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 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 32 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 926 1,472 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.07% 7.41% 7.63%
As % of the General category 9.40% 11.58% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 459 556 961
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £27,707 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,238 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.82% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £81,071 £87,348 £100,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +5.77%

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 9,848 12,711 13,689
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 64.59% 63.96% 65.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,325 7,352 10,773
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £36,019
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £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 26 November 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 39 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.08%) CMS
3 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.54%) Confluence
5 4 (0.43%) WordPress
6 3 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) Drupal
7 2 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 52 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.24%) Adobe XD
4 14 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.86%) Adobe Premiere
5 8 (0.86%) Maya
5 8 (0.86%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
7 6 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.65%) MotionBuilder
8 5 (0.54%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.22%) Blender
10 2 (0.22%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.11%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 12 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.32%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 116 (12.53%) Azure
2 88 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (9.18%) AWS
4 79 (8.53%) Power Platform
5 58 (6.26%) SaaS
6 44 (4.75%) Dynamics 365
7 34 (3.67%) Power Automate
8 33 (3.56%) Figma
9 29 (3.13%) GCP
10 27 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (2.27%) Google Analytics
12 20 (2.16%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.05%) Miro
14 14 (1.51%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.30%) Serverless
16 11 (1.19%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
17 9 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.38%) Broadband
2 11 (1.19%) LAN
2 11 (1.19%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.19%) WAN
3 10 (1.08%) VPN
4 8 (0.86%) DNS
5 6 (0.65%) DHCP
5 6 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.54%) Firewall
6 5 (0.54%) Internet
7 4 (0.43%) VLAN
8 3 (0.32%) BGP
8 3 (0.32%) FTP
8 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.22%) Intranet
9 2 (0.22%) Network Security
9 2 (0.22%) VoIP
9 2 (0.22%) WebEx
9 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.62%) Power BI
2 18 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.19%) Power Query
7 7 (0.76%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.76%) Metadata
8 6 (0.65%) Tableau
9 5 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.54%) MySQL
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.43%) Looker
10 4 (0.43%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.43%) Tick Data
11 3 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 23 (2.48%) Axure RP
1 23 (2.48%) Balsamiq
2 18 (1.94%) Git
3 16 (1.73%) GitLab
3 16 (1.73%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.62%) SonarQube
5 14 (1.51%) JIRA
5 14 (1.51%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.76%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.76%) Selenium
6 7 (0.76%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.32%) Storybook
9 2 (0.22%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.22%) JMeter
10 1 (0.11%) Deequ
10 1 (0.11%) ERwin
10 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 336 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 201 (21.71%) Finance
3 161 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 130 (14.04%) Law
5 117 (12.63%) Marketing
6 115 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
7 109 (11.77%) Retail
8 63 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (4.54%) Back Office
10 40 (4.32%) Banking
10 40 (4.32%) Financial Institution
11 36 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.81%) Games
13 22 (2.38%) Legal
14 21 (2.27%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.05%) Local Government
16 12 (1.30%) Advertising
16 12 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.08%) Police
18 8 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 153 (16.52%) Senior
2 84 (9.07%) Analyst
3 78 (8.42%) Lead
4 71 (7.67%) Developer
5 63 (6.80%) Microsoft Specialist
6 62 (6.70%) Architect
7 54 (5.83%) Senior Manager
8 43 (4.64%) Account Manager
9 39 (4.21%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (4.21%) Sales Manager
9 39 (4.21%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (4.21%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (4.00%) Consultant
11 27 (2.92%) Business Analyst
12 25 (2.70%) Senior Developer
13 23 (2.48%) Designer
14 21 (2.27%) IT Support
14 21 (2.27%) Product Manager
15 20 (2.16%) Technical Architect
16 19 (2.05%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.78%) REST
2 30 (3.24%) HTML
3 29 (3.13%) CSS
4 27 (2.92%) React
5 22 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
5 22 (2.38%) SOAP
5 22 (2.38%) Visualforce
6 19 (2.05%) .NET
7 16 (1.73%) Node.js
8 15 (1.62%) EDI
9 14 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
10 12 (1.30%) Django
11 11 (1.19%) XML
12 10 (1.08%) Playwright
12 10 (1.08%) Web Services
13 8 (0.86%) .NET Framework
13 8 (0.86%) Middleware
14 7 (0.76%) RESTful
15 6 (0.65%) Entity Framework
15 6 (0.65%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 94 (10.15%) Blog
2 77 (8.32%) Onboarding
3 71 (7.67%) Product Ownership
4 56 (6.05%) Cloud Native
5 38 (4.10%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.02%) Data Centre
7 26 (2.81%) Social Media
8 23 (2.48%) Driving Licence
8 23 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.94%) Microsoft Licensing
10 14 (1.51%) Hedge funds
11 12 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.30%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.08%) Xbox
14 9 (0.97%) Digital Media
14 9 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.27%) Windows
2 11 (1.19%) Linux
3 9 (0.97%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.54%) Android
5 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.22%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (33.80%) AI
2 200 (21.60%) Agile
3 167 (18.03%) Customer Service
4 144 (15.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 124 (13.39%) CRM
6 117 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (10.58%) DevOps
8 97 (10.48%) Roadmaps
9 91 (9.83%) Mentoring
10 90 (9.72%) Project Management
11 88 (9.50%) Analytics
12 85 (9.18%) Community of Practice
13 84 (9.07%) Customer Experience
14 82 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
15 78 (8.42%) Decision-Making
15 78 (8.42%) Time Management
16 73 (7.88%) B2B
16 73 (7.88%) Technology Strategy
17 71 (7.67%) CI/CD
18 66 (7.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.10%) Python
2 63 (6.80%) SQL
3 56 (6.05%) JavaScript
4 40 (4.32%) Java
5 39 (4.21%) C#
6 22 (2.38%) Apex Code
7 15 (1.62%) SOQL
7 15 (1.62%) SOSL
8 12 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.19%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.86%) RPG
11 6 (0.65%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.54%) Go
13 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.32%) C
14 3 (0.32%) Scala
15 2 (0.22%) C++
15 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.22%) R
15 2 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 337 (36.39%) Degree
2 91 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 85 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.81%) PMP
6 22 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.16%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.08%) CISSP
8 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.97%) CISM
9 9 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.86%) ACCA
10 8 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.86%) CIMA
11 6 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.65%) HNC
12 5 (0.54%) CIPD
12 5 (0.54%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.54%) OSCP
12 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.16%) Accessibility
2 36 (3.89%) QA
3 29 (3.13%) GDPR
4 25 (2.70%) WCAG
5 22 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.05%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.73%) NIST
8 13 (1.40%) PMO
9 10 (1.08%) SLA
10 9 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.97%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.76%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.65%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.54%) NCSC
14 4 (0.43%) GRC
15 3 (0.32%) PERC
16 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
16 2 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 19 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) iptables
Systems Management
1 36 (3.89%) Terraform
2 24 (2.59%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.73%) Grafana
4 11 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.76%) Ansible
6 5 (0.54%) Argo
7 3 (0.32%) SCCM
8 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.11%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.11%) Nessus
8 1 (0.11%) Nmap
8 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 266 (28.73%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.02%) Adobe
3 48 (5.18%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.78%) Google
5 34 (3.67%) Cisco
6 32 (3.46%) Apple
7 25 (2.70%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.62%) SAP
8 15 (1.62%) Splunk
9 11 (1.19%) Oracle
10 8 (0.86%) Databricks
10 8 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 8 (0.86%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.76%) Dell
11 7 (0.76%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.65%) Instagram
13 5 (0.54%) Mellanox
13 5 (0.54%) NVIDIA
13 5 (0.54%) Openreach
13 5 (0.54%) YouTube