.71%) Informatica
14 5 (0.59%) Xero
15 4 (0.47%) Charles River
15 4 (0.47%) NEC