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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 17 35
Rank change year-on-year -21 +18 +12
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,169 1,943 1,908
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.51% 11.80% 5.90%
As % of the General category 9.26% 16.27% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 454 438 1,120
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,753 £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 £77,500 £72,500 £69,575
90th Percentile £81,745 £88,333 £86,360
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,001
% 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 12,621 11,940 19,860
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.48% 72.50% 61.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8,231 6,684 14,381
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,825 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +5.36% -10.40%
75th Percentile £78,878 £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 10 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 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.94%) CMS
4 5 (0.43%) Apache
5 4 (0.34%) 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 (0.086%) Drupal
8 1 (0.086%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (3.17%) Acrobat
2 33 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.37%) 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 (2.05%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.51%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.17%) Shopify
7 1 (0.086%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.086%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 241 (20.62%) AWS
2 207 (17.71%) Azure
3 180 (15.40%) GCP
4 161 (13.77%) SaaS
5 87 (7.44%) Power Platform
6 65 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (3.59%) Serverless
9 36 (3.08%) Power Automate
10 34 (2.91%) dbt
11 29 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (2.31%) Figma
13 25 (2.14%) Azure Key Vault
13 25 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
14 23 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (1.97%) Entra ID
14 23 (1.97%) PaaS
15 20 (1.71%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.71%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 79 (6.76%) Broadband
2 27 (2.31%) VPN
3 23 (1.97%) Network Security
4 17 (1.45%) Firewall
5 15 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.20%) WAN
7 13 (1.11%) BGP
7 13 (1.11%) DNS
8 12 (1.03%) 4G
8 12 (1.03%) DHCP
9 9 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (0.77%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (0.77%) IOS XR
9 9 (0.77%) MPLS
9 9 (0.77%) SMTP
9 9 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.68%) LAN
11 7 (0.60%) VLAN
12 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.59%) Power BI
2 35 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.40%) Tableau
4 26 (2.22%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.80%) Metadata
5 21 (1.80%) NoSQL
6 19 (1.63%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.54%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
10 12 (1.03%) Looker
11 11 (0.94%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.94%) RDBMS
12 9 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.68%) MySQL
13 8 (0.68%) Redis
14 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 60 (5.13%) TeamCity
2 51 (4.36%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.34%) GitLab
4 38 (3.25%) Git
5 34 (2.91%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.88%) Snyk
7 11 (0.94%) Jaeger
7 11 (0.94%) JIRA
8 7 (0.60%) LabVIEW
9 5 (0.43%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.43%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.43%) JMeter
9 5 (0.43%) JUnit
9 5 (0.43%) Locust
10 3 (0.26%) Postman
10 3 (0.26%) Selenium
10 3 (0.26%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.17%) Bower
12 1 (0.086%) Appium
General
1 402 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 333 (28.49%) Finance
3 312 (26.69%) Law
4 201 (17.19%) Banking
5 198 (16.94%) Retail
6 181 (15.48%) Public Sector
7 169 (14.46%) Marketing
8 150 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
9 135 (11.55%) Back Office
10 110 (9.41%) Financial Institution
11 77 (6.59%) Legal
12 58 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.17%) Games
15 32 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.80%) Polish Language
18 20 (1.71%) German Language
19 19 (1.63%) Local Government
20 16 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 255 (21.81%) Senior
2 182 (15.57%) Architect
3 134 (11.46%) Analyst
4 80 (6.84%) Lead
5 65 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
5 65 (5.56%) Software Engineer
6 57 (4.88%) Developer
6 57 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
7 40 (3.42%) Cloud Architect
8 39 (3.34%) Consultant
9 37 (3.17%) Business Analyst
10 35 (2.99%) Technical Architect
11 34 (2.91%) Security Architect
12 33 (2.82%) Salesforce Architect
13 30 (2.57%) Senior Architect
14 26 (2.22%) Designer
15 25 (2.14%) Senior Software Engineer
16 23 (1.97%) Data Manager
16 23 (1.97%) Delivery Manager
17 22 (1.88%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (6.76%) REST
2 49 (4.19%) Lightning Web Components
3 46 (3.93%) SOAP
4 44 (3.76%) Visualforce
5 31 (2.65%) HTML
6 30 (2.57%) CSS
6 30 (2.57%) React
7 29 (2.48%) Node.js
8 26 (2.22%) .NET
9 19 (1.63%) RESTful
10 15 (1.28%) EDI
11 14 (1.20%) Middleware
12 13 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (1.11%) OpenAPI
13 12 (1.03%) SAML
13 12 (1.03%) XML
14 11 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
15 10 (0.86%) Swagger
16 9 (0.77%) HTML5 Canvas
16 9 (0.77%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 181 (15.48%) Cloud Native
2 140 (11.98%) Product Ownership
3 99 (8.47%) Onboarding
4 54 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 50 (4.28%) Social Media
6 46 (3.93%) Cyberattack
6 46 (3.93%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.85%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.68%) Blog
8 43 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.40%) Podcast
10 27 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.97%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.54%) Credit Risk
13 14 (1.20%) Public Cloud
14 11 (0.94%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.94%) Video Editing
15 10 (0.86%) Low-Code
16 9 (0.77%) Culture of Ownership
16 9 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.28%) Windows
2 31 (2.65%) Linux
3 20 (1.71%) Unix
4 17 (1.45%) Android
4 17 (1.45%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.03%) VMS
7 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (29.43%) Agile
2 269 (23.01%) AI
3 233 (19.93%) CI/CD
4 205 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 189 (16.17%) Roadmaps
6 177 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
7 173 (14.80%) Technology Strategy
8 167 (14.29%) DevOps
9 165 (14.11%) Mentoring
10 156 (13.34%) Community of Practice
11 135 (11.55%) Decision-Making
12 132 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
13 131 (11.21%) Scrum
14 123 (10.52%) Software Engineering
15 115 (9.84%) Test Automation
16 106 (9.07%) Analytics
17 97 (8.30%) Fintech
18 91 (7.78%) Coaching
18 91 (7.78%) TOGAF
19 89 (7.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 140 (11.98%) Python
2 130 (11.12%) Java
3 122 (10.44%) SQL
4 72 (6.16%) JavaScript
5 49 (4.19%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.91%) SOQL
6 34 (2.91%) SOSL
7 33 (2.82%) Go
8 29 (2.48%) C#
9 28 (2.40%) Bash
10 27 (2.31%) PowerShell
11 22 (1.88%) TypeScript
12 21 (1.80%) Bicep
13 12 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.60%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.51%) R
16 5 (0.43%) Rust
17 3 (0.26%) Ada
17 3 (0.26%) Ruby
17 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 254 (21.73%) Degree
2 189 (16.17%) Security Cleared
3 184 (15.74%) SC Cleared
4 45 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.34%) AWS Certification
6 37 (3.17%) DBS Check
7 33 (2.82%) CISSP
8 30 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (2.31%) CISM
10 25 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.45%) HNC
12 16 (1.37%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.20%) CISA
14 13 (1.11%) CRISC
15 11 (0.94%) HND
15 11 (0.94%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.77%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.77%) OSCP
17 8 (0.68%) PhD
18 7 (0.60%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 63 (5.39%) Accessibility
3 58 (4.96%) NIST
4 54 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (4.19%) GRC
6 40 (3.42%) GDPR
7 36 (3.08%) QA
8 28 (2.40%) PCI DSS
9 26 (2.22%) SOC 2
10 25 (2.14%) SLA
11 24 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (1.20%) NCSC
12 14 (1.20%) WCAG
13 12 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 11 (0.94%) COBIT
14 11 (0.94%) PMO
15 7 (0.60%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.26%) PSD2
System Software
1 45 (3.85%) Docker
2 32 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.03%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 131 (11.21%) Terraform
2 98 (8.38%) Kubernetes
3 69 (5.90%) Grafana
4 17 (1.45%) Ansible
5 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.94%) Argo
6 11 (0.94%) Kustomize
7 9 (0.77%) Autotask
8 6 (0.51%) Puppet
9 5 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.17%) CASB
11 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.086%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.086%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.086%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 188 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 93 (7.96%) Adobe
3 63 (5.39%) Salesforce
4 48 (4.11%) Google
5 38 (3.25%) Cisco
6 34 (2.91%) Splunk
7 32 (2.74%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.22%) Apple
9 23 (1.97%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.88%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.88%) Tenable
11 18 (1.54%) VMware
12 15 (1.28%) Oracle
12 15 (1.28%) SAP
13 13 (1.11%) Instagram
14 12 (1.03%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.94%) Dell
15 11 (0.94%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.94%) Wrike
16 10 (0.86%) MuleSoft