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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,496 1,930 1,500
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.07% 11.80% 6.54%
As % of the General category 9.90% 16.48% 10.43%
Number of salaries quoted 498 421 676
10th Percentile £32,350 £25,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.71% -9.27%
75th Percentile £78,224 £71,250 £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 15,115 11,714 14,385
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.35% 71.62% 62.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 6,321 8,191
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £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 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,700 £57,000
% change year-on-year +2.42% -5.79% -5.00%

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 24 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 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.47%) 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 (0.33%) 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 70 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.14%) Simulink
5 12 (0.80%) Maple
6 10 (0.67%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.53%) InDesign
8 8 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.47%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.40%) 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%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 24 (1.60%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.74%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.67%) Primavera
5 9 (0.60%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
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%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 274 (18.32%) AWS
2 229 (15.31%) Azure
3 212 (14.17%) GCP
4 165 (11.03%) SaaS
5 95 (6.35%) Power Platform
6 76 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.21%) Serverless
8 41 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (2.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 35 (2.34%) dbt
12 34 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (2.21%) Figma
14 31 (2.07%) Power Automate
15 27 (1.80%) PowerApps
16 25 (1.67%) GitHub
17 24 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
17 24 (1.60%) Entra ID
17 24 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.40%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.87%) Network Security
2 22 (1.47%) Ethernet
3 20 (1.34%) Firewall
4 19 (1.27%) Broadband
4 19 (1.27%) VPN
5 14 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.74%) Modbus
6 11 (0.74%) Profibus
7 9 (0.60%) 5G
7 9 (0.60%) WAN
8 8 (0.53%) DNS
8 8 (0.53%) Intranet
8 8 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.53%) VLAN
9 7 (0.47%) DHCP
10 5 (0.33%) MPLS
11 4 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.20%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.20%) Internet
12 3 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (5.61%) Power BI
2 50 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 31 (2.07%) Metadata
5 29 (1.94%) Tableau
6 22 (1.47%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.27%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.14%) MySQL
10 16 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.00%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.94%) MongoDB
12 14 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
13 12 (0.80%) Big Data
14 11 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.60%) GIS
17 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
18 7 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
18 7 (0.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (5.15%) TeamCity
2 69 (4.61%) Git
3 29 (1.94%) JIRA
4 26 (1.74%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.47%) Snyk
6 20 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.94%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.80%) JUnit
9 8 (0.53%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.40%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
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
14 2 (0.13%) MLflow
General
1 577 (38.57%) Finance
2 571 (38.17%) Social Skills
3 345 (23.06%) Law
4 249 (16.64%) Analytical Skills
5 233 (15.57%) Public Sector
6 227 (15.17%) Retail
7 211 (14.10%) Banking
8 154 (10.29%) Marketing
9 128 (8.56%) Back Office
10 127 (8.49%) Aerospace
11 120 (8.02%) Financial Institution
12 79 (5.28%) Legal
13 74 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
14 73 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
15 53 (3.54%) Electronics
16 50 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (2.54%) Telecoms
18 31 (2.07%) Local Government
19 30 (2.01%) Military
20 24 (1.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 350 (23.40%) Senior
2 180 (12.03%) Architect
3 176 (11.76%) Analyst
4 141 (9.43%) Lead
5 117 (7.82%) Software Engineer
6 81 (5.41%) Developer
7 79 (5.28%) Senior Analyst
8 59 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
9 51 (3.41%) Business Analyst
10 49 (3.28%) Consultant
11 40 (2.67%) Cloud Architect
12 38 (2.54%) Security Architect
12 38 (2.54%) Senior Architect
13 36 (2.41%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.34%) Sales Executive
15 32 (2.14%) Senior Software Engineer
15 32 (2.14%) Systems Engineer
16 31 (2.07%) Delivery Manager
16 31 (2.07%) Lead Software Engineer
17 30 (2.01%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (8.22%) Terraform
2 51 (3.41%) .NET
3 50 (3.34%) React
4 45 (3.01%) CSS
5 44 (2.94%) HTML
6 36 (2.41%) Node.js
7 30 (2.01%) REST
8 27 (1.80%) RESTful
9 26 (1.74%) XML
10 24 (1.60%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.47%) OpenAPI
12 21 (1.40%) EDI
13 19 (1.27%) ASP.NET
14 17 (1.14%) Swagger
15 15 (1.00%) AngularJS
15 15 (1.00%) Entity Framework
16 14 (0.94%) .NET Framework
16 14 (0.94%) Blazor
16 14 (0.94%) Next.js
17 11 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 172 (11.50%) Cloud Native
2 129 (8.62%) Product Ownership
3 89 (5.95%) Driving Licence
4 83 (5.55%) Onboarding
5 69 (4.61%) Data Centre
5 69 (4.61%) Management Information System
6 56 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
7 43 (2.87%) Social Media
8 42 (2.81%) Cyberattack
9 39 (2.61%) Blog
10 29 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
11 26 (1.74%) Security Posture
12 21 (1.40%) FPGA
12 21 (1.40%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.20%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.20%) SCADA
14 16 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.07%) Podcast
15 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
15 15 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.07%) Windows
2 26 (1.74%) Apple iOS
2 26 (1.74%) Linux
3 23 (1.54%) Android
4 15 (1.00%) VMS
5 11 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.40%) Unix
8 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (25.53%) AI
2 373 (24.93%) Agile
3 253 (16.91%) Mentoring
4 248 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
5 247 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 219 (14.64%) Decision-Making
7 212 (14.17%) Technology Strategy
8 211 (14.10%) CI/CD
9 188 (12.57%) Software Engineering
10 176 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
11 172 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 166 (11.10%) Coaching
13 145 (9.69%) Roadmaps
14 142 (9.49%) Community of Practice
15 136 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 135 (9.02%) Analytics
17 133 (8.89%) Test Automation
18 131 (8.76%) DevOps
19 123 (8.22%) Fintech
20 113 (7.55%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 140 (9.36%) Python
2 139 (9.29%) SQL
3 131 (8.76%) Java
4 74 (4.95%) C#
5 58 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.01%) Go
6 30 (2.01%) MATLAB
7 29 (1.94%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.80%) Bash
9 26 (1.74%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.07%) Bicep
11 15 (1.00%) C++
12 13 (0.87%) Ada
13 12 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
14 9 (0.60%) C
15 8 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.53%) Rust
16 7 (0.47%) PHP
17 6 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 370 (24.73%) Security Cleared
2 348 (23.26%) Degree
3 345 (23.06%) SC Cleared
4 120 (8.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 120 (8.02%) DV Cleared
5 57 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.81%) HNC
6 52 (3.48%) DBS Check
7 33 (2.21%) CISSP
8 31 (2.07%) Master's Degree
9 30 (2.01%) AWS Certification
10 29 (1.94%) CISM
11 27 (1.80%) PhD
12 24 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (1.40%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
14 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.74%) CISA
16 10 (0.67%) ACCA
16 10 (0.67%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 76 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 62 (4.14%) NIST
4 51 (3.41%) QA
5 50 (3.34%) GDPR
6 47 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 41 (2.74%) GRC
8 23 (1.54%) NCSC
8 23 (1.54%) SLA
9 21 (1.40%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (1.00%) WCAG
13 14 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 13 (0.87%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.67%) COBIT
16 9 (0.60%) PMO
17 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
18 6 (0.40%) EMIR
19 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 44 (2.94%) Docker
2 38 (2.54%) Firmware
3 27 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.67%) Active Directory
5 20 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.80%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 113 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 82 (5.48%) Grafana
3 9 (0.60%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.40%) Ansible
5 5 (0.33%) 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%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.067%) Argo
9 1 (0.067%) Check_MK
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 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.28%) Adobe
3 46 (3.07%) Google
4 34 (2.27%) Apple
5 33 (2.21%) Cisco
6 32 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 31 (2.07%) ServiceNow
8 30 (2.01%) SAP
9 26 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
9 26 (1.74%) Oracle
9 26 (1.74%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.54%) VMware
11 22 (1.47%) Tenable
12 19 (1.27%) Workday
13 15 (1.00%) Dell
14 13 (0.87%) HP
15 12 (0.80%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.74%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.74%) Siemens
17 9 (0.60%) Databricks