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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 14 29
Rank change year-on-year -20 +15 +9
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,422 1,909 1,582
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.93% 11.79% 6.82%
As % of the General category 9.79% 16.40% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 481 413 718
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,600 £36,228
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.71% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,224 £71,250 £72,000
90th Percentile £81,957 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,502
% 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 14,529 11,640 14,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.61% 71.91% 62.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,982 6,326 8,483
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £35,000
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 £83,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 15 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 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.84%) Confluence
4 10 (0.70%) CMS
5 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.49%) WordPress
6 5 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.28%) SAS
8 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.14%) Moodle
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 61 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.20%) Simulink
5 10 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
5 10 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.70%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.56%) InDesign
7 8 (0.56%) Maple
8 7 (0.49%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.28%) Mathcad
11 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (1.69%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.77%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.70%) Primavera
5 9 (0.63%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.21%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.21%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.070%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 257 (18.07%) AWS
2 226 (15.89%) Azure
3 197 (13.85%) GCP
4 150 (10.55%) SaaS
5 90 (6.33%) Power Platform
6 66 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.38%) Serverless
8 38 (2.67%) Azure Key Vault
9 37 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (2.53%) dbt
11 34 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (2.32%) Figma
13 32 (2.25%) Power Automate
14 26 (1.83%) Entra ID
14 26 (1.83%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (1.69%) GitHub
15 24 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.48%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.88%) Network Security
2 26 (1.83%) Broadband
3 19 (1.34%) Firewall
4 18 (1.27%) Ethernet
5 17 (1.20%) VPN
6 12 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.63%) 5G
8 8 (0.56%) Intranet
8 8 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.56%) WAN
9 7 (0.49%) DNS
9 7 (0.49%) Modbus
9 7 (0.49%) Profibus
10 6 (0.42%) DHCP
11 5 (0.35%) MPLS
11 5 (0.35%) VLAN
12 4 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.21%) SDH
13 3 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.56%) Power BI
2 45 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.39%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.97%) Metadata
5 26 (1.83%) Tableau
6 22 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.34%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.20%) MySQL
9 16 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
12 12 (0.84%) Big Data
13 11 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.56%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.56%) Looker
16 6 (0.42%) Hadoop
17 5 (0.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 66 (4.64%) TeamCity
2 65 (4.57%) Git
3 32 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.90%) JIRA
5 22 (1.55%) Snyk
6 20 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.98%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.84%) GitLab
9 8 (0.56%) Balsamiq
9 8 (0.56%) JUnit
10 7 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.42%) Axure RP
12 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.21%) Android Studio
13 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.21%) CMake
13 3 (0.21%) Selenium
13 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.14%) Bower
General
1 541 (38.05%) Finance
2 539 (37.90%) Social Skills
3 327 (23.00%) Law
4 240 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
5 224 (15.75%) Public Sector
6 202 (14.21%) Retail
7 190 (13.36%) Banking
8 154 (10.83%) Marketing
9 122 (8.58%) Aerospace
10 119 (8.37%) Back Office
11 107 (7.52%) Financial Institution
12 79 (5.56%) Legal
13 75 (5.27%) Presentation Skills
14 69 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
15 52 (3.66%) Electronics
16 46 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
17 37 (2.60%) Telecoms
18 30 (2.11%) Local Government
18 30 (2.11%) Military
19 20 (1.41%) German Language
Job Titles
1 332 (23.35%) Senior
2 191 (13.43%) Architect
3 166 (11.67%) Analyst
4 132 (9.28%) Lead
5 112 (7.88%) Software Engineer
6 79 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
7 75 (5.27%) Developer
8 65 (4.57%) Solutions Architect
9 52 (3.66%) Consultant
10 50 (3.52%) Business Analyst
11 41 (2.88%) Cloud Architect
12 38 (2.67%) Security Architect
13 36 (2.53%) Senior Architect
14 33 (2.32%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (2.32%) Technical Architect
15 32 (2.25%) Sales Executive
15 32 (2.25%) Senior Manager
15 32 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
16 30 (2.11%) Designer
17 29 (2.04%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (7.88%) Terraform
2 50 (3.52%) .NET
2 50 (3.52%) React
3 47 (3.31%) CSS
4 46 (3.23%) HTML
5 37 (2.60%) REST
6 36 (2.53%) Node.js
7 24 (1.69%) .NET Core
7 24 (1.69%) RESTful
8 22 (1.55%) XML
9 21 (1.48%) OpenAPI
10 20 (1.41%) EDI
11 19 (1.34%) ASP.NET
12 16 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (1.13%) Swagger
13 15 (1.05%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.05%) Entity Framework
14 14 (0.98%) .NET Framework
14 14 (0.98%) Blazor
15 13 (0.91%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 170 (11.95%) Cloud Native
2 135 (9.49%) Product Ownership
3 90 (6.33%) Onboarding
4 81 (5.70%) Driving Licence
5 68 (4.78%) Management Information System
6 66 (4.64%) Data Centre
7 55 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
8 47 (3.31%) Cyberattack
9 41 (2.88%) Social Media
10 36 (2.53%) Blog
11 24 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.62%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.55%) Podcast
14 21 (1.48%) FPGA
14 21 (1.48%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.27%) Credit Risk
16 15 (1.05%) Algorithms
16 15 (1.05%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (0.98%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.16%) Windows
2 24 (1.69%) Linux
3 18 (1.27%) Android
3 18 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.05%) VMS
5 11 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.56%) Unix
7 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.35%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (26.16%) Agile
2 366 (25.74%) AI
3 248 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 234 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
5 233 (16.39%) Mentoring
6 209 (14.70%) CI/CD
6 209 (14.70%) Technology Strategy
7 206 (14.49%) Decision-Making
8 189 (13.29%) Software Engineering
9 172 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
10 158 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 156 (10.97%) Roadmaps
12 155 (10.90%) Coaching
13 150 (10.55%) Community of Practice
14 140 (9.85%) DevOps
15 134 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 127 (8.93%) Test Automation
17 126 (8.86%) Scrum
18 115 (8.09%) Analytics
19 106 (7.45%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 134 (9.42%) SQL
2 127 (8.93%) Python
3 116 (8.16%) Java
4 70 (4.92%) C#
5 59 (4.15%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.11%) MATLAB
7 28 (1.97%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 23 (1.62%) Go
10 20 (1.41%) Bash
11 19 (1.34%) Bicep
12 16 (1.13%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.05%) C++
14 13 (0.91%) Ada
15 12 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.63%) C
16 9 (0.63%) SOQL
16 9 (0.63%) SOSL
17 8 (0.56%) Rust
18 7 (0.49%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 351 (24.68%) Degree
2 350 (24.61%) Security Cleared
3 330 (23.21%) SC Cleared
4 120 (8.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 115 (8.09%) DV Cleared
6 58 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.45%) DBS Check
8 47 (3.31%) HNC
9 34 (2.39%) CISSP
10 31 (2.18%) Master's Degree
11 30 (2.11%) AWS Certification
11 30 (2.11%) CISM
12 27 (1.90%) PhD
13 24 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.48%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.48%) Chartered Engineer
15 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.77%) CISA
17 10 (0.70%) CRISC
17 10 (0.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (13.29%) Accessibility
2 73 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 68 (4.78%) NIST
4 46 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (3.23%) QA
5 45 (3.16%) GDPR
6 44 (3.09%) GRC
7 23 (1.62%) NCSC
7 23 (1.62%) SLA
8 18 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 15 (1.05%) WCAG
11 14 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.77%) SOC 2
13 10 (0.70%) COBIT
13 10 (0.70%) PMO
14 8 (0.56%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.35%) EMIR
15 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 41 (2.88%) Docker
2 38 (2.67%) Firmware
3 26 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.76%) Active Directory
5 18 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.84%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 95 (6.68%) Kubernetes
2 71 (4.99%) Grafana
3 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.35%) Ansible
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.28%) Autotask
5 4 (0.28%) CASB
6 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.21%) Puppet
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.070%) SCCM
8 1 (0.070%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.070%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.070%) WSUS
Vendors
1 214 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.43%) Adobe
3 42 (2.95%) Google
4 34 (2.39%) Apple
4 34 (2.39%) Salesforce
5 30 (2.11%) Cisco
6 28 (1.97%) ServiceNow
7 27 (1.90%) SAP
8 26 (1.83%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
10 23 (1.62%) VMware
11 22 (1.55%) Tenable
12 20 (1.41%) Oracle
13 17 (1.20%) Workday
14 13 (0.91%) Dell
15 12 (0.84%) HP
15 12 (0.84%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.77%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.77%) Siemens
17 10 (0.70%) Splunk