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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 27 42
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,049 1,126 1,738
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.17% 8.63% 5.68%
As % of the General category 10.86% 12.02% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 428 445 1,021
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,356 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £46,486 £42,287
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,250 £74,500
90th Percentile £79,809 £89,089 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -19.23%

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 9,659 9,370 18,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.85% 71.82% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,217 6,277 14,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 24 March 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 56 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.14%) CMS
4 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.29%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.095%) Apache
7 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.095%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.095%) Drupal
7 1 (0.095%) IIS
7 1 (0.095%) WildFly
Applications
1 56 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.53%) Acrobat
3 32 (3.05%) Adobe XD
4 27 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.19%) Maya
7 2 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.095%) InDesign
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.095%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.43%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.57%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.29%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.095%) Magento
7 1 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.095%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 218 (20.78%) AWS
2 155 (14.78%) Azure
3 146 (13.92%) SaaS
4 111 (10.58%) GCP
5 70 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.91%) Amazon EKS
7 55 (5.24%) Power Platform
8 41 (3.91%) Figma
9 28 (2.67%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.29%) Pulumi
11 22 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (2.10%) Google Analytics
12 21 (2.00%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.91%) Miro
14 19 (1.81%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.72%) Serverless
16 17 (1.62%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (1.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (1.43%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.82%) Broadband
2 21 (2.00%) VPN
3 20 (1.91%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.72%) BGP
5 16 (1.53%) 4G
5 16 (1.53%) DNS
6 15 (1.43%) DHCP
7 13 (1.24%) LAN
7 13 (1.24%) WAN
8 11 (1.05%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (1.05%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.05%) Firewall
8 11 (1.05%) IOS XR
8 11 (1.05%) MPLS
9 9 (0.86%) SMTP
9 9 (0.86%) VLAN
9 9 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.48%) Network Security
11 4 (0.38%) 5G
12 3 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.19%) Power BI
2 30 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.67%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.81%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.81%) RDBMS
5 18 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.62%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.86%) Metadata
9 8 (0.76%) Looker
10 7 (0.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.67%) Redis
11 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.48%) MySQL
12 4 (0.38%) Tableau
13 3 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
13 3 (0.29%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.29%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 51 (4.86%) TeamCity
2 43 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.00%) GitLab
4 41 (3.91%) SonarQube
5 32 (3.05%) Git
6 25 (2.38%) Axure RP
6 25 (2.38%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.81%) Jaeger
8 9 (0.86%) JIRA
9 6 (0.57%) JMeter
10 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.38%) Locust
10 4 (0.38%) Selenium
10 4 (0.38%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.29%) JUnit
12 2 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.095%) Deequ
13 1 (0.095%) XCUITest
General
1 318 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 289 (27.55%) Finance
3 274 (26.12%) Law
4 196 (18.68%) Retail
5 191 (18.21%) Public Sector
6 168 (16.02%) Banking
7 142 (13.54%) Marketing
8 140 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
9 127 (12.11%) Back Office
10 111 (10.58%) Financial Institution
11 46 (4.39%) Games
12 44 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
13 41 (3.91%) Legal
14 39 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (2.57%) Telecoms
16 24 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.62%) Polish Language
18 11 (1.05%) German Language
18 11 (1.05%) Italian Language
18 11 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 167 (15.92%) Senior
2 96 (9.15%) Architect
3 92 (8.77%) Lead
4 82 (7.82%) Analyst
5 66 (6.29%) Developer
6 46 (4.39%) Software Engineer
7 43 (4.10%) Consultant
8 39 (3.72%) Salesforce Architect
9 35 (3.34%) Senior Manager
10 33 (3.15%) Technical Architect
11 31 (2.96%) Alliance Manager
11 31 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (2.86%) Designer
13 28 (2.67%) Account Manager
13 28 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (2.38%) Senior Developer
15 22 (2.10%) Business Analyst
16 21 (2.00%) Sales Manager
16 21 (2.00%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 21 (2.00%) Senior Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (8.10%) REST
2 58 (5.53%) Lightning Web Components
2 58 (5.53%) SOAP
2 58 (5.53%) Visualforce
3 36 (3.43%) .NET
4 34 (3.24%) HTML
5 33 (3.15%) React
6 31 (2.96%) CSS
7 21 (2.00%) EDI
8 19 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.81%) Middleware
8 19 (1.81%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (1.62%) RESTful
10 15 (1.43%) Node.js
11 13 (1.24%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.24%) Web Services
12 12 (1.14%) Django
12 12 (1.14%) SAML
12 12 (1.14%) Sass
13 11 (1.05%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 137 (13.06%) Blog
2 133 (12.68%) Cloud Native
3 125 (11.92%) Onboarding
4 122 (11.63%) Product Ownership
5 42 (4.00%) Driving Licence
6 36 (3.43%) Management Information System
7 32 (3.05%) Social Media
8 30 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (2.67%) Public Cloud
10 21 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.91%) Podcast
12 19 (1.81%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.24%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.14%) Video Editing
15 11 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.95%) Cyberattack
17 8 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
17 8 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 7 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.00%) Linux
2 33 (3.15%) Windows
3 26 (2.48%) Unix
4 14 (1.33%) Android
5 12 (1.14%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.095%) Debian
9 1 (0.095%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (26.88%) Agile
2 266 (25.36%) AI
3 212 (20.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 172 (16.40%) CI/CD
5 156 (14.87%) DevOps
6 149 (14.20%) Roadmaps
7 144 (13.73%) Community of Practice
8 133 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (11.63%) Customer Service
10 112 (10.68%) Mentoring
11 101 (9.63%) Scrum
12 99 (9.44%) Software Engineering
13 98 (9.34%) Technology Strategy
14 94 (8.96%) Business Development
15 91 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
16 84 (8.01%) Project Management
17 83 (7.91%) Test Automation
18 82 (7.82%) Analytics
19 80 (7.63%) Fintech
20 76 (7.24%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 137 (13.06%) Java
2 105 (10.01%) Python
3 93 (8.87%) JavaScript
4 58 (5.53%) Apex Code
5 46 (4.39%) SQL
6 41 (3.91%) SOQL
6 41 (3.91%) SOSL
7 38 (3.62%) C#
8 33 (3.15%) Go
9 21 (2.00%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.91%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) Bicep
11 5 (0.48%) C
12 4 (0.38%) C++
12 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) R
13 3 (0.29%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.19%) RPG
15 1 (0.095%) ABAP
15 1 (0.095%) PHP
Qualifications
1 296 (28.22%) Degree
2 145 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 142 (13.54%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.91%) AWS Certification
5 37 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.19%) DBS Check
7 23 (2.19%) PMP
8 21 (2.00%) CISSP
9 16 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.24%) CISM
12 12 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 12 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.14%) OSCP
13 9 (0.86%) CISA
14 8 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.76%) CRISC
15 6 (0.57%) HNC
16 5 (0.48%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (7.15%) Accessibility
2 49 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (3.34%) QA
4 33 (3.15%) WCAG
5 29 (2.76%) PCI DSS
6 28 (2.67%) SOC 2
7 26 (2.48%) NIST
8 24 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (2.00%) GRC
10 20 (1.91%) GDPR
11 17 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (1.05%) PMO
13 10 (0.95%) SLA
14 9 (0.86%) Data Quality
15 5 (0.48%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
17 3 (0.29%) NCSC
17 3 (0.29%) PERC
17 3 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 38 (3.62%) Docker
2 17 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.095%) iptables
4 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 119 (11.34%) Terraform
2 94 (8.96%) Kubernetes
3 60 (5.72%) Grafana
4 23 (2.19%) Ansible
4 23 (2.19%) Argo
5 20 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.81%) Kustomize
7 5 (0.48%) Autotask
7 5 (0.48%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.29%) Puppet
10 2 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.095%) CASB
11 1 (0.095%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.095%) Nessus
Vendors
1 179 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 108 (10.30%) Adobe
3 82 (7.82%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.53%) Google
5 41 (3.91%) Splunk
6 28 (2.67%) Cisco
7 26 (2.48%) Apple
8 17 (1.62%) MuleSoft
8 17 (1.62%) SAP
9 16 (1.53%) Oracle
10 14 (1.33%) Instagram
11 13 (1.24%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.14%) Hootsuite
13 11 (1.05%) Wrike
14 9 (0.86%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.86%) Databricks
15 8 (0.76%) Dell
15 8 (0.76%) Meraki
16 6 (0.57%) PagerDuty
17 5 (0.48%) Workday