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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 29 32
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 938 1,404 1,463
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.13% 8.11% 7.42%
As % of the General category 9.94% 11.95% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 450 522 885
10th Percentile £20,000 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £27,040 £47,154 £45,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -3.85% +5.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,144 £82,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,348 £105,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,439 11,748 12,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.70% 67.87% 64.66%
Number of salaries quoted 6,029 6,821 9,934
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 21 December 2025.

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 43 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.75%) CMS
4 3 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.32%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.32%) WordPress
5 2 (0.21%) Confluence
6 1 (0.11%) Apache
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
6 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 54 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.30%) Adobe XD
4 21 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.53%) Maya
5 5 (0.53%) MotionBuilder
6 4 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
9 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.32%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) Academy Housing
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 134 (14.29%) Azure
2 108 (11.51%) AWS
3 76 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 72 (7.68%) SaaS
6 40 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
7 37 (3.94%) GCP
8 34 (3.62%) Figma
9 33 (3.52%) Power Automate
10 26 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (2.24%) Miro
13 19 (2.03%) Google Analytics
13 19 (2.03%) PowerApps
14 18 (1.92%) Entra ID
15 17 (1.81%) Serverless
16 11 (1.17%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.56%) Broadband
2 12 (1.28%) VPN
3 10 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.96%) DNS
5 8 (0.85%) LAN
6 7 (0.75%) DHCP
7 6 (0.64%) Firewall
7 6 (0.64%) WAN
8 5 (0.53%) Internet
8 5 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.43%) BGP
9 4 (0.43%) VLAN
10 3 (0.32%) 4G
10 3 (0.32%) Network Security
10 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.21%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.21%) MPLS
11 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.21%) VoIP
11 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.22%) Power BI
2 19 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (1.71%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (1.39%) Data Lake
5 13 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.85%) Metadata
6 8 (0.85%) Power Query
7 6 (0.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.53%) Tableau
9 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.43%) MySQL
9 4 (0.43%) SAP BW
9 4 (0.43%) Tick Data
10 3 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.32%) Looker
11 2 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 24 (2.56%) Axure RP
1 24 (2.56%) Balsamiq
2 20 (2.13%) Git
3 17 (1.81%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.81%) TeamCity
4 16 (1.71%) GitLab
5 15 (1.60%) SonarQube
6 11 (1.17%) JIRA
7 8 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.85%) Selenium
7 8 (0.85%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.32%) Storybook
10 2 (0.21%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.21%) JMeter
11 1 (0.11%) Deequ
11 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.11%) jMock
11 1 (0.11%) JUnit
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 313 (33.37%) Social Skills
2 198 (21.11%) Finance
3 168 (17.91%) Public Sector
4 155 (16.52%) Law
5 139 (14.82%) Analytical Skills
6 120 (12.79%) Retail
7 97 (10.34%) Marketing
8 61 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
9 59 (6.29%) Banking
10 54 (5.76%) Financial Institution
11 52 (5.54%) Back Office
12 37 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.35%) Games
14 20 (2.13%) Legal
15 17 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.17%) Local Government
18 10 (1.07%) Manufacturing
18 10 (1.07%) Police
19 7 (0.75%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 158 (16.84%) Senior
2 91 (9.70%) Analyst
3 73 (7.78%) Lead
4 70 (7.46%) Architect
5 61 (6.50%) Developer
6 57 (6.08%) Microsoft Specialist
7 54 (5.76%) Senior Manager
8 44 (4.69%) Account Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Sales Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Senior Sales Manager
10 36 (3.84%) Consultant
11 33 (3.52%) Alliance Manager
12 25 (2.67%) Business Analyst
13 23 (2.45%) Designer
14 21 (2.24%) Product Manager
14 21 (2.24%) Senior Developer
15 20 (2.13%) IT Support
15 20 (2.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.41%) REST
2 24 (2.56%) HTML
3 23 (2.45%) CSS
4 22 (2.35%) .NET
4 22 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
4 22 (2.35%) React
4 22 (2.35%) SOAP
4 22 (2.35%) Visualforce
5 16 (1.71%) EDI
5 16 (1.71%) Node.js
6 13 (1.39%) HTML5 Canvas
7 11 (1.17%) Playwright
7 11 (1.17%) Web Services
8 10 (1.07%) XML
9 9 (0.96%) Django
9 9 (0.96%) RESTful
10 8 (0.85%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.85%) Middleware
11 7 (0.75%) Entity Framework
11 7 (0.75%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 110 (11.73%) Blog
2 85 (9.06%) Onboarding
3 76 (8.10%) Product Ownership
4 55 (5.86%) Cloud Native
5 41 (4.37%) Management Information System
6 38 (4.05%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.52%) Data Centre
8 26 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.13%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.81%) Social Media
11 15 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.28%) Microsoft Licensing
12 12 (1.28%) Reinsurance
13 11 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.96%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.35%) Windows
2 11 (1.17%) Android
2 11 (1.17%) Linux
3 9 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.64%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.11%) Debian
6 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (37.10%) AI
2 199 (21.22%) Agile
3 165 (17.59%) Customer Service
4 153 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 109 (11.62%) CRM
6 100 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
7 99 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (10.02%) Community of Practice
9 91 (9.70%) DevOps
9 91 (9.70%) Mentoring
10 85 (9.06%) Roadmaps
11 83 (8.85%) Project Management
12 80 (8.53%) Technology Strategy
13 76 (8.10%) CI/CD
14 73 (7.78%) Analytics
14 73 (7.78%) Time Management
15 72 (7.68%) Business Development
15 72 (7.68%) Customer Experience
16 68 (7.25%) Decision-Making
17 66 (7.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 58 (6.18%) Python
2 54 (5.76%) SQL
3 51 (5.44%) Java
3 51 (5.44%) JavaScript
4 41 (4.37%) C#
5 22 (2.35%) Apex Code
6 15 (1.60%) SOQL
6 15 (1.60%) SOSL
7 14 (1.49%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.75%) Go
10 6 (0.64%) RPG
11 5 (0.53%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.43%) C
12 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.32%) C++
14 2 (0.21%) PHP
14 2 (0.21%) R
14 2 (0.21%) Ruby
14 2 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 335 (35.71%) Degree
2 102 (10.87%) Security Cleared
3 97 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 47 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (2.67%) PMP
7 19 (2.03%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.81%) CISSP
9 16 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.60%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.39%) CISM
12 12 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.07%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.96%) ACCA
14 9 (0.96%) CIMA
15 7 (0.75%) CREST Certified
15 7 (0.75%) OSCP
16 5 (0.53%) CISA
16 5 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (6.29%) Accessibility
2 34 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.41%) QA
4 27 (2.88%) GDPR
5 25 (2.67%) WCAG
6 18 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.92%) NIST
7 15 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.49%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 11 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.07%) PMO
12 9 (0.96%) SLA
13 7 (0.75%) GRC
14 6 (0.64%) EU AI Act
15 5 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.53%) NCSC
15 5 (0.53%) NEBOSH
16 3 (0.32%) PERC
17 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 14 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.85%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.11%) iptables
3 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (3.94%) Terraform
2 30 (3.20%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.92%) Grafana
4 15 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.53%) Argo
6 2 (0.21%) Ansible
6 2 (0.21%) SCCM
7 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.11%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.11%) Nessus
7 1 (0.11%) Nmap
7 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 263 (28.04%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.00%) Adobe
3 42 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 41 (4.37%) Apple
5 26 (2.77%) Google
6 21 (2.24%) Cisco
7 18 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.60%) Splunk
9 13 (1.39%) Oracle
10 12 (1.28%) SAP
11 9 (0.96%) Databricks
12 7 (0.75%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.64%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.64%) Snow
14 5 (0.53%) Dell
14 5 (0.53%) Instagram
14 5 (0.53%) Openreach
15 4 (0.43%) Hootsuite
15 4 (0.43%) PagerDuty
15 4 (0.43%) YouTube