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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 29 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 +14 -13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,037 1,184 1,658
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.26% 8.43% 5.55%
As % of the General category 10.85% 11.82% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 434 455 986
10th Percentile £20,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £47,000 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,396 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,918 £92,350 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -19.23%

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 9,561 10,018 18,393
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.76% 71.29% 61.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6,067 6,310 14,684
10th Percentile £29,800 £31,725 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.38%

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 March 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 60 (5.79%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.06%) CMS
4 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.39%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.29%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.096%) Apache
7 1 (0.096%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.096%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.096%) Drupal
7 1 (0.096%) WildFly
Applications
1 60 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.57%) Acrobat
3 31 (2.99%) Adobe XD
4 27 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.39%) Maya
6 4 (0.39%) MotionBuilder
7 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.096%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.39%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.39%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.39%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.39%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) Shopify
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.096%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.096%) Magento
6 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.096%) Primavera
6 1 (0.096%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.096%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 206 (19.86%) AWS
2 148 (14.27%) Azure
3 125 (12.05%) SaaS
4 99 (9.55%) GCP
5 75 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.98%) Power Platform
7 59 (5.69%) Amazon EKS
8 42 (4.05%) Figma
9 25 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (2.31%) Pulumi
11 23 (2.22%) Entra ID
12 22 (2.12%) Google Analytics
13 21 (2.03%) PowerApps
14 20 (1.93%) Miro
14 20 (1.93%) Power Automate
15 17 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (1.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 17 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (1.64%) Serverless
16 13 (1.25%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 77 (7.43%) Broadband
2 22 (2.12%) VPN
3 20 (1.93%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.74%) BGP
5 16 (1.54%) 4G
6 15 (1.45%) DNS
7 14 (1.35%) DHCP
7 14 (1.35%) LAN
7 14 (1.35%) WAN
8 11 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (1.06%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.06%) IOS XR
8 11 (1.06%) MPLS
9 10 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.87%) Firewall
10 9 (0.87%) SMTP
11 8 (0.77%) VLAN
12 4 (0.39%) 5G
12 4 (0.39%) Network Security
13 3 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (4.73%) Power BI
2 29 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (2.80%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.83%) NoSQL
3 19 (1.83%) RDBMS
4 18 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 18 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (0.96%) Metadata
7 7 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.68%) Looker
7 7 (0.68%) Tableau
8 6 (0.58%) Redis
9 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.39%) MySQL
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.29%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.29%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 48 (4.63%) TeamCity
2 37 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 36 (3.47%) GitLab
4 35 (3.38%) SonarQube
5 29 (2.80%) Git
6 24 (2.31%) Axure RP
6 24 (2.31%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.83%) Jaeger
8 8 (0.77%) JIRA
9 5 (0.48%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.48%) JMeter
9 5 (0.48%) Selenium
9 5 (0.48%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.29%) Locust
10 3 (0.29%) Storybook
11 2 (0.19%) JUnit
11 2 (0.19%) Postman
11 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.096%) IntelliJ
General
1 310 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 267 (25.75%) Finance
3 241 (23.24%) Law
4 188 (18.13%) Retail
5 186 (17.94%) Public Sector
6 147 (14.18%) Banking
7 134 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
8 123 (11.86%) Marketing
9 106 (10.22%) Back Office
10 101 (9.74%) Financial Institution
11 47 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
12 40 (3.86%) Games
13 31 (2.99%) Legal
14 28 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.70%) Telecoms
15 21 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.45%) Polish Language
17 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.68%) Digital Health
19 6 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 178 (17.16%) Senior
2 89 (8.58%) Lead
3 82 (7.91%) Architect
4 77 (7.43%) Analyst
5 64 (6.17%) Developer
6 48 (4.63%) Senior Manager
7 43 (4.15%) Software Engineer
8 42 (4.05%) Account Manager
9 37 (3.57%) Consultant
10 35 (3.38%) Sales Account Manager
10 35 (3.38%) Sales Manager
10 35 (3.38%) Senior Account Manager
10 35 (3.38%) Senior Sales Manager
11 33 (3.18%) Salesforce Architect
12 31 (2.99%) Alliance Manager
13 30 (2.89%) Technical Architect
14 29 (2.80%) Designer
15 27 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.31%) Senior Developer
17 21 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.33%) REST
2 52 (5.01%) Lightning Web Components
2 52 (5.01%) SOAP
2 52 (5.01%) Visualforce
3 36 (3.47%) .NET
4 29 (2.80%) React
5 28 (2.70%) HTML
6 25 (2.41%) CSS
7 20 (1.93%) EDI
8 19 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.83%) OpenTelemetry
9 18 (1.74%) Middleware
10 16 (1.54%) Node.js
10 16 (1.54%) RESTful
11 14 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (1.25%) Web Services
13 12 (1.16%) Django
13 12 (1.16%) SAML
13 12 (1.16%) Sass
14 11 (1.06%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 136 (13.11%) Blog
2 128 (12.34%) Onboarding
3 109 (10.51%) Cloud Native
4 105 (10.13%) Product Ownership
5 44 (4.24%) Driving Licence
6 36 (3.47%) Management Information System
7 35 (3.38%) Social Media
8 28 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.70%) Public Cloud
9 24 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.64%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.25%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.16%) Video Editing
14 11 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.06%) Podcast
15 8 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 7 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
16 7 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.86%) Linux
2 33 (3.18%) Windows
3 24 (2.31%) Unix
4 15 (1.45%) Android
5 13 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.96%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.29%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.096%) Debian
9 1 (0.096%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (26.13%) AI
2 252 (24.30%) Agile
3 193 (18.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 154 (14.85%) CI/CD
5 139 (13.40%) Customer Service
6 137 (13.21%) DevOps
7 133 (12.83%) Community of Practice
8 125 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (11.76%) Roadmaps
10 110 (10.61%) Mentoring
11 93 (8.97%) Technology Strategy
12 90 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
13 87 (8.39%) B2B
14 86 (8.29%) Analytics
14 86 (8.29%) Business Development
14 86 (8.29%) Project Management
15 84 (8.10%) Software Engineering
16 83 (8.00%) Scrum
17 82 (7.91%) CRM
18 74 (7.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 133 (12.83%) Java
2 106 (10.22%) Python
3 88 (8.49%) JavaScript
4 52 (5.01%) Apex Code
5 48 (4.63%) SQL
6 41 (3.95%) C#
7 35 (3.38%) SOQL
7 35 (3.38%) SOSL
8 33 (3.18%) Go
9 22 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.93%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) C
12 4 (0.39%) C++
12 4 (0.39%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.39%) R
12 4 (0.39%) RPG
13 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.19%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.096%) ABAP
14 1 (0.096%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 292 (28.16%) Degree
2 139 (13.40%) Security Cleared
3 136 (13.11%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.95%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.22%) PMP
8 21 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 20 (1.93%) CISSP
10 17 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.25%) Master's Degree
13 12 (1.16%) CISM
13 12 (1.16%) CREST Certified
13 12 (1.16%) OSCP
14 9 (0.87%) CISA
15 8 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.77%) CRISC
16 6 (0.58%) HNC
17 5 (0.48%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.85%) Accessibility
2 46 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (3.47%) QA
4 31 (2.99%) WCAG
5 28 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 28 (2.70%) SOC 2
6 25 (2.41%) GDPR
7 23 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.74%) NIST
9 17 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (1.45%) GRC
11 11 (1.06%) Data Quality
11 11 (1.06%) SLA
12 9 (0.87%) PMO
13 5 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.48%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.39%) EU AI Act
15 3 (0.29%) NCSC
15 3 (0.29%) PERC
15 3 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 37 (3.57%) Docker
2 19 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.096%) iptables
4 1 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 108 (10.41%) Terraform
2 89 (8.58%) Kubernetes
3 55 (5.30%) Grafana
4 23 (2.22%) Argo
5 21 (2.03%) Ansible
6 20 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (1.83%) Kustomize
7 19 (1.83%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.48%) Autotask
8 5 (0.48%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.096%) CASB
11 1 (0.096%) Nessus
11 1 (0.096%) Puppet
Vendors
1 195 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 108 (10.41%) Adobe
3 79 (7.62%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.59%) Google
5 35 (3.38%) Splunk
6 28 (2.70%) Cisco
7 26 (2.51%) Apple
8 17 (1.64%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.45%) Oracle
9 15 (1.45%) SAP
10 14 (1.35%) Instagram
11 12 (1.16%) Hootsuite
11 12 (1.16%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.06%) Wrike
13 10 (0.96%) Databricks
14 9 (0.87%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.77%) Meraki
16 7 (0.68%) Dell
17 6 (0.58%) PagerDuty
17 6 (0.58%) Planon