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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 38
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -6
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 920 1,360 1,450
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.15% 8.28% 6.66%
As % of the General category 10.18% 12.03% 10.69%
Number of salaries quoted 434 467 854
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,750 £34,650
25th Percentile £27,040 £46,713 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,000 £74,145 £80,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,037 11,306 13,569
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.46% 68.80% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,717 6,403 10,570
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,200 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,158
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.17% -5.89%

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 12 January 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 45 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.33%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.22%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) Confluence
7 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 58 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.59%) Adobe XD
3 28 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.54%) Maya
5 5 (0.54%) MotionBuilder
6 4 (0.43%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
8 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.11%) Revit
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Academy Housing
5 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 133 (14.46%) Azure
2 128 (13.91%) AWS
3 70 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (7.61%) SaaS
4 57 (6.20%) Power Platform
5 38 (4.13%) GCP
6 36 (3.91%) Figma
7 26 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
8 24 (2.61%) Power Automate
9 21 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (2.28%) Miro
10 20 (2.17%) Google Analytics
11 19 (2.07%) Serverless
12 18 (1.96%) PowerApps
13 16 (1.74%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.41%) Pulumi
15 12 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.89%) Broadband
2 13 (1.41%) BGP
3 12 (1.30%) 4G
3 12 (1.30%) VPN
4 11 (1.20%) MPLS
4 11 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (1.09%) DNS
5 10 (1.09%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (1.09%) IOS XR
6 8 (0.87%) DHCP
6 8 (0.87%) LAN
7 6 (0.65%) Firewall
7 6 (0.65%) WAN
8 5 (0.54%) Internet
9 4 (0.43%) VLAN
9 4 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.33%) Network Security
10 3 (0.33%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.35%) Power BI
2 24 (2.61%) Relational Database
3 22 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.41%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.41%) RDBMS
7 8 (0.87%) Metadata
8 7 (0.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.43%) MySQL
10 4 (0.43%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.43%) Tableau
11 3 (0.33%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.33%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.33%) Looker
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (3.04%) Git
2 26 (2.83%) Axure RP
2 26 (2.83%) Balsamiq
3 17 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.85%) TeamCity
4 16 (1.74%) GitLab
5 15 (1.63%) SonarQube
6 13 (1.41%) Jaeger
7 9 (0.98%) JIRA
8 8 (0.87%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.87%) Selenium
8 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.33%) Storybook
10 2 (0.22%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.22%) JMeter
10 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.11%) jMock
11 1 (0.11%) JUnit
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 312 (33.91%) Social Skills
2 185 (20.11%) Finance
3 173 (18.80%) Public Sector
4 155 (16.85%) Law
5 135 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
6 108 (11.74%) Retail
7 82 (8.91%) Marketing
8 61 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
9 59 (6.41%) Banking
10 53 (5.76%) Financial Institution
11 47 (5.11%) Back Office
12 28 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (2.72%) Telecoms
14 22 (2.39%) Games
15 17 (1.85%) Legal
16 14 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.09%) Local Government
18 8 (0.87%) Police
19 7 (0.76%) Manufacturing
19 7 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 156 (16.96%) Senior
2 82 (8.91%) Analyst
3 76 (8.26%) Lead
4 65 (7.07%) Architect
5 53 (5.76%) Senior Manager
6 52 (5.65%) Developer
7 51 (5.54%) Microsoft Specialist
8 42 (4.57%) Account Manager
9 39 (4.24%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (4.24%) Sales Manager
9 39 (4.24%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (4.24%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (4.02%) Alliance Manager
11 27 (2.93%) Consultant
12 25 (2.72%) Designer
13 21 (2.28%) Business Analyst
14 19 (2.07%) Data Engineer
14 19 (2.07%) Senior Developer
15 18 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (1.96%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.26%) REST
2 25 (2.72%) HTML
3 24 (2.61%) CSS
4 23 (2.50%) .NET
5 22 (2.39%) Lightning Web Components
5 22 (2.39%) React
5 22 (2.39%) SOAP
5 22 (2.39%) Visualforce
6 18 (1.96%) EDI
7 16 (1.74%) Node.js
8 13 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
8 13 (1.41%) OpenTelemetry
9 12 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
10 11 (1.20%) Playwright
11 10 (1.09%) Jinja
11 10 (1.09%) NETCONF
11 10 (1.09%) YANG
12 9 (0.98%) Django
12 9 (0.98%) RESTful
12 9 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (12.07%) Blog
2 87 (9.46%) Onboarding
3 76 (8.26%) Product Ownership
4 54 (5.87%) Cloud Native
5 38 (4.13%) Driving Licence
6 37 (4.02%) Management Information System
7 29 (3.15%) Data Centre
8 28 (3.04%) Public Cloud
9 26 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (2.50%) Social Media
11 15 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (1.20%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 7 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.50%) Linux
2 22 (2.39%) Windows
3 13 (1.41%) Unix
4 11 (1.20%) Android
5 9 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (37.07%) AI
2 213 (23.15%) Agile
3 154 (16.74%) Customer Service
4 148 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (11.74%) CRM
6 99 (10.76%) Cybersecurity
7 94 (10.22%) Community of Practice
7 94 (10.22%) Mentoring
8 92 (10.00%) DevOps
9 87 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
10 86 (9.35%) Roadmaps
11 77 (8.37%) Technology Strategy
12 76 (8.26%) CI/CD
13 75 (8.15%) Analytics
13 75 (8.15%) Business Development
14 73 (7.93%) Project Management
15 67 (7.28%) B2B
16 64 (6.96%) Time Management
17 61 (6.63%) Customer Experience
18 58 (6.30%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 73 (7.93%) Python
2 63 (6.85%) Java
3 62 (6.74%) JavaScript
4 47 (5.11%) SQL
5 38 (4.13%) C#
6 22 (2.39%) Apex Code
7 19 (2.07%) Go
8 15 (1.63%) SOQL
8 15 (1.63%) SOSL
9 14 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.41%) Bash
11 6 (0.65%) RPG
12 5 (0.54%) C
12 5 (0.54%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.43%) C++
13 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.22%) PHP
15 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 318 (34.57%) Degree
2 101 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 96 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.70%) AWS Certification
6 30 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (2.72%) PMP
8 20 (2.17%) DBS Check
9 17 (1.85%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.74%) CISSP
11 12 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.30%) CISM
12 11 (1.20%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.76%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.76%) OSCP
14 6 (0.65%) CITP
15 5 (0.54%) ACCA
15 5 (0.54%) CIMA
15 5 (0.54%) CISA
15 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.63%) Accessibility
2 33 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (3.04%) QA
4 27 (2.93%) WCAG
5 26 (2.83%) GDPR
6 17 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.85%) NIST
7 15 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.52%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.30%) SOC 2
10 11 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.09%) PMO
12 9 (0.98%) SLA
13 7 (0.76%) GRC
14 6 (0.65%) EU AI Act
15 5 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.54%) NCSC
15 5 (0.54%) NEBOSH
16 3 (0.33%) PERC
17 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 21 (2.28%) Docker
2 14 (1.52%) Active Directory
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 49 (5.33%) Terraform
2 41 (4.46%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.96%) Grafana
4 17 (1.85%) Argo
5 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.52%) Ansible
7 13 (1.41%) Kustomize
7 13 (1.41%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) Nmap
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 250 (27.17%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.37%) Adobe
3 46 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 42 (4.57%) Apple
5 38 (4.13%) Google
6 30 (3.26%) Cisco
7 15 (1.63%) Splunk
8 14 (1.52%) Palo Alto
9 12 (1.30%) Oracle
9 12 (1.30%) SAP
10 10 (1.09%) Databricks
11 7 (0.76%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.65%) Snow
13 5 (0.54%) Dell
13 5 (0.54%) Instagram
13 5 (0.54%) Openreach
13 5 (0.54%) Planon
14 4 (0.43%) Hootsuite
14 4 (0.43%) YouTube