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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 19 43
Rank change year-on-year -13 +24 +1
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,102 1,356 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.06% 9.75% 5.67%
As % of the General category 10.90% 13.35% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 446 447 1,092
10th Percentile £20,000 £30,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,195 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,125 £67,625
90th Percentile £78,750 £90,100 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 10,113 10,158 20,103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.64% 73.05% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,732 6,512 15,098
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 4 May 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 55 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.18%) CMS
3 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.27%) Confluence
5 3 (0.27%) SAS
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.18%) WordPress
7 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.091%) Drupal
7 1 (0.091%) IIS
7 1 (0.091%) WildFly
Applications
1 48 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.36%) Acrobat
3 24 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.81%) Adobe XD
4 20 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.091%) InDesign
5 1 (0.091%) Maya
5 1 (0.091%) MotionBuilder
5 1 (0.091%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.72%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.54%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.54%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.36%) Academy Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.27%) Shopify
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.091%) Magento
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.091%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.091%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 232 (21.05%) AWS
2 192 (17.42%) Azure
3 145 (13.16%) SaaS
4 139 (12.61%) GCP
5 63 (5.72%) Power Platform
6 60 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
8 30 (2.72%) Figma
9 29 (2.63%) Entra ID
9 29 (2.63%) Serverless
10 26 (2.36%) Power Automate
11 24 (2.18%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.18%) Pulumi
12 20 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (1.54%) dbt
14 17 (1.54%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 14 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 79 (7.17%) Broadband
2 20 (1.81%) VPN
3 18 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.54%) DNS
4 17 (1.54%) Firewall
5 16 (1.45%) 4G
5 16 (1.45%) BGP
5 16 (1.45%) DHCP
6 15 (1.36%) WAN
7 13 (1.18%) LAN
8 12 (1.09%) Network Security
9 11 (1.00%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (1.00%) Ethernet VPN
9 11 (1.00%) IOS XR
9 11 (1.00%) MPLS
10 9 (0.82%) SMTP
10 9 (0.82%) VLAN
10 9 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.36%) 5G
11 4 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.99%) Power BI
2 26 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (2.18%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.72%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.72%) RDBMS
5 18 (1.63%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.09%) Metadata
7 12 (1.09%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.91%) Looker
9 9 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.82%) Tableau
10 8 (0.73%) Redis
11 6 (0.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
14 3 (0.27%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.27%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 47 (4.26%) TeamCity
2 39 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 37 (3.36%) GitLab
4 34 (3.09%) SonarQube
5 24 (2.18%) Git
6 20 (1.81%) Axure RP
6 20 (1.81%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.72%) Jaeger
8 17 (1.54%) Snyk
9 10 (0.91%) JIRA
10 5 (0.45%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.45%) JMeter
10 5 (0.45%) Locust
11 4 (0.36%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) JUnit
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.091%) Cypress.io
14 1 (0.091%) git-flow
General
1 352 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 298 (27.04%) Finance
3 291 (26.41%) Law
4 206 (18.69%) Public Sector
5 187 (16.97%) Retail
6 177 (16.06%) Banking
7 151 (13.70%) Marketing
8 139 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
9 120 (10.89%) Back Office
10 100 (9.07%) Financial Institution
11 56 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
12 53 (4.81%) Legal
13 37 (3.36%) Games
14 34 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.72%) German Language
16 19 (1.72%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.45%) Polish Language
18 14 (1.27%) Italian Language
19 13 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 203 (18.42%) Senior
2 130 (11.80%) Architect
3 116 (10.53%) Analyst
4 79 (7.17%) Lead
5 53 (4.81%) Developer
6 48 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
7 46 (4.17%) Software Engineer
8 43 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (3.45%) Consultant
10 33 (2.99%) Salesforce Architect
11 31 (2.81%) Alliance Manager
11 31 (2.81%) Business Analyst
12 29 (2.63%) Designer
13 28 (2.54%) Senior Architect
14 26 (2.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (2.36%) Senior Manager
15 23 (2.09%) Technical Architect
16 22 (2.00%) Cloud Architect
17 21 (1.91%) Security Architect
18 20 (1.81%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.44%) REST
2 48 (4.36%) Lightning Web Components
2 48 (4.36%) SOAP
2 48 (4.36%) Visualforce
3 27 (2.45%) .NET
3 27 (2.45%) HTML
4 24 (2.18%) CSS
4 24 (2.18%) React
5 21 (1.91%) EDI
6 19 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (1.72%) OpenTelemetry
7 16 (1.45%) Middleware
8 15 (1.36%) Node.js
9 13 (1.18%) RESTful
10 12 (1.09%) SAML
11 11 (1.00%) Jinja
11 11 (1.00%) NETCONF
11 11 (1.00%) YANG
12 10 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
12 10 (0.91%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 138 (12.52%) Cloud Native
2 128 (11.62%) Onboarding
3 122 (11.07%) Product Ownership
4 110 (9.98%) Blog
5 52 (4.72%) Management Information System
6 47 (4.26%) Driving Licence
7 45 (4.08%) Data Centre
8 42 (3.81%) Cyberattack
9 36 (3.27%) Social Media
10 29 (2.63%) Public Cloud
11 26 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (2.00%) Podcast
14 12 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.09%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.00%) Video Editing
16 9 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (0.82%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
18 7 (0.64%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.54%) Linux
2 33 (2.99%) Windows
3 28 (2.54%) Unix
4 17 (1.54%) Android
5 15 (1.36%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.00%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.091%) Debian
8 1 (0.091%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (26.41%) Agile
2 284 (25.77%) AI
3 182 (16.52%) CI/CD
4 176 (15.97%) Roadmaps
5 173 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 158 (14.34%) Community of Practice
7 150 (13.61%) DevOps
8 148 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
9 147 (13.34%) Technology Strategy
10 136 (12.34%) Cybersecurity
11 130 (11.80%) Mentoring
12 105 (9.53%) Scrum
13 96 (8.71%) Customer Service
14 95 (8.62%) Software Engineering
15 89 (8.08%) Test Automation
16 88 (7.99%) Business Development
17 84 (7.62%) TOGAF
18 82 (7.44%) Analytics
19 81 (7.35%) Fintech
20 77 (6.99%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 127 (11.52%) Java
2 118 (10.71%) Python
3 82 (7.44%) JavaScript
4 76 (6.90%) SQL
5 48 (4.36%) Apex Code
6 38 (3.45%) Go
7 34 (3.09%) SOQL
7 34 (3.09%) SOSL
8 31 (2.81%) C#
9 22 (2.00%) Bash
10 19 (1.72%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.09%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.64%) Bicep
13 4 (0.36%) C
13 4 (0.36%) R
14 3 (0.27%) C++
14 3 (0.27%) Rust
15 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.091%) Ruby
16 1 (0.091%) Scala
Qualifications
1 297 (26.95%) Degree
2 168 (15.25%) Security Cleared
3 163 (14.79%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.26%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.72%) CISSP
8 29 (2.63%) DBS Check
9 22 (2.00%) CISM
10 21 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (1.36%) PMP
12 14 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.00%) CISA
13 11 (1.00%) OSCP
14 10 (0.91%) CREST Certified
14 10 (0.91%) CRISC
15 8 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.73%) HNC
15 8 (0.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.35%) Accessibility
2 48 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (4.17%) NIST
4 40 (3.63%) GRC
5 36 (3.27%) QA
6 33 (2.99%) Data Quality
7 28 (2.54%) WCAG
8 26 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (2.27%) PCI DSS
10 24 (2.18%) SOC 2
11 22 (2.00%) GDPR
12 15 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.73%) PMO
13 8 (0.73%) SLA
14 5 (0.45%) NCSC
14 5 (0.45%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.36%) COBIT
15 4 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 43 (3.90%) Docker
2 20 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.091%) iptables
6 1 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 114 (10.34%) Terraform
2 89 (8.08%) Kubernetes
3 56 (5.08%) Grafana
4 26 (2.36%) Ansible
5 21 (1.91%) Argo
6 20 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (1.81%) Prometheus
7 19 (1.72%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.54%) Puppet
9 5 (0.45%) Autotask
9 5 (0.45%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.091%) CASB
13 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.091%) Nessus
Vendors
1 190 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 115 (10.44%) Adobe
3 71 (6.44%) Salesforce
4 59 (5.35%) Google
5 45 (4.08%) Apple
6 34 (3.09%) Splunk
7 32 (2.90%) Cisco
8 31 (2.81%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
10 18 (1.63%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.54%) Tenable
12 14 (1.27%) MuleSoft
13 13 (1.18%) SAP
14 12 (1.09%) Databricks
14 12 (1.09%) Instagram
15 11 (1.00%) Hootsuite
15 11 (1.00%) Meraki
15 11 (1.00%) Wrike
16 10 (0.91%) Oracle
17 9 (0.82%) CyberArk