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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 17 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 +18 +12
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,174 1,947 1,908
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.54% 11.87% 5.86%
As % of the General category 9.30% 16.33% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 454 442 1,124
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 £76,201 £72,500 £68,938
90th Percentile £81,745 £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 12,617 11,921 20,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.51% 72.66% 61.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 6,677 14,546
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +7.21% -11.20%
75th Percentile £79,127 £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 9 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 46 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.94%) CMS
4 5 (0.43%) Apache
4 5 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.34%) Confluence
5 4 (0.34%) SAS
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.17%) WordPress
8 1 (0.085%) Drupal
8 1 (0.085%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (3.15%) Acrobat
2 34 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.77%) InDesign
5 8 (0.68%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.68%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.04%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.51%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.34%) 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 (0.085%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.085%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 241 (20.53%) AWS
2 207 (17.63%) Azure
3 179 (15.25%) GCP
4 161 (13.71%) SaaS
5 88 (7.50%) Power Platform
6 64 (5.45%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (3.58%) Serverless
9 36 (3.07%) Power Automate
10 33 (2.81%) dbt
11 30 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (2.30%) Figma
13 25 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
13 25 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
14 23 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (1.96%) Entra ID
14 23 (1.96%) PaaS
15 20 (1.70%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.70%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 81 (6.90%) Broadband
2 27 (2.30%) VPN
3 23 (1.96%) Network Security
4 17 (1.45%) Firewall
5 16 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.19%) BGP
6 14 (1.19%) WAN
7 13 (1.11%) 4G
7 13 (1.11%) DNS
8 12 (1.02%) DHCP
9 10 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (0.85%) Ethernet VPN
9 10 (0.85%) IOS XR
9 10 (0.85%) MPLS
10 9 (0.77%) SMTP
10 9 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.68%) LAN
12 7 (0.60%) VLAN
13 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (6.64%) Power BI
2 35 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.39%) Tableau
4 27 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 21 (1.79%) Metadata
7 19 (1.62%) BigQuery
7 19 (1.62%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
10 12 (1.02%) Looker
10 12 (1.02%) RDBMS
11 11 (0.94%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.68%) MySQL
13 8 (0.68%) Redis
14 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 59 (5.03%) TeamCity
2 51 (4.34%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.41%) Git
4 39 (3.32%) GitLab
5 34 (2.90%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.87%) Snyk
7 12 (1.02%) Jaeger
8 11 (0.94%) JIRA
9 7 (0.60%) LabVIEW
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%) Locust
11 4 (0.34%) JUnit
12 3 (0.26%) Postman
12 3 (0.26%) Selenium
12 3 (0.26%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.17%) Bower
14 1 (0.085%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 403 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 336 (28.62%) Finance
3 310 (26.41%) Law
4 199 (16.95%) Banking
5 194 (16.52%) Retail
6 183 (15.59%) Public Sector
7 169 (14.40%) Marketing
8 152 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
9 134 (11.41%) Back Office
10 109 (9.28%) Financial Institution
11 78 (6.64%) Legal
12 59 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
13 50 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.15%) Games
15 32 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
16 23 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.79%) Polish Language
18 20 (1.70%) German Language
19 19 (1.62%) Local Government
20 16 (1.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 256 (21.81%) Senior
2 179 (15.25%) Architect
3 136 (11.58%) Analyst
4 80 (6.81%) Lead
5 65 (5.54%) Senior Analyst
5 65 (5.54%) Software Engineer
6 59 (5.03%) Developer
7 56 (4.77%) Solutions Architect
8 39 (3.32%) Consultant
9 38 (3.24%) Cloud Architect
10 37 (3.15%) Business Analyst
11 35 (2.98%) Technical Architect
12 34 (2.90%) Security Architect
13 33 (2.81%) Salesforce Architect
14 30 (2.56%) Senior Architect
15 26 (2.21%) Designer
16 25 (2.13%) Senior Software Engineer
17 24 (2.04%) Data Manager
17 24 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
18 23 (1.96%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (6.73%) REST
2 49 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
3 46 (3.92%) SOAP
4 44 (3.75%) Visualforce
5 31 (2.64%) HTML
5 31 (2.64%) React
6 30 (2.56%) CSS
7 29 (2.47%) Node.js
8 27 (2.30%) .NET
9 19 (1.62%) RESTful
10 15 (1.28%) EDI
11 14 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (1.11%) Middleware
12 13 (1.11%) OpenAPI
13 12 (1.02%) OpenTelemetry
13 12 (1.02%) SAML
13 12 (1.02%) XML
14 10 (0.85%) Jinja
14 10 (0.85%) NETCONF
14 10 (0.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 181 (15.42%) Cloud Native
2 139 (11.84%) Product Ownership
3 99 (8.43%) Onboarding
4 54 (4.60%) Driving Licence
5 51 (4.34%) Social Media
6 46 (3.92%) Cyberattack
6 46 (3.92%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.83%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (3.49%) Blog
10 28 (2.39%) Podcast
11 26 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.96%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.53%) Credit Risk
14 14 (1.19%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.94%) Data Structures
15 11 (0.94%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.85%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.77%) Culture of Ownership
17 9 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.26%) Windows
2 33 (2.81%) Linux
3 21 (1.79%) Unix
4 16 (1.36%) Android
4 16 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.02%) VMS
7 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (29.56%) Agile
2 271 (23.08%) AI
3 232 (19.76%) CI/CD
4 205 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 189 (16.10%) Roadmaps
6 178 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
7 174 (14.82%) Technology Strategy
8 168 (14.31%) DevOps
9 166 (14.14%) Mentoring
10 157 (13.37%) Community of Practice
11 136 (11.58%) Decision-Making
12 133 (11.33%) Scrum
13 129 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
14 123 (10.48%) Software Engineering
15 114 (9.71%) Test Automation
16 109 (9.28%) Analytics
17 94 (8.01%) Fintech
18 91 (7.75%) Coaching
18 91 (7.75%) TOGAF
19 89 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 146 (12.44%) Python
2 128 (10.90%) Java
3 126 (10.73%) SQL
4 73 (6.22%) JavaScript
5 49 (4.17%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.90%) SOQL
6 34 (2.90%) SOSL
7 32 (2.73%) Go
8 31 (2.64%) C#
9 29 (2.47%) Bash
10 27 (2.30%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.96%) TypeScript
12 21 (1.79%) Bicep
13 12 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.60%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.51%) R
16 4 (0.34%) C
16 4 (0.34%) Rust
17 3 (0.26%) Ada
17 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 258 (21.98%) Degree
2 187 (15.93%) Security Cleared
3 182 (15.50%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.41%) AWS Certification
6 39 (3.32%) DBS Check
7 33 (2.81%) CISSP
8 30 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (2.30%) CISM
10 25 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.45%) HNC
12 16 (1.36%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.19%) CISA
14 13 (1.11%) CRISC
15 12 (1.02%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.94%) HND
17 9 (0.77%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.77%) OSCP
18 8 (0.68%) PhD
19 7 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.62%) Data Quality
2 62 (5.28%) Accessibility
3 57 (4.86%) NIST
4 53 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (4.17%) GRC
6 40 (3.41%) GDPR
7 37 (3.15%) QA
8 28 (2.39%) PCI DSS
9 25 (2.13%) SLA
9 25 (2.13%) SOC 2
10 24 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (1.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (1.19%) NCSC
11 14 (1.19%) WCAG
12 12 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.94%) COBIT
13 11 (0.94%) PMO
14 7 (0.60%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 47 (4.00%) Docker
2 32 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.02%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 131 (11.16%) Terraform
2 97 (8.26%) Kubernetes
3 68 (5.79%) Grafana
4 18 (1.53%) Ansible
5 14 (1.19%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (1.02%) Argo
7 12 (1.02%) Kustomize
8 9 (0.77%) Autotask
9 6 (0.51%) Puppet
10 5 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
13 2 (0.17%) CASB
13 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.085%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.085%) SCCM
14 1 (0.085%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.085%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 189 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 93 (7.92%) Adobe
3 64 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 49 (4.17%) Google
5 39 (3.32%) Cisco
6 34 (2.90%) Splunk
7 32 (2.73%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.21%) Apple
9 23 (1.96%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.87%) Tenable
11 18 (1.53%) VMware
12 15 (1.28%) Oracle
12 15 (1.28%) SAP
13 13 (1.11%) Instagram
14 12 (1.02%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.94%) Dell
15 11 (0.94%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.94%) Wrike
16 10 (0.85%) MuleSoft