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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 989 1,342 1,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.27% 8.36% 5.86%
As % of the General category 10.60% 12.08% 9.40%
Number of salaries quoted 442 440 978
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £49,038 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £63,750 £74,358 £80,000
90th Percentile £79,875 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -11.54%

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 9,329 11,110 17,128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.13% 69.20% 62.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,862 6,265 13,627
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,600 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +11.45% -7.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,063
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.53%

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 2 February 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 53 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.71%) CMS
4 4 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.10%) Apache
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.10%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.10%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.10%) SAS
6 1 (0.10%) WildFly
6 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.03%) Adobe XD
3 25 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.72%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.51%) Maya
6 5 (0.51%) MotionBuilder
7 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.10%) InDesign
8 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.10%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.10%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.10%) Revit
8 1 (0.10%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.31%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.40%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.40%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.40%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Magento
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.10%) Primavera
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 168 (16.99%) AWS
2 136 (13.75%) Azure
3 98 (9.91%) SaaS
4 73 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (6.57%) GCP
6 56 (5.66%) Power Platform
7 45 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
8 36 (3.64%) Figma
9 25 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.92%) Google Analytics
10 19 (1.92%) Miro
10 19 (1.92%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.92%) Pulumi
11 18 (1.82%) Entra ID
11 18 (1.82%) PowerApps
11 18 (1.82%) Serverless
12 14 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.21%) Amazon S3
13 12 (1.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 12 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 63 (6.37%) Broadband
2 17 (1.72%) BGP
2 17 (1.72%) VPN
3 15 (1.52%) 4G
4 14 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.31%) DNS
6 11 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (1.11%) DHCP
6 11 (1.11%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (1.11%) IOS XR
6 11 (1.11%) MPLS
7 9 (0.91%) LAN
7 9 (0.91%) WAN
8 7 (0.71%) Firewall
8 7 (0.71%) VLAN
8 7 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.51%) Network Security
10 4 (0.40%) Internet
10 4 (0.40%) SMTP
11 3 (0.30%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.55%) Power BI
2 30 (3.03%) Relational Database
3 23 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.92%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.92%) RDBMS
5 18 (1.82%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.62%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.81%) Metadata
8 7 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.51%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.51%) Tableau
10 4 (0.40%) Looker
10 4 (0.40%) MySQL
11 3 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.30%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.20%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 35 (3.54%) TeamCity
2 29 (2.93%) Git
3 25 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 24 (2.43%) GitLab
5 23 (2.33%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.33%) Balsamiq
5 23 (2.33%) SonarQube
6 19 (1.92%) Jaeger
7 8 (0.81%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.81%) Selenium
7 8 (0.81%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.30%) JIRA
8 3 (0.30%) Storybook
9 2 (0.20%) JMeter
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.10%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.10%) jMock
10 1 (0.10%) JUnit
10 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 312 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 223 (22.55%) Finance
3 200 (20.22%) Law
4 178 (18.00%) Public Sector
5 151 (15.27%) Retail
6 135 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
7 104 (10.52%) Banking
8 87 (8.80%) Marketing
9 84 (8.49%) Financial Institution
10 79 (7.99%) Back Office
11 60 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (3.03%) Games
13 26 (2.63%) Telecoms
14 23 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (2.22%) Legal
16 14 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.11%) Polish Language
18 7 (0.71%) Digital Health
18 7 (0.71%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 163 (16.48%) Senior
2 87 (8.80%) Lead
3 79 (7.99%) Analyst
4 64 (6.47%) Architect
5 57 (5.76%) Developer
6 52 (5.26%) Senior Manager
7 45 (4.55%) Microsoft Specialist
8 44 (4.45%) Account Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Sales Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (3.74%) Alliance Manager
11 33 (3.34%) Software Engineer
12 26 (2.63%) Consultant
13 25 (2.53%) Designer
14 22 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (2.22%) Technical Architect
15 21 (2.12%) Salesforce Architect
16 20 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (4.95%) REST
2 35 (3.54%) Lightning Web Components
2 35 (3.54%) SOAP
2 35 (3.54%) Visualforce
3 29 (2.93%) .NET
4 25 (2.53%) React
5 23 (2.33%) HTML
6 22 (2.22%) CSS
7 19 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
8 18 (1.82%) EDI
9 16 (1.62%) Node.js
10 15 (1.52%) RESTful
11 13 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.31%) Middleware
12 11 (1.11%) Jinja
12 11 (1.11%) NETCONF
12 11 (1.11%) Playwright
12 11 (1.11%) YANG
13 10 (1.01%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 129 (13.04%) Blog
2 108 (10.92%) Onboarding
3 87 (8.80%) Product Ownership
4 84 (8.49%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.55%) Driving Licence
6 35 (3.54%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.83%) Public Cloud
7 28 (2.83%) Social Media
8 27 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.01%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 9 (0.91%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (0.71%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.44%) Linux
2 29 (2.93%) Windows
3 19 (1.92%) Unix
4 13 (1.31%) Android
5 11 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.91%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Debian
9 1 (0.10%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (32.05%) AI
2 216 (21.84%) Agile
3 174 (17.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 156 (15.77%) Customer Service
5 111 (11.22%) CI/CD
5 111 (11.22%) DevOps
6 107 (10.82%) Community of Practice
6 107 (10.82%) CRM
7 104 (10.52%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (10.41%) Mentoring
9 101 (10.21%) Roadmaps
10 94 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
11 80 (8.09%) Technology Strategy
12 77 (7.79%) Business Development
13 75 (7.58%) Analytics
13 75 (7.58%) B2B
14 74 (7.48%) Project Management
15 69 (6.98%) Software Engineering
16 62 (6.27%) Test Automation
16 62 (6.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 106 (10.72%) Java
2 88 (8.90%) Python
3 75 (7.58%) JavaScript
4 48 (4.85%) SQL
5 40 (4.04%) C#
6 35 (3.54%) Apex Code
7 30 (3.03%) Go
8 23 (2.33%) SOQL
8 23 (2.33%) SOSL
9 19 (1.92%) Bash
10 17 (1.72%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.61%) RPG
12 5 (0.51%) C
13 4 (0.40%) C++
13 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.40%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.20%) PHP
14 2 (0.20%) R
14 2 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 307 (31.04%) Degree
2 112 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 109 (11.02%) SC Cleared
4 41 (4.15%) AWS Certification
5 35 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (2.43%) DBS Check
8 23 (2.33%) PMP
9 18 (1.82%) CISSP
10 17 (1.72%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.21%) CISM
12 12 (1.21%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 9 (0.91%) OSCP
14 7 (0.71%) CISA
14 7 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.71%) HNC
15 6 (0.61%) CITP
15 6 (0.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.07%) Accessibility
2 41 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.24%) QA
4 24 (2.43%) GDPR
4 24 (2.43%) WCAG
5 22 (2.22%) PCI DSS
5 22 (2.22%) SOC 2
6 19 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (1.92%) NIST
7 13 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (1.31%) Data Quality
8 10 (1.01%) GRC
8 10 (1.01%) SLA
9 9 (0.91%) PMO
10 5 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.51%) NCSC
10 5 (0.51%) NEBOSH
11 4 (0.40%) EU AI Act
12 3 (0.30%) PERC
12 3 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 27 (2.73%) Docker
2 18 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.10%) iptables
3 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 82 (8.29%) Terraform
2 70 (7.08%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.64%) Grafana
4 23 (2.33%) Argo
5 20 (2.02%) Ansible
6 19 (1.92%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.92%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.30%) Autotask
8 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.10%) Nessus
8 1 (0.10%) Nmap
8 1 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 235 (23.76%) Microsoft
2 81 (8.19%) Adobe
3 60 (6.07%) Salesforce
4 44 (4.45%) Google
5 29 (2.93%) Apple
5 29 (2.93%) Cisco
6 23 (2.33%) Splunk
7 14 (1.42%) Oracle
8 13 (1.31%) SAP
9 12 (1.21%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.01%) Databricks
11 9 (0.91%) Instagram
12 7 (0.71%) Hootsuite
12 7 (0.71%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.61%) Planon
14 5 (0.51%) Dell
14 5 (0.51%) Snow
15 4 (0.40%) Meraki
15 4 (0.40%) Wrike
15 4 (0.40%) YouTube