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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 14 28
Rank change year-on-year -20 +14 +12
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,389 1,902 1,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.84% 11.75% 6.90%
As % of the General category 9.67% 16.41% 11.09%
Number of salaries quoted 483 409 749
10th Percentile £33,195 £25,600 £36,082
25th Percentile £48,408 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.01% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,224 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,957 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%

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 14,362 11,593 14,518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.39% 71.61% 62.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,972 6,409 8,591
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,471 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -8.33%

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 9 September 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 33 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.79%) Confluence
4 9 (0.65%) CMS
5 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.36%) Apache
6 5 (0.36%) WordPress
7 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.22%) SAS
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.072%) IIS
10 1 (0.072%) Moodle
Applications
1 55 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.22%) Simulink
4 15 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
5 9 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
5 9 (0.65%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.58%) InDesign
7 6 (0.43%) Maple
7 6 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.072%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.072%) SPSS
10 1 (0.072%) Stata
10 1 (0.072%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.73%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.79%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.72%) Primavera
5 8 (0.58%) Teamcenter
6 7 (0.50%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.22%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.22%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.072%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.072%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.072%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 247 (17.78%) AWS
2 230 (16.56%) Azure
3 185 (13.32%) GCP
4 150 (10.80%) SaaS
5 90 (6.48%) Power Platform
6 56 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.46%) Serverless
8 39 (2.81%) Azure Key Vault
9 37 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (2.66%) dbt
9 37 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
10 34 (2.45%) Figma
11 33 (2.38%) Power Automate
12 31 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.87%) Entra ID
14 25 (1.80%) GitHub
14 25 (1.80%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.51%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.95%) Network Security
2 30 (2.16%) Broadband
3 19 (1.37%) Firewall
4 17 (1.22%) Ethernet
4 17 (1.22%) VPN
5 13 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.65%) Intranet
7 8 (0.58%) DNS
7 8 (0.58%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.58%) WAN
8 7 (0.50%) DHCP
9 6 (0.43%) Modbus
9 6 (0.43%) Profibus
9 6 (0.43%) VLAN
10 5 (0.36%) MPLS
11 4 (0.29%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.22%) 5G
12 3 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.22%) SDH
12 3 (0.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (5.76%) Power BI
2 39 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.94%) Metadata
5 26 (1.87%) Tableau
6 22 (1.58%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.37%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.30%) MySQL
9 16 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.15%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.15%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.01%) Semantic Layer
12 12 (0.86%) Big Data
13 11 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.65%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.58%) Looker
17 6 (0.43%) Hadoop
18 5 (0.36%) GIS
Development Applications
1 68 (4.90%) Git
2 54 (3.89%) TeamCity
3 36 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.94%) JIRA
5 22 (1.58%) Snyk
6 20 (1.44%) Rational DOORS
7 17 (1.22%) GitLab
8 14 (1.01%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.86%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.65%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.58%) JUnit
12 7 (0.50%) Axure RP
13 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.22%) Android Studio
14 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.22%) CMake
14 3 (0.22%) Selenium
14 3 (0.22%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
15 2 (0.14%) JMeter
General
1 524 (37.72%) Social Skills
2 520 (37.44%) Finance
3 313 (22.53%) Law
4 240 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
5 221 (15.91%) Public Sector
6 180 (12.96%) Retail
7 172 (12.38%) Banking
8 158 (11.38%) Marketing
9 118 (8.50%) Aerospace
10 117 (8.42%) Back Office
11 101 (7.27%) Financial Institution
12 79 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
13 74 (5.33%) Legal
14 70 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
15 51 (3.67%) Electronics
16 45 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
17 32 (2.30%) Telecoms
18 30 (2.16%) Military
19 28 (2.02%) Local Government
20 21 (1.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 330 (23.76%) Senior
2 195 (14.04%) Architect
3 164 (11.81%) Analyst
4 128 (9.22%) Lead
5 102 (7.34%) Software Engineer
6 83 (5.98%) Senior Analyst
7 75 (5.40%) Developer
8 67 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
9 56 (4.03%) Consultant
10 54 (3.89%) Business Analyst
11 41 (2.95%) Cloud Architect
12 38 (2.74%) Security Architect
13 35 (2.52%) Technical Architect
14 34 (2.45%) Senior Architect
15 32 (2.30%) Senior Business Analyst
15 32 (2.30%) Systems Engineer
16 31 (2.23%) Designer
16 31 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
17 30 (2.16%) Senior Manager
18 29 (2.09%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (7.34%) Terraform
2 52 (3.74%) React
3 50 (3.60%) CSS
4 49 (3.53%) .NET
4 49 (3.53%) HTML
5 44 (3.17%) REST
6 37 (2.66%) Node.js
7 24 (1.73%) .NET Core
8 23 (1.66%) RESTful
9 21 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
9 21 (1.51%) XML
10 20 (1.44%) EDI
10 20 (1.44%) OpenAPI
11 19 (1.37%) ASP.NET
12 17 (1.22%) SOAP
13 15 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.08%) Entity Framework
13 15 (1.08%) Swagger
14 14 (1.01%) .NET Framework
14 14 (1.01%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 169 (12.17%) Cloud Native
2 139 (10.01%) Product Ownership
3 92 (6.62%) Onboarding
4 77 (5.54%) Driving Licence
5 63 (4.54%) Data Centre
6 61 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 56 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (3.31%) Cyberattack
9 38 (2.74%) Social Media
10 28 (2.02%) Blog
11 25 (1.80%) Podcast
12 23 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.51%) FPGA
14 20 (1.44%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.44%) Security Posture
15 18 (1.30%) Credit Risk
16 16 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
17 15 (1.08%) Algorithms
17 15 (1.08%) Data Structures
18 14 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.10%) Windows
2 22 (1.58%) Linux
3 17 (1.22%) Android
4 15 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.08%) VMS
5 12 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.58%) Unix
7 5 (0.36%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (28.15%) Agile
2 353 (25.41%) AI
3 238 (17.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 230 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
5 223 (16.05%) Mentoring
6 209 (15.05%) CI/CD
7 208 (14.97%) Technology Strategy
8 203 (14.61%) Decision-Making
9 182 (13.10%) Software Engineering
10 169 (12.17%) Roadmaps
11 166 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
12 158 (11.38%) Community of Practice
13 153 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
14 149 (10.73%) Coaching
15 148 (10.66%) DevOps
16 136 (9.79%) Scrum
17 132 (9.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 121 (8.71%) Test Automation
19 109 (7.85%) Analytics
20 104 (7.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.50%) SQL
2 125 (9.00%) Python
3 101 (7.27%) Java
4 67 (4.82%) C#
5 62 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.16%) MATLAB
7 29 (2.09%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.94%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.51%) Apex Code
10 20 (1.44%) Bicep
10 20 (1.44%) Go
11 17 (1.22%) Bash
12 15 (1.08%) C++
13 14 (1.01%) SOQL
13 14 (1.01%) SOSL
14 13 (0.94%) Ada
15 12 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.65%) C
17 8 (0.58%) Rust
18 6 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 354 (25.49%) Degree
2 341 (24.55%) Security Cleared
3 322 (23.18%) SC Cleared
4 120 (8.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 113 (8.14%) DV Cleared
6 60 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (3.31%) HNC
8 43 (3.10%) DBS Check
9 33 (2.38%) CISSP
10 30 (2.16%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.16%) Master's Degree
11 29 (2.09%) CISM
12 27 (1.94%) PhD
13 24 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (1.44%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.44%) Chartered Engineer
15 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.72%) CISA
16 10 (0.72%) CRISC
16 10 (0.72%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (13.03%) Accessibility
2 73 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 67 (4.82%) NIST
4 48 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.31%) GRC
6 42 (3.02%) GDPR
6 42 (3.02%) QA
7 22 (1.58%) NCSC
7 22 (1.58%) SLA
8 20 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.22%) WCAG
10 16 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 14 (1.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.79%) PMO
13 10 (0.72%) COBIT
13 10 (0.72%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.50%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.29%) EMIR
System Software
1 41 (2.95%) Docker
2 38 (2.74%) Firmware
3 26 (1.87%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.86%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 82 (5.90%) Kubernetes
2 60 (4.32%) Grafana
3 7 (0.50%) Ansible
4 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.36%) Puppet
5 4 (0.29%) Autotask
5 4 (0.29%) CASB
5 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.072%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.072%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.072%) SCCM
8 1 (0.072%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.072%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.072%) WSUS
Vendors
1 207 (14.90%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.25%) Adobe
3 41 (2.95%) Google
4 40 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.45%) Apple
6 27 (1.94%) Cisco
6 27 (1.94%) SAP
6 27 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 26 (1.87%) Palo Alto
8 23 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
8 23 (1.66%) VMware
9 22 (1.58%) Tenable
10 19 (1.37%) Oracle
11 15 (1.08%) Workday
12 14 (1.01%) Splunk
13 12 (0.86%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.79%) HP
14 11 (0.79%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.79%) Siemens
15 10 (0.72%) Dell