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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 27 42
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 -10
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 992 1,339 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.22% 8.38% 5.86%
As % of the General category 10.50% 12.11% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 447 443 971
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £48,750 £43,040
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £64,375 £74,572 £80,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +6.19% -13.08%

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 9,450 11,061 16,960
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.21% 69.25% 62.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,960 6,305 13,491
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +12.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.29%

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 5 February 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 54 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.71%) CMS
4 4 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.10%) Apache
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.10%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.10%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.10%) SAS
6 1 (0.10%) WildFly
6 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.02%) Adobe XD
3 25 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.71%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.50%) Maya
6 5 (0.50%) MotionBuilder
7 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.10%) InDesign
8 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.10%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.10%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.10%) Revit
8 1 (0.10%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.31%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.40%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.40%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.40%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Magento
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.10%) Primavera
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 170 (17.14%) AWS
2 140 (14.11%) Azure
3 98 (9.88%) SaaS
4 74 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (6.75%) GCP
6 56 (5.65%) Power Platform
7 45 (4.54%) Amazon EKS
8 36 (3.63%) Figma
9 25 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 19 (1.92%) Google Analytics
10 19 (1.92%) Miro
10 19 (1.92%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.92%) Pulumi
11 18 (1.81%) PowerApps
11 18 (1.81%) Serverless
12 15 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.21%) Amazon S3
13 12 (1.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 12 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 63 (6.35%) Broadband
2 18 (1.81%) VPN
3 17 (1.71%) BGP
4 15 (1.51%) 4G
5 14 (1.41%) DNS
5 14 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.21%) DHCP
7 11 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (1.11%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (1.11%) IOS XR
7 11 (1.11%) MPLS
8 10 (1.01%) LAN
8 10 (1.01%) WAN
9 8 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.71%) Firewall
10 7 (0.71%) VLAN
11 5 (0.50%) Network Security
12 4 (0.40%) Internet
12 4 (0.40%) SMTP
13 3 (0.30%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.54%) Power BI
2 30 (3.02%) Relational Database
3 23 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.92%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.92%) RDBMS
5 18 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.61%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.81%) Metadata
8 7 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.50%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.50%) Tableau
10 4 (0.40%) Looker
10 4 (0.40%) MySQL
11 3 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.30%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 35 (3.53%) TeamCity
2 30 (3.02%) Git
3 25 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 24 (2.42%) GitLab
5 23 (2.32%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.32%) Balsamiq
5 23 (2.32%) SonarQube
6 19 (1.92%) Jaeger
7 8 (0.81%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.81%) Selenium
7 8 (0.81%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.30%) JIRA
8 3 (0.30%) Storybook
9 2 (0.20%) JMeter
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.10%) Deequ
10 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.10%) jMock
10 1 (0.10%) JUnit
10 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 315 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 225 (22.68%) Finance
3 203 (20.46%) Law
4 180 (18.15%) Public Sector
5 152 (15.32%) Retail
6 135 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
7 104 (10.48%) Banking
8 89 (8.97%) Marketing
9 84 (8.47%) Financial Institution
10 79 (7.96%) Back Office
11 58 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (3.02%) Games
13 26 (2.62%) Telecoms
14 24 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (2.22%) Legal
16 14 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.11%) Polish Language
18 7 (0.71%) Digital Health
18 7 (0.71%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.60%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 164 (16.53%) Senior
2 87 (8.77%) Lead
3 79 (7.96%) Analyst
4 65 (6.55%) Architect
5 57 (5.75%) Developer
6 53 (5.34%) Senior Manager
7 45 (4.54%) Microsoft Specialist
8 44 (4.44%) Account Manager
9 39 (3.93%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (3.93%) Sales Manager
9 39 (3.93%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (3.93%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (3.73%) Alliance Manager
11 33 (3.33%) Software Engineer
12 26 (2.62%) Consultant
13 25 (2.52%) Designer
14 23 (2.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 23 (2.32%) Technical Architect
15 21 (2.12%) Salesforce Architect
16 20 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (4.94%) REST
2 35 (3.53%) Lightning Web Components
2 35 (3.53%) SOAP
2 35 (3.53%) Visualforce
3 30 (3.02%) .NET
4 25 (2.52%) React
5 23 (2.32%) HTML
6 22 (2.22%) CSS
7 19 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
8 18 (1.81%) EDI
9 16 (1.61%) Node.js
10 15 (1.51%) RESTful
11 13 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.31%) Middleware
12 12 (1.21%) Playwright
13 11 (1.11%) Jinja
13 11 (1.11%) NETCONF
13 11 (1.11%) YANG
14 10 (1.01%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 129 (13.00%) Blog
2 108 (10.89%) Onboarding
3 87 (8.77%) Product Ownership
4 85 (8.57%) Cloud Native
5 46 (4.64%) Driving Licence
6 35 (3.53%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.82%) Public Cloud
7 28 (2.82%) Social Media
8 27 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.01%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 9 (0.91%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (0.71%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.43%) Linux
2 29 (2.92%) Windows
3 19 (1.92%) Unix
4 13 (1.31%) Android
5 11 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.91%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Debian
9 1 (0.10%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (31.65%) AI
2 218 (21.98%) Agile
3 175 (17.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 157 (15.83%) Customer Service
5 112 (11.29%) DevOps
6 111 (11.19%) CI/CD
7 109 (10.99%) Community of Practice
8 105 (10.58%) CRM
8 105 (10.58%) Mentoring
8 105 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (10.18%) Roadmaps
10 94 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
11 82 (8.27%) Technology Strategy
12 78 (7.86%) Business Development
13 76 (7.66%) Analytics
14 75 (7.56%) B2B
14 75 (7.56%) Project Management
15 69 (6.96%) Software Engineering
16 63 (6.35%) Test Automation
17 62 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 106 (10.69%) Java
2 88 (8.87%) Python
3 76 (7.66%) JavaScript
4 48 (4.84%) SQL
5 41 (4.13%) C#
6 35 (3.53%) Apex Code
7 30 (3.02%) Go
8 23 (2.32%) SOQL
8 23 (2.32%) SOSL
9 19 (1.92%) Bash
10 18 (1.81%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.60%) RPG
12 5 (0.50%) C
13 4 (0.40%) C++
13 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.40%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.20%) R
14 2 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 310 (31.25%) Degree
2 115 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 112 (11.29%) SC Cleared
4 41 (4.13%) AWS Certification
5 35 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (2.42%) DBS Check
8 23 (2.32%) PMP
9 18 (1.81%) CISSP
10 17 (1.71%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.21%) CISM
12 12 (1.21%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 9 (0.91%) OSCP
14 7 (0.71%) CISA
14 7 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.71%) HNC
15 6 (0.60%) CRISC
15 6 (0.60%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.05%) Accessibility
2 42 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.23%) QA
4 24 (2.42%) GDPR
4 24 (2.42%) WCAG
5 22 (2.22%) PCI DSS
5 22 (2.22%) SOC 2
6 20 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.92%) NIST
8 14 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (1.31%) Data Quality
10 10 (1.01%) GRC
10 10 (1.01%) SLA
11 9 (0.91%) PMO
12 5 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.50%) NCSC
12 5 (0.50%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.40%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.30%) PERC
14 3 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 28 (2.82%) Docker
2 18 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.10%) iptables
3 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 82 (8.27%) Terraform
2 71 (7.16%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.63%) Grafana
4 23 (2.32%) Argo
5 20 (2.02%) Ansible
5 20 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.92%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.92%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.30%) Autotask
8 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.10%) Nessus
8 1 (0.10%) Nmap
8 1 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 236 (23.79%) Microsoft
2 81 (8.17%) Adobe
3 60 (6.05%) Salesforce
4 45 (4.54%) Google
5 29 (2.92%) Apple
6 27 (2.72%) Cisco
7 23 (2.32%) Splunk
8 14 (1.41%) Oracle
9 13 (1.31%) SAP
10 12 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.01%) Databricks
12 9 (0.91%) Instagram
13 7 (0.71%) Hootsuite
13 7 (0.71%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.60%) Planon
15 5 (0.50%) Dell
15 5 (0.50%) Meraki
15 5 (0.50%) Snow
16 4 (0.40%) PagerDuty
16 4 (0.40%) Wrike