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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 66 54
Rank change year-on-year +25 -12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 823 781 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.28% 4.79% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.08% 5.09% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 520 395 884
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,120
25th Percentile £46,745 £43,116 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,958 £80,435
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.81% -15.32%

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 13,531 15,358 23,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.74% 94.12% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,591 9,036 19,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 26 January 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 22 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.70%) Confluence
3 10 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.97%) CMS
4 8 (0.97%) SAS
5 5 (0.61%) Apache
6 4 (0.49%) nginx
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 125 (15.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.49%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.49%) Trello
5 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.22%) Shopify
2 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.61%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.49%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.36%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.36%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
8 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 176 (21.39%) Power Platform
2 171 (20.78%) Azure
3 83 (10.09%) SaaS
4 71 (8.63%) AWS
5 50 (6.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 49 (5.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 35 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
8 29 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (3.40%) GitHub
10 25 (3.04%) GCP
11 21 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.82%) Serverless
12 15 (1.82%) Snowflake
13 14 (1.70%) PaaS
14 13 (1.58%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
16 11 (1.34%) Google Analytics
17 10 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.85%) Internet
2 6 (0.73%) Broadband
3 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.24%) Network Security
3 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) DSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) NAS
4 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (19.93%) Power BI
2 53 (6.44%) SQL Server
3 52 (6.32%) Tableau
4 41 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (3.16%) Metadata
8 25 (3.04%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.82%) Power Query
10 14 (1.70%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (1.58%) MySQL
12 11 (1.34%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
13 10 (1.22%) GIS
14 8 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.85%) QlikView
16 6 (0.73%) Looker
16 6 (0.73%) Qlik Sense
17 5 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (2.67%) JIRA
2 8 (0.97%) Git
3 7 (0.85%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.85%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.49%) ERwin
4 4 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.49%) Toad
4 4 (0.49%) Vite
5 3 (0.36%) GitLab
5 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.24%) MLflow
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
6 2 (0.24%) Storybook
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 399 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 362 (43.99%) Finance
3 313 (38.03%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (12.64%) Public Sector
5 86 (10.45%) Marketing
6 77 (9.36%) Presentation Skills
7 60 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (5.35%) Manufacturing
10 43 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (4.86%) Retail
12 37 (4.50%) Legal
13 26 (3.16%) Banking
14 22 (2.67%) Law
15 21 (2.55%) Advertising
15 21 (2.55%) Local Government
16 14 (1.70%) Billing
17 10 (1.22%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.97%) Automotive
18 8 (0.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 177 (21.51%) Analyst
2 125 (15.19%) Senior
3 70 (8.51%) Lead
4 65 (7.90%) Architect
5 50 (6.08%) Financial Analyst
6 45 (5.47%) Developer
7 42 (5.10%) Data Engineer
8 40 (4.86%) Consultant
9 36 (4.37%) Senior Manager
10 35 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
12 31 (3.77%) Business Manager
12 31 (3.77%) Data Analyst
12 31 (3.77%) Sales Executive
13 26 (3.16%) Business Analyst
14 24 (2.92%) Report Analyst
15 20 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 20 (2.43%) Development Manager
15 20 (2.43%) Product Manager
16 19 (2.31%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.82%) .NET
2 11 (1.34%) Flash
2 11 (1.34%) React
2 11 (1.34%) REST
3 10 (1.22%) CSS
3 10 (1.22%) HTML
4 9 (1.09%) Kafka
5 8 (0.97%) Middleware
5 8 (0.97%) PySpark
5 8 (0.97%) Spring
6 7 (0.85%) SOAP
6 7 (0.85%) TensorFlow
6 7 (0.85%) XML
7 6 (0.73%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.73%) JSON
7 6 (0.73%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.73%) Vue
8 5 (0.61%) Blazor
8 5 (0.61%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.61%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.18%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (5.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 45 (5.47%) Cloud Native
4 43 (5.22%) Management Information System
5 41 (4.98%) Product Ownership
6 35 (4.25%) Onboarding
7 29 (3.52%) Virtual Team
8 18 (2.19%) Social Media
9 15 (1.82%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.70%) PMI
10 14 (1.70%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
12 11 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.09%) Driving Licence
15 8 (0.97%) GNSS
15 8 (0.97%) Insider Threat
15 8 (0.97%) Satnav
16 7 (0.85%) IoT
16 7 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.46%) Windows
2 7 (0.85%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.49%) Unix
5 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (33.29%) Analytics
2 251 (30.50%) Problem-Solving
3 215 (26.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 183 (22.24%) Business Intelligence
5 149 (18.10%) AI
6 146 (17.74%) Agile
7 120 (14.58%) Roadmaps
8 111 (13.49%) Visualisation
9 109 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 106 (12.88%) Actionable Insight
11 102 (12.39%) CRM
11 102 (12.39%) Data Analysis
12 93 (11.30%) Project Management
13 90 (10.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 80 (9.72%) DevOps
15 74 (8.99%) B2B
16 72 (8.75%) Mentoring
17 70 (8.51%) Data Modelling
17 70 (8.51%) Process Improvement
18 68 (8.26%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 177 (21.51%) SQL
2 126 (15.31%) Python
3 30 (3.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (2.67%) R
5 20 (2.43%) Java
6 17 (2.07%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.46%) C#
8 10 (1.22%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.22%) VBA
9 8 (0.97%) C++
9 8 (0.97%) Scala
10 7 (0.85%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.73%) Bash
11 6 (0.73%) PHP
11 6 (0.73%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.73%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.49%) VB
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
13 2 (0.24%) Bicep
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 172 (20.90%) Degree
2 83 (10.09%) ACCA
2 83 (10.09%) CIMA
3 58 (7.05%) Security Cleared
4 47 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 46 (5.59%) DBS Check
6 30 (3.65%) Master's Degree
7 25 (3.04%) CISSP
8 22 (2.67%) CISM
9 20 (2.43%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.43%) PMI Certification
10 18 (2.19%) AAT
11 17 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.46%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.46%) CISA
13 12 (1.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.22%) CRISC
14 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (11.54%) Data Quality
2 44 (5.35%) QA
3 38 (4.62%) GDPR
4 29 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (2.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 21 (2.55%) Accessibility
6 21 (2.55%) NIST
7 20 (2.43%) GRC
8 14 (1.70%) P3O
9 12 (1.46%) NCSC
10 11 (1.34%) PMO
11 9 (1.09%) ISO 9001
11 9 (1.09%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.61%) COBIT
12 5 (0.61%) GAAP
12 5 (0.61%) ITGC
13 4 (0.49%) IFRS
14 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.24%) SLA
14 2 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (1.70%) Docker
2 3 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.07%) Terraform
2 13 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.85%) Nmap
4 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.36%) Control-M
6 2 (0.24%) SCCM
6 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 148 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.08%) Databricks
3 44 (5.35%) SAP
4 31 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.79%) Google
5 23 (2.79%) Oracle
6 22 (2.67%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.82%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.70%) Sage
8 14 (1.70%) Workday
9 12 (1.46%) Autodesk
10 9 (1.09%) Informatica
11 8 (0.97%) IBM
12 7 (0.85%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.85%) Cisco
13 4 (0.49%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.49%) Concur
13 4 (0.49%) NEC
13 4 (0.49%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.49%) Talend