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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 66 55
Rank change year-on-year +34 -11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Decision-Making 1,009 616 1,538
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.00% 4.80% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.11% 5.05% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 580 389 1,088
10th Percentile £38,979 £36,250 £34,581
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.14% -2.24%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,958 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,475 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% -8.33%

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 14,184 12,193 28,389
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.28% 95.04% 91.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,612 8,760 23,196
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 27 March 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 28 (2.78%) Confluence
2 25 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.38%) CMS
4 11 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.89%) SAS
6 7 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.59%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.40%) Apache
8 4 (0.40%) nginx
8 4 (0.40%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 131 (12.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.79%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.40%) Trello
9 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.099%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.099%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.98%) Adobe Campaign
2 13 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.19%) Shopify
4 11 (1.09%) Workfront
5 10 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.30%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.099%) Magento
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.099%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.099%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.099%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 217 (21.51%) Azure
2 179 (17.74%) Power Platform
3 102 (10.11%) AWS
4 85 (8.42%) SaaS
5 66 (6.54%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (4.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 46 (4.56%) GCP
8 34 (3.37%) GitHub
8 34 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.28%) Serverless
12 20 (1.98%) Azure Machine Learning
13 19 (1.88%) iPaaS
14 16 (1.59%) Contentsquare
14 16 (1.59%) Figma
14 16 (1.59%) Snowflake
15 15 (1.49%) Adobe Analytics
15 15 (1.49%) PaaS
16 13 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 104 (10.31%) Broadband
2 5 (0.50%) Internet
2 5 (0.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.30%) DNS
3 3 (0.30%) Firewall
3 3 (0.30%) Modbus
3 3 (0.30%) SSL
4 2 (0.20%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.099%) ADSL
5 1 (0.099%) DSL
5 1 (0.099%) Intranet
5 1 (0.099%) NAS
5 1 (0.099%) Network Security
5 1 (0.099%) NGFW
5 1 (0.099%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.099%) VPN
5 1 (0.099%) WAN
5 1 (0.099%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (16.85%) Power BI
2 61 (6.05%) SQL Server
3 53 (5.25%) Tableau
4 48 (4.76%) Metadata
5 44 (4.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 39 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 23 (2.28%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.49%) MySQL
9 15 (1.49%) Power Query
9 15 (1.49%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.09%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.99%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (0.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
14 8 (0.79%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
15 7 (0.69%) Looker
Development Applications
1 22 (2.18%) JIRA
2 10 (0.99%) Git
3 8 (0.79%) JMeter
4 7 (0.69%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.69%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.59%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.59%) Locust
6 4 (0.40%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.40%) ERwin
6 4 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.40%) Vite
7 3 (0.30%) MLflow
7 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.20%) GitLab
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.20%) Selenium
8 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 446 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 370 (36.67%) Finance
3 335 (33.20%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (13.38%) Marketing
5 96 (9.51%) Public Sector
6 81 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (7.43%) Presentation Skills
8 65 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 54 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
10 53 (5.25%) Legal
11 52 (5.15%) Retail
12 49 (4.86%) Games
13 41 (4.06%) Manufacturing
14 35 (3.47%) Law
15 33 (3.27%) Advertising
16 31 (3.07%) Banking
17 20 (1.98%) Local Government
18 15 (1.49%) Publishing
19 14 (1.39%) Billing
20 11 (1.09%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 182 (18.04%) Analyst
2 149 (14.77%) Senior
3 92 (9.12%) Lead
4 68 (6.74%) Architect
5 50 (4.96%) Senior Manager
6 48 (4.76%) Data Engineer
7 42 (4.16%) Financial Analyst
8 38 (3.77%) Developer
8 38 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.47%) Data Analyst
9 35 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
10 33 (3.27%) Consultant
11 29 (2.87%) Report Analyst
12 25 (2.48%) Product Owner
12 25 (2.48%) Sales Executive
13 24 (2.38%) Engineering Manager
13 24 (2.38%) Product Manager
14 23 (2.28%) Business Manager
15 22 (2.18%) Development Manager
16 21 (2.08%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.38%) React
2 21 (2.08%) .NET
3 16 (1.59%) CSS
3 16 (1.59%) HTML
4 10 (0.99%) Flash
4 10 (0.99%) LangChain
4 10 (0.99%) REST
4 10 (0.99%) XML
5 9 (0.89%) Kafka
6 7 (0.69%) AWS CDK
6 7 (0.69%) JSON
6 7 (0.69%) Middleware
6 7 (0.69%) Next.js
6 7 (0.69%) PySpark
6 7 (0.69%) RESTful
6 7 (0.69%) Spring
6 7 (0.69%) TensorFlow
6 7 (0.69%) Vue
7 6 (0.59%) .NET Core
7 6 (0.59%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 80 (7.93%) Product Ownership
1 80 (7.93%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (6.64%) Social Media
3 57 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 53 (5.25%) Cloud Native
5 47 (4.66%) Marketing Technology
6 45 (4.46%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.77%) Over-the-Top Content
8 36 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (3.27%) Virtual Team
10 24 (2.38%) Mobile App
11 19 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 17 (1.68%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.68%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.59%) PMI
14 11 (1.09%) GNSS
14 11 (1.09%) Satnav
15 9 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.78%) Android
2 26 (2.58%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.59%) Windows
4 9 (0.89%) Linux
5 6 (0.59%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (31.91%) Analytics
2 286 (28.34%) Problem-Solving
3 242 (23.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 230 (22.79%) AI
5 212 (21.01%) Agile
6 203 (20.12%) Business Intelligence
7 199 (19.72%) Roadmaps
8 140 (13.88%) Mentoring
9 137 (13.58%) Project Management
10 131 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
11 115 (11.40%) Customer Experience
12 111 (11.00%) CRM
13 107 (10.60%) CI/CD
14 105 (10.41%) Visualisation
15 102 (10.11%) Data Analysis
15 102 (10.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 101 (10.01%) Actionable Insight
16 101 (10.01%) Data Modelling
17 92 (9.12%) Coaching
18 87 (8.62%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 164 (16.25%) SQL
2 142 (14.07%) Python
3 34 (3.37%) Java
4 31 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (2.08%) R
6 19 (1.88%) C#
6 19 (1.88%) TypeScript
7 18 (1.78%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.89%) VBA
10 7 (0.69%) PHP
11 6 (0.59%) Bash
12 5 (0.50%) C++
12 5 (0.50%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.40%) Scala
14 3 (0.30%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) C
15 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.099%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 160 (15.86%) Degree
2 94 (9.32%) ACCA
3 93 (9.22%) CIMA
4 59 (5.85%) Security Cleared
5 42 (4.16%) DBS Check
6 40 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 36 (3.57%) Master's Degree
8 28 (2.78%) PMI Certification
9 26 (2.58%) AAT
10 22 (2.18%) CISSP
11 19 (1.88%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.19%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.19%) CISM
13 12 (1.19%) PMP
13 12 (1.19%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.99%) CEH
15 10 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.29%) Data Quality
2 68 (6.74%) Accessibility
3 55 (5.45%) QA
4 54 (5.35%) GDPR
5 32 (3.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 25 (2.48%) GRC
7 22 (2.18%) WCAG
8 21 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.39%) NIST
9 14 (1.39%) P3O
10 13 (1.29%) PMO
11 12 (1.19%) ISO 9001
11 12 (1.19%) NCSC
12 11 (1.09%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.69%) GAAP
14 6 (0.59%) IFRS
15 5 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.40%) SLA
17 2 (0.20%) IEC 61508
17 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (2.28%) Docker
2 6 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Firmware
3 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (2.48%) Terraform
2 22 (2.18%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.39%) Grafana
4 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.69%) Nmap
5 4 (0.40%) SCCM
6 3 (0.30%) Argo
6 3 (0.30%) Control-M
6 3 (0.30%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.20%) Ansible
7 2 (0.20%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.20%) Packer
7 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.20%) Puppet
7 2 (0.20%) Salt
8 1 (0.099%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 160 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.95%) Adobe
3 54 (5.35%) Databricks
4 40 (3.96%) SAP
5 36 (3.57%) Google
6 32 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.87%) Oracle
8 24 (2.38%) HubSpot
9 22 (2.18%) Sage
10 21 (2.08%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.19%) Informatica
12 11 (1.09%) Foundry
13 9 (0.89%) Autodesk
13 9 (0.89%) Workday
14 8 (0.79%) Cisco
15 7 (0.69%) IBM
16 6 (0.59%) Alteryx
16 6 (0.59%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.59%) Talend
17 5 (0.50%) Anaplan