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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 31 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,081 1,029 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.25% 7.92% 5.71%
As % of the General category 10.97% 11.05% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 447 454 1,078
10th Percentile £20,000 £34,400 £32,350
25th Percentile £28,500 £45,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,794 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £74,066 £72,281 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,324 £91,250
UK median annual salary £54,250 £55,000 £51,321
% change year-on-year -1.36% +7.17% -21.05%

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 9,851 9,316 19,503
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.93% 71.74% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,554 6,427 15,138
10th Percentile £30,125 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +6.57% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 April 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 53 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.20%) CMS
3 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.28%) Confluence
5 3 (0.28%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.093%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.093%) Drupal
7 1 (0.093%) IIS
7 1 (0.093%) WildFly
Applications
1 56 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.42%) Acrobat
3 25 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.22%) Adobe XD
5 21 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.19%) Maya
6 2 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
7 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.093%) InDesign
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.093%) SmartSuite
7 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 5 (0.46%) Cloudability
5 4 (0.37%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.28%) Shopify
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.093%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.093%) Magento
8 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.093%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 228 (21.09%) AWS
2 172 (15.91%) Azure
3 156 (14.43%) SaaS
4 126 (11.66%) GCP
5 66 (6.11%) Amazon EKS
6 62 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (5.27%) Power Platform
8 33 (3.05%) Figma
9 30 (2.78%) Entra ID
10 25 (2.31%) Power Automate
11 24 (2.22%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.22%) Pulumi
12 23 (2.13%) Serverless
13 22 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (1.76%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.67%) dbt
16 16 (1.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 16 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 14 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 76 (7.03%) Broadband
2 20 (1.85%) VPN
3 19 (1.76%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.67%) BGP
5 17 (1.57%) DNS
6 16 (1.48%) 4G
6 16 (1.48%) DHCP
7 13 (1.20%) Firewall
7 13 (1.20%) LAN
7 13 (1.20%) WAN
8 11 (1.02%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (1.02%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.02%) IOS XR
8 11 (1.02%) MPLS
9 9 (0.83%) SMTP
9 9 (0.83%) VLAN
9 9 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.65%) Network Security
11 4 (0.37%) 5G
12 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.26%) Power BI
2 31 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 20 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.76%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.76%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.76%) RDBMS
6 16 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.02%) Metadata
9 10 (0.93%) Looker
10 8 (0.74%) Redis
11 7 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.46%) Tableau
13 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.28%) MySQL
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.28%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 53 (4.90%) TeamCity
2 35 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.15%) GitLab
3 34 (3.15%) SonarQube
4 29 (2.68%) Git
5 23 (2.13%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.13%) Balsamiq
6 19 (1.76%) Jaeger
7 10 (0.93%) JIRA
8 7 (0.65%) Snyk
9 5 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.46%) JMeter
9 5 (0.46%) Locust
9 5 (0.46%) Selenium
10 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.28%) JUnit
10 3 (0.28%) Postman
10 3 (0.28%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 344 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 323 (29.88%) Finance
3 303 (28.03%) Law
4 208 (19.24%) Public Sector
5 204 (18.87%) Retail
6 188 (17.39%) Banking
7 146 (13.51%) Marketing
8 142 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
9 134 (12.40%) Back Office
10 117 (10.82%) Financial Institution
11 47 (4.35%) Legal
12 45 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (3.52%) Games
15 28 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (2.31%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.57%) Polish Language
18 14 (1.30%) German Language
19 13 (1.20%) Italian Language
20 12 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 172 (15.91%) Senior
2 108 (9.99%) Architect
3 98 (9.07%) Analyst
4 91 (8.42%) Lead
5 64 (5.92%) Developer
6 48 (4.44%) Software Engineer
7 45 (4.16%) Consultant
8 42 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.05%) Salesforce Architect
10 32 (2.96%) Business Analyst
11 31 (2.87%) Alliance Manager
12 30 (2.78%) Designer
12 30 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
13 28 (2.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (2.31%) Technical Architect
15 24 (2.22%) Senior Manager
16 23 (2.13%) Senior Developer
17 19 (1.76%) Cloud Engineer
18 18 (1.67%) Salesforce Technical Architect
18 18 (1.67%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.03%) REST
2 50 (4.63%) Lightning Web Components
2 50 (4.63%) SOAP
2 50 (4.63%) Visualforce
3 33 (3.05%) .NET
4 31 (2.87%) HTML
5 29 (2.68%) CSS
6 27 (2.50%) React
7 24 (2.22%) EDI
8 19 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.76%) Middleware
8 19 (1.76%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (1.57%) RESTful
10 12 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
10 12 (1.11%) SAML
10 12 (1.11%) Sass
11 11 (1.02%) Jinja
11 11 (1.02%) NETCONF
11 11 (1.02%) Node.js
11 11 (1.02%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 143 (13.23%) Cloud Native
2 141 (13.04%) Blog
3 128 (11.84%) Onboarding
4 121 (11.19%) Product Ownership
5 47 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.52%) Driving Licence
7 32 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 31 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (2.78%) Social Media
10 28 (2.59%) Cyberattack
10 28 (2.59%) Public Cloud
11 22 (2.04%) Podcast
11 22 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.39%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.02%) Video Editing
14 9 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.83%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.07%) Linux
2 36 (3.33%) Windows
3 28 (2.59%) Unix
4 16 (1.48%) Android
5 14 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.93%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.093%) Debian
9 1 (0.093%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (26.18%) AI
2 281 (25.99%) Agile
3 197 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 181 (16.74%) CI/CD
5 161 (14.89%) Roadmaps
6 159 (14.71%) DevOps
7 152 (14.06%) Community of Practice
8 147 (13.60%) Problem-Solving
9 125 (11.56%) Technology Strategy
10 117 (10.82%) Mentoring
11 112 (10.36%) Customer Service
12 110 (10.18%) Cybersecurity
13 106 (9.81%) Software Engineering
14 104 (9.62%) Scrum
15 97 (8.97%) Business Development
16 88 (8.14%) Test Automation
17 85 (7.86%) Fintech
18 81 (7.49%) Project Management
19 78 (7.22%) Analytics
20 72 (6.66%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 140 (12.95%) Java
2 109 (10.08%) Python
3 87 (8.05%) JavaScript
4 63 (5.83%) SQL
5 50 (4.63%) Apex Code
6 39 (3.61%) C#
7 36 (3.33%) Go
8 34 (3.15%) SOQL
8 34 (3.15%) SOSL
9 20 (1.85%) Bash
10 19 (1.76%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.93%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.56%) Bicep
13 5 (0.46%) C
14 4 (0.37%) C++
14 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.37%) R
15 2 (0.19%) RPG
16 1 (0.093%) ABAP
16 1 (0.093%) PHP
Qualifications
1 305 (28.21%) Degree
2 158 (14.62%) Security Cleared
3 153 (14.15%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.26%) AWS Certification
5 42 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (2.31%) DBS Check
8 24 (2.22%) CISSP
9 22 (2.04%) PMP
10 16 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.48%) CISM
11 14 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.30%) CREST Certified
11 14 (1.30%) OSCP
12 11 (1.02%) CISA
13 10 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.83%) CRISC
15 8 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (0.65%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.38%) Accessibility
2 52 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (3.89%) NIST
4 37 (3.42%) QA
5 31 (2.87%) WCAG
6 30 (2.78%) PCI DSS
7 29 (2.68%) SOC 2
8 28 (2.59%) GRC
9 24 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.94%) GDPR
11 16 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (1.11%) PMO
13 11 (1.02%) Data Quality
13 11 (1.02%) SLA
14 5 (0.46%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.37%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.28%) EMIR
16 3 (0.28%) NCSC
16 3 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 43 (3.98%) Docker
2 19 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.093%) iptables
5 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 127 (11.75%) Terraform
2 98 (9.07%) Kubernetes
3 63 (5.83%) Grafana
4 24 (2.22%) Ansible
5 23 (2.13%) Argo
6 20 (1.85%) Prometheus
7 19 (1.76%) Kustomize
7 19 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.46%) Autotask
8 5 (0.46%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.37%) Puppet
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.28%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.093%) CASB
12 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.093%) Nessus
Vendors
1 183 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 102 (9.44%) Adobe
3 75 (6.94%) Salesforce
4 60 (5.55%) Google
5 34 (3.15%) Splunk
6 31 (2.87%) Apple
7 29 (2.68%) Cisco
8 19 (1.76%) SAP
9 17 (1.57%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.48%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.48%) Oracle
11 12 (1.11%) Instagram
12 11 (1.02%) Hootsuite
12 11 (1.02%) Wrike
13 10 (0.93%) Databricks
14 9 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (0.83%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.83%) Meraki
15 8 (0.74%) Dell
15 8 (0.74%) Palo Alto