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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 14 30
Rank change year-on-year -19 +16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,487 1,924 1,489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.05% 11.91% 6.60%
As % of the General category 9.87% 16.57% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 494 418 671
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.71% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,224 £70,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year - -6.30% -9.69%

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 15,061 11,613 14,117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.23% 71.87% 62.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9,215 6,269 8,136
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,377 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £56,988
% change year-on-year +1.85% -5.24% -5.02%

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 23 September 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 36 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.87%) Confluence
4 11 (0.74%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.47%) WordPress
6 5 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.27%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
9 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.067%) nginx
Applications
1 69 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.14%) Simulink
5 12 (0.81%) Maple
6 10 (0.67%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.54%) InDesign
8 8 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.47%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
12 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
12 2 (0.13%) Revit
13 1 (0.067%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.61%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.74%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.67%) Primavera
5 9 (0.61%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.20%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.067%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 273 (18.36%) AWS
2 229 (15.40%) Azure
3 211 (14.19%) GCP
4 163 (10.96%) SaaS
5 94 (6.32%) Power Platform
6 75 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.23%) Serverless
8 41 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
10 37 (2.49%) Azure Key Vault
11 35 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (2.35%) dbt
12 33 (2.22%) Figma
13 31 (2.08%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.82%) PowerApps
15 25 (1.68%) Entra ID
15 25 (1.68%) GitHub
16 24 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (1.41%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.89%) Network Security
2 25 (1.68%) Broadband
3 22 (1.48%) Ethernet
4 19 (1.28%) Firewall
4 19 (1.28%) VPN
5 14 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.74%) Modbus
6 11 (0.74%) Profibus
7 9 (0.61%) 5G
7 9 (0.61%) WAN
8 8 (0.54%) DNS
8 8 (0.54%) Intranet
8 8 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.54%) VLAN
9 7 (0.47%) DHCP
10 5 (0.34%) MPLS
11 4 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.20%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.20%) SDH
12 3 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.58%) Power BI
2 50 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.02%) Metadata
5 28 (1.88%) Tableau
6 22 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.28%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.21%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.14%) MySQL
10 16 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.01%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.01%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
13 12 (0.81%) Big Data
14 11 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.61%) GIS
17 8 (0.54%) DynamoDB
18 7 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
18 7 (0.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 76 (5.11%) TeamCity
2 69 (4.64%) Git
3 32 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.95%) JIRA
5 22 (1.48%) Snyk
6 20 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.94%) LabVIEW
8 11 (0.74%) GitLab
9 10 (0.67%) JUnit
10 8 (0.54%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.40%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.40%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.20%) Android Studio
13 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.20%) CMake
13 3 (0.20%) Selenium
13 3 (0.20%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.13%) Bower
General
1 569 (38.26%) Finance
2 568 (38.20%) Social Skills
3 341 (22.93%) Law
4 247 (16.61%) Analytical Skills
5 231 (15.53%) Public Sector
6 218 (14.66%) Retail
7 206 (13.85%) Banking
8 160 (10.76%) Marketing
9 127 (8.54%) Back Office
10 124 (8.34%) Aerospace
11 118 (7.94%) Financial Institution
12 79 (5.31%) Legal
13 74 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
14 73 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
15 53 (3.56%) Electronics
16 48 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (2.56%) Telecoms
18 31 (2.08%) Local Government
19 30 (2.02%) Military
20 22 (1.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 347 (23.34%) Senior
2 188 (12.64%) Architect
3 174 (11.70%) Analyst
4 139 (9.35%) Lead
5 116 (7.80%) Software Engineer
6 81 (5.45%) Developer
7 79 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
8 63 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 51 (3.43%) Business Analyst
10 49 (3.30%) Consultant
11 40 (2.69%) Cloud Architect
12 38 (2.56%) Security Architect
12 38 (2.56%) Senior Architect
13 35 (2.35%) Sales Executive
13 35 (2.35%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.15%) Senior Software Engineer
14 32 (2.15%) Systems Engineer
14 32 (2.15%) Technical Architect
15 31 (2.08%) Delivery Manager
15 31 (2.08%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (8.20%) Terraform
2 51 (3.43%) .NET
2 51 (3.43%) React
3 46 (3.09%) CSS
4 45 (3.03%) HTML
5 36 (2.42%) Node.js
5 36 (2.42%) REST
6 27 (1.82%) RESTful
7 24 (1.61%) .NET Core
7 24 (1.61%) XML
8 22 (1.48%) OpenAPI
9 21 (1.41%) EDI
10 19 (1.28%) ASP.NET
11 17 (1.14%) Swagger
12 15 (1.01%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.01%) Entity Framework
12 15 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
13 14 (0.94%) .NET Framework
13 14 (0.94%) Blazor
13 14 (0.94%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 173 (11.63%) Cloud Native
2 136 (9.15%) Product Ownership
3 89 (5.99%) Driving Licence
4 84 (5.65%) Onboarding
5 68 (4.57%) Management Information System
6 66 (4.44%) Data Centre
7 56 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
8 43 (2.89%) Cyberattack
8 43 (2.89%) Social Media
9 38 (2.56%) Blog
10 26 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.68%) Security Posture
12 21 (1.41%) FPGA
12 21 (1.41%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.21%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.21%) Podcast
13 18 (1.21%) SCADA
14 16 (1.08%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.01%) Algorithms
15 15 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.16%) Windows
2 27 (1.82%) Linux
3 24 (1.61%) Apple iOS
4 21 (1.41%) Android
5 15 (1.01%) VMS
6 11 (0.74%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.47%) Unix
9 5 (0.34%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (25.42%) AI
2 377 (25.35%) Agile
3 254 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 251 (16.88%) Mentoring
5 244 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
6 217 (14.59%) CI/CD
6 217 (14.59%) Decision-Making
7 211 (14.19%) Technology Strategy
8 190 (12.78%) Software Engineering
9 174 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
10 171 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 164 (11.03%) Coaching
12 152 (10.22%) Roadmaps
13 148 (9.95%) Community of Practice
14 140 (9.41%) DevOps
15 135 (9.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 132 (8.88%) Test Automation
17 131 (8.81%) Analytics
18 121 (8.14%) Scrum
19 119 (8.00%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 139 (9.35%) Python
1 139 (9.35%) SQL
2 128 (8.61%) Java
3 74 (4.98%) C#
4 59 (3.97%) JavaScript
5 30 (2.02%) Go
5 30 (2.02%) MATLAB
6 29 (1.95%) TypeScript
7 27 (1.82%) Bash
8 26 (1.75%) PowerShell
9 17 (1.14%) Bicep
10 15 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 15 (1.01%) C++
11 13 (0.87%) Ada
12 12 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.61%) C
14 8 (0.54%) Rust
14 8 (0.54%) SOQL
14 8 (0.54%) SOSL
15 7 (0.47%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 362 (24.34%) Security Cleared
2 349 (23.47%) Degree
3 338 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 120 (8.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 117 (7.87%) DV Cleared
6 57 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 57 (3.83%) HNC
7 52 (3.50%) DBS Check
8 33 (2.22%) CISSP
9 31 (2.08%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.02%) AWS Certification
11 29 (1.95%) CISM
12 27 (1.82%) PhD
13 24 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.41%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.41%) Chartered Engineer
15 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.74%) CISA
17 10 (0.67%) ACCA
17 10 (0.67%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (12.78%) Accessibility
2 75 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 64 (4.30%) NIST
4 49 (3.30%) GDPR
4 49 (3.30%) QA
5 47 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (2.82%) GRC
7 23 (1.55%) NCSC
7 23 (1.55%) SLA
8 21 (1.41%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 15 (1.01%) WCAG
12 14 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (0.87%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.67%) COBIT
15 9 (0.61%) PMO
16 8 (0.54%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.34%) EMIR
17 5 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 44 (2.96%) Docker
2 38 (2.56%) Firmware
3 27 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.68%) Active Directory
5 19 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.81%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 111 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 81 (5.45%) Grafana
3 9 (0.61%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.40%) Ansible
5 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.27%) Autotask
6 4 (0.27%) CASB
6 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.20%) Puppet
8 2 (0.13%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.067%) Argo
9 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.067%) SCCM
9 1 (0.067%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.067%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.067%) WSUS
Vendors
1 226 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.30%) Adobe
3 46 (3.09%) Google
4 38 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.29%) Apple
6 32 (2.15%) Cisco
7 29 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.88%) SAP
9 26 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
9 26 (1.75%) Palo Alto
10 24 (1.61%) Oracle
11 23 (1.55%) VMware
12 22 (1.48%) Tenable
13 17 (1.14%) Workday
14 15 (1.01%) Dell
15 13 (0.87%) HP
16 12 (0.81%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (0.74%) OpenAI
17 11 (0.74%) Siemens
17 11 (0.74%) Splunk