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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 64 58
Rank change year-on-year +23 -6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 813 828 981
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.29% 4.81% 4.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.99% 5.18% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 501 417 624
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £35,648
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,608 £45,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,498 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +0.83% -
75th Percentile £79,157 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -9.62%

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 13,566 15,999 19,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.35% 92.92% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,659 9,622 15,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 December 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 22 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.48%) Confluence
3 10 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.86%) SAS
5 6 (0.74%) CMS
6 4 (0.49%) Apache
6 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 149 (18.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.49%) Trello
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.72%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.86%) Shopify
4 6 (0.74%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.37%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.25%) Magento
8 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Primavera
9 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 168 (20.66%) Power Platform
2 143 (17.59%) Azure
3 86 (10.58%) SaaS
4 56 (6.89%) AWS
5 45 (5.54%) Azure Data Factory
6 44 (5.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (4.18%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (3.08%) GitHub
10 22 (2.71%) GCP
11 18 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.09%) Snowflake
13 16 (1.97%) PaaS
14 13 (1.60%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.35%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.35%) PowerApps
16 11 (1.35%) Serverless
17 8 (0.98%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.74%) Internet
2 4 (0.49%) Broadband
3 2 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) LAN
4 1 (0.12%) SAN
4 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (19.31%) Power BI
2 49 (6.03%) Tableau
3 47 (5.78%) SQL Server
4 36 (4.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (4.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 26 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (2.95%) Data Lake
7 24 (2.95%) Power Query
8 22 (2.71%) Metadata
9 14 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
10 12 (1.48%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (1.23%) GIS
11 10 (1.23%) MySQL
11 10 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.86%) Looker
14 7 (0.86%) QlikView
15 6 (0.74%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 19 (2.34%) JIRA
2 5 (0.62%) Burp Suite
2 5 (0.62%) Metasploit
3 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.49%) ERwin
3 4 (0.49%) Git
3 4 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (0.49%) Toad
4 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.25%) GitLab
5 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Selenium
5 2 (0.25%) Storybook
6 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.12%) Locust
6 1 (0.12%) MLflow
6 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.12%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.12%) Vite
General
1 383 (47.11%) Social Skills
2 363 (44.65%) Finance
3 317 (38.99%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (11.44%) Marketing
5 86 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 82 (10.09%) Presentation Skills
7 61 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (6.03%) Legal
10 45 (5.54%) Manufacturing
11 44 (5.41%) Retail
12 31 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (2.71%) Advertising
13 22 (2.71%) Banking
14 21 (2.58%) Law
15 15 (1.85%) Local Government
16 14 (1.72%) Billing
17 11 (1.35%) French Language
18 9 (1.11%) Automotive
18 9 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 178 (21.89%) Analyst
2 114 (14.02%) Senior
3 68 (8.36%) Lead
4 66 (8.12%) Architect
5 61 (7.50%) Financial Analyst
6 49 (6.03%) Developer
7 40 (4.92%) Consultant
8 36 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
9 35 (4.31%) Business Manager
9 35 (4.31%) Data Engineer
10 33 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (3.81%) Data Analyst
12 30 (3.69%) Senior Manager
13 29 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 29 (3.57%) Sales Executive
14 26 (3.20%) Business Analyst
15 25 (3.08%) Development Manager
16 23 (2.83%) Product Manager
17 20 (2.46%) HR Advisor
18 19 (2.34%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.60%) Flash
1 13 (1.60%) REST
2 10 (1.23%) Middleware
2 10 (1.23%) React
3 9 (1.11%) .NET
3 9 (1.11%) SOAP
4 8 (0.98%) Blazor
4 8 (0.98%) HTML
4 8 (0.98%) JSON
4 8 (0.98%) PySpark
5 7 (0.86%) CSS
6 6 (0.74%) Kafka
6 6 (0.74%) OAuth
6 6 (0.74%) Spring
6 6 (0.74%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.62%) RESTful
7 5 (0.62%) XML
8 4 (0.49%) Node.js
8 4 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (11.44%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (5.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 45 (5.54%) Onboarding
4 40 (4.92%) Cloud Native
5 38 (4.67%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.18%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.32%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.72%) Social Media
9 13 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (1.48%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.35%) Life Science
12 10 (1.23%) Digital Media
13 9 (1.11%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.98%) Driving Licence
14 8 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.86%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.86%) IoT
15 7 (0.86%) NHS
16 6 (0.74%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.11%) Windows
2 5 (0.62%) Linux
2 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.49%) Unix
4 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 250 (30.75%) Analytics
3 204 (25.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 183 (22.51%) Business Intelligence
5 145 (17.84%) AI
6 139 (17.10%) Agile
7 118 (14.51%) Visualisation
8 110 (13.53%) CRM
8 110 (13.53%) Data Analysis
9 103 (12.67%) Actionable Insight
10 102 (12.55%) Roadmaps
11 88 (10.82%) Project Management
12 83 (10.21%) ERP
13 82 (10.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 79 (9.72%) DevOps
14 79 (9.72%) Process Improvement
15 78 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 75 (9.23%) B2B
17 72 (8.86%) Data Visualisation
18 63 (7.75%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 185 (22.76%) SQL
2 114 (14.02%) Python
3 37 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (2.71%) R
5 20 (2.46%) VBA
6 18 (2.21%) Java
7 14 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.48%) C#
9 10 (1.23%) Scala
9 10 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.11%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.86%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.74%) C++
12 6 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.62%) Bash
14 4 (0.49%) VB
15 3 (0.37%) PHP
16 2 (0.25%) ABAP
16 2 (0.25%) Bicep
16 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 158 (19.43%) Degree
2 101 (12.42%) ACCA
2 101 (12.42%) CIMA
3 50 (6.15%) Security Cleared
4 40 (4.92%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.18%) DBS Check
6 26 (3.20%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.34%) AAT
7 19 (2.34%) CISSP
8 18 (2.21%) CISM
9 16 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.60%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.48%) CISA
12 12 (1.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (1.23%) CRISC
13 10 (1.23%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
14 8 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.98%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (9.59%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.03%) GDPR
3 25 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.08%) QA
4 24 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 17 (2.09%) NIST
7 14 (1.72%) GRC
7 14 (1.72%) PMO
8 8 (0.98%) NCSC
9 7 (0.86%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.62%) COBIT
10 5 (0.62%) ITGC
10 5 (0.62%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.49%) SLA
12 3 (0.37%) GAAP
13 2 (0.25%) IFRS
13 2 (0.25%) P3O
13 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.23%) Docker
2 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) vSphere
3 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (2.21%) Terraform
2 12 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.62%) Nmap
4 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.37%) Control-M
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
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
7 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 159 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.13%) SAP
3 45 (5.54%) Databricks
4 37 (4.55%) Workday
5 36 (4.43%) Oracle
6 33 (4.06%) ServiceNow
7 26 (3.20%) Google
7 26 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.72%) Sage
9 12 (1.48%) Autodesk
9 12 (1.48%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.35%) Adaptive Insights
11 10 (1.23%) IBM
12 9 (1.11%) Anaplan
13 6 (0.74%) Informatica
14 5 (0.62%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.62%) Cisco
14 5 (0.62%) Xero
15 4 (0.49%) Adobe
15 4 (0.49%) Concur