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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 16 31
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +1
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,527 1,887 1,470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.07% 11.41% 7.06%
As % of the General category 9.85% 16.10% 11.35%
Number of salaries quoted 481 410 594
10th Percentile £32,000 £25,600 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £78,224 £71,875 £74,144
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,625 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £61,709
% change year-on-year +4.76% -14.92% -5.06%

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 15,504 11,718 12,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.67% 70.88% 62.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,296 6,190 7,465
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,709 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% -3.33%

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 15 October 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 37 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.85%) Confluence
4 8 (0.52%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.46%) WordPress
6 5 (0.33%) Apache
6 5 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.26%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 73 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.11%) Simulink
5 14 (0.92%) Maple
6 12 (0.79%) Notion
7 10 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.65%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
9 8 (0.52%) InDesign
9 8 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
10 7 (0.46%) Adobe XD
11 4 (0.26%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.26%) Revit
12 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
12 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.98%) Cloudability
3 11 (0.72%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.65%) Primavera
5 9 (0.59%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.20%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.065%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.065%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.065%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 278 (18.21%) AWS
2 219 (14.34%) Azure
3 217 (14.21%) GCP
4 180 (11.79%) SaaS
5 102 (6.68%) Power Platform
6 89 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
7 50 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
9 41 (2.69%) Serverless
10 35 (2.29%) Azure Key Vault
10 35 (2.29%) dbt
11 34 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
12 32 (2.10%) Figma
13 30 (1.96%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.83%) Power Automate
15 27 (1.77%) PowerApps
16 26 (1.70%) GitHub
16 26 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
17 24 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
18 21 (1.38%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.69%) Network Security
2 26 (1.70%) VPN
3 24 (1.57%) Ethernet
4 23 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 22 (1.44%) Firewall
6 18 (1.18%) Broadband
7 16 (1.05%) VLAN
8 13 (0.85%) Modbus
8 13 (0.85%) Profibus
9 11 (0.72%) 5G
10 9 (0.59%) BGP
10 9 (0.59%) WAN
11 8 (0.52%) Intranet
12 7 (0.46%) DNS
12 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.39%) DHCP
14 5 (0.33%) MPLS
15 4 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
15 4 (0.26%) Internet
15 4 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (5.89%) Power BI
2 62 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.23%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.90%) Metadata
4 29 (1.90%) Tableau
5 25 (1.64%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.31%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.18%) MySQL
8 16 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.05%) Data Lake
9 15 (0.98%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.92%) Semantic Layer
11 13 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (0.85%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.79%) Big Data
12 12 (0.79%) GIS
13 10 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (0.52%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.46%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 92 (6.02%) TeamCity
2 71 (4.65%) Git
3 30 (1.96%) JIRA
4 29 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 20 (1.31%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (1.18%) JUnit
7 14 (0.92%) LabVIEW
8 11 (0.72%) Snyk
9 8 (0.52%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.33%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
12 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.20%) CMake
13 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.13%) Bower
14 2 (0.13%) Gradle
14 2 (0.13%) MLflow
15 1 (0.065%) Artifactory
General
1 620 (40.60%) Finance
2 574 (37.59%) Social Skills
3 361 (23.64%) Law
4 267 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
5 257 (16.83%) Retail
6 237 (15.52%) Banking
7 228 (14.93%) Public Sector
8 157 (10.28%) Marketing
9 145 (9.50%) Back Office
10 136 (8.91%) Financial Institution
11 135 (8.84%) Aerospace
12 86 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
13 79 (5.17%) Legal
14 67 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (3.54%) Electronics
16 52 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
17 41 (2.69%) Telecoms
18 31 (2.03%) Local Government
19 28 (1.83%) Military
20 22 (1.44%) French Language
Job Titles
1 364 (23.84%) Senior
2 163 (10.67%) Analyst
3 159 (10.41%) Architect
4 153 (10.02%) Lead
5 132 (8.64%) Software Engineer
6 89 (5.83%) Developer
7 59 (3.86%) Senior Analyst
8 52 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
9 51 (3.34%) Senior Manager
10 45 (2.95%) Consultant
10 45 (2.95%) Senior Software Engineer
11 42 (2.75%) Business Analyst
12 36 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
13 34 (2.23%) Sales Executive
13 34 (2.23%) Team Leader
14 32 (2.10%) Senior Architect
15 31 (2.03%) Lead Software Engineer
16 30 (1.96%) Project Manager
16 30 (1.96%) Systems Engineer
17 29 (1.90%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (8.91%) Terraform
2 52 (3.41%) .NET
3 49 (3.21%) React
4 45 (2.95%) CSS
4 45 (2.95%) HTML
5 39 (2.55%) RESTful
6 33 (2.16%) Node.js
6 33 (2.16%) REST
7 31 (2.03%) XML
8 27 (1.77%) OpenAPI
9 24 (1.57%) .NET Core
10 22 (1.44%) Swagger
11 19 (1.24%) ASP.NET
11 19 (1.24%) EDI
12 15 (0.98%) AngularJS
12 15 (0.98%) Entity Framework
12 15 (0.98%) Next.js
12 15 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
13 14 (0.92%) .NET Framework
13 14 (0.92%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 184 (12.05%) Cloud Native
2 129 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 105 (6.88%) Driving Licence
4 69 (4.52%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 55 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (3.47%) Data Centre
8 52 (3.41%) Blog
9 50 (3.27%) Social Media
10 38 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
11 27 (1.77%) Security Posture
12 25 (1.64%) Cyberattack
13 24 (1.57%) Public Cloud
14 22 (1.44%) FPGA
15 20 (1.31%) SCADA
16 18 (1.18%) Credit Risk
17 16 (1.05%) Algorithms
18 15 (0.98%) AI Agents
18 15 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
19 14 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.27%) Windows
2 32 (2.10%) Apple iOS
3 27 (1.77%) Android
4 26 (1.70%) Linux
5 16 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 15 (0.98%) VMS
7 13 (0.85%) macOS
8 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
9 4 (0.26%) Unix
10 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (24.56%) Agile
2 364 (23.84%) AI
3 273 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 268 (17.55%) Mentoring
5 260 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
6 235 (15.39%) Decision-Making
7 218 (14.28%) CI/CD
8 202 (13.23%) Software Engineering
9 180 (11.79%) Coaching
9 180 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 180 (11.79%) Technology Strategy
10 157 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
11 152 (9.95%) Analytics
12 149 (9.76%) Fintech
13 139 (9.10%) Test Automation
14 138 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 137 (8.97%) Roadmaps
16 134 (8.78%) DevOps
17 127 (8.32%) Community of Practice
18 121 (7.92%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 153 (10.02%) Java
2 144 (9.43%) SQL
3 142 (9.30%) Python
4 74 (4.85%) C#
5 62 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.36%) Bash
7 35 (2.29%) Go
8 30 (1.96%) MATLAB
8 30 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 24 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.05%) C++
11 15 (0.98%) Bicep
12 14 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (0.85%) Ada
14 12 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.79%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.65%) C
16 9 (0.59%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.52%) PHP
17 8 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 368 (24.10%) Security Cleared
2 336 (22.00%) SC Cleared
3 328 (21.48%) Degree
4 124 (8.12%) DV Cleared
5 120 (7.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 68 (4.45%) HNC
7 60 (3.93%) DBS Check
8 50 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 31 (2.03%) PhD
10 30 (1.96%) CISSP
11 24 (1.57%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.57%) CISM
12 21 (1.38%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.38%) Chartered Engineer
13 15 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.72%) ACCA
15 10 (0.65%) CIMA
15 10 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (14.21%) Accessibility
2 88 (5.76%) Data Quality
3 56 (3.67%) GDPR
3 56 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (3.54%) QA
5 51 (3.34%) NIST
6 35 (2.29%) GRC
7 28 (1.83%) PCI DSS
8 24 (1.57%) NCSC
9 22 (1.44%) SLA
10 21 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (1.31%) SOC 2
12 16 (1.05%) WCAG
13 15 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 14 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.59%) COBIT
16 8 (0.52%) PMO
17 7 (0.46%) SOC 1
18 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
19 4 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 46 (3.01%) Docker
2 39 (2.55%) Firmware
3 29 (1.90%) Active Directory
4 22 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.79%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 131 (8.58%) Kubernetes
2 97 (6.35%) Grafana
3 17 (1.11%) Prometheus
4 12 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.33%) Ansible
7 4 (0.26%) Autotask
7 4 (0.26%) CASB
8 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.065%) Argo
10 1 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.065%) SCCM
10 1 (0.065%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.065%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.065%) WSUS
Vendors
1 239 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.73%) Adobe
3 53 (3.47%) Google
4 42 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.16%) Cisco
6 31 (2.03%) SAP
7 29 (1.90%) Oracle
8 26 (1.70%) Apple
9 24 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 24 (1.57%) VMware
10 21 (1.38%) Workday
11 16 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
12 15 (0.98%) Dell
13 14 (0.92%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.79%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.72%) Databricks
15 11 (0.72%) HP
15 11 (0.72%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.72%) Siemens
15 11 (0.72%) Tenable