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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 65 62
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +20
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 826 837 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.06% 4.14% 4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.41% 4.71% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 549 388 702
10th Percentile £38,869 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,125 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% -1.46% -
75th Percentile £79,157 £74,358 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year - +14.18% -12.42%

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 15,276 17,782 21,800
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.63% 88.03% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,372 10,707 17,647
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 23 October 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 26 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.33%) Confluence
3 8 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.85%) CMS
4 7 (0.85%) Moodle
4 7 (0.85%) SAS
5 5 (0.61%) WordPress
6 4 (0.48%) Apache
6 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.36%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 151 (18.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.24%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.82%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.09%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.73%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.73%) Shopify
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.36%) Primavera
7 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.36%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.24%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.12%) FastStats PeopleStage
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 179 (21.67%) Power Platform
2 115 (13.92%) Azure
3 85 (10.29%) SaaS
4 61 (7.38%) AWS
5 34 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (2.91%) GCP
7 18 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (2.18%) Google Analytics
7 18 (2.18%) PaaS
8 17 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (1.33%) Snowflake
13 10 (1.21%) GitHub
13 10 (1.21%) OCI
13 10 (1.21%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.21%) Serverless
14 9 (1.09%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.57%) Firewall
1 13 (1.57%) Network Security
2 7 (0.85%) Internet
3 5 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.61%) VPN
4 4 (0.48%) WAN
5 3 (0.36%) BGP
5 3 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.36%) OSPF
5 3 (0.36%) SAN
5 3 (0.36%) VLAN
6 2 (0.24%) Broadband
6 2 (0.24%) LAN
6 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
7 1 (0.12%) 5G
7 1 (0.12%) Intranet
7 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (19.98%) Power BI
2 60 (7.26%) Tableau
3 34 (4.12%) Power Query
3 34 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 25 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.82%) GIS
5 15 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
6 13 (1.57%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.45%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.45%) Metadata
8 10 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
8 10 (1.21%) Geospatial Data
8 10 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.85%) QlikView
10 7 (0.85%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.73%) Data Mining
11 6 (0.73%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (2.54%) JIRA
2 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.48%) ERwin
2 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
2 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (0.48%) Toad
3 3 (0.36%) GitLab
4 2 (0.24%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.24%) Git
4 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.24%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) ESLint
5 1 (0.12%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.12%) Selenium
5 1 (0.12%) Storybook
5 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 385 (46.61%) Social Skills
2 328 (39.71%) Finance
3 278 (33.66%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (11.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (10.29%) Marketing
6 71 (8.60%) Legal
7 65 (7.87%) Public Sector
8 53 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (4.96%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (4.72%) Banking
12 38 (4.60%) Retail
13 36 (4.36%) Manufacturing
14 35 (4.24%) Law
15 21 (2.54%) Local Government
16 18 (2.18%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.69%) Automotive
18 8 (0.97%) Advertising
19 7 (0.85%) Publishing
19 7 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 197 (23.85%) Analyst
2 118 (14.29%) Senior
3 88 (10.65%) Lead
4 54 (6.54%) Developer
5 53 (6.42%) Financial Analyst
6 46 (5.57%) Architect
7 45 (5.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 44 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
9 42 (5.08%) Data Analyst
10 37 (4.48%) Business Analyst
11 36 (4.36%) Consultant
11 36 (4.36%) Development Manager
12 32 (3.87%) Business Manager
12 32 (3.87%) Product Manager
13 28 (3.39%) Business Development Manager
13 28 (3.39%) Senior Manager
14 27 (3.27%) Power BI Analyst
14 27 (3.27%) Sales Executive
15 21 (2.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 21 (2.54%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.66%) .NET
2 19 (2.30%) REST
3 13 (1.57%) React
4 12 (1.45%) JSON
5 9 (1.09%) HTML
5 9 (1.09%) Middleware
5 9 (1.09%) SOAP
6 8 (0.97%) Blazor
6 8 (0.97%) CSS
6 8 (0.97%) XML
7 7 (0.85%) Node.js
7 7 (0.85%) Spring
7 7 (0.85%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.73%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.73%) Flash
8 6 (0.73%) Kafka
8 6 (0.73%) OAuth
9 4 (0.48%) EDI
9 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.48%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.42%) Onboarding
2 47 (5.69%) Management Information System
2 47 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (5.21%) Cloud Native
4 34 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 30 (3.63%) Social Media
6 26 (3.15%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.06%) Web Conferencing
8 14 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.33%) Learning Management System
9 11 (1.33%) Life Science
10 10 (1.21%) NHS
11 8 (0.97%) Driving Licence
11 8 (0.97%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.85%) IoT
13 6 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.73%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.61%) Digital Media
14 5 (0.61%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.42%) Windows
2 7 (0.85%) Linux
3 6 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.61%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (28.09%) Analytics
2 225 (27.24%) Problem-Solving
3 188 (22.76%) Business Intelligence
4 176 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 154 (18.64%) Agile
6 136 (16.46%) CRM
7 122 (14.77%) Roadmaps
8 119 (14.41%) AI
9 118 (14.29%) Visualisation
10 107 (12.95%) Data Analysis
11 104 (12.59%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 98 (11.86%) Actionable Insight
13 90 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
14 87 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
15 84 (10.17%) Mentoring
16 80 (9.69%) Project Management
17 74 (8.96%) Risk Management
18 72 (8.72%) DevOps
19 71 (8.60%) B2B
20 69 (8.35%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 199 (24.09%) SQL
2 113 (13.68%) Python
3 26 (3.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (2.66%) R
5 20 (2.42%) C#
5 20 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 19 (2.30%) Java
7 18 (2.18%) VBA
8 13 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.85%) C++
11 6 (0.73%) Bash
11 6 (0.73%) PHP
11 6 (0.73%) Scala
12 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.48%) VB
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
13 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (19.85%) Degree
2 71 (8.60%) ACCA
3 70 (8.47%) CIMA
4 47 (5.69%) Security Cleared
5 43 (5.21%) SC Cleared
6 25 (3.03%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.78%) DBS Check
8 15 (1.82%) CISM
9 13 (1.57%) AAT
9 13 (1.57%) CISSP
9 13 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
11 11 (1.33%) CISA
11 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.09%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.09%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.97%) CRISC
13 8 (0.97%) PMP
14 7 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.78%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.17%) GDPR
3 36 (4.36%) Accessibility
4 29 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.15%) QA
6 22 (2.66%) NIST
7 14 (1.69%) NCSC
8 12 (1.45%) PMO
9 11 (1.33%) GRC
10 8 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.61%) COBIT
11 5 (0.61%) ITGC
11 5 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.48%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.36%) SLA
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS
15 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.12%) PERC
15 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.09%) Docker
2 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.36%) 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 15 (1.82%) Terraform
2 11 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.61%) Ansible
4 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.24%) Grafana
5 2 (0.24%) Nmap
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 174 (21.07%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.54%) SAP
3 49 (5.93%) Google
4 45 (5.45%) Salesforce
5 39 (4.72%) Oracle
6 34 (4.12%) Workday
7 26 (3.15%) Databricks
7 26 (3.15%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.57%) Anaplan
9 12 (1.45%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.33%) Adaptive Insights
10 11 (1.33%) Autodesk
10 11 (1.33%) Sage
11 9 (1.09%) IBM
12 8 (0.97%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.97%) Apple
13 5 (0.61%) Informatica
13 5 (0.61%) Xero
14 4 (0.48%) Charles River
14 4 (0.48%) Mercator