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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 15 30
Rank change year-on-year -21 +15 +13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,337 1,889 1,648
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.82% 11.40% 6.67%
As % of the General category 9.66% 15.94% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 489 417 868
10th Percentile £34,500 £25,600 £35,158
25th Percentile £48,760 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,224 £68,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £81,966 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

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 13,836 11,847 15,160
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.26% 71.49% 61.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,734 6,551 9,953
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.36% -4.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -8.33%

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 21 August 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 30 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.82%) Confluence
4 10 (0.75%) CMS
5 7 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.37%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.30%) WordPress
8 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.22%) SAS
8 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.075%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.075%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.27%) Simulink
4 12 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.75%) Adobe XD
6 9 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.60%) InDesign
7 8 (0.60%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.30%) Maple
8 4 (0.30%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.075%) SPSS
11 1 (0.075%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.80%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.82%) Workday HCM
3 10 (0.75%) Primavera
4 7 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.37%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.30%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.15%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.15%) SAP R/3
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.075%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 238 (17.80%) AWS
2 225 (16.83%) Azure
3 177 (13.24%) GCP
4 143 (10.70%) SaaS
5 87 (6.51%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
7 47 (3.52%) Serverless
8 40 (2.99%) dbt
9 36 (2.69%) Figma
10 35 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (2.54%) Power Automate
12 33 (2.47%) Azure Key Vault
13 32 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
14 24 (1.80%) GitHub
14 24 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
15 23 (1.72%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.50%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.99%) Network Security
2 39 (2.92%) Broadband
3 19 (1.42%) Firewall
4 17 (1.27%) VPN
5 15 (1.12%) Ethernet
6 10 (0.75%) Intranet
6 10 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.60%) DNS
7 8 (0.60%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.60%) WAN
8 7 (0.52%) DHCP
9 6 (0.45%) VLAN
10 5 (0.37%) MPLS
11 4 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.30%) Modbus
11 4 (0.30%) Profibus
12 3 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.22%) SDH
12 3 (0.22%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (5.61%) Power BI
2 37 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 27 (2.02%) Metadata
4 27 (2.02%) Tableau
5 22 (1.65%) Relational Database
6 19 (1.42%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.35%) MySQL
8 16 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.12%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.12%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.05%) Semantic Layer
11 12 (0.90%) Big Data
12 11 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.67%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.67%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.67%) Looker
15 6 (0.45%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.37%) GIS
Development Applications
1 61 (4.56%) Git
2 48 (3.59%) TeamCity
3 44 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.02%) JIRA
5 25 (1.87%) GitLab
6 22 (1.65%) Snyk
7 20 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
7 20 (1.50%) SonarQube
8 14 (1.05%) LabVIEW
9 11 (0.82%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.67%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.45%) JUnit
12 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.37%) JMeter
12 5 (0.37%) Locust
13 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.22%) CMake
14 3 (0.22%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 506 (37.85%) Social Skills
2 479 (35.83%) Finance
3 297 (22.21%) Law
4 223 (16.68%) Public Sector
5 222 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
6 163 (12.19%) Marketing
7 160 (11.97%) Retail
8 155 (11.59%) Banking
9 114 (8.53%) Aerospace
10 106 (7.93%) Back Office
11 90 (6.73%) Financial Institution
12 72 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (5.16%) Legal
14 66 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
15 46 (3.44%) Electronics
15 46 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (2.17%) Military
17 26 (1.94%) Local Government
17 26 (1.94%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.80%) Games
Job Titles
1 325 (24.31%) Senior
2 202 (15.11%) Architect
3 163 (12.19%) Analyst
4 122 (9.12%) Lead
5 95 (7.11%) Software Engineer
6 84 (6.28%) Senior Analyst
7 71 (5.31%) Developer
8 66 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (4.11%) Business Analyst
10 54 (4.04%) Consultant
11 42 (3.14%) Cloud Architect
12 40 (2.99%) Technical Architect
13 37 (2.77%) Security Architect
14 33 (2.47%) Senior Architect
14 33 (2.47%) Senior Business Analyst
15 32 (2.39%) Systems Engineer
16 31 (2.32%) Designer
17 30 (2.24%) Senior Software Engineer
18 29 (2.17%) Principal Engineer
19 27 (2.02%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.26%) Terraform
2 54 (4.04%) React
2 54 (4.04%) REST
3 51 (3.81%) .NET
3 51 (3.81%) CSS
4 49 (3.66%) HTML
5 37 (2.77%) Node.js
6 31 (2.32%) Lightning Web Components
7 26 (1.94%) SOAP
8 24 (1.80%) .NET Core
8 24 (1.80%) Visualforce
9 19 (1.42%) ASP.NET
9 19 (1.42%) RESTful
10 18 (1.35%) EDI
11 17 (1.27%) OpenAPI
11 17 (1.27%) XML
12 15 (1.12%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.12%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.05%) .NET Framework
13 14 (1.05%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 166 (12.42%) Cloud Native
2 141 (10.55%) Product Ownership
3 84 (6.28%) Onboarding
4 67 (5.01%) Driving Licence
5 62 (4.64%) Data Centre
6 58 (4.34%) Management Information System
7 53 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (3.44%) Cyberattack
9 40 (2.99%) Social Media
10 27 (2.02%) Podcast
11 24 (1.80%) Blog
12 21 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.57%) FPGA
13 20 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.50%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.35%) Credit Risk
15 16 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 16 (1.20%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.12%) AI Agents
16 15 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.22%) Windows
2 22 (1.65%) Linux
3 15 (1.12%) Android
4 14 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 14 (1.05%) VMS
5 12 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.60%) Unix
7 5 (0.37%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (30.14%) Agile
2 346 (25.88%) AI
3 235 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 222 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
5 217 (16.23%) CI/CD
6 213 (15.93%) Mentoring
7 210 (15.71%) Technology Strategy
8 189 (14.14%) Decision-Making
9 181 (13.54%) Roadmaps
10 174 (13.01%) Software Engineering
11 171 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
12 170 (12.72%) Community of Practice
13 153 (11.44%) DevOps
14 146 (10.92%) Scrum
15 135 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
16 134 (10.02%) Coaching
17 131 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 115 (8.60%) Analytics
19 113 (8.45%) Test Automation
20 103 (7.70%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 133 (9.95%) Python
2 129 (9.65%) SQL
3 97 (7.26%) Java
4 68 (5.09%) JavaScript
5 63 (4.71%) C#
6 31 (2.32%) Apex Code
7 30 (2.24%) MATLAB
7 30 (2.24%) TypeScript
8 27 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.65%) SOQL
9 22 (1.65%) SOSL
10 21 (1.57%) Bicep
11 19 (1.42%) Go
12 17 (1.27%) Bash
13 15 (1.12%) C++
14 13 (0.97%) Ada
15 12 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.67%) C
17 8 (0.60%) Rust
18 6 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 349 (26.10%) Degree
2 338 (25.28%) Security Cleared
3 320 (23.93%) SC Cleared
4 118 (8.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 111 (8.30%) DV Cleared
6 62 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (2.69%) HNC
8 34 (2.54%) DBS Check
9 33 (2.47%) CISSP
10 30 (2.24%) Master's Degree
11 29 (2.17%) AWS Certification
11 29 (2.17%) CISM
12 26 (1.94%) PhD
13 24 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (1.50%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (1.42%) Chartered Engineer
16 10 (0.75%) CISA
16 10 (0.75%) CRISC
16 10 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (13.76%) Accessibility
2 69 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 67 (5.01%) NIST
4 48 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (3.52%) GRC
6 43 (3.22%) GDPR
6 43 (3.22%) QA
7 22 (1.65%) SLA
7 22 (1.65%) WCAG
8 21 (1.57%) NCSC
9 20 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.27%) PCI DSS
11 15 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.82%) PMO
14 10 (0.75%) COBIT
14 10 (0.75%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.52%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 4 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 46 (3.44%) Docker
2 38 (2.84%) Firmware
3 25 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.90%) vSphere
7 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 77 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 56 (4.19%) Grafana
3 7 (0.52%) Ansible
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.37%) Puppet
5 4 (0.30%) Autotask
5 4 (0.30%) CASB
6 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.075%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.075%) SCCM
8 1 (0.075%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.075%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.075%) WSUS
Vendors
1 192 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.71%) Adobe
3 50 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 43 (3.22%) Google
5 33 (2.47%) Apple
6 28 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 26 (1.94%) Cisco
7 26 (1.94%) Palo Alto
8 25 (1.87%) SAP
9 23 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.65%) Tenable
11 21 (1.57%) Splunk
11 21 (1.57%) VMware
12 18 (1.35%) Oracle
13 15 (1.12%) Workday
14 12 (0.90%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.82%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.82%) Siemens
16 10 (0.75%) IBM
17 9 (0.67%) Dell