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 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 991 1,373 1,558
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.31% 8.43% 6.05%
As % of the General category 10.59% 12.19% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 452 453 939
10th Percentile £20,000 £39,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £64,063 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -7.69%

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 9,361 11,260 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.61% 69.10% 62.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,895 6,361 12,695
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.42% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.69%

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 28 January 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 54 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.71%) CMS
4 4 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.10%) Apache
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.10%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.10%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.10%) SAS
6 1 (0.10%) WildFly
6 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.13%) Adobe XD
3 25 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.41%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.50%) Maya
6 5 (0.50%) MotionBuilder
7 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.10%) InDesign
8 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.10%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.10%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.10%) Revit
8 1 (0.10%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.31%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.40%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.40%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.40%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.10%) Magento
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.10%) Primavera
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 166 (16.75%) AWS
2 138 (13.93%) Azure
3 96 (9.69%) SaaS
4 74 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (6.46%) GCP
6 60 (6.05%) Power Platform
7 43 (4.34%) Amazon EKS
8 37 (3.73%) Figma
9 25 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.22%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.02%) Miro
11 20 (2.02%) PowerApps
12 19 (1.92%) Google Analytics
12 19 (1.92%) Pulumi
13 18 (1.82%) Entra ID
13 18 (1.82%) Serverless
14 16 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.11%) Amazon S3
17 10 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (6.16%) Broadband
2 16 (1.61%) BGP
2 16 (1.61%) VPN
3 14 (1.41%) 4G
4 13 (1.31%) DNS
4 13 (1.31%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (1.11%) DHCP
5 11 (1.11%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (1.11%) IOS XR
5 11 (1.11%) MPLS
6 9 (0.91%) LAN
6 9 (0.91%) WAN
7 7 (0.71%) Firewall
7 7 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.61%) VLAN
9 5 (0.50%) Internet
9 5 (0.50%) Network Security
10 4 (0.40%) SMTP
11 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.64%) Power BI
2 31 (3.13%) Relational Database
3 23 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.92%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.92%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.92%) RDBMS
6 16 (1.61%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.71%) Metadata
8 6 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.50%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.50%) Tableau
10 4 (0.40%) Looker
10 4 (0.40%) MySQL
11 3 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.30%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.30%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 34 (3.43%) TeamCity
2 30 (3.03%) Git
3 24 (2.42%) Axure RP
3 24 (2.42%) Balsamiq
3 24 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.32%) GitLab
5 22 (2.22%) SonarQube
6 19 (1.92%) Jaeger
7 8 (0.81%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.81%) Selenium
7 8 (0.81%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.61%) JIRA
9 3 (0.30%) Storybook
10 2 (0.20%) JMeter
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.10%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.10%) jMock
11 1 (0.10%) JUnit
11 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 320 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 221 (22.30%) Finance
3 197 (19.88%) Law
4 178 (17.96%) Public Sector
5 149 (15.04%) Retail
6 138 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
7 102 (10.29%) Banking
8 88 (8.88%) Marketing
9 82 (8.27%) Financial Institution
10 76 (7.67%) Back Office
11 63 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (2.93%) Games
13 24 (2.42%) Telecoms
14 23 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (2.22%) Legal
16 14 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.01%) Polish Language
18 7 (0.71%) Digital Health
18 7 (0.71%) Local Government
18 7 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 164 (16.55%) Senior
2 89 (8.98%) Lead
3 82 (8.27%) Analyst
4 62 (6.26%) Architect
5 55 (5.55%) Developer
6 52 (5.25%) Senior Manager
7 45 (4.54%) Microsoft Specialist
8 43 (4.34%) Account Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Sales Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (3.94%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (3.73%) Alliance Manager
11 32 (3.23%) Software Engineer
12 27 (2.72%) Consultant
13 26 (2.62%) Designer
14 21 (2.12%) Data Engineer
14 21 (2.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (2.12%) Technical Architect
15 20 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.64%) REST
2 32 (3.23%) Lightning Web Components
2 32 (3.23%) SOAP
2 32 (3.23%) Visualforce
3 27 (2.72%) .NET
4 25 (2.52%) React
5 23 (2.32%) HTML
6 22 (2.22%) CSS
7 19 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
8 18 (1.82%) EDI
9 16 (1.61%) Node.js
10 14 (1.41%) RESTful
11 13 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (1.11%) Jinja
12 11 (1.11%) Middleware
12 11 (1.11%) NETCONF
12 11 (1.11%) Playwright
12 11 (1.11%) YANG
13 10 (1.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 128 (12.92%) Blog
2 106 (10.70%) Onboarding
3 90 (9.08%) Product Ownership
4 82 (8.27%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.54%) Driving Licence
6 35 (3.53%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.83%) Public Cloud
7 28 (2.83%) Social Media
8 27 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.01%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 9 (0.91%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 8 (0.81%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.43%) Linux
2 28 (2.83%) Windows
3 19 (1.92%) Unix
4 13 (1.31%) Android
5 11 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Debian
9 1 (0.10%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (32.90%) AI
2 218 (22.00%) Agile
3 173 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 154 (15.54%) Customer Service
5 113 (11.40%) CRM
6 111 (11.20%) DevOps
7 107 (10.80%) CI/CD
8 104 (10.49%) Community of Practice
8 104 (10.49%) Mentoring
8 104 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
9 99 (9.99%) Roadmaps
10 93 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
11 80 (8.07%) Technology Strategy
12 77 (7.77%) Analytics
12 77 (7.77%) Business Development
13 76 (7.67%) Project Management
14 74 (7.47%) B2B
15 68 (6.86%) Software Engineering
16 62 (6.26%) Test Automation
16 62 (6.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 102 (10.29%) Java
2 87 (8.78%) Python
3 73 (7.37%) JavaScript
4 51 (5.15%) SQL
5 40 (4.04%) C#
6 32 (3.23%) Apex Code
7 29 (2.93%) Go
8 22 (2.22%) SOQL
8 22 (2.22%) SOSL
9 19 (1.92%) Bash
10 17 (1.72%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.61%) RPG
12 5 (0.50%) C
13 4 (0.40%) C++
13 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.40%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.20%) R
15 2 (0.20%) Ruby
15 2 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 304 (30.68%) Degree
2 110 (11.10%) Security Cleared
3 107 (10.80%) SC Cleared
4 41 (4.14%) AWS Certification
5 34 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (2.52%) DBS Check
6 25 (2.52%) PMP
7 18 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.82%) CISSP
8 13 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.21%) CISM
9 12 (1.21%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.91%) CREST Certified
10 9 (0.91%) OSCP
11 7 (0.71%) CISA
11 7 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.71%) HNC
11 7 (0.71%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.05%) Accessibility
2 41 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (3.03%) QA
4 25 (2.52%) WCAG
5 24 (2.42%) GDPR
6 21 (2.12%) PCI DSS
6 21 (2.12%) SOC 2
7 19 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.92%) NIST
8 14 (1.41%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (1.01%) GRC
11 9 (0.91%) PMO
11 9 (0.91%) SLA
12 5 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.50%) NCSC
12 5 (0.50%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.40%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.30%) PERC
14 3 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 27 (2.72%) Docker
2 18 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.10%) iptables
3 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 80 (8.07%) Terraform
2 69 (6.96%) Kubernetes
3 35 (3.53%) Grafana
4 23 (2.32%) Argo
5 20 (2.02%) Ansible
6 19 (1.92%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.92%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.20%) Autotask
8 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.10%) Nessus
8 1 (0.10%) Nmap
8 1 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 237 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.97%) Adobe
3 57 (5.75%) Salesforce
4 44 (4.44%) Google
5 32 (3.23%) Cisco
6 29 (2.93%) Apple
7 22 (2.22%) Splunk
8 14 (1.41%) Oracle
9 13 (1.31%) SAP
10 11 (1.11%) Databricks
11 10 (1.01%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.91%) Instagram
13 8 (0.81%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.71%) Hootsuite
15 6 (0.61%) Planon
15 6 (0.61%) Snow
16 5 (0.50%) Dell
17 4 (0.40%) Meraki
17 4 (0.40%) Wrike
17 4 (0.40%) YouTube