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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 17 34
Rank change year-on-year -20 +17 +11
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,148 1,934 1,913
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.48% 11.94% 5.79%
As % of the General category 9.29% 16.38% 9.48%
Number of salaries quoted 440 440 1,131
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £75,754 £72,500 £69,125
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,333 £87,348
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +7.84% -21.54%

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 12,357 11,804 20,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.02% 72.86% 61.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,105 6,599 14,686
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £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 5 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 45 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.05%) CMS
4 5 (0.44%) Apache
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Confluence
5 4 (0.35%) SAS
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.17%) WordPress
8 1 (0.087%) Drupal
8 1 (0.087%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (3.22%) Acrobat
2 35 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.78%) InDesign
5 8 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.70%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.44%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.09%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.52%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.26%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.17%) Shopify
7 1 (0.087%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.087%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 233 (20.30%) AWS
2 202 (17.60%) Azure
3 173 (15.07%) GCP
4 156 (13.59%) SaaS
5 88 (7.67%) Power Platform
6 63 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
7 56 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (3.57%) Serverless
9 36 (3.14%) Power Automate
10 31 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (2.53%) dbt
12 27 (2.35%) Figma
13 25 (2.18%) Azure Key Vault
13 25 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
14 24 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (2.00%) Entra ID
15 23 (2.00%) PaaS
16 20 (1.74%) Google Analytics
17 19 (1.66%) PowerApps
18 18 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 81 (7.06%) Broadband
2 27 (2.35%) VPN
3 22 (1.92%) Network Security
4 17 (1.48%) Firewall
5 15 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.22%) BGP
6 14 (1.22%) WAN
7 13 (1.13%) 4G
8 12 (1.05%) DHCP
8 12 (1.05%) DNS
9 10 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (0.87%) Ethernet VPN
9 10 (0.87%) IOS XR
9 10 (0.87%) MPLS
10 9 (0.78%) SMTP
10 9 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.70%) LAN
12 7 (0.61%) VLAN
13 6 (0.52%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (6.79%) Power BI
2 34 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.44%) Tableau
4 26 (2.26%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.83%) Metadata
5 21 (1.83%) NoSQL
6 19 (1.66%) BigQuery
6 19 (1.66%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.22%) Semantic Layer
9 12 (1.05%) Looker
9 12 (1.05%) RDBMS
10 10 (0.87%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.78%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.70%) MySQL
12 8 (0.70%) Redis
13 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 57 (4.97%) TeamCity
2 51 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.40%) Git
3 39 (3.40%) GitLab
4 34 (2.96%) SonarQube
5 22 (1.92%) Snyk
6 12 (1.05%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.05%) JIRA
7 6 (0.52%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.44%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.44%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.44%) JMeter
8 5 (0.44%) Locust
9 4 (0.35%) JUnit
10 3 (0.26%) Postman
10 3 (0.26%) Selenium
10 3 (0.26%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.17%) Bower
12 1 (0.087%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 388 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 334 (29.09%) Finance
3 304 (26.48%) Law
4 194 (16.90%) Banking
5 189 (16.46%) Retail
6 182 (15.85%) Public Sector
7 166 (14.46%) Marketing
8 150 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
9 131 (11.41%) Back Office
10 107 (9.32%) Financial Institution
11 78 (6.79%) Legal
12 57 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.22%) Games
15 34 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.92%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.74%) Polish Language
18 19 (1.66%) German Language
19 18 (1.57%) Local Government
20 15 (1.31%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 248 (21.60%) Senior
2 169 (14.72%) Architect
3 135 (11.76%) Analyst
4 76 (6.62%) Lead
5 65 (5.66%) Senior Analyst
6 62 (5.40%) Software Engineer
7 58 (5.05%) Developer
8 53 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
9 40 (3.48%) Consultant
10 37 (3.22%) Business Analyst
11 34 (2.96%) Cloud Architect
12 33 (2.87%) Salesforce Architect
12 33 (2.87%) Security Architect
12 33 (2.87%) Technical Architect
13 30 (2.61%) Senior Architect
14 26 (2.26%) Designer
15 25 (2.18%) Data Manager
16 24 (2.09%) Senior Software Engineer
17 23 (2.00%) Delivery Manager
18 22 (1.92%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (6.88%) REST
2 49 (4.27%) Lightning Web Components
3 46 (4.01%) SOAP
4 44 (3.83%) Visualforce
5 31 (2.70%) HTML
6 30 (2.61%) CSS
6 30 (2.61%) React
7 28 (2.44%) Node.js
8 27 (2.35%) .NET
9 17 (1.48%) RESTful
10 15 (1.31%) EDI
11 14 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (1.13%) Middleware
13 12 (1.05%) OpenAPI
13 12 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
13 12 (1.05%) SAML
14 11 (0.96%) XML
15 10 (0.87%) Jinja
15 10 (0.87%) NETCONF
15 10 (0.87%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 175 (15.24%) Cloud Native
2 135 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 99 (8.62%) Onboarding
4 51 (4.44%) Social Media
5 48 (4.18%) Management Information System
6 47 (4.09%) Driving Licence
7 46 (4.01%) Cyberattack
8 45 (3.92%) Data Centre
9 42 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
10 40 (3.48%) Blog
11 28 (2.44%) Podcast
12 24 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.92%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.57%) Credit Risk
15 14 (1.22%) Public Cloud
16 11 (0.96%) Video Editing
17 10 (0.87%) Data Structures
17 10 (0.87%) Low-Code
18 9 (0.78%) Culture of Ownership
18 9 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.36%) Windows
2 33 (2.87%) Linux
3 21 (1.83%) Unix
4 16 (1.39%) Android
5 15 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.13%) Windows Server
7 12 (1.05%) VMS
8 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (29.44%) Agile
2 265 (23.08%) AI
3 227 (19.77%) CI/CD
4 200 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 187 (16.29%) Roadmaps
6 178 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
7 171 (14.90%) Technology Strategy
8 168 (14.63%) DevOps
9 160 (13.94%) Mentoring
10 155 (13.50%) Community of Practice
11 137 (11.93%) Decision-Making
12 131 (11.41%) Scrum
13 122 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
14 117 (10.19%) Software Engineering
15 111 (9.67%) Test Automation
16 107 (9.32%) Analytics
17 91 (7.93%) CRM
17 91 (7.93%) Fintech
17 91 (7.93%) TOGAF
18 90 (7.84%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 144 (12.54%) Python
2 125 (10.89%) Java
2 125 (10.89%) SQL
3 72 (6.27%) JavaScript
4 49 (4.27%) Apex Code
5 34 (2.96%) SOQL
5 34 (2.96%) SOSL
6 31 (2.70%) C#
7 30 (2.61%) Go
8 29 (2.53%) Bash
9 26 (2.26%) PowerShell
10 23 (2.00%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.83%) Bicep
12 12 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.52%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.52%) R
14 4 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.26%) Ada
15 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 253 (22.04%) Degree
2 177 (15.42%) Security Cleared
3 172 (14.98%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 39 (3.40%) DBS Check
7 32 (2.79%) CISSP
8 31 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.26%) CISM
10 25 (2.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.39%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.22%) CISA
12 14 (1.22%) HNC
13 13 (1.13%) CRISC
14 11 (0.96%) HND
14 11 (0.96%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.78%) CREST Certified
15 9 (0.78%) OSCP
16 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.61%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 63 (5.49%) Accessibility
3 56 (4.88%) NIST
4 52 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (4.27%) GRC
6 40 (3.48%) GDPR
7 37 (3.22%) QA
8 28 (2.44%) PCI DSS
9 25 (2.18%) SLA
9 25 (2.18%) SOC 2
10 24 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (1.22%) WCAG
12 13 (1.13%) NCSC
13 11 (0.96%) COBIT
13 11 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.96%) PMO
14 7 (0.61%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 47 (4.09%) Docker
2 31 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.05%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 129 (11.24%) Terraform
2 96 (8.36%) Kubernetes
3 66 (5.75%) Grafana
4 18 (1.57%) Ansible
5 13 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.05%) Argo
6 12 (1.05%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.78%) Autotask
8 6 (0.52%) Puppet
9 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.17%) CASB
12 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.087%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.087%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 184 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 93 (8.10%) Adobe
3 66 (5.75%) Salesforce
4 47 (4.09%) Google
5 39 (3.40%) Cisco
6 34 (2.96%) Splunk
7 33 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 25 (2.18%) Apple
9 23 (2.00%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.92%) Tenable
11 17 (1.48%) VMware
12 16 (1.39%) SAP
13 15 (1.31%) Oracle
14 12 (1.05%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.96%) Dell
15 11 (0.96%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.96%) Instagram
15 11 (0.96%) Wrike
16 10 (0.87%) MuleSoft