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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 15 30
Rank change year-on-year -21 +15 +13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,304 1,901 1,620
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.71% 11.45% 6.58%
As % of the General category 9.51% 15.91% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 486 424 884
10th Percentile £35,375 £25,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,224 £69,063 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,250 £82,500 £84,954
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

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 13,711 11,945 15,039
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.09% 71.92% 61.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,666 6,617 10,029
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,150 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 17 August 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 33 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.92%) CMS
3 12 (0.92%) Confluence
4 7 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.38%) Apache
6 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.31%) WordPress
7 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.23%) SAS
7 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.077%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.30%) Simulink
4 9 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.69%) Adobe XD
5 8 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.61%) InDesign
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.61%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.46%) Acrobat
7 4 (0.31%) Mathcad
8 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.15%) Maple
9 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.077%) SPSS
10 1 (0.077%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.84%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.84%) Workday HCM
3 10 (0.77%) Primavera
4 7 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.31%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.077%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.077%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.077%) SAP R/3
8 1 (0.077%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 232 (17.79%) AWS
2 223 (17.10%) Azure
3 168 (12.88%) GCP
4 137 (10.51%) SaaS
5 89 (6.83%) Power Platform
6 47 (3.60%) Serverless
7 45 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
8 40 (3.07%) dbt
9 37 (2.84%) Figma
10 36 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (2.76%) Power Automate
11 32 (2.45%) Azure Key Vault
12 31 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
14 25 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
15 24 (1.84%) GitHub
16 23 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
17 22 (1.69%) Google Analytics
17 22 (1.69%) PowerApps
18 19 (1.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.07%) Broadband
2 37 (2.84%) Network Security
3 20 (1.53%) Firewall
4 18 (1.38%) VPN
5 13 (1.00%) Ethernet
6 11 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.77%) Intranet
8 9 (0.69%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.69%) WAN
9 8 (0.61%) DNS
10 7 (0.54%) DHCP
10 7 (0.54%) VLAN
11 5 (0.38%) MPLS
12 4 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.23%) SDH
13 3 (0.23%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.15%) LAN
14 2 (0.15%) OSPF
14 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (5.90%) Power BI
2 36 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.22%) Metadata
5 27 (2.07%) Tableau
6 22 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.46%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.38%) MySQL
9 16 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.15%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.15%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.07%) Semantic Layer
12 12 (0.92%) Big Data
13 11 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.69%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.69%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.69%) Looker
15 6 (0.46%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 60 (4.60%) Git
2 44 (3.37%) Jenkins
2 44 (3.37%) TeamCity
3 28 (2.15%) JIRA
4 25 (1.92%) GitLab
5 22 (1.69%) Snyk
6 20 (1.53%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 14 (1.07%) LabVIEW
8 10 (0.77%) Balsamiq
9 8 (0.61%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.38%) JUnit
10 5 (0.38%) Locust
11 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.23%) CMake
12 3 (0.23%) Selenium
12 3 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 477 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 460 (35.28%) Finance
3 287 (22.01%) Law
4 221 (16.95%) Public Sector
5 213 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
6 160 (12.27%) Marketing
7 148 (11.35%) Retail
8 143 (10.97%) Banking
9 114 (8.74%) Aerospace
10 98 (7.52%) Back Office
11 83 (6.37%) Financial Institution
12 70 (5.37%) Legal
13 68 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
14 64 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
15 45 (3.45%) Electronics
16 43 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
17 29 (2.22%) Military
18 24 (1.84%) Games
18 24 (1.84%) Telecoms
19 23 (1.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 316 (24.23%) Senior
2 199 (15.26%) Architect
3 161 (12.35%) Analyst
4 115 (8.82%) Lead
5 91 (6.98%) Software Engineer
6 83 (6.37%) Senior Analyst
7 74 (5.67%) Developer
8 63 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
9 53 (4.06%) Business Analyst
9 53 (4.06%) Consultant
10 42 (3.22%) Cloud Architect
11 40 (3.07%) Technical Architect
12 36 (2.76%) Security Architect
13 33 (2.53%) Senior Architect
14 32 (2.45%) Senior Business Analyst
14 32 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
15 29 (2.22%) Principal Engineer
15 29 (2.22%) Senior Software Engineer
16 28 (2.15%) Designer
16 28 (2.15%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.37%) REST
2 54 (4.14%) React
3 51 (3.91%) CSS
4 50 (3.83%) .NET
5 49 (3.76%) HTML
6 37 (2.84%) Node.js
7 32 (2.45%) Lightning Web Components
8 27 (2.07%) SOAP
9 25 (1.92%) Visualforce
10 23 (1.76%) .NET Core
11 18 (1.38%) ASP.NET
12 17 (1.30%) RESTful
13 16 (1.23%) EDI
13 16 (1.23%) OpenAPI
13 16 (1.23%) XML
14 15 (1.15%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.15%) Entity Framework
15 14 (1.07%) .NET Framework
16 13 (1.00%) Blazor
16 13 (1.00%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 159 (12.19%) Cloud Native
2 137 (10.51%) Product Ownership
3 76 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 61 (4.68%) Driving Licence
5 58 (4.45%) Data Centre
5 58 (4.45%) Management Information System
6 53 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.53%) Cyberattack
8 39 (2.99%) Social Media
9 28 (2.15%) Podcast
10 23 (1.76%) Blog
11 21 (1.61%) FPGA
12 20 (1.53%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (1.46%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.38%) Credit Risk
15 17 (1.30%) Algorithms
16 16 (1.23%) Data Structures
17 15 (1.15%) AI Agents
18 14 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.45%) Windows
2 22 (1.69%) Linux
3 13 (1.00%) Android
3 13 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.92%) VMS
4 12 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.61%) Unix
6 5 (0.38%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (30.60%) Agile
2 332 (25.46%) AI
3 226 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 221 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (16.49%) CI/CD
6 208 (15.95%) Technology Strategy
7 201 (15.41%) Mentoring
8 185 (14.19%) Decision-Making
9 181 (13.88%) Roadmaps
10 171 (13.11%) Software Engineering
11 170 (13.04%) Community of Practice
12 165 (12.65%) Cybersecurity
13 149 (11.43%) DevOps
14 147 (11.27%) Scrum
15 127 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 125 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (9.51%) Coaching
18 117 (8.97%) Analytics
19 108 (8.28%) Test Automation
20 102 (7.82%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 133 (10.20%) Python
2 130 (9.97%) SQL
3 90 (6.90%) Java
4 70 (5.37%) JavaScript
5 64 (4.91%) C#
6 32 (2.45%) Apex Code
7 30 (2.30%) MATLAB
7 30 (2.30%) TypeScript
8 28 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.69%) SOQL
9 22 (1.69%) SOSL
10 21 (1.61%) Bicep
11 18 (1.38%) Bash
11 18 (1.38%) Go
12 15 (1.15%) C++
13 13 (1.00%) Ada
14 12 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.69%) C
16 8 (0.61%) Rust
17 6 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 346 (26.53%) Degree
2 339 (26.00%) Security Cleared
3 321 (24.62%) SC Cleared
4 117 (8.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 111 (8.51%) DV Cleared
6 65 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.53%) CISSP
8 32 (2.45%) DBS Check
9 30 (2.30%) Master's Degree
10 29 (2.22%) AWS Certification
10 29 (2.22%) CISM
10 29 (2.22%) HNC
11 26 (1.99%) PhD
12 24 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (1.53%) Azure Certification
15 19 (1.46%) Chartered Engineer
16 10 (0.77%) CISA
16 10 (0.77%) CRISC
16 10 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (14.11%) Accessibility
2 69 (5.29%) Data Quality
3 66 (5.06%) NIST
4 47 (3.60%) GRC
4 47 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (3.45%) GDPR
6 42 (3.22%) QA
7 22 (1.69%) SLA
7 22 (1.69%) WCAG
8 20 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (1.53%) NCSC
9 18 (1.38%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 14 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 11 (0.84%) PMO
11 11 (0.84%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.77%) COBIT
13 7 (0.54%) SOC 1
14 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 45 (3.45%) Docker
2 38 (2.91%) Firmware
3 27 (2.07%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.92%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 93 (7.13%) Terraform
2 71 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.91%) Grafana
4 7 (0.54%) Ansible
5 5 (0.38%) CASB
5 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.38%) Puppet
6 4 (0.31%) Autotask
7 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.077%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.077%) SCCM
9 1 (0.077%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.077%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.077%) WSUS
Vendors
1 187 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.98%) Adobe
3 51 (3.91%) Salesforce
4 41 (3.14%) Google
5 31 (2.38%) Apple
6 29 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 28 (2.15%) Cisco
8 26 (1.99%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
9 23 (1.76%) SAP
10 22 (1.69%) Tenable
11 21 (1.61%) Splunk
12 20 (1.53%) VMware
13 18 (1.38%) Oracle
14 15 (1.15%) Workday
15 12 (0.92%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.84%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.84%) Siemens
17 10 (0.77%) Dell
17 10 (0.77%) IBM