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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 17 34
Rank change year-on-year -21 +17 +13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,159 1,930 1,884
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.43% 11.70% 5.90%
As % of the General category 9.15% 16.17% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 463 435 1,097
10th Percentile £32,850 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,032 £72,061 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,211 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +5.77% -20.00%

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 12,670 11,938 19,578
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.35% 72.40% 61.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,228 6,684 14,109
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,825 £31,773
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +1.77% -9.60%
75th Percentile £79,127 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £97,500
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 15 July 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 41 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.04%) CMS
4 5 (0.43%) Apache
5 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Confluence
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.26%) SAS
6 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.086%) Drupal
7 1 (0.086%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (3.19%) Acrobat
2 31 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.78%) InDesign
5 8 (0.69%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.69%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.07%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.43%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.17%) Shopify
7 1 (0.086%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.086%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 239 (20.62%) AWS
2 210 (18.12%) Azure
3 180 (15.53%) GCP
4 163 (14.06%) SaaS
5 82 (7.08%) Power Platform
6 64 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
7 53 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (3.71%) dbt
9 42 (3.62%) Serverless
10 35 (3.02%) Power Automate
11 30 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.50%) Figma
13 26 (2.24%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
15 23 (1.98%) PaaS
16 22 (1.90%) Entra ID
17 21 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
18 19 (1.64%) Google Analytics
18 19 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.69%) Broadband
2 27 (2.33%) VPN
3 22 (1.90%) Network Security
4 16 (1.38%) Firewall
4 16 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.12%) WAN
6 12 (1.04%) DNS
7 11 (0.95%) DHCP
8 9 (0.78%) SMTP
8 9 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.69%) LAN
10 7 (0.60%) VLAN
11 6 (0.52%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.43%) BGP
12 5 (0.43%) Intranet
13 4 (0.35%) 4G
14 3 (0.26%) 5G
14 3 (0.26%) SSL
15 2 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
15 2 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.30%) Power BI
2 35 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.33%) Tableau
4 22 (1.90%) Metadata
5 20 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.55%) BigQuery
6 18 (1.55%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.38%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
9 11 (0.95%) Looker
9 11 (0.95%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.69%) MySQL
12 8 (0.69%) Redis
13 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.52%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.52%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 59 (5.09%) TeamCity
2 52 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.36%) GitLab
4 34 (2.93%) SonarQube
5 33 (2.85%) Git
6 22 (1.90%) Snyk
7 11 (0.95%) JIRA
8 8 (0.69%) LabVIEW
9 6 (0.52%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.43%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.43%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.43%) JMeter
10 5 (0.43%) JUnit
10 5 (0.43%) Locust
11 3 (0.26%) Postman
11 3 (0.26%) Selenium
11 3 (0.26%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.17%) Bower
12 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
General
1 406 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 325 (28.04%) Finance
3 308 (26.57%) Law
4 197 (17.00%) Banking
5 195 (16.82%) Retail
6 181 (15.62%) Public Sector
7 169 (14.58%) Marketing
8 149 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
9 134 (11.56%) Back Office
10 109 (9.40%) Financial Institution
11 76 (6.56%) Legal
12 59 (5.09%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.19%) Games
15 32 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.81%) Polish Language
17 20 (1.73%) German Language
18 19 (1.64%) Local Government
19 16 (1.38%) Advertising
20 15 (1.29%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 257 (22.17%) Senior
2 199 (17.17%) Architect
3 131 (11.30%) Analyst
4 76 (6.56%) Lead
5 65 (5.61%) Software Engineer
6 64 (5.52%) Senior Analyst
7 62 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
8 58 (5.00%) Developer
9 44 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
10 41 (3.54%) Technical Architect
11 40 (3.45%) Consultant
12 36 (3.11%) Business Analyst
13 35 (3.02%) Security Architect
14 33 (2.85%) Salesforce Architect
15 31 (2.67%) Senior Architect
16 26 (2.24%) Designer
17 25 (2.16%) Senior Software Engineer
18 24 (2.07%) Delivery Manager
19 23 (1.98%) Agile Delivery Manager
19 23 (1.98%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.99%) REST
2 48 (4.14%) Lightning Web Components
3 45 (3.88%) SOAP
4 43 (3.71%) Visualforce
5 33 (2.85%) React
6 32 (2.76%) CSS
6 32 (2.76%) HTML
7 30 (2.59%) Node.js
8 25 (2.16%) .NET
9 20 (1.73%) RESTful
10 15 (1.29%) EDI
11 14 (1.21%) OpenAPI
12 13 (1.12%) Middleware
12 13 (1.12%) XML
13 12 (1.04%) SAML
14 11 (0.95%) Swagger
15 8 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
15 8 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
16 7 (0.60%) Next.js
16 7 (0.60%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 178 (15.36%) Cloud Native
2 141 (12.17%) Product Ownership
3 98 (8.46%) Onboarding
4 53 (4.57%) Driving Licence
5 46 (3.97%) Cyberattack
6 44 (3.80%) Data Centre
6 44 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
7 42 (3.62%) Social Media
8 40 (3.45%) Blog
9 28 (2.42%) Podcast
10 25 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.98%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.55%) Credit Risk
13 14 (1.21%) Public Cloud
14 11 (0.95%) Video Editing
15 10 (0.86%) Data Structures
16 9 (0.78%) Culture of Ownership
16 9 (0.78%) Low-Code
16 9 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.31%) Windows
2 25 (2.16%) Linux
3 17 (1.47%) Android
3 17 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.29%) Unix
5 13 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.04%) VMS
7 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (29.59%) Agile
2 273 (23.55%) AI
3 234 (20.19%) CI/CD
4 199 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 185 (15.96%) Roadmaps
6 173 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
6 173 (14.93%) Technology Strategy
7 164 (14.15%) Mentoring
8 163 (14.06%) DevOps
9 155 (13.37%) Community of Practice
10 137 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
11 135 (11.65%) Scrum
12 132 (11.39%) Decision-Making
13 122 (10.53%) Software Engineering
14 116 (10.01%) Test Automation
15 105 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 104 (8.97%) Analytics
17 96 (8.28%) Fintech
18 90 (7.77%) Coaching
18 90 (7.77%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 127 (10.96%) Python
2 120 (10.35%) Java
2 120 (10.35%) SQL
3 66 (5.69%) JavaScript
4 48 (4.14%) Apex Code
5 34 (2.93%) SOQL
5 34 (2.93%) SOSL
6 28 (2.42%) C#
6 28 (2.42%) Go
7 27 (2.33%) PowerShell
8 25 (2.16%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.98%) Bash
10 21 (1.81%) Bicep
11 12 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.69%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.43%) R
13 5 (0.43%) Rust
14 3 (0.26%) PHP
14 3 (0.26%) Ruby
14 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 250 (21.57%) Degree
2 201 (17.34%) Security Cleared
3 196 (16.91%) SC Cleared
4 45 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.11%) DBS Check
6 33 (2.85%) AWS Certification
6 33 (2.85%) CISSP
7 29 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (2.33%) CISM
9 24 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.38%) HNC
11 15 (1.29%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.21%) CISA
13 13 (1.12%) CRISC
14 11 (0.95%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.86%) HND
16 9 (0.78%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.78%) OSCP
16 9 (0.78%) PhD
17 7 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.61%) Accessibility
1 65 (5.61%) Data Quality
2 56 (4.83%) NIST
3 52 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (4.14%) GRC
5 39 (3.36%) GDPR
6 36 (3.11%) QA
7 26 (2.24%) PCI DSS
8 25 (2.16%) SOC 2
9 24 (2.07%) SLA
10 22 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (1.38%) WCAG
12 15 (1.29%) NCSC
13 14 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 13 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 10 (0.86%) COBIT
15 10 (0.86%) PMO
16 7 (0.60%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 3 (0.26%) EMIR
System Software
1 42 (3.62%) Docker
2 31 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.04%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 123 (10.61%) Terraform
2 91 (7.85%) Kubernetes
3 68 (5.87%) Grafana
4 12 (1.04%) Ansible
5 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.78%) Autotask
7 8 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.52%) Argo
8 6 (0.52%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.52%) Puppet
9 5 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.17%) CASB
11 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.086%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.086%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.086%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 189 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 93 (8.02%) Adobe
3 60 (5.18%) Salesforce
4 42 (3.62%) Google
5 34 (2.93%) Splunk
6 32 (2.76%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.59%) Cisco
8 26 (2.24%) Apple
9 23 (1.98%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.90%) Tenable
11 18 (1.55%) VMware
12 14 (1.21%) Oracle
12 14 (1.21%) SAP
13 13 (1.12%) Instagram
14 12 (1.04%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.95%) Dell
15 11 (0.95%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.95%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.95%) Wrike