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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 14 31
Rank change year-on-year -22 +17 +15
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,325 1,939 1,602
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.84% 11.72% 6.44%
As % of the General category 9.73% 16.13% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 495 426 893
10th Percentile £34,550 £26,250 £35,045
25th Percentile £49,750 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,224 £70,938 £69,800
90th Percentile £81,957 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

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 13,623 12,020 15,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.09% 72.66% 61.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8,660 6,715 10,330
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9 August 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 34 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.98%) CMS
4 11 (0.83%) Confluence
5 7 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.38%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.30%) WordPress
8 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.075%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.075%) Drupal
10 1 (0.075%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.28%) Acrobat
4 16 (1.21%) Simulink
5 9 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.68%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.68%) InDesign
6 8 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.60%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.30%) Mathcad
8 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.075%) Maple
10 1 (0.075%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.81%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.83%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.45%) Primavera
5 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.30%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.075%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.075%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 244 (18.42%) AWS
2 223 (16.83%) Azure
3 184 (13.89%) GCP
4 155 (11.70%) SaaS
5 84 (6.34%) Power Platform
6 53 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
7 45 (3.40%) dbt
7 45 (3.40%) Serverless
8 44 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (2.79%) Figma
10 34 (2.57%) Power Automate
11 30 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.19%) Azure Key Vault
13 25 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
14 23 (1.74%) GitHub
14 23 (1.74%) Google Analytics
14 23 (1.74%) PaaS
15 22 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.47%) Broadband
2 35 (2.64%) Network Security
3 22 (1.66%) VPN
4 21 (1.58%) Firewall
5 16 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.83%) WAN
7 10 (0.75%) DNS
7 10 (0.75%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.68%) DHCP
8 9 (0.68%) Intranet
8 9 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.45%) VLAN
10 5 (0.38%) SMTP
11 4 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.30%) LAN
11 4 (0.30%) MPLS
11 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.23%) SSL
13 2 (0.15%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.51%) Power BI
2 41 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (2.42%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.19%) Metadata
5 26 (1.96%) Tableau
6 20 (1.51%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.43%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.21%) MySQL
9 15 (1.13%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.06%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
11 13 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.91%) Big Data
13 11 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.83%) Looker
14 9 (0.68%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.60%) Redis
16 7 (0.53%) Data Lake
17 6 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 55 (4.15%) Git
2 52 (3.92%) TeamCity
3 49 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 30 (2.26%) GitLab
5 25 (1.89%) JIRA
5 25 (1.89%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.66%) Snyk
7 17 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
8 13 (0.98%) LabVIEW
9 10 (0.75%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.60%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.38%) JMeter
11 5 (0.38%) JUnit
11 5 (0.38%) Locust
12 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.23%) CMake
13 3 (0.23%) Selenium
13 3 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 480 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 448 (33.81%) Finance
3 305 (23.02%) Law
4 219 (16.53%) Public Sector
5 203 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
6 172 (12.98%) Retail
7 171 (12.91%) Marketing
8 169 (12.75%) Banking
9 116 (8.75%) Back Office
10 98 (7.40%) Aerospace
11 95 (7.17%) Financial Institution
12 73 (5.51%) Legal
13 70 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
14 64 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
15 43 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
16 40 (3.02%) Electronics
17 28 (2.11%) Games
18 24 (1.81%) Telecoms
19 23 (1.74%) Local Government
20 22 (1.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 310 (23.40%) Senior
2 202 (15.25%) Architect
3 157 (11.85%) Analyst
4 116 (8.75%) Lead
5 89 (6.72%) Software Engineer
6 79 (5.96%) Senior Analyst
7 70 (5.28%) Developer
8 63 (4.75%) Solutions Architect
9 61 (4.60%) Consultant
10 49 (3.70%) Business Analyst
11 42 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
11 42 (3.17%) Technical Architect
12 35 (2.64%) Security Architect
13 33 (2.49%) Senior Architect
14 31 (2.34%) Systems Engineer
15 30 (2.26%) Senior Software Engineer
16 29 (2.19%) Designer
16 29 (2.19%) Principal Engineer
16 29 (2.19%) Senior Business Analyst
17 26 (1.96%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (5.21%) REST
2 51 (3.85%) React
3 47 (3.55%) CSS
4 46 (3.47%) .NET
4 46 (3.47%) HTML
5 38 (2.87%) Lightning Web Components
6 36 (2.72%) Node.js
7 33 (2.49%) SOAP
8 31 (2.34%) Visualforce
9 20 (1.51%) .NET Core
10 17 (1.28%) RESTful
11 16 (1.21%) ASP.NET
11 16 (1.21%) OpenAPI
11 16 (1.21%) XML
12 15 (1.13%) EDI
13 13 (0.98%) Entity Framework
14 12 (0.91%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.91%) Middleware
14 12 (0.91%) Spring
15 11 (0.83%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 174 (13.13%) Cloud Native
2 143 (10.79%) Product Ownership
3 84 (6.34%) Onboarding
4 60 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 58 (4.38%) Driving Licence
6 55 (4.15%) Data Centre
7 53 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (3.47%) Cyberattack
9 40 (3.02%) Social Media
10 29 (2.19%) Podcast
11 27 (2.04%) Blog
12 22 (1.66%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
14 20 (1.51%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.36%) Credit Risk
15 18 (1.36%) FPGA
16 15 (1.13%) Algorithms
16 15 (1.13%) Data Structures
17 14 (1.06%) AI Agents
18 11 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.70%) Windows
2 25 (1.89%) Linux
3 15 (1.13%) Android
3 15 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.91%) VMS
6 11 (0.83%) Unix
7 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.30%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (30.42%) Agile
2 331 (24.98%) AI
3 234 (17.66%) CI/CD
4 226 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 223 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
6 203 (15.32%) Technology Strategy
7 197 (14.87%) Mentoring
8 190 (14.34%) Roadmaps
9 180 (13.58%) Decision-Making
10 168 (12.68%) Community of Practice
11 167 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
12 165 (12.45%) Software Engineering
13 162 (12.23%) DevOps
14 147 (11.09%) Scrum
15 126 (9.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 123 (9.28%) Coaching
17 118 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
18 117 (8.83%) Test Automation
19 116 (8.75%) Analytics
20 97 (7.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 134 (10.11%) Python
2 129 (9.74%) SQL
3 103 (7.77%) Java
4 70 (5.28%) JavaScript
5 55 (4.15%) C#
6 38 (2.87%) Apex Code
7 31 (2.34%) TypeScript
8 28 (2.11%) MATLAB
8 28 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.04%) SOQL
9 27 (2.04%) SOSL
10 21 (1.58%) Bicep
11 20 (1.51%) Go
12 18 (1.36%) Bash
13 13 (0.98%) C++
14 12 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
15 11 (0.83%) Ada
16 8 (0.60%) C
17 7 (0.53%) Rust
18 6 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 339 (25.58%) Degree
2 328 (24.75%) Security Cleared
3 311 (23.47%) SC Cleared
4 103 (7.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 95 (7.17%) DV Cleared
6 62 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.49%) CISSP
7 33 (2.49%) DBS Check
8 29 (2.19%) AWS Certification
9 28 (2.11%) CISM
9 28 (2.11%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.96%) HNC
11 25 (1.89%) PhD
12 24 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (1.36%) Azure Certification
15 16 (1.21%) Chartered Engineer
16 12 (0.91%) CISA
16 12 (0.91%) CRISC
17 10 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (12.68%) Accessibility
2 69 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 67 (5.06%) NIST
4 52 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (3.85%) GRC
6 44 (3.32%) GDPR
7 40 (3.02%) QA
8 23 (1.74%) PCI DSS
9 22 (1.66%) SLA
9 22 (1.66%) WCAG
10 21 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 19 (1.43%) NCSC
12 16 (1.21%) SOC 2
13 14 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 13 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 10 (0.75%) COBIT
15 10 (0.75%) PMO
16 7 (0.53%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 4 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 49 (3.70%) Docker
2 32 (2.42%) Firmware
3 29 (2.19%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.91%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 107 (8.08%) Terraform
2 79 (5.96%) Kubernetes
3 60 (4.53%) Grafana
4 8 (0.60%) Ansible
5 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.45%) Autotask
6 6 (0.45%) Puppet
7 5 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (0.38%) CASB
7 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.075%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.075%) SCCM
10 1 (0.075%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.075%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.075%) WSUS
Vendors
1 191 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.89%) Adobe
3 57 (4.30%) Salesforce
4 48 (3.62%) Google
5 31 (2.34%) Apple
5 31 (2.34%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.26%) Cisco
7 26 (1.96%) Palo Alto
8 25 (1.89%) Splunk
9 23 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.66%) Tenable
11 20 (1.51%) VMware
12 19 (1.43%) SAP
13 17 (1.28%) Oracle
14 15 (1.13%) Workday
15 12 (0.91%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.83%) Instagram
16 11 (0.83%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.75%) Dell
17 10 (0.75%) IBM