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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 16 44
Rank change year-on-year -19 +28 +2
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,127 1,935 1,893
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.61% 12.54% 5.46%
As % of the General category 9.63% 16.82% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 416 426 1,121
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,031 £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 £68,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,333 £88,750
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 11,708 11,502 20,934
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.53% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,633 6,340 15,331
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,615 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 19 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 48 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.15%) CMS
4 5 (0.44%) Apache
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
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 (0.089%) Drupal
8 1 (0.089%) IIS
Applications
1 41 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.28%) Acrobat
3 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.80%) InDesign
6 8 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.71%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.71%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.13%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.27%) Academy Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Shopify
6 1 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.089%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.089%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 238 (21.12%) AWS
2 202 (17.92%) Azure
3 166 (14.73%) GCP
4 149 (13.22%) SaaS
5 87 (7.72%) Power Platform
6 58 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
6 58 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (3.37%) Serverless
8 36 (3.19%) Power Automate
9 30 (2.66%) Figma
10 26 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 25 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (2.04%) Google Analytics
12 23 (2.04%) Pulumi
13 20 (1.77%) dbt
14 19 (1.69%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.60%) PaaS
16 17 (1.51%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 87 (7.72%) Broadband
2 23 (2.04%) VPN
3 21 (1.86%) Network Security
4 17 (1.51%) Firewall
5 15 (1.33%) WAN
6 14 (1.24%) BGP
6 14 (1.24%) DHCP
6 14 (1.24%) DNS
6 14 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.15%) 4G
8 10 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (0.89%) Ethernet VPN
8 10 (0.89%) IOS XR
8 10 (0.89%) MPLS
8 10 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.80%) LAN
9 9 (0.80%) SMTP
10 7 (0.62%) VLAN
11 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.83%) Power BI
2 33 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (2.84%) Relational Database
4 26 (2.31%) NoSQL
4 26 (2.31%) Tableau
5 22 (1.95%) Metadata
6 19 (1.69%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.60%) RDBMS
8 15 (1.33%) SQL Server
9 14 (1.24%) Semantic Layer
10 12 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.06%) Looker
11 11 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (0.89%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.71%) MySQL
14 8 (0.71%) Redis
15 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 52 (4.61%) TeamCity
2 51 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.46%) GitLab
4 34 (3.02%) SonarQube
5 33 (2.93%) Git
6 22 (1.95%) Snyk
7 18 (1.60%) Jaeger
8 12 (1.06%) JIRA
9 8 (0.71%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.71%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.44%) JMeter
10 5 (0.44%) Locust
11 4 (0.35%) JUnit
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.18%) Bower
14 1 (0.089%) Appium
14 1 (0.089%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 362 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 329 (29.19%) Finance
3 295 (26.18%) Law
4 189 (16.77%) Public Sector
5 185 (16.42%) Banking
6 179 (15.88%) Retail
7 164 (14.55%) Marketing
8 151 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
9 124 (11.00%) Back Office
10 102 (9.05%) Financial Institution
11 73 (6.48%) Legal
12 56 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.28%) Games
15 33 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.86%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.77%) Polish Language
18 19 (1.69%) German Language
19 18 (1.60%) Local Government
20 15 (1.33%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 234 (20.76%) Senior
2 157 (13.93%) Architect
3 131 (11.62%) Analyst
4 76 (6.74%) Lead
5 60 (5.32%) Senior Analyst
6 57 (5.06%) Software Engineer
7 55 (4.88%) Developer
8 48 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
9 39 (3.46%) Consultant
10 34 (3.02%) Business Analyst
11 33 (2.93%) Salesforce Architect
12 32 (2.84%) Security Architect
13 31 (2.75%) Senior Architect
14 30 (2.66%) Cloud Architect
15 29 (2.57%) Designer
16 27 (2.40%) Technical Architect
17 25 (2.22%) Data Manager
18 23 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
18 23 (2.04%) Senior Software Engineer
19 22 (1.95%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.74%) REST
2 50 (4.44%) Lightning Web Components
3 47 (4.17%) SOAP
4 45 (3.99%) Visualforce
5 34 (3.02%) HTML
6 32 (2.84%) CSS
7 28 (2.48%) React
8 26 (2.31%) Node.js
9 24 (2.13%) .NET
10 20 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
11 18 (1.60%) OpenTelemetry
12 17 (1.51%) RESTful
13 16 (1.42%) EDI
14 14 (1.24%) Middleware
15 12 (1.06%) OpenAPI
15 12 (1.06%) SAML
16 10 (0.89%) Jinja
16 10 (0.89%) NETCONF
16 10 (0.89%) XML
16 10 (0.89%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 164 (14.55%) Cloud Native
2 132 (11.71%) Product Ownership
3 104 (9.23%) Onboarding
4 51 (4.53%) Social Media
5 48 (4.26%) Management Information System
6 46 (4.08%) Cyberattack
7 45 (3.99%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.82%) Driving Licence
9 40 (3.55%) Blog
10 37 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (2.04%) Podcast
13 18 (1.60%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.60%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.51%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.98%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.89%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.80%) Data Structures
17 9 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 8 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.90%) Windows
2 39 (3.46%) Linux
3 27 (2.40%) Unix
4 16 (1.42%) Android
5 15 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.62%) VMS
8 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (29.46%) Agile
2 270 (23.96%) AI
3 216 (19.17%) CI/CD
4 189 (16.77%) Roadmaps
5 188 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 173 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
7 164 (14.55%) Technology Strategy
8 162 (14.37%) DevOps
9 157 (13.93%) Community of Practice
10 151 (13.40%) Mentoring
11 127 (11.27%) Decision-Making
11 127 (11.27%) Scrum
12 117 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
13 109 (9.67%) Software Engineering
14 104 (9.23%) Analytics
15 103 (9.14%) Test Automation
16 93 (8.25%) CRM
17 92 (8.16%) TOGAF
18 88 (7.81%) Fintech
19 84 (7.45%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 144 (12.78%) Python
2 126 (11.18%) Java
3 119 (10.56%) SQL
4 80 (7.10%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.44%) Apex Code
6 36 (3.19%) Go
7 34 (3.02%) SOQL
7 34 (3.02%) SOSL
8 30 (2.66%) Bash
9 27 (2.40%) C#
10 22 (1.95%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.86%) PowerShell
12 16 (1.42%) Bicep
13 7 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.44%) R
15 4 (0.35%) C
15 4 (0.35%) Rust
16 3 (0.27%) Ada
16 3 (0.27%) Ruby
16 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 242 (21.47%) Degree
2 167 (14.82%) Security Cleared
3 162 (14.37%) SC Cleared
4 52 (4.61%) AWS Certification
5 43 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (3.46%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (2.48%) CISSP
9 25 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (2.04%) CISM
11 14 (1.24%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.24%) HNC
12 11 (0.98%) CISA
12 11 (0.98%) HND
13 10 (0.89%) CRISC
14 9 (0.80%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.80%) OSCP
15 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
16 6 (0.53%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.86%) Accessibility
1 66 (5.86%) Data Quality
2 53 (4.70%) NIST
3 49 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (4.26%) GRC
5 38 (3.37%) GDPR
6 36 (3.19%) QA
7 25 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 25 (2.22%) SLA
8 23 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.95%) SOC 2
10 16 (1.42%) WCAG
11 14 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (1.06%) NCSC
13 11 (0.98%) PMO
14 10 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.80%) COBIT
16 7 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.44%) SOC 1
18 3 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 48 (4.26%) Docker
2 26 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.62%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 124 (11.00%) Terraform
2 95 (8.43%) Kubernetes
3 61 (5.41%) Grafana
4 24 (2.13%) Ansible
5 19 (1.69%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.60%) Argo
6 18 (1.60%) Kustomize
7 14 (1.24%) 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 (0.089%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.089%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.089%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 190 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 102 (9.05%) Adobe
3 69 (6.12%) Salesforce
4 56 (4.97%) Google
5 40 (3.55%) Cisco
6 34 (3.02%) Splunk
7 33 (2.93%) ServiceNow
8 31 (2.75%) Apple
9 23 (2.04%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.95%) Tenable
11 15 (1.33%) SAP
12 14 (1.24%) Oracle
13 12 (1.06%) VMware
14 11 (0.98%) Dell
14 11 (0.98%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.98%) Instagram
14 11 (0.98%) Meraki
14 11 (0.98%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.98%) Wrike