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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 +4
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,522 1,929 1,511
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.10% 11.47% 6.73%
As % of the General category 9.94% 16.24% 10.73%
Number of salaries quoted 489 413 633
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £78,224 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.16% -9.54%

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 15,318 11,877 14,086
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 70.60% 62.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,287 6,217 7,891
10th Percentile £32,257 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,869 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 1 October 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 36 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.85%) Confluence
4 11 (0.72%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.46%) WordPress
6 5 (0.33%) Apache
7 4 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.26%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
9 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.066%) nginx
Applications
1 71 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.12%) Simulink
5 12 (0.79%) Maple
6 10 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.66%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.53%) InDesign
8 8 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.46%) Adobe XD
9 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.26%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.26%) Notion
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
11 2 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (1.58%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.72%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.66%) Primavera
5 9 (0.59%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.20%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.066%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 278 (18.27%) AWS
2 230 (15.11%) Azure
3 220 (14.45%) GCP
4 172 (11.30%) SaaS
5 96 (6.31%) Power Platform
6 79 (5.19%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.15%) Serverless
8 45 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (2.37%) Azure Key Vault
11 35 (2.30%) dbt
12 34 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (2.17%) Figma
14 30 (1.97%) Power Automate
15 28 (1.84%) Entra ID
16 26 (1.71%) PowerApps
17 25 (1.64%) GitHub
18 24 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
18 24 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
19 20 (1.31%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.76%) Network Security
2 22 (1.45%) Ethernet
3 20 (1.31%) Firewall
3 20 (1.31%) VPN
4 19 (1.25%) Broadband
5 16 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.72%) Modbus
6 11 (0.72%) Profibus
7 10 (0.66%) VLAN
8 9 (0.59%) 5G
8 9 (0.59%) DNS
8 9 (0.59%) WAN
9 8 (0.53%) DHCP
9 8 (0.53%) Intranet
10 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.33%) MPLS
12 4 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.26%) Internet
12 4 (0.26%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.20%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (5.65%) Power BI
2 55 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.23%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.91%) Metadata
5 28 (1.84%) Tableau
6 24 (1.58%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.31%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.12%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.12%) MySQL
9 16 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.92%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.92%) Semantic Layer
12 13 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.79%) Big Data
14 10 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.66%) GIS
15 9 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.46%) Looker
Development Applications
1 81 (5.32%) TeamCity
2 69 (4.53%) Git
3 29 (1.91%) JIRA
4 27 (1.77%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.45%) Snyk
6 20 (1.31%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.92%) LabVIEW
8 13 (0.85%) JUnit
9 8 (0.53%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
12 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.20%) Android Studio
13 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.20%) CMake
13 3 (0.20%) Selenium
13 3 (0.20%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.13%) Bower
14 2 (0.13%) MLflow
General
1 598 (39.29%) Finance
2 584 (38.37%) Social Skills
3 362 (23.78%) Law
4 257 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
5 248 (16.29%) Retail
6 229 (15.05%) Public Sector
7 226 (14.85%) Banking
8 156 (10.25%) Marketing
9 136 (8.94%) Back Office
10 129 (8.48%) Aerospace
11 125 (8.21%) Financial Institution
12 80 (5.26%) Legal
13 78 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
14 73 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
16 53 (3.48%) Electronics
17 39 (2.56%) Telecoms
18 32 (2.10%) Local Government
19 30 (1.97%) Military
20 25 (1.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 358 (23.52%) Senior
2 181 (11.89%) Architect
3 177 (11.63%) Analyst
4 147 (9.66%) Lead
5 120 (7.88%) Software Engineer
6 80 (5.26%) Developer
7 76 (4.99%) Senior Analyst
8 61 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
9 49 (3.22%) Business Analyst
10 48 (3.15%) Consultant
11 40 (2.63%) Cloud Architect
11 40 (2.63%) Senior Architect
11 40 (2.63%) Senior Manager
12 38 (2.50%) Security Architect
13 35 (2.30%) Senior Software Engineer
14 34 (2.23%) Sales Executive
14 34 (2.23%) Team Leader
15 32 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
15 32 (2.10%) Systems Engineer
16 31 (2.04%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (8.34%) Terraform
2 52 (3.42%) .NET
3 50 (3.29%) React
4 45 (2.96%) CSS
5 44 (2.89%) HTML
6 36 (2.37%) Node.js
7 31 (2.04%) REST
8 30 (1.97%) RESTful
9 27 (1.77%) XML
10 24 (1.58%) .NET Core
10 24 (1.58%) OpenAPI
11 21 (1.38%) EDI
12 19 (1.25%) ASP.NET
12 19 (1.25%) Swagger
13 15 (0.99%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.99%) Entity Framework
14 14 (0.92%) .NET Framework
14 14 (0.92%) Blazor
14 14 (0.92%) Next.js
15 11 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 180 (11.83%) Cloud Native
2 130 (8.54%) Product Ownership
3 92 (6.04%) Driving Licence
4 78 (5.12%) Onboarding
5 69 (4.53%) Data Centre
6 67 (4.40%) Management Information System
7 56 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
8 48 (3.15%) Social Media
9 44 (2.89%) Blog
10 42 (2.76%) Cyberattack
11 31 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
12 27 (1.77%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.38%) FPGA
13 21 (1.38%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.18%) Credit Risk
14 18 (1.18%) SCADA
15 16 (1.05%) Podcast
16 15 (0.99%) Algorithms
16 15 (0.99%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.92%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.15%) Windows
2 27 (1.77%) Apple iOS
2 27 (1.77%) Linux
3 24 (1.58%) Android
4 15 (0.99%) VMS
5 13 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.39%) Unix
8 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (25.10%) AI
2 376 (24.70%) Agile
3 261 (17.15%) Mentoring
4 256 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 249 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
6 226 (14.85%) Decision-Making
7 216 (14.19%) CI/CD
8 209 (13.73%) Technology Strategy
9 193 (12.68%) Software Engineering
10 180 (11.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 177 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
12 171 (11.24%) Coaching
13 150 (9.86%) Roadmaps
14 140 (9.20%) Analytics
15 139 (9.13%) Community of Practice
16 135 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 133 (8.74%) Fintech
17 133 (8.74%) Test Automation
18 131 (8.61%) DevOps
19 114 (7.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 141 (9.26%) Python
2 140 (9.20%) SQL
3 135 (8.87%) Java
4 74 (4.86%) C#
5 58 (3.81%) JavaScript
6 32 (2.10%) Go
7 30 (1.97%) MATLAB
8 29 (1.91%) Bash
8 29 (1.91%) TypeScript
9 27 (1.77%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.05%) Bicep
11 15 (0.99%) C++
12 13 (0.85%) Ada
13 12 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.59%) Apex Code
14 9 (0.59%) C
15 8 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.53%) Rust
16 7 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 374 (24.57%) Security Cleared
2 346 (22.73%) Degree
2 346 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 120 (7.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 120 (7.88%) DV Cleared
4 57 (3.75%) HNC
5 56 (3.68%) DBS Check
6 54 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.10%) CISSP
8 31 (2.04%) Master's Degree
9 30 (1.97%) AWS Certification
10 28 (1.84%) CISM
10 28 (1.84%) PhD
11 24 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.38%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.38%) Chartered Engineer
13 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.72%) ACCA
14 11 (0.72%) CISA
15 10 (0.66%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (12.94%) Accessibility
2 81 (5.32%) Data Quality
3 61 (4.01%) NIST
4 52 (3.42%) GDPR
5 51 (3.35%) QA
6 48 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 43 (2.83%) GRC
8 23 (1.51%) NCSC
8 23 (1.51%) PCI DSS
8 23 (1.51%) SLA
9 19 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 14 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.92%) SOC 2
11 14 (0.92%) WCAG
12 10 (0.66%) COBIT
12 10 (0.66%) PMO
13 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
14 5 (0.33%) EMIR
14 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 44 (2.89%) Docker
2 38 (2.50%) Firmware
3 28 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
4 27 (1.77%) Active Directory
5 20 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.79%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 118 (7.75%) Kubernetes
2 85 (5.58%) Grafana
3 11 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.39%) Ansible
4 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.26%) Autotask
6 4 (0.26%) CASB
7 3 (0.20%) Puppet
8 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.066%) Argo
9 1 (0.066%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.066%) SCCM
9 1 (0.066%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.066%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.066%) WSUS
Vendors
1 235 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.20%) Adobe
3 47 (3.09%) Google
4 35 (2.30%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.23%) Apple
6 32 (2.10%) Cisco
6 32 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.91%) SAP
8 26 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
8 26 (1.71%) Oracle
9 25 (1.64%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.51%) VMware
11 22 (1.45%) Tenable
12 19 (1.25%) Workday
13 15 (0.99%) Dell
14 13 (0.85%) HP
15 12 (0.79%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.72%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.72%) Siemens
17 9 (0.59%) Databricks