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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 14 31
Rank change year-on-year -20 +17 +8
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,462 1,912 1,555
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.99% 11.80% 6.71%
As % of the General category 9.82% 16.41% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 490 412 692
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,600 £36,279
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,159 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,224 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year - -6.30% -9.69%

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 14,895 11,653 14,535
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.01% 71.90% 62.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,128 6,315 8,389
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,679 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 21 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 36 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.89%) Confluence
4 11 (0.75%) CMS
5 7 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.48%) WordPress
6 5 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.27%) SAS
8 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.14%) Moodle
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.068%) nginx
Applications
1 68 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.16%) Simulink
5 12 (0.82%) Maple
6 10 (0.68%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.68%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.55%) InDesign
8 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.48%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
12 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.068%) Autodesk Inventor
13 1 (0.068%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.64%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.75%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.68%) Primavera
5 9 (0.62%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.21%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.21%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.068%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 262 (17.92%) AWS
2 227 (15.53%) Azure
3 201 (13.75%) GCP
4 153 (10.47%) SaaS
5 94 (6.43%) Power Platform
6 70 (4.79%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.28%) Serverless
8 40 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (2.53%) Azure Key Vault
9 37 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (2.39%) dbt
11 33 (2.26%) Figma
12 31 (2.12%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.85%) PowerApps
14 25 (1.71%) Entra ID
14 25 (1.71%) GitHub
15 24 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.44%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.87%) Network Security
2 25 (1.71%) Broadband
3 22 (1.50%) Ethernet
4 19 (1.30%) Firewall
5 17 (1.16%) VPN
6 12 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.75%) Modbus
7 11 (0.75%) Profibus
8 9 (0.62%) 5G
8 9 (0.62%) WAN
9 8 (0.55%) DNS
9 8 (0.55%) Intranet
9 8 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.48%) DHCP
11 6 (0.41%) VLAN
12 5 (0.34%) MPLS
13 4 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
14 3 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (0.21%) SDH
14 3 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.68%) Power BI
2 46 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.39%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.98%) Metadata
5 28 (1.92%) Tableau
6 22 (1.50%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.30%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.23%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.16%) MySQL
10 16 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.03%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.03%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
13 12 (0.82%) Big Data
14 11 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
16 8 (0.55%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.55%) GIS
17 7 (0.48%) Looker
18 6 (0.41%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 70 (4.79%) TeamCity
2 67 (4.58%) Git
3 31 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 28 (1.92%) JIRA
5 22 (1.50%) Snyk
6 20 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.96%) LabVIEW
8 11 (0.75%) GitLab
9 9 (0.62%) JUnit
10 8 (0.55%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.41%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.21%) Android Studio
13 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.21%) CMake
13 3 (0.21%) Selenium
13 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.14%) Bower
General
1 560 (38.30%) Finance
2 558 (38.17%) Social Skills
3 326 (22.30%) Law
4 246 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
5 231 (15.80%) Public Sector
6 204 (13.95%) Retail
7 192 (13.13%) Banking
8 158 (10.81%) Marketing
9 124 (8.48%) Aerospace
10 119 (8.14%) Back Office
11 111 (7.59%) Financial Institution
12 77 (5.27%) Legal
13 74 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
14 73 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
15 53 (3.63%) Electronics
16 47 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (2.60%) Telecoms
18 31 (2.12%) Local Government
19 30 (2.05%) Military
20 21 (1.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 343 (23.46%) Senior
2 188 (12.86%) Architect
3 172 (11.76%) Analyst
4 135 (9.23%) Lead
5 114 (7.80%) Software Engineer
6 79 (5.40%) Developer
6 79 (5.40%) Senior Analyst
7 63 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
8 52 (3.56%) Business Analyst
9 49 (3.35%) Consultant
10 40 (2.74%) Cloud Architect
11 38 (2.60%) Security Architect
11 38 (2.60%) Senior Architect
12 34 (2.33%) Sales Executive
12 34 (2.33%) Senior Manager
13 32 (2.19%) Senior Software Engineer
13 32 (2.19%) Systems Engineer
13 32 (2.19%) Technical Architect
14 31 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
15 30 (2.05%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (7.80%) Terraform
2 51 (3.49%) .NET
3 49 (3.35%) React
4 46 (3.15%) CSS
5 45 (3.08%) HTML
6 36 (2.46%) Node.js
6 36 (2.46%) REST
7 25 (1.71%) RESTful
8 24 (1.64%) .NET Core
9 23 (1.57%) XML
10 22 (1.50%) OpenAPI
11 21 (1.44%) EDI
12 19 (1.30%) ASP.NET
13 17 (1.16%) Swagger
14 15 (1.03%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.03%) Entity Framework
14 15 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
15 14 (0.96%) .NET Framework
15 14 (0.96%) Blazor
16 13 (0.89%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 166 (11.35%) Cloud Native
2 135 (9.23%) Product Ownership
3 89 (6.09%) Driving Licence
4 85 (5.81%) Onboarding
5 67 (4.58%) Management Information System
6 66 (4.51%) Data Centre
7 56 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
8 43 (2.94%) Cyberattack
9 42 (2.87%) Social Media
10 35 (2.39%) Blog
11 24 (1.64%) Security Posture
12 23 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.44%) FPGA
13 21 (1.44%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.23%) Credit Risk
14 18 (1.23%) Podcast
14 18 (1.23%) SCADA
15 16 (1.09%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.03%) Algorithms
16 15 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.08%) Windows
2 24 (1.64%) Linux
3 20 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 19 (1.30%) Android
5 15 (1.03%) VMS
6 11 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.48%) Unix
9 5 (0.34%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.068%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (25.51%) Agile
2 371 (25.38%) AI
3 251 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 246 (16.83%) Mentoring
5 239 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
6 215 (14.71%) Decision-Making
7 210 (14.36%) CI/CD
7 210 (14.36%) Technology Strategy
8 187 (12.79%) Software Engineering
9 172 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 168 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 160 (10.94%) Coaching
12 152 (10.40%) Roadmaps
13 148 (10.12%) Community of Practice
14 137 (9.37%) DevOps
15 135 (9.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 128 (8.76%) Analytics
16 128 (8.76%) Test Automation
17 122 (8.34%) Scrum
18 109 (7.46%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 137 (9.37%) SQL
2 131 (8.96%) Python
3 120 (8.21%) Java
4 72 (4.92%) C#
5 58 (3.97%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.05%) MATLAB
7 28 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.78%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.64%) Go
10 22 (1.50%) Bash
11 17 (1.16%) Bicep
12 15 (1.03%) Apex Code
12 15 (1.03%) C++
13 13 (0.89%) Ada
14 12 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.62%) C
16 8 (0.55%) Rust
16 8 (0.55%) SOQL
16 8 (0.55%) SOSL
17 7 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 360 (24.62%) Security Cleared
2 348 (23.80%) Degree
3 336 (22.98%) SC Cleared
4 120 (8.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 117 (8.00%) DV Cleared
6 57 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 57 (3.90%) HNC
7 52 (3.56%) DBS Check
8 33 (2.26%) CISSP
9 31 (2.12%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.05%) AWS Certification
11 29 (1.98%) CISM
12 27 (1.85%) PhD
13 24 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.44%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.44%) Chartered Engineer
15 16 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.75%) CISA
17 10 (0.68%) ACCA
17 10 (0.68%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (12.79%) Accessibility
2 74 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 63 (4.31%) NIST
4 48 (3.28%) QA
5 47 (3.21%) GDPR
6 45 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (2.87%) GRC
8 23 (1.57%) NCSC
8 23 (1.57%) SLA
9 18 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 18 (1.23%) PCI DSS
10 16 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 15 (1.03%) WCAG
12 14 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.75%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.68%) COBIT
14 10 (0.68%) PMO
15 8 (0.55%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.34%) EMIR
16 5 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 43 (2.94%) Docker
2 38 (2.60%) Firmware
3 26 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.71%) Active Directory
5 19 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.82%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.068%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 101 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 75 (5.13%) Grafana
3 6 (0.41%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.34%) Ansible
4 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.27%) Autotask
5 4 (0.27%) CASB
6 3 (0.21%) Puppet
7 2 (0.14%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.068%) Argo
8 1 (0.068%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.068%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.068%) SCCM
8 1 (0.068%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.068%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.068%) WSUS
Vendors
1 221 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.38%) Adobe
3 43 (2.94%) Google
4 36 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.33%) Apple
6 31 (2.12%) Cisco
7 28 (1.92%) SAP
7 28 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 26 (1.78%) Palo Alto
9 25 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
10 23 (1.57%) Oracle
10 23 (1.57%) VMware
11 22 (1.50%) Tenable
12 17 (1.16%) Workday
13 14 (0.96%) Dell
14 13 (0.89%) HP
15 12 (0.82%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.75%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.75%) Siemens
17 10 (0.68%) Splunk