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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 17 43
Rank change year-on-year -16 +26 0
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,130 1,897 1,846
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.89% 12.82% 5.56%
As % of the General category 10.29% 17.09% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 415 422 1,089
10th Percentile £31,930 £29,000 £32,400
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £55,000 £53,375
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +3.04% -22.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,940 £89,833 £87,750
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 10,983 11,100 20,383
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.23% 74.99% 61.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,252 6,112 15,110
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 30 May 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 56 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.06%) CMS
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Confluence
5 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.27%) Apache
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
8 1 (0.088%) WildFly
Applications
1 48 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.27%) Acrobat
3 23 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.06%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.53%) InDesign
7 5 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.088%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.12%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.53%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.35%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.27%) Shopify
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.088%) Magento
6 1 (0.088%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.088%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.088%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 261 (23.10%) AWS
2 205 (18.14%) Azure
3 166 (14.69%) GCP
4 154 (13.63%) SaaS
5 79 (6.99%) Power Platform
6 61 (5.40%) Amazon EKS
7 60 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (3.19%) Serverless
9 33 (2.92%) Power Automate
10 28 (2.48%) Figma
11 27 (2.39%) Entra ID
12 25 (2.21%) Google Analytics
13 23 (2.04%) Pulumi
14 22 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (1.77%) dbt
16 19 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.59%) PowerApps
18 12 (1.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 12 (1.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 85 (7.52%) Broadband
2 18 (1.59%) Network Security
3 16 (1.42%) 4G
3 16 (1.42%) Firewall
3 16 (1.42%) VPN
4 15 (1.33%) BGP
4 15 (1.33%) DHCP
4 15 (1.33%) DNS
4 15 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.33%) WAN
5 12 (1.06%) LAN
6 11 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.97%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.97%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.97%) MPLS
7 10 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.80%) SMTP
9 7 (0.62%) VLAN
10 5 (0.44%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.27%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.37%) Power BI
2 32 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (2.21%) Relational Database
4 24 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 22 (1.95%) Tableau
6 19 (1.68%) Metadata
7 18 (1.59%) RDBMS
8 16 (1.42%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.42%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (1.06%) Looker
10 11 (0.97%) Semantic Layer
11 10 (0.88%) SQL Server
12 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.71%) Redis
14 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.53%) MySQL
15 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 55 (4.87%) TeamCity
2 47 (4.16%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.45%) GitLab
4 34 (3.01%) SonarQube
5 26 (2.30%) Git
6 22 (1.95%) Snyk
7 18 (1.59%) Jaeger
8 12 (1.06%) Axure RP
8 12 (1.06%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.97%) JIRA
10 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.44%) JMeter
10 5 (0.44%) JUnit
10 5 (0.44%) Locust
11 4 (0.35%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.088%) Appium
13 1 (0.088%) git-flow
13 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 362 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 332 (29.38%) Finance
3 306 (27.08%) Law
4 201 (17.79%) Public Sector
5 195 (17.26%) Banking
6 190 (16.81%) Retail
7 158 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
8 156 (13.81%) Marketing
9 130 (11.50%) Back Office
10 108 (9.56%) Financial Institution
11 71 (6.28%) Legal
12 54 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (3.19%) Games
15 30 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.86%) Telecoms
17 19 (1.68%) German Language
17 19 (1.68%) Polish Language
18 16 (1.42%) Local Government
19 14 (1.24%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 226 (20.00%) Senior
2 155 (13.72%) Architect
3 133 (11.77%) Analyst
4 82 (7.26%) Lead
5 59 (5.22%) Software Engineer
6 56 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
7 54 (4.78%) Developer
8 46 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.10%) Consultant
9 35 (3.10%) Senior Architect
10 33 (2.92%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (2.83%) Business Analyst
12 30 (2.65%) Designer
12 30 (2.65%) Security Architect
13 29 (2.57%) Cloud Architect
14 27 (2.39%) Technical Architect
15 25 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.12%) Alliance Manager
16 24 (2.12%) Data Manager
17 23 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (6.46%) REST
2 50 (4.42%) Lightning Web Components
3 46 (4.07%) SOAP
3 46 (4.07%) Visualforce
4 29 (2.57%) HTML
5 27 (2.39%) CSS
6 26 (2.30%) .NET
7 25 (2.21%) React
8 23 (2.04%) EDI
9 22 (1.95%) Node.js
10 20 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
11 18 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
12 15 (1.33%) Middleware
12 15 (1.33%) RESTful
13 12 (1.06%) SAML
14 11 (0.97%) Jinja
14 11 (0.97%) NETCONF
14 11 (0.97%) YANG
15 10 (0.88%) OpenAPI
16 9 (0.80%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 158 (13.98%) Cloud Native
2 129 (11.42%) Product Ownership
3 116 (10.27%) Onboarding
4 52 (4.60%) Blog
5 49 (4.34%) Management Information System
6 48 (4.25%) Data Centre
7 46 (4.07%) Cyberattack
8 45 (3.98%) Social Media
9 41 (3.63%) Driving Licence
10 28 (2.48%) Public Cloud
11 27 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.42%) Podcast
14 13 (1.15%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.97%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.88%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
17 9 (0.80%) Credit Risk
17 9 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 8 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.54%) Windows
2 39 (3.45%) Linux
3 27 (2.39%) Unix
4 21 (1.86%) Android
5 19 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (28.41%) Agile
2 269 (23.81%) AI
3 209 (18.50%) CI/CD
4 190 (16.81%) Roadmaps
5 189 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 162 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (14.07%) Community of Practice
8 156 (13.81%) Technology Strategy
9 155 (13.72%) DevOps
10 145 (12.83%) Mentoring
11 134 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
12 112 (9.91%) Scrum
13 109 (9.65%) Software Engineering
14 107 (9.47%) Test Automation
15 106 (9.38%) Decision-Making
16 95 (8.41%) Fintech
17 92 (8.14%) TOGAF
18 91 (8.05%) Analytics
19 79 (6.99%) CRM
20 78 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (12.12%) Java
2 133 (11.77%) Python
3 100 (8.85%) SQL
4 78 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.42%) Apex Code
6 38 (3.36%) Go
7 34 (3.01%) SOQL
7 34 (3.01%) SOSL
8 30 (2.65%) C#
9 22 (1.95%) Bash
10 21 (1.86%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.15%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.62%) Bicep
13 5 (0.44%) C
14 4 (0.35%) R
14 4 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.27%) Ada
15 3 (0.27%) Ruby
15 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 251 (22.21%) Degree
2 172 (15.22%) Security Cleared
3 167 (14.78%) SC Cleared
4 64 (5.66%) AWS Certification
5 42 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.57%) CISSP
9 26 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (2.04%) CISM
11 13 (1.15%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.97%) CISA
12 11 (0.97%) CREST Certified
12 11 (0.97%) OSCP
13 10 (0.88%) CRISC
13 10 (0.88%) HNC
13 10 (0.88%) HND
14 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.62%) CITP
16 6 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.11%) Accessibility
2 58 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 51 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (4.51%) NIST
4 47 (4.16%) GRC
5 40 (3.54%) QA
6 34 (3.01%) GDPR
7 26 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.30%) PCI DSS
8 23 (2.04%) SOC 2
9 20 (1.77%) WCAG
10 16 (1.42%) SLA
11 12 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.97%) PMO
13 8 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.71%) NCSC
14 7 (0.62%) COBIT
15 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 47 (4.16%) Docker
2 22 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (1.77%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (10.62%) Terraform
2 100 (8.85%) Kubernetes
3 64 (5.66%) Grafana
4 24 (2.12%) Ansible
5 19 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.59%) Argo
6 18 (1.59%) Kustomize
6 18 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.80%) Autotask
8 6 (0.53%) Puppet
9 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.18%) CASB
12 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.088%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 201 (17.79%) Microsoft
2 121 (10.71%) Adobe
3 67 (5.93%) Salesforce
4 59 (5.22%) Google
5 51 (4.51%) Apple
6 34 (3.01%) ServiceNow
6 34 (3.01%) Splunk
7 32 (2.83%) Cisco
8 24 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
9 23 (2.04%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.95%) Tenable
11 15 (1.33%) SAP
12 14 (1.24%) Oracle
13 12 (1.06%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.97%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.97%) Instagram
14 11 (0.97%) Meraki
14 11 (0.97%) Wrike
15 9 (0.80%) Databricks
15 9 (0.80%) FIS