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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 16 45
Rank change year-on-year -18 +29 +2
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,131 1,932 1,872
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.81% 12.78% 5.48%
As % of the General category 10.07% 17.06% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 411 428 1,107
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,408 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -20.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,833 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 11,228 11,325 20,713
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.72% 74.92% 60.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7,303 6,219 15,235
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,931 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%

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 June 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 49 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.15%) CMS
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Apache
5 4 (0.35%) Confluence
5 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.088%) Drupal
8 1 (0.088%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.27%) Acrobat
3 18 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.88%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.71%) InDesign
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.12%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.35%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.088%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 252 (22.28%) AWS
2 207 (18.30%) Azure
3 167 (14.77%) GCP
4 154 (13.62%) SaaS
5 87 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 60 (5.31%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (3.45%) Serverless
9 35 (3.09%) Power Automate
10 29 (2.56%) Figma
11 24 (2.12%) Entra ID
11 24 (2.12%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (2.03%) Pulumi
13 21 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (1.77%) dbt
15 19 (1.68%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.24%) PaaS
17 12 (1.06%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 86 (7.60%) Broadband
2 19 (1.68%) Network Security
2 19 (1.68%) VPN
3 16 (1.41%) 4G
3 16 (1.41%) Firewall
4 15 (1.33%) BGP
5 14 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.24%) WAN
6 13 (1.15%) DHCP
6 13 (1.15%) DNS
7 11 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.97%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.97%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.97%) LAN
7 11 (0.97%) MPLS
8 9 (0.80%) SMTP
8 9 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.62%) VLAN
10 5 (0.44%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.72%) Power BI
2 33 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (2.74%) Relational Database
4 26 (2.30%) NoSQL
4 26 (2.30%) Tableau
5 21 (1.86%) Metadata
6 18 (1.59%) RDBMS
7 17 (1.50%) BigQuery
8 15 (1.33%) Data Lake
9 13 (1.15%) SQL Server
10 12 (1.06%) Looker
10 12 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
11 11 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.88%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.71%) MySQL
14 8 (0.71%) Redis
15 6 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 54 (4.77%) TeamCity
2 49 (4.33%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.45%) GitLab
4 34 (3.01%) SonarQube
5 29 (2.56%) Git
6 22 (1.95%) Snyk
7 18 (1.59%) Jaeger
8 11 (0.97%) JIRA
9 10 (0.88%) Axure RP
9 10 (0.88%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.44%) JMeter
10 5 (0.44%) Locust
11 4 (0.35%) JUnit
11 4 (0.35%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.088%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.088%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.088%) XCUITest
General
1 361 (31.92%) Social Skills
2 333 (29.44%) Finance
3 306 (27.06%) Law
4 197 (17.42%) Public Sector
5 194 (17.15%) Banking
6 188 (16.62%) Retail
7 161 (14.24%) Marketing
8 158 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
9 129 (11.41%) Back Office
10 109 (9.64%) Financial Institution
11 72 (6.37%) Legal
12 55 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.27%) Games
15 31 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.86%) Telecoms
17 19 (1.68%) German Language
17 19 (1.68%) Polish Language
18 18 (1.59%) Local Government
19 14 (1.24%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 233 (20.60%) Senior
2 158 (13.97%) Architect
3 134 (11.85%) Analyst
4 82 (7.25%) Lead
5 58 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
5 58 (5.13%) Software Engineer
6 53 (4.69%) Developer
7 47 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (3.09%) Consultant
8 35 (3.09%) Senior Architect
9 34 (3.01%) Business Analyst
10 33 (2.92%) Salesforce Architect
11 31 (2.74%) Security Architect
12 30 (2.65%) Designer
13 29 (2.56%) Cloud Architect
14 27 (2.39%) Technical Architect
15 25 (2.21%) Data Manager
16 23 (2.03%) Delivery Manager
16 23 (2.03%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (1.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.63%) REST
2 50 (4.42%) Lightning Web Components
3 46 (4.07%) SOAP
4 45 (3.98%) Visualforce
5 32 (2.83%) HTML
6 30 (2.65%) CSS
7 28 (2.48%) React
8 25 (2.21%) .NET
9 23 (2.03%) Node.js
10 20 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
11 19 (1.68%) EDI
12 18 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
13 16 (1.41%) RESTful
14 14 (1.24%) Middleware
15 12 (1.06%) SAML
16 11 (0.97%) Jinja
16 11 (0.97%) NETCONF
16 11 (0.97%) OpenAPI
16 11 (0.97%) YANG
17 9 (0.80%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 161 (14.24%) Cloud Native
2 132 (11.67%) Product Ownership
3 107 (9.46%) Onboarding
4 49 (4.33%) Social Media
5 48 (4.24%) Management Information System
6 46 (4.07%) Cyberattack
6 46 (4.07%) Data Centre
7 45 (3.98%) Blog
8 42 (3.71%) Driving Licence
9 33 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (2.03%) Public Cloud
12 20 (1.77%) Podcast
13 16 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.33%) Credit Risk
15 11 (0.97%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.88%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 8 (0.71%) Data Structures
18 8 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.71%) Windows
2 38 (3.36%) Linux
3 27 (2.39%) Unix
4 21 (1.86%) Android
5 19 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.06%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.35%) VMS
8 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (29.35%) Agile
2 263 (23.25%) AI
3 213 (18.83%) CI/CD
4 189 (16.71%) Roadmaps
5 188 (16.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 168 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
7 160 (14.15%) Technology Strategy
8 159 (14.06%) DevOps
9 158 (13.97%) Community of Practice
10 153 (13.53%) Mentoring
11 121 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
11 121 (10.70%) Scrum
12 118 (10.43%) Decision-Making
13 110 (9.73%) Software Engineering
14 107 (9.46%) Test Automation
15 101 (8.93%) Analytics
16 93 (8.22%) Fintech
16 93 (8.22%) TOGAF
17 89 (7.87%) CRM
18 83 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (12.38%) Python
2 134 (11.85%) Java
3 111 (9.81%) SQL
4 81 (7.16%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.42%) Apex Code
6 38 (3.36%) Go
7 34 (3.01%) SOQL
7 34 (3.01%) SOSL
8 29 (2.56%) C#
9 26 (2.30%) Bash
10 22 (1.95%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.50%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.06%) Bicep
13 4 (0.35%) C
13 4 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.35%) R
13 4 (0.35%) Rust
14 3 (0.27%) Ada
14 3 (0.27%) Ruby
14 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 240 (21.22%) Degree
2 170 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 165 (14.59%) SC Cleared
4 57 (5.04%) AWS Certification
5 43 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 31 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (2.39%) CISSP
9 26 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.86%) CISM
11 16 (1.41%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.24%) HNC
13 11 (0.97%) CREST Certified
13 11 (0.97%) HND
13 11 (0.97%) OSCP
14 10 (0.88%) CISA
15 9 (0.80%) CRISC
16 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.62%) CITP
17 6 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.84%) Accessibility
2 63 (5.57%) Data Quality
3 51 (4.51%) NIST
4 49 (4.33%) GRC
5 48 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (3.54%) QA
7 35 (3.09%) GDPR
8 26 (2.30%) PCI DSS
9 23 (2.03%) SOC 2
10 22 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (1.86%) SLA
12 18 (1.59%) WCAG
13 14 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 11 (0.97%) PMO
15 10 (0.88%) NCSC
16 9 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 8 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 7 (0.62%) COBIT
19 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
19 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (4.07%) Docker
2 23 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.35%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 123 (10.88%) Terraform
2 99 (8.75%) Kubernetes
3 63 (5.57%) Grafana
4 24 (2.12%) Ansible
5 19 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.59%) Argo
6 18 (1.59%) Kustomize
7 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.80%) Autotask
9 6 (0.53%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
13 2 (0.18%) CASB
13 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.088%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.088%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 195 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 109 (9.64%) Adobe
3 67 (5.92%) Salesforce
4 56 (4.95%) Google
5 40 (3.54%) Apple
6 37 (3.27%) Cisco
7 34 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.01%) Splunk
8 24 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
9 23 (2.03%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.95%) Tenable
11 15 (1.33%) Oracle
11 15 (1.33%) SAP
12 11 (0.97%) Databricks
12 11 (0.97%) Dell
12 11 (0.97%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.97%) Instagram
12 11 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 11 (0.97%) Wrike
13 10 (0.88%) Meraki