Hybrid/Remote Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends

Inclusion and Diversity
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -17 +13 +2
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,508 1,914 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.08% 11.40% 6.81%
As % of the General category 9.92% 16.13% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 474 415 595
10th Percentile £32,150 £25,600 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,875 £46,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -7.06%
75th Percentile £78,224 £72,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,250 £87,270
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -7.69%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Inclusion and Diversity falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 15,208 11,863 13,608
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.36% 70.65% 62.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,139 6,216 7,609
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.50% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Inclusion and Diversity salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Inclusion and Diversity
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 36 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.86%) Confluence
4 9 (0.60%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.40%) WordPress
7 5 (0.33%) Apache
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.13%) Moodle
11 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.066%) nginx
11 1 (0.066%) Umbraco
Applications
1 72 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.13%) Simulink
5 14 (0.93%) Maple
6 10 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.66%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (0.53%) InDesign
8 8 (0.53%) Notion
8 8 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.46%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
11 2 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (1.26%) Cloudability
2 16 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.73%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.66%) Primavera
5 9 (0.60%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.20%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.066%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.066%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 274 (18.17%) AWS
2 216 (14.32%) Azure
3 215 (14.26%) GCP
4 175 (11.60%) SaaS
5 95 (6.30%) Power Platform
6 84 (5.57%) Amazon EKS
7 49 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.72%) Serverless
9 39 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (2.32%) Azure Key Vault
11 33 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
11 33 (2.19%) dbt
11 33 (2.19%) Figma
12 26 (1.72%) Entra ID
12 26 (1.72%) GitHub
12 26 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
12 26 (1.72%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 24 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (1.19%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.72%) Network Security
2 24 (1.59%) Ethernet
3 23 (1.53%) VPN
4 20 (1.33%) Firewall
5 19 (1.26%) Broadband
5 19 (1.26%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.86%) Modbus
6 13 (0.86%) Profibus
6 13 (0.86%) VLAN
7 9 (0.60%) 5G
7 9 (0.60%) WAN
8 8 (0.53%) Intranet
9 7 (0.46%) DNS
9 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.40%) BGP
10 6 (0.40%) DHCP
11 5 (0.33%) MPLS
12 4 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.27%) Internet
12 4 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (5.64%) Power BI
2 57 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (2.19%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.92%) Metadata
5 28 (1.86%) Tableau
6 25 (1.66%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.33%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.13%) MySQL
9 16 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
12 13 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.86%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.80%) Big Data
14 11 (0.73%) GIS
15 10 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
16 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.46%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 86 (5.70%) TeamCity
2 69 (4.58%) Git
3 30 (1.99%) JIRA
4 28 (1.86%) Jenkins
5 20 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
6 17 (1.13%) JUnit
7 15 (0.99%) Snyk
8 14 (0.93%) LabVIEW
9 8 (0.53%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.40%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
12 4 (0.27%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.20%) CMake
13 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.13%) Bower
14 2 (0.13%) MLflow
14 2 (0.13%) Selenium
14 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 602 (39.92%) Finance
2 574 (38.06%) Social Skills
3 357 (23.67%) Law
4 260 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 251 (16.64%) Retail
6 230 (15.25%) Banking
7 225 (14.92%) Public Sector
8 152 (10.08%) Marketing
9 143 (9.48%) Back Office
10 133 (8.82%) Aerospace
11 132 (8.75%) Financial Institution
12 81 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
13 77 (5.11%) Legal
14 68 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (3.58%) Electronics
16 52 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
17 40 (2.65%) Telecoms
18 31 (2.06%) Local Government
19 28 (1.86%) Military
20 22 (1.46%) French Language
Job Titles
1 358 (23.74%) Senior
2 168 (11.14%) Analyst
3 165 (10.94%) Architect
4 148 (9.81%) Lead
5 124 (8.22%) Software Engineer
6 79 (5.24%) Developer
7 65 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
8 55 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
9 46 (3.05%) Consultant
10 45 (2.98%) Business Analyst
11 44 (2.92%) Senior Manager
12 39 (2.59%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (2.39%) Senior Architect
14 34 (2.25%) Sales Executive
14 34 (2.25%) Team Leader
15 33 (2.19%) Cloud Architect
16 32 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
17 31 (2.06%) Lead Software Engineer
18 30 (1.99%) Security Architect
18 30 (1.99%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (8.62%) Terraform
2 51 (3.38%) .NET
3 47 (3.12%) React
4 44 (2.92%) CSS
5 43 (2.85%) HTML
6 36 (2.39%) RESTful
7 34 (2.25%) Node.js
8 31 (2.06%) REST
9 30 (1.99%) XML
10 27 (1.79%) OpenAPI
11 24 (1.59%) .NET Core
12 22 (1.46%) Swagger
13 19 (1.26%) ASP.NET
13 19 (1.26%) EDI
14 15 (0.99%) AngularJS
14 15 (0.99%) Entity Framework
15 14 (0.93%) .NET Framework
15 14 (0.93%) Blazor
15 14 (0.93%) Next.js
16 13 (0.86%) Dagger
Miscellaneous
1 180 (11.94%) Cloud Native
2 131 (8.69%) Product Ownership
3 102 (6.76%) Driving Licence
4 71 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 62 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 58 (3.85%) Data Centre
7 55 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
8 49 (3.25%) Social Media
9 47 (3.12%) Blog
10 33 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
11 29 (1.92%) Cyberattack
12 26 (1.72%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.46%) FPGA
13 22 (1.46%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.33%) SCADA
15 18 (1.19%) Credit Risk
16 16 (1.06%) Algorithms
17 15 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
18 14 (0.93%) Data Structures
18 14 (0.93%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.05%) Windows
2 30 (1.99%) Apple iOS
3 27 (1.79%) Android
4 25 (1.66%) Linux
5 15 (0.99%) VMS
6 14 (0.93%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.73%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
9 4 (0.27%) Unix
10 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (24.60%) Agile
2 364 (24.14%) AI
3 262 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 262 (17.37%) Mentoring
4 245 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
5 226 (14.99%) Decision-Making
6 209 (13.86%) CI/CD
7 194 (12.86%) Software Engineering
8 189 (12.53%) Technology Strategy
9 179 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 174 (11.54%) Coaching
11 165 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
12 141 (9.35%) Analytics
12 141 (9.35%) Fintech
13 140 (9.28%) Roadmaps
14 134 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 134 (8.89%) Test Automation
15 131 (8.69%) Community of Practice
16 129 (8.55%) DevOps
17 115 (7.63%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 143 (9.48%) Java
2 137 (9.08%) Python
3 134 (8.89%) SQL
4 71 (4.71%) C#
5 57 (3.78%) JavaScript
6 33 (2.19%) Go
7 32 (2.12%) Bash
8 30 (1.99%) MATLAB
9 28 (1.86%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.59%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.06%) C++
12 15 (0.99%) Bicep
13 14 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (0.86%) Ada
15 10 (0.66%) C
15 10 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.66%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.53%) Rust
18 7 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 369 (24.47%) Security Cleared
2 338 (22.41%) SC Cleared
3 330 (21.88%) Degree
4 123 (8.16%) DV Cleared
5 120 (7.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 68 (4.51%) HNC
7 58 (3.85%) DBS Check
8 52 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (2.12%) CISSP
10 31 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 29 (1.92%) PhD
12 27 (1.79%) CISM
13 25 (1.66%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.46%) Azure Certification
15 21 (1.39%) Chartered Engineer
16 19 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
18 11 (0.73%) ACCA
19 10 (0.66%) CIMA
19 10 (0.66%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (13.66%) Accessibility
2 83 (5.50%) Data Quality
3 54 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (3.58%) NIST
4 53 (3.51%) GDPR
4 53 (3.51%) QA
5 39 (2.59%) GRC
6 26 (1.72%) PCI DSS
7 24 (1.59%) NCSC
8 22 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.39%) SLA
10 17 (1.13%) SOC 2
11 15 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 15 (0.99%) WCAG
12 14 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 10 (0.66%) COBIT
14 8 (0.53%) PMO
14 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 42 (2.79%) Docker
2 39 (2.59%) Firmware
3 27 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 22 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.80%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 122 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 91 (6.03%) Grafana
3 14 (0.93%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.40%) Ansible
7 4 (0.27%) Autotask
7 4 (0.27%) CASB
8 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.20%) Puppet
9 1 (0.066%) Argo
9 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.066%) SCCM
9 1 (0.066%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.066%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.066%) WSUS
Vendors
1 233 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.91%) Adobe
3 48 (3.18%) Google
4 38 (2.52%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.19%) Cisco
6 30 (1.99%) Apple
6 30 (1.99%) SAP
7 28 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.79%) Oracle
9 24 (1.59%) VMware
10 21 (1.39%) Workday
11 19 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
12 18 (1.19%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.99%) Dell
13 15 (0.99%) Tenable
14 12 (0.80%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.73%) HP
15 11 (0.73%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.73%) Siemens
16 8 (0.53%) IBM