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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 14 28
Rank change year-on-year -20 +14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,413 1,903 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.90% 11.73% 6.92%
As % of the General category 9.75% 16.38% 11.10%
Number of salaries quoted 486 410 752
10th Percentile £33,872 £25,600 £36,110
25th Percentile £48,065 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,200 £54,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -8.01% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,224 £72,500 £71,438
90th Percentile £82,250 £82,500 £86,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%

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 14,492 11,615 14,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.53% 71.60% 62.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,041 6,432 8,633
10th Percentile £32,261 £28,750 £34,781
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 10 September 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 33 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.78%) Confluence
4 10 (0.71%) CMS
5 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.42%) WordPress
7 5 (0.35%) Apache
8 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.28%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.14%) Moodle
10 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.071%) IIS
Applications
1 57 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.20%) Simulink
4 15 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
5 10 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.71%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.57%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.57%) InDesign
8 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.42%) Maple
10 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.28%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
12 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.071%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.071%) Stata
13 1 (0.071%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.70%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.78%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.71%) Primavera
5 9 (0.64%) Teamcenter
6 6 (0.42%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.21%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.21%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.071%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.071%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.071%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.071%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 248 (17.55%) AWS
2 231 (16.35%) Azure
3 187 (13.23%) GCP
4 152 (10.76%) SaaS
5 89 (6.30%) Power Platform
6 56 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.40%) Serverless
8 39 (2.76%) Azure Key Vault
9 38 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
10 37 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (2.62%) dbt
11 34 (2.41%) Figma
12 32 (2.26%) Power Automate
13 31 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
14 26 (1.84%) Entra ID
15 25 (1.77%) GitHub
15 25 (1.77%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (1.49%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.90%) Network Security
2 30 (2.12%) Broadband
3 20 (1.42%) Firewall
4 17 (1.20%) Ethernet
4 17 (1.20%) VPN
5 13 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.64%) Intranet
7 8 (0.57%) 5G
7 8 (0.57%) DNS
7 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.57%) WAN
8 7 (0.50%) DHCP
9 6 (0.42%) Modbus
9 6 (0.42%) Profibus
9 6 (0.42%) VLAN
10 5 (0.35%) MPLS
11 4 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.21%) SDH
12 3 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.59%) Power BI
2 40 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.91%) Metadata
5 26 (1.84%) Tableau
6 22 (1.56%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.34%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.27%) MySQL
9 16 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.13%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.06%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.99%) Semantic Layer
12 12 (0.85%) Big Data
13 11 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.64%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.57%) Looker
17 6 (0.42%) Hadoop
18 5 (0.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 68 (4.81%) Git
2 54 (3.82%) TeamCity
3 36 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.91%) JIRA
5 22 (1.56%) Snyk
6 20 (1.42%) Rational DOORS
7 17 (1.20%) GitLab
8 14 (0.99%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.85%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.64%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.57%) JUnit
12 7 (0.50%) Axure RP
13 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.21%) Android Studio
14 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.21%) CMake
14 3 (0.21%) Selenium
14 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
15 2 (0.14%) JMeter
General
1 532 (37.65%) Finance
2 530 (37.51%) Social Skills
3 321 (22.72%) Law
4 241 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
5 227 (16.07%) Public Sector
6 187 (13.23%) Retail
7 178 (12.60%) Banking
8 160 (11.32%) Marketing
9 119 (8.42%) Aerospace
9 119 (8.42%) Back Office
10 102 (7.22%) Financial Institution
11 81 (5.73%) Presentation Skills
12 80 (5.66%) Legal
13 70 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (3.61%) Electronics
15 46 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (2.55%) Telecoms
17 30 (2.12%) Military
18 29 (2.05%) Local Government
19 22 (1.56%) German Language
Job Titles
1 332 (23.50%) Senior
2 195 (13.80%) Architect
3 163 (11.54%) Analyst
4 129 (9.13%) Lead
5 103 (7.29%) Software Engineer
6 81 (5.73%) Senior Analyst
7 77 (5.45%) Developer
8 67 (4.74%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (4.03%) Consultant
10 53 (3.75%) Business Analyst
11 41 (2.90%) Cloud Architect
12 38 (2.69%) Security Architect
13 35 (2.48%) Technical Architect
14 34 (2.41%) Senior Architect
15 33 (2.34%) Senior Manager
16 32 (2.26%) Systems Engineer
17 31 (2.19%) Designer
17 31 (2.19%) Senior Business Analyst
17 31 (2.19%) Senior Software Engineer
18 29 (2.05%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (7.29%) Terraform
2 52 (3.68%) React
3 51 (3.61%) CSS
4 50 (3.54%) HTML
5 49 (3.47%) .NET
6 44 (3.11%) REST
7 37 (2.62%) Node.js
8 24 (1.70%) .NET Core
9 23 (1.63%) RESTful
10 21 (1.49%) EDI
10 21 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
10 21 (1.49%) XML
11 20 (1.42%) OpenAPI
12 19 (1.34%) ASP.NET
13 17 (1.20%) SOAP
14 15 (1.06%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.06%) Entity Framework
14 15 (1.06%) Swagger
15 14 (0.99%) .NET Framework
15 14 (0.99%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 171 (12.10%) Cloud Native
2 139 (9.84%) Product Ownership
3 92 (6.51%) Onboarding
4 79 (5.59%) Driving Licence
5 65 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 64 (4.53%) Management Information System
7 56 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (3.26%) Cyberattack
9 39 (2.76%) Social Media
10 29 (2.05%) Blog
11 25 (1.77%) Podcast
12 24 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.49%) FPGA
13 21 (1.49%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.42%) Security Posture
15 18 (1.27%) Credit Risk
16 16 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
17 15 (1.06%) Algorithms
17 15 (1.06%) Data Structures
18 14 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.11%) Windows
2 23 (1.63%) Linux
3 18 (1.27%) Android
4 17 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.06%) VMS
6 12 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.57%) Unix
8 5 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.35%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.071%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (27.81%) Agile
2 360 (25.48%) AI
3 247 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 232 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
5 226 (15.99%) Mentoring
6 209 (14.79%) CI/CD
7 208 (14.72%) Decision-Making
7 208 (14.72%) Technology Strategy
8 183 (12.95%) Software Engineering
9 172 (12.17%) Roadmaps
10 170 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
11 158 (11.18%) Community of Practice
12 156 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 153 (10.83%) Coaching
14 147 (10.40%) DevOps
15 136 (9.62%) Scrum
16 135 (9.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 122 (8.63%) Test Automation
18 112 (7.93%) Analytics
19 105 (7.43%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.34%) SQL
2 126 (8.92%) Python
3 103 (7.29%) Java
4 68 (4.81%) C#
5 62 (4.39%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.12%) MATLAB
7 29 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.91%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.49%) Apex Code
9 21 (1.49%) Go
10 20 (1.42%) Bicep
11 18 (1.27%) Bash
12 15 (1.06%) C++
13 14 (0.99%) SOQL
13 14 (0.99%) SOSL
14 13 (0.92%) Ada
15 12 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.64%) C
17 8 (0.57%) Rust
18 6 (0.42%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 354 (25.05%) Degree
2 348 (24.63%) Security Cleared
3 329 (23.28%) SC Cleared
4 120 (8.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 114 (8.07%) DV Cleared
6 61 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (3.40%) DBS Check
8 46 (3.26%) HNC
9 34 (2.41%) CISSP
10 30 (2.12%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.12%) CISM
10 30 (2.12%) Master's Degree
11 27 (1.91%) PhD
12 24 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 20 (1.42%) Azure Certification
13 20 (1.42%) Chartered Engineer
14 17 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.78%) CISA
16 10 (0.71%) CRISC
16 10 (0.71%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (13.31%) Accessibility
2 74 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 68 (4.81%) NIST
4 48 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.26%) GRC
6 44 (3.11%) QA
7 42 (2.97%) GDPR
8 23 (1.63%) NCSC
8 23 (1.63%) SLA
9 20 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 17 (1.20%) WCAG
11 16 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.78%) PMO
14 10 (0.71%) COBIT
14 10 (0.71%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.50%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 4 (0.28%) EMIR
System Software
1 41 (2.90%) Docker
2 38 (2.69%) Firmware
3 26 (1.84%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.85%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 83 (5.87%) Kubernetes
2 61 (4.32%) Grafana
3 7 (0.50%) Ansible
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.35%) Puppet
5 4 (0.28%) Autotask
5 4 (0.28%) CASB
6 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.071%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.071%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.071%) SCCM
8 1 (0.071%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.071%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.071%) WSUS
Vendors
1 208 (14.72%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.32%) Adobe
3 41 (2.90%) Google
4 40 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.41%) Apple
6 29 (2.05%) SAP
7 27 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 26 (1.84%) Cisco
8 26 (1.84%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.70%) VMware
10 23 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (1.56%) Tenable
12 20 (1.42%) Oracle
13 17 (1.20%) Workday
14 14 (0.99%) Splunk
15 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.78%) HP
16 11 (0.78%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.78%) Siemens
17 9 (0.64%) Dell