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 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 16 42
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 +5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,131 1,931 1,892
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.69% 12.61% 5.48%
As % of the General category 9.81% 16.91% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 415 430 1,121
10th Percentile £32,700 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,065 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -19.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,750 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 11,526 11,417 20,869
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.03% 74.56% 60.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,519 6,273 15,259
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.42% +6.27% -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 15 June 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 47 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.15%) CMS
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Apache
5 4 (0.35%) Confluence
5 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.088%) Drupal
8 1 (0.088%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.27%) Acrobat
3 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.80%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.71%) InDesign
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.12%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.27%) Academy Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Shopify
6 1 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.088%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 247 (21.84%) AWS
2 201 (17.77%) Azure
3 167 (14.77%) GCP
4 152 (13.44%) SaaS
5 87 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 59 (5.22%) Amazon EKS
7 58 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (3.18%) Serverless
9 35 (3.09%) Power Automate
10 30 (2.65%) Figma
11 24 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (2.12%) Entra ID
11 24 (2.12%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (2.03%) Pulumi
13 22 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (1.77%) dbt
15 19 (1.68%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.24%) PaaS
17 13 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 86 (7.60%) Broadband
2 21 (1.86%) Network Security
3 20 (1.77%) VPN
4 16 (1.41%) Firewall
5 15 (1.33%) BGP
6 14 (1.24%) 4G
6 14 (1.24%) DHCP
6 14 (1.24%) DNS
6 14 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.24%) WAN
7 11 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.97%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.97%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.97%) MPLS
8 9 (0.80%) LAN
8 9 (0.80%) SMTP
8 9 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.62%) VLAN
10 5 (0.44%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.81%) Power BI
2 33 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (2.74%) Relational Database
4 26 (2.30%) NoSQL
4 26 (2.30%) Tableau
5 22 (1.95%) Metadata
6 18 (1.59%) RDBMS
7 17 (1.50%) BigQuery
8 15 (1.33%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.33%) SQL Server
9 12 (1.06%) Looker
9 12 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
10 11 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.88%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.71%) MySQL
13 8 (0.71%) Redis
14 7 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 53 (4.69%) TeamCity
2 49 (4.33%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.45%) GitLab
4 34 (3.01%) SonarQube
5 30 (2.65%) Git
6 22 (1.95%) Snyk
7 18 (1.59%) Jaeger
8 11 (0.97%) JIRA
9 9 (0.80%) Axure RP
9 9 (0.80%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.44%) JMeter
10 5 (0.44%) Locust
11 4 (0.35%) JUnit
11 4 (0.35%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.088%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.088%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.088%) XCUITest
General
1 359 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 333 (29.44%) Finance
3 302 (26.70%) Law
4 194 (17.15%) Public Sector
5 191 (16.89%) Banking
6 185 (16.36%) Retail
7 161 (14.24%) Marketing
8 160 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
9 127 (11.23%) Back Office
10 106 (9.37%) Financial Institution
11 72 (6.37%) Legal
12 56 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.27%) Games
15 31 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.86%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.77%) Polish Language
18 19 (1.68%) German Language
19 18 (1.59%) Local Government
20 15 (1.33%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 233 (20.60%) Senior
2 156 (13.79%) Architect
3 129 (11.41%) Analyst
4 81 (7.16%) Lead
5 59 (5.22%) Senior Analyst
6 58 (5.13%) Software Engineer
7 54 (4.77%) Developer
8 46 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.09%) Business Analyst
9 35 (3.09%) Consultant
10 33 (2.92%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (2.83%) Security Architect
11 32 (2.83%) Senior Architect
12 29 (2.56%) Cloud Architect
12 29 (2.56%) Designer
13 27 (2.39%) Technical Architect
14 25 (2.21%) Data Manager
15 23 (2.03%) Delivery Manager
15 23 (2.03%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (1.95%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.72%) REST
2 50 (4.42%) Lightning Web Components
3 46 (4.07%) SOAP
4 45 (3.98%) Visualforce
5 33 (2.92%) HTML
6 31 (2.74%) CSS
7 29 (2.56%) React
8 25 (2.21%) .NET
9 24 (2.12%) Node.js
10 20 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
11 18 (1.59%) EDI
11 18 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
12 15 (1.33%) RESTful
13 14 (1.24%) Middleware
14 12 (1.06%) SAML
15 11 (0.97%) Jinja
15 11 (0.97%) NETCONF
15 11 (0.97%) OpenAPI
15 11 (0.97%) YANG
16 9 (0.80%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 161 (14.24%) Cloud Native
2 132 (11.67%) Product Ownership
3 101 (8.93%) Onboarding
4 51 (4.51%) Social Media
5 50 (4.42%) Management Information System
6 46 (4.07%) Cyberattack
7 45 (3.98%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.80%) Blog
8 43 (3.80%) Driving Licence
9 35 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.77%) Podcast
12 17 (1.50%) Credit Risk
13 16 (1.41%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.97%) Video Editing
15 9 (0.80%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 8 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.63%) Windows
2 38 (3.36%) Linux
3 27 (2.39%) Unix
4 19 (1.68%) Android
5 18 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.06%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.35%) VMS
8 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (29.27%) Agile
2 264 (23.34%) AI
3 211 (18.66%) CI/CD
4 188 (16.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 185 (16.36%) Roadmaps
6 170 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
7 162 (14.32%) Technology Strategy
8 160 (14.15%) Community of Practice
9 159 (14.06%) DevOps
10 150 (13.26%) Mentoring
11 124 (10.96%) Scrum
12 121 (10.70%) Decision-Making
13 117 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
14 110 (9.73%) Software Engineering
15 105 (9.28%) Test Automation
16 102 (9.02%) Analytics
17 93 (8.22%) CRM
17 93 (8.22%) TOGAF
18 91 (8.05%) Fintech
19 82 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 142 (12.56%) Python
2 131 (11.58%) Java
3 112 (9.90%) SQL
4 81 (7.16%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.42%) Apex Code
6 38 (3.36%) Go
7 34 (3.01%) SOQL
7 34 (3.01%) SOSL
8 29 (2.56%) C#
9 27 (2.39%) Bash
10 23 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.50%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.06%) Bicep
13 5 (0.44%) R
14 4 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.27%) Ada
15 3 (0.27%) Ruby
15 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 243 (21.49%) Degree
2 169 (14.94%) Security Cleared
3 164 (14.50%) SC Cleared
4 52 (4.60%) AWS Certification
5 44 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 29 (2.56%) CISSP
8 28 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (2.03%) CISM
11 14 (1.24%) HNC
12 12 (1.06%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.97%) CISA
13 11 (0.97%) CREST Certified
13 11 (0.97%) HND
13 11 (0.97%) OSCP
14 10 (0.88%) CRISC
15 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.62%) CITP
16 6 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.01%) Accessibility
2 63 (5.57%) Data Quality
3 53 (4.69%) NIST
4 50 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (4.33%) GRC
6 38 (3.36%) QA
7 37 (3.27%) GDPR
8 26 (2.30%) PCI DSS
9 24 (2.12%) SLA
10 23 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (2.03%) SOC 2
11 17 (1.50%) WCAG
12 14 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.97%) NCSC
13 11 (0.97%) PMO
14 10 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (0.71%) COBIT
15 8 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.35%) SOC 1
17 3 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (4.16%) Docker
2 22 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.35%) vSphere
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 122 (10.79%) Terraform
2 98 (8.66%) Kubernetes
3 62 (5.48%) Grafana
4 24 (2.12%) Ansible
5 19 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.59%) Argo
6 18 (1.59%) Kustomize
7 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.80%) Autotask
9 6 (0.53%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
13 2 (0.18%) CASB
13 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.088%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.088%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 187 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 102 (9.02%) Adobe
3 69 (6.10%) Salesforce
4 57 (5.04%) Google
5 39 (3.45%) Cisco
6 34 (3.01%) ServiceNow
6 34 (3.01%) Splunk
7 32 (2.83%) Apple
8 23 (2.03%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
9 22 (1.95%) Tenable
10 15 (1.33%) SAP
11 14 (1.24%) Oracle
12 11 (0.97%) Dell
12 11 (0.97%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.97%) Instagram
12 11 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 11 (0.97%) Wrike
13 10 (0.88%) Databricks
13 10 (0.88%) Meraki