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 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 14 31
Rank change year-on-year -22 +17 +15
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,306 1,935 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.76% 11.78% 6.45%
As % of the General category 9.58% 16.22% 10.54%
Number of salaries quoted 497 423 893
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,680 £35,045
25th Percentile £48,760 £39,929 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,224 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £81,974 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

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 13,630 11,930 15,262
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.08% 72.62% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,659 6,630 10,262
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,263
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,906 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 12 August 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 34 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.00%) CMS
4 11 (0.84%) Confluence
5 7 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.38%) Apache
7 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.31%) WordPress
8 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) Drupal
10 1 (0.077%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.30%) Simulink
4 14 (1.07%) Acrobat
5 9 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.69%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.69%) InDesign
6 8 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.61%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.31%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.077%) Maple
11 1 (0.077%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.84%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.84%) Workday HCM
3 9 (0.69%) Primavera
4 7 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.31%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.077%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.077%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.077%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 237 (18.15%) AWS
2 225 (17.23%) Azure
3 176 (13.48%) GCP
4 141 (10.80%) SaaS
5 85 (6.51%) Power Platform
6 47 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.52%) Serverless
8 45 (3.45%) dbt
9 43 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
10 37 (2.83%) Figma
11 35 (2.68%) Power Automate
12 29 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.22%) Azure Key Vault
13 25 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
14 23 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (1.76%) GitHub
14 23 (1.76%) Google Analytics
14 23 (1.76%) PaaS
15 22 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.06%) Broadband
2 35 (2.68%) Network Security
3 22 (1.68%) VPN
4 21 (1.61%) Firewall
5 16 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.84%) Ethernet
6 11 (0.84%) WAN
7 10 (0.77%) DNS
8 9 (0.69%) DHCP
8 9 (0.69%) Intranet
8 9 (0.69%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.46%) VLAN
10 5 (0.38%) MPLS
11 4 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.31%) LAN
11 4 (0.31%) SMTP
11 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.23%) SDH
12 3 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.67%) Power BI
2 39 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.22%) Metadata
5 26 (1.99%) Tableau
6 20 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.45%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.23%) MySQL
9 15 (1.15%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.07%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.07%) Semantic Layer
11 13 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.92%) Big Data
13 11 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.77%) Looker
15 9 (0.69%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.61%) Redis
17 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
18 6 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 55 (4.21%) Git
2 46 (3.52%) TeamCity
3 44 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.99%) JIRA
5 25 (1.91%) GitLab
6 22 (1.68%) Snyk
7 20 (1.53%) SonarQube
8 18 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
9 14 (1.07%) LabVIEW
10 10 (0.77%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.61%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.38%) JMeter
12 5 (0.38%) Locust
13 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.31%) JUnit
14 3 (0.23%) CMake
14 3 (0.23%) Selenium
14 3 (0.23%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 473 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 445 (34.07%) Finance
3 287 (21.98%) Law
4 218 (16.69%) Public Sector
5 205 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
6 159 (12.17%) Marketing
7 152 (11.64%) Retail
8 149 (11.41%) Banking
9 107 (8.19%) Aerospace
10 102 (7.81%) Back Office
11 85 (6.51%) Financial Institution
12 70 (5.36%) Legal
13 67 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
14 64 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
15 44 (3.37%) Electronics
16 42 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
17 25 (1.91%) Military
17 25 (1.91%) Telecoms
18 23 (1.76%) Games
18 23 (1.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 311 (23.81%) Senior
2 196 (15.01%) Architect
3 159 (12.17%) Analyst
4 115 (8.81%) Lead
5 86 (6.58%) Software Engineer
6 81 (6.20%) Senior Analyst
7 71 (5.44%) Developer
8 61 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (4.36%) Consultant
10 50 (3.83%) Business Analyst
11 42 (3.22%) Cloud Architect
12 40 (3.06%) Technical Architect
13 35 (2.68%) Security Architect
14 33 (2.53%) Senior Architect
15 32 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
16 30 (2.30%) Senior Business Analyst
17 29 (2.22%) Designer
17 29 (2.22%) Principal Engineer
18 28 (2.14%) Senior Software Engineer
19 26 (1.99%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.75%) REST
2 51 (3.91%) React
3 48 (3.68%) CSS
4 47 (3.60%) HTML
5 46 (3.52%) .NET
6 36 (2.76%) Node.js
7 33 (2.53%) Lightning Web Components
8 28 (2.14%) SOAP
9 26 (1.99%) Visualforce
10 20 (1.53%) .NET Core
11 16 (1.23%) ASP.NET
11 16 (1.23%) RESTful
12 15 (1.15%) OpenAPI
12 15 (1.15%) XML
13 14 (1.07%) EDI
14 13 (1.00%) Entity Framework
15 12 (0.92%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.92%) Middleware
15 12 (0.92%) Next.js
15 12 (0.92%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 163 (12.48%) Cloud Native
2 134 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 79 (6.05%) Onboarding
4 60 (4.59%) Management Information System
5 58 (4.44%) Driving Licence
6 56 (4.29%) Data Centre
7 53 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (3.52%) Cyberattack
9 39 (2.99%) Social Media
10 29 (2.22%) Podcast
11 23 (1.76%) Blog
12 21 (1.61%) Security Posture
13 20 (1.53%) FPGA
13 20 (1.53%) Public Cloud
14 19 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
15 18 (1.38%) Credit Risk
16 16 (1.23%) Algorithms
17 15 (1.15%) AI Agents
17 15 (1.15%) Data Structures
18 12 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.68%) Windows
2 26 (1.99%) Linux
3 14 (1.07%) Android
3 14 (1.07%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.92%) Unix
4 12 (0.92%) VMS
4 12 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.31%) VxWorks
6 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (30.40%) Agile
2 331 (25.34%) AI
3 222 (17.00%) CI/CD
3 222 (17.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 221 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
5 203 (15.54%) Technology Strategy
6 199 (15.24%) Mentoring
7 182 (13.94%) Decision-Making
8 180 (13.78%) Roadmaps
9 168 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
10 164 (12.56%) Community of Practice
11 162 (12.40%) Software Engineering
12 154 (11.79%) DevOps
13 141 (10.80%) Scrum
14 126 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 121 (9.26%) Coaching
16 118 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
17 117 (8.96%) Analytics
18 111 (8.50%) Test Automation
19 99 (7.58%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 138 (10.57%) Python
2 128 (9.80%) SQL
3 96 (7.35%) Java
4 70 (5.36%) JavaScript
5 56 (4.29%) C#
6 33 (2.53%) Apex Code
7 31 (2.37%) TypeScript
8 30 (2.30%) MATLAB
9 29 (2.22%) PowerShell
10 22 (1.68%) SOQL
10 22 (1.68%) SOSL
11 21 (1.61%) Bicep
12 20 (1.53%) Go
13 18 (1.38%) Bash
14 14 (1.07%) C++
15 12 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.84%) Ada
17 8 (0.61%) C
18 7 (0.54%) Rust
19 6 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 344 (26.34%) Degree
2 336 (25.73%) Security Cleared
3 319 (24.43%) SC Cleared
4 113 (8.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 104 (7.96%) DV Cleared
6 63 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.53%) CISSP
7 33 (2.53%) DBS Check
8 29 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 29 (2.22%) Master's Degree
9 28 (2.14%) CISM
10 26 (1.99%) HNC
10 26 (1.99%) PhD
11 24 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.45%) Azure Certification
14 18 (1.38%) Chartered Engineer
15 11 (0.84%) CISA
15 11 (0.84%) CRISC
16 10 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (13.55%) Accessibility
2 69 (5.28%) Data Quality
3 66 (5.05%) NIST
4 50 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (3.75%) GRC
6 46 (3.52%) GDPR
7 39 (2.99%) QA
8 23 (1.76%) WCAG
9 22 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.68%) SLA
10 20 (1.53%) PCI DSS
11 19 (1.45%) NCSC
12 14 (1.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 13 (1.00%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.77%) COBIT
14 10 (0.77%) PMO
15 7 (0.54%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 4 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 49 (3.75%) Docker
2 35 (2.68%) Firmware
3 28 (2.14%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.92%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 99 (7.58%) Terraform
2 73 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 53 (4.06%) Grafana
4 7 (0.54%) Ansible
4 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.38%) Autotask
5 5 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (0.38%) CASB
5 5 (0.38%) Puppet
5 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.077%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.077%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.077%) SCCM
8 1 (0.077%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.077%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.077%) WSUS
Vendors
1 190 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 74 (5.67%) Adobe
3 52 (3.98%) Salesforce
4 47 (3.60%) Google
5 31 (2.37%) Apple
5 31 (2.37%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.30%) Cisco
7 26 (1.99%) Palo Alto
8 23 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
9 22 (1.68%) Tenable
10 21 (1.61%) SAP
11 20 (1.53%) Splunk
11 20 (1.53%) VMware
12 18 (1.38%) Oracle
13 15 (1.15%) Workday
14 12 (0.92%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.84%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.84%) Siemens
16 10 (0.77%) Dell
16 10 (0.77%) IBM