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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 32 27
Rank change year-on-year +14 -5 +16
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,756 1,386 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.78% 6.86% 7.84%
As % of the General category 15.26% 11.06% 11.89%
Number of salaries quoted 411 569 983
10th Percentile £25,203 £38,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £31,750 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,007 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.39% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £84,000
90th Percentile £82,241 £86,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £51,438 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.70% -3.85% +8.33%

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 11,505 12,531 15,240
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 70.64% 62.06% 65.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,150 7,230 11,950
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,313 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% -0.83% -

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 21 October 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
1 163 (9.28%) Confluence
2 37 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.68%) CMS
4 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.23%) WordPress
6 3 (0.17%) Apache
6 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.17%) SAS
6 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.11%) Drupal
7 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.057%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.057%) IIS
8 1 (0.057%) Moodle
8 1 (0.057%) nginx
Applications
1 51 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.31%) Adobe XD
4 12 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
6 8 (0.46%) Maya
6 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.28%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.28%) MotionBuilder
9 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.17%) 3ds Max
10 3 (0.17%) Blender
10 3 (0.17%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.057%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.057%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 9 (0.51%) NetSuite
1 9 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.17%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.057%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.057%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.057%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.057%) Magento
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.057%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.057%) Primavera
7 1 (0.057%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.057%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.057%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 535 (30.47%) Azure
2 485 (27.62%) AWS
3 346 (19.70%) GCP
4 81 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
5 78 (4.44%) Power Platform
6 40 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (1.88%) Power Automate
8 30 (1.71%) SaaS
9 27 (1.54%) Figma
10 26 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.03%) PowerApps
12 17 (0.97%) Google Analytics
13 16 (0.91%) Miro
14 9 (0.51%) Entra ID
14 9 (0.51%) Zapier
15 8 (0.46%) PaaS
16 7 (0.40%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (0.40%) Serverless
17 6 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 269 (15.32%) VPN
2 262 (14.92%) Cisco IOS
3 21 (1.20%) Broadband
4 17 (0.97%) Network Security
5 15 (0.85%) LAN
5 15 (0.85%) WAN
6 9 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.40%) DNS
8 6 (0.34%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.28%) DHCP
9 5 (0.28%) Internet
10 4 (0.23%) Firewall
11 3 (0.17%) FTP
11 3 (0.17%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.17%) Wireless
12 2 (0.11%) BGP
12 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.11%) Intranet
12 2 (0.11%) SSL
12 2 (0.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (15.03%) SQL Server
2 53 (3.02%) Power BI
3 14 (0.80%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.74%) Metadata
4 13 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.74%) Power Query
5 10 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.51%) Tableau
7 6 (0.34%) Looker
7 6 (0.34%) MySQL
8 5 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.23%) Tick Data
10 3 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (0.17%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.11%) Big Data
11 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.11%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 266 (15.15%) JIRA
2 263 (14.98%) GitLab
3 262 (14.92%) SonarQube
4 255 (14.52%) Selenium
5 247 (14.07%) Bitbucket
5 247 (14.07%) Cucumber
5 247 (14.07%) Maven
5 247 (14.07%) Sonatype Nexus
6 16 (0.91%) Axure RP
6 16 (0.91%) Balsamiq
6 16 (0.91%) Git
6 16 (0.91%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.46%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.46%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.17%) ERwin
8 3 (0.17%) Storybook
8 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.11%) Jaeger
General
1 427 (24.32%) Finance
2 369 (21.01%) Social Skills
3 367 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (15.49%) Law
5 265 (15.09%) Banking
6 214 (12.19%) Legal
7 163 (9.28%) Retail
8 124 (7.06%) Public Sector
9 105 (5.98%) Marketing
10 91 (5.18%) Investment Banking
11 90 (5.13%) Corporate Banking
12 61 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (1.59%) Games
15 21 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.20%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.14%) Advertising
17 18 (1.03%) Local Government
18 17 (0.97%) Back Office
19 16 (0.91%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 429 (24.43%) Software Engineer
2 312 (17.77%) Senior
3 281 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 180 (10.25%) Senior Software Engineer
5 97 (5.52%) Lead
6 88 (5.01%) Analyst
7 74 (4.21%) Architect
8 63 (3.59%) Microsoft Specialist
9 61 (3.47%) Developer
10 42 (2.39%) Senior Manager
11 34 (1.94%) Consultant
12 33 (1.88%) Cisco Specialist
13 31 (1.77%) Account Manager
14 29 (1.65%) Sales Account Manager
14 29 (1.65%) Sales Manager
14 29 (1.65%) Senior Account Manager
14 29 (1.65%) Senior Sales Manager
15 26 (1.48%) Sales Executive
16 23 (1.31%) Business Analyst
17 22 (1.25%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (15.43%) HTML
2 270 (15.38%) CSS
2 270 (15.38%) React
3 264 (15.03%) Elastic Stack
4 252 (14.35%) Kafka
5 249 (14.18%) Redux
6 247 (14.07%) JPA
6 247 (14.07%) Spring
6 247 (14.07%) Spring Boot
7 190 (10.82%) .NET
8 188 (10.71%) Node.js
9 157 (8.94%) Hibernate
10 120 (6.83%) REST
11 93 (5.30%) RESTful
12 92 (5.24%) Sass
13 90 (5.13%) CSS3
13 90 (5.13%) HTML5
13 90 (5.13%) Jest
14 24 (1.37%) EDI
15 20 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 625 (35.59%) Cyberattack
2 309 (17.60%) Product Ownership
3 254 (14.46%) Enterprise Software
4 202 (11.50%) Self-Motivation
5 179 (10.19%) Linux Command Line
6 64 (3.64%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 40 (2.28%) Social Media
9 37 (2.11%) Cloud Native
10 24 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.03%) Microsoft Licensing
12 15 (0.85%) Blog
13 14 (0.80%) Driving Licence
13 14 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.68%) Hedge funds
14 12 (0.68%) Reinsurance
14 12 (0.68%) Xbox
15 10 (0.57%) Animation
15 10 (0.57%) Video Editing
16 9 (0.51%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 453 (25.80%) Linux
2 286 (16.29%) Windows
3 270 (15.38%) Android
4 10 (0.57%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 615 (35.02%) Agile
2 600 (34.17%) DevOps
3 472 (26.88%) Line Management
4 454 (25.85%) Software Engineering
5 432 (24.60%) Microservices
6 386 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
7 359 (20.44%) Mentoring
8 316 (18.00%) User Experience
9 304 (17.31%) Risk Management
10 295 (16.80%) CI/CD
11 287 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 284 (16.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 284 (16.17%) Test Automation
13 275 (15.66%) Task Automation
14 273 (15.55%) SDLC
15 268 (15.26%) Platform Engineering
16 266 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
17 265 (15.09%) Mathematics
18 262 (14.92%) AI
18 262 (14.92%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 513 (29.21%) Python
2 473 (26.94%) JavaScript
3 448 (25.51%) Java
4 309 (17.60%) SQL
5 269 (15.32%) PowerShell
6 264 (15.03%) Bash
7 181 (10.31%) Go
8 180 (10.25%) C++
9 178 (10.14%) Rust
10 98 (5.58%) TypeScript
11 31 (1.77%) C#
12 19 (1.08%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.85%) SOQL
13 15 (0.85%) SOSL
14 14 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.46%) RPG
16 4 (0.23%) PHP
16 4 (0.23%) R
16 4 (0.23%) Scala
17 3 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 271 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 254 (14.46%) Degree
3 181 (10.31%) DV Cleared
4 180 (10.25%) AWS Certification
5 178 (10.14%) AWS Certified Developer
5 178 (10.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 82 (4.67%) SC Cleared
7 40 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.14%) DBS Check
10 10 (0.57%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.51%) PMP
12 8 (0.46%) ACCA
12 8 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.46%) CITP
12 8 (0.46%) HNC
13 7 (0.40%) CIMA
14 6 (0.34%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.34%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (17.08%) QA
2 200 (11.39%) NCSC
3 140 (7.97%) Accessibility
4 29 (1.65%) GDPR
5 28 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 25 (1.42%) NIST
7 19 (1.08%) WCAG
8 13 (0.74%) PMO
9 8 (0.46%) SLA
10 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.28%) COBIT
12 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.23%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.11%) GRC
14 2 (0.11%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 517 (29.44%) Docker
2 262 (14.92%) Hyper-V
2 262 (14.92%) VMware NSX
2 262 (14.92%) vSphere
3 25 (1.42%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.057%) Firmware
4 1 (0.057%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (0.057%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.057%) Varnish
4 1 (0.057%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 282 (16.06%) Terraform
2 275 (15.66%) Ansible
3 259 (14.75%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.23%) Grafana
5 4 (0.23%) SCCM
6 3 (0.17%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.17%) Argo
7 2 (0.11%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.057%) Nmap
8 1 (0.057%) Plesk
8 1 (0.057%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 334 (19.02%) Cisco
2 277 (15.77%) Splunk
3 266 (15.15%) Microsoft
4 264 (15.03%) Juniper
5 262 (14.92%) 3PAR
6 247 (14.07%) Solace
7 62 (3.53%) Adobe
8 51 (2.90%) Salesforce
9 38 (2.16%) Google
10 34 (1.94%) Apple
11 31 (1.77%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.80%) SAP
13 13 (0.74%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.68%) Dell
14 12 (0.68%) Oracle
15 10 (0.57%) Aruba
15 10 (0.57%) Mellanox
15 10 (0.57%) NVIDIA
16 9 (0.51%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.51%) YouTube