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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 38
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 933 1,371 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.08% 8.35% 6.46%
As % of the General category 10.14% 12.13% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 449 461 871
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,750 £33,930
25th Percentile £27,707 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - -1.57%
75th Percentile £63,750 £74,145 £80,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,778 £99,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £63,823
% change year-on-year -16.67% -5.99% +0.51%

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 9,198 11,304 14,211
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.98% 68.86% 62.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5,836 6,386 11,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -7.85%

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 17 January 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 50 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.75%) CMS
4 4 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.21%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.11%) SAS
7 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 58 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.54%) Adobe XD
3 25 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.54%) Maya
5 5 (0.54%) MotionBuilder
6 4 (0.43%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.11%) InDesign
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
7 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.43%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.21%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 139 (14.90%) AWS
2 136 (14.58%) Azure
3 74 (7.93%) SaaS
4 70 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (6.54%) Power Platform
6 45 (4.82%) GCP
7 37 (3.97%) Figma
8 28 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
9 26 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (2.47%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.25%) Google Analytics
11 21 (2.25%) Miro
12 20 (2.14%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.04%) Serverless
14 17 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (1.82%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.39%) Pulumi
16 12 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
18 10 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.82%) Broadband
2 13 (1.39%) BGP
3 12 (1.29%) 4G
3 12 (1.29%) VPN
4 11 (1.18%) DNS
4 11 (1.18%) MPLS
4 11 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.07%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (1.07%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (1.07%) IOS XR
6 9 (0.96%) DHCP
7 8 (0.86%) LAN
7 8 (0.86%) WAN
8 7 (0.75%) Firewall
9 5 (0.54%) Internet
9 5 (0.54%) Network Security
10 4 (0.43%) VLAN
10 4 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.93%) Power BI
2 24 (2.57%) Relational Database
3 22 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (2.04%) Data Lake
5 15 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.61%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.39%) RDBMS
7 8 (0.86%) Metadata
8 7 (0.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.54%) Tableau
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.43%) Looker
10 4 (0.43%) MySQL
10 4 (0.43%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (3.00%) Git
2 26 (2.79%) Axure RP
2 26 (2.79%) Balsamiq
3 21 (2.25%) TeamCity
4 17 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.71%) GitLab
6 15 (1.61%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.39%) Jaeger
8 8 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.86%) Selenium
8 8 (0.86%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.75%) JIRA
10 3 (0.32%) Storybook
11 2 (0.21%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.21%) JMeter
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.11%) jMock
12 1 (0.11%) JUnit
12 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 307 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 194 (20.79%) Finance
3 177 (18.97%) Public Sector
4 168 (18.01%) Law
5 139 (14.90%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (12.43%) Retail
7 79 (8.47%) Marketing
8 69 (7.40%) Banking
9 61 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
10 58 (6.22%) Financial Institution
11 52 (5.57%) Back Office
12 24 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.47%) Telecoms
14 22 (2.36%) Games
15 20 (2.14%) Legal
16 14 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.75%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.75%) Local Government
17 7 (0.75%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.64%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 159 (17.04%) Senior
2 82 (8.79%) Analyst
3 78 (8.36%) Lead
4 62 (6.65%) Architect
5 54 (5.79%) Developer
6 52 (5.57%) Senior Manager
7 45 (4.82%) Microsoft Specialist
8 42 (4.50%) Account Manager
9 39 (4.18%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (4.18%) Sales Manager
9 39 (4.18%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (4.18%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (3.97%) Alliance Manager
11 26 (2.79%) Designer
12 24 (2.57%) Consultant
13 21 (2.25%) Business Analyst
13 21 (2.25%) Software Engineer
14 20 (2.14%) Data Engineer
14 20 (2.14%) Senior Developer
15 19 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.32%) REST
2 25 (2.68%) .NET
2 25 (2.68%) HTML
3 24 (2.57%) CSS
4 23 (2.47%) Lightning Web Components
4 23 (2.47%) React
4 23 (2.47%) SOAP
4 23 (2.47%) Visualforce
5 19 (2.04%) EDI
6 16 (1.71%) Node.js
7 13 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
7 13 (1.39%) HTML5 Canvas
7 13 (1.39%) OpenTelemetry
8 11 (1.18%) Playwright
9 10 (1.07%) Jinja
9 10 (1.07%) NETCONF
9 10 (1.07%) RESTful
9 10 (1.07%) Web Services
9 10 (1.07%) YANG
10 9 (0.96%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 115 (12.33%) Blog
2 90 (9.65%) Onboarding
3 78 (8.36%) Product Ownership
4 62 (6.65%) Cloud Native
5 39 (4.18%) Driving Licence
6 35 (3.75%) Management Information System
7 28 (3.00%) Public Cloud
8 26 (2.79%) Data Centre
9 25 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (2.47%) Social Media
11 17 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.96%) Reinsurance
15 9 (0.96%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 9 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.57%) Linux
2 23 (2.47%) Windows
3 13 (1.39%) Unix
4 12 (1.29%) Android
5 10 (1.07%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.64%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
9 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (35.48%) AI
2 207 (22.19%) Agile
3 158 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 150 (16.08%) Customer Service
5 112 (12.00%) CRM
6 100 (10.72%) Cybersecurity
7 99 (10.61%) Community of Practice
8 94 (10.08%) Mentoring
9 93 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (9.86%) DevOps
11 82 (8.79%) CI/CD
11 82 (8.79%) Technology Strategy
12 81 (8.68%) Roadmaps
13 77 (8.25%) Analytics
14 75 (8.04%) Business Development
15 71 (7.61%) Project Management
16 68 (7.29%) B2B
17 63 (6.75%) User Experience
18 59 (6.32%) Customer Experience
19 58 (6.22%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.04%) Python
2 72 (7.72%) Java
3 65 (6.97%) JavaScript
4 48 (5.14%) SQL
5 40 (4.29%) C#
6 23 (2.47%) Apex Code
7 20 (2.14%) Go
8 15 (1.61%) SOQL
8 15 (1.61%) SOSL
8 15 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.39%) Bash
10 6 (0.64%) RPG
11 5 (0.54%) C
11 5 (0.54%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.43%) C++
12 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.21%) PHP
14 2 (0.21%) R
14 2 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 314 (33.65%) Degree
2 106 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 102 (10.93%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (3.75%) AWS Certification
6 31 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (2.68%) DBS Check
7 25 (2.68%) PMP
8 18 (1.93%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.82%) CISSP
10 13 (1.39%) CISM
11 12 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.29%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.86%) CREST Certified
12 8 (0.86%) OSCP
13 7 (0.75%) CITP
13 7 (0.75%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.54%) ACCA
14 5 (0.54%) CISA
14 5 (0.54%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.65%) Accessibility
2 36 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.11%) QA
4 27 (2.89%) WCAG
5 25 (2.68%) GDPR
6 20 (2.14%) NIST
7 17 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.71%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.39%) SOC 2
10 11 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.96%) PMO
12 8 (0.86%) GRC
12 8 (0.86%) SLA
13 5 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.54%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.54%) NCSC
13 5 (0.54%) NEBOSH
14 3 (0.32%) PERC
15 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 21 (2.25%) Docker
2 15 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.11%) iptables
3 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (5.89%) Terraform
2 47 (5.04%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.36%) Grafana
4 18 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.82%) Argo
6 14 (1.50%) Ansible
7 13 (1.39%) Kustomize
7 13 (1.39%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.21%) SCCM
9 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.11%) Autotask
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) Nmap
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 242 (25.94%) Microsoft
2 73 (7.82%) Adobe
3 49 (5.25%) Salesforce
4 39 (4.18%) Google
5 38 (4.07%) Apple
6 30 (3.22%) Cisco
7 15 (1.61%) Splunk
8 14 (1.50%) SAP
9 12 (1.29%) Oracle
10 10 (1.07%) Databricks
10 10 (1.07%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.86%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.75%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.64%) Planon
13 6 (0.64%) Snow
14 5 (0.54%) Dell
14 5 (0.54%) Instagram
15 4 (0.43%) Hootsuite
15 4 (0.43%) Openreach
15 4 (0.43%) YouTube