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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 30 41
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,060 1,063 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.29% 8.23% 5.69%
As % of the General category 11.02% 11.45% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 442 444 1,051
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,811 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £46,250 £42,287
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +8.05% -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,938 £72,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,973 £89,379 £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 9,620 9,285 19,109
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.10% 71.84% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,345 6,364 14,949
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,445 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £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 29 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 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.13%) CMS
2 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.28%) SAS
5 2 (0.19%) Confluence
5 2 (0.19%) WordPress
6 1 (0.094%) Apache
6 1 (0.094%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.094%) Drupal
6 1 (0.094%) IIS
6 1 (0.094%) WildFly
Applications
1 56 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.49%) Acrobat
3 31 (2.92%) Adobe XD
4 26 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.19%) Maya
7 2 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
8 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.094%) InDesign
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.094%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.75%) 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 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.094%) Magento
7 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.094%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 220 (20.75%) AWS
2 157 (14.81%) Azure
3 146 (13.77%) SaaS
4 111 (10.47%) GCP
5 70 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.85%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (5.38%) Power Platform
8 40 (3.77%) Figma
9 27 (2.55%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.26%) Pulumi
11 23 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (2.17%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.08%) Google Analytics
13 21 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.89%) PowerApps
15 19 (1.79%) Miro
16 18 (1.70%) Serverless
17 16 (1.51%) dbt
17 16 (1.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 16 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.74%) Broadband
2 20 (1.89%) VPN
3 19 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.70%) BGP
5 16 (1.51%) 4G
6 15 (1.42%) DNS
7 14 (1.32%) DHCP
8 13 (1.23%) LAN
8 13 (1.23%) WAN
9 11 (1.04%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (1.04%) Ethernet VPN
9 11 (1.04%) Firewall
9 11 (1.04%) IOS XR
9 11 (1.04%) MPLS
10 9 (0.85%) SMTP
10 9 (0.85%) VLAN
10 9 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.57%) Network Security
12 4 (0.38%) 5G
13 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.25%) Power BI
2 30 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.64%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.79%) RDBMS
4 19 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.70%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.04%) Metadata
8 8 (0.75%) Looker
9 7 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.66%) Redis
10 5 (0.47%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.47%) MySQL
10 5 (0.47%) Tableau
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.28%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.28%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 51 (4.81%) TeamCity
2 43 (4.06%) Jenkins
3 42 (3.96%) GitLab
4 41 (3.87%) SonarQube
5 31 (2.92%) Git
6 24 (2.26%) Axure RP
6 24 (2.26%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.79%) Jaeger
8 9 (0.85%) JIRA
9 7 (0.66%) JMeter
10 5 (0.47%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.47%) Locust
11 4 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.38%) Selenium
11 4 (0.38%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.28%) JUnit
13 2 (0.19%) Postman
13 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.094%) Deequ
14 1 (0.094%) XCUITest
General
1 325 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 296 (27.92%) Finance
3 277 (26.13%) Law
4 200 (18.87%) Public Sector
5 197 (18.58%) Retail
6 170 (16.04%) Banking
7 144 (13.58%) Marketing
8 141 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
9 127 (11.98%) Back Office
10 112 (10.57%) Financial Institution
11 45 (4.25%) Games
12 43 (4.06%) Legal
13 42 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
14 40 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (2.45%) Telecoms
16 25 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.60%) Polish Language
18 12 (1.13%) Manufacturing
19 11 (1.04%) German Language
19 11 (1.04%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 168 (15.85%) Senior
2 99 (9.34%) Architect
3 94 (8.87%) Lead
4 85 (8.02%) Analyst
5 66 (6.23%) Developer
6 46 (4.34%) Software Engineer
7 43 (4.06%) Consultant
8 39 (3.68%) Salesforce Architect
9 34 (3.21%) Senior Manager
9 34 (3.21%) Technical Architect
10 32 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (2.92%) Alliance Manager
12 29 (2.74%) Designer
13 28 (2.64%) Account Manager
13 28 (2.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (2.36%) Senior Developer
15 24 (2.26%) Business Analyst
16 21 (1.98%) Sales Manager
16 21 (1.98%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 21 (1.98%) Senior Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.83%) REST
2 57 (5.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 57 (5.38%) SOAP
2 57 (5.38%) Visualforce
3 35 (3.30%) .NET
4 33 (3.11%) HTML
5 32 (3.02%) React
6 30 (2.83%) CSS
7 23 (2.17%) EDI
8 19 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
9 18 (1.70%) Middleware
10 17 (1.60%) RESTful
11 15 (1.42%) Node.js
12 13 (1.23%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (1.23%) Web Services
13 12 (1.13%) Django
13 12 (1.13%) SAML
13 12 (1.13%) Sass
14 11 (1.04%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 137 (12.92%) Blog
2 133 (12.55%) Cloud Native
3 130 (12.26%) Onboarding
4 122 (11.51%) Product Ownership
5 42 (3.96%) Driving Licence
6 38 (3.58%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.92%) Social Media
8 30 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (2.64%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.89%) Podcast
12 19 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.23%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.04%) Cyberattack
15 11 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.04%) Video Editing
16 9 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 8 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
18 7 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.96%) Linux
2 32 (3.02%) Windows
3 26 (2.45%) Unix
4 14 (1.32%) Android
5 12 (1.13%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.094%) Debian
9 1 (0.094%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (26.89%) Agile
2 268 (25.28%) AI
3 214 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 172 (16.23%) CI/CD
5 155 (14.62%) DevOps
6 150 (14.15%) Roadmaps
7 148 (13.96%) Community of Practice
8 138 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (11.51%) Customer Service
10 111 (10.47%) Mentoring
11 102 (9.62%) Scrum
12 101 (9.53%) Technology Strategy
13 99 (9.34%) Software Engineering
14 94 (8.87%) Business Development
15 93 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
16 86 (8.11%) Project Management
17 85 (8.02%) Test Automation
18 81 (7.64%) Analytics
19 80 (7.55%) Fintech
20 76 (7.17%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 137 (12.92%) Java
2 106 (10.00%) Python
3 92 (8.68%) JavaScript
4 57 (5.38%) Apex Code
5 50 (4.72%) SQL
6 41 (3.87%) SOQL
6 41 (3.87%) SOSL
7 39 (3.68%) C#
8 33 (3.11%) Go
9 20 (1.89%) Bash
9 20 (1.89%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.47%) Bicep
10 5 (0.47%) C
11 4 (0.38%) C++
11 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.38%) R
12 3 (0.28%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.19%) RPG
14 1 (0.094%) ABAP
14 1 (0.094%) PHP
Qualifications
1 298 (28.11%) Degree
2 148 (13.96%) Security Cleared
3 144 (13.58%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.87%) AWS Certification
5 40 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.17%) DBS Check
7 23 (2.17%) PMP
8 22 (2.08%) CISSP
9 16 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.32%) CISM
12 12 (1.13%) CREST Certified
12 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.13%) OSCP
13 9 (0.85%) CISA
14 8 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.75%) CRISC
15 6 (0.57%) CITP
15 6 (0.57%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.17%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (3.40%) QA
4 33 (3.11%) WCAG
5 29 (2.74%) PCI DSS
6 28 (2.64%) NIST
6 28 (2.64%) SOC 2
7 23 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (1.89%) GDPR
8 20 (1.89%) GRC
9 16 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.94%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.94%) PMO
10 10 (0.94%) SLA
11 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
13 3 (0.28%) PERC
13 3 (0.28%) PSD2
14 2 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (3.68%) Docker
2 17 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.094%) iptables
4 1 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (11.32%) Terraform
2 95 (8.96%) Kubernetes
3 61 (5.75%) Grafana
4 23 (2.17%) Ansible
4 23 (2.17%) Argo
5 20 (1.89%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.79%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.47%) Autotask
7 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) Puppet
10 2 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.094%) CASB
11 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.094%) Nessus
Vendors
1 178 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 106 (10.00%) Adobe
3 82 (7.74%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.47%) Google
5 41 (3.87%) Splunk
6 29 (2.74%) Cisco
7 26 (2.45%) Apple
8 18 (1.70%) SAP
9 16 (1.51%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.42%) Oracle
11 13 (1.23%) Instagram
11 13 (1.23%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.13%) Hootsuite
13 11 (1.04%) Wrike
14 9 (0.85%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.85%) Databricks
14 9 (0.85%) Meraki
15 8 (0.75%) Dell
16 6 (0.57%) PagerDuty
16 6 (0.57%) Planon