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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 27 43
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 -10
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,086 1,112 1,808
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.19% 8.43% 5.59%
As % of the General category 10.97% 11.74% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 450 442 1,084
10th Percentile £20,000 £31,300 £31,860
25th Percentile £28,625 £44,956 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,875 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +3.41% -18.52%
75th Percentile £74,634 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,275 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,108
% change year-on-year - +7.62% -21.37%

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 9,904 9,475 20,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.43% 71.82% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,575 6,439 15,199
10th Percentile £30,250 £30,500 £31,552
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,684 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.85% +13.68% -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 16 April 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 52 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.20%) CMS
3 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.28%) Confluence
5 3 (0.28%) SAS
6 2 (0.18%) WordPress
7 1 (0.092%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.092%) Drupal
7 1 (0.092%) IIS
7 1 (0.092%) WildFly
Applications
1 50 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.41%) Acrobat
3 24 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (2.12%) Adobe XD
5 20 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.18%) Maya
6 2 (0.18%) MotionBuilder
7 1 (0.092%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.092%) InDesign
7 1 (0.092%) SmartSuite
7 1 (0.092%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (0.92%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.83%) Cloudability
3 6 (0.55%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.37%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.092%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.092%) Magento
7 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.092%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 236 (21.73%) AWS
2 177 (16.30%) Azure
3 161 (14.83%) SaaS
4 135 (12.43%) GCP
5 69 (6.35%) Amazon EKS
6 61 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (4.97%) Power Platform
8 32 (2.95%) Figma
9 30 (2.76%) Entra ID
10 26 (2.39%) Serverless
11 24 (2.21%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.21%) Pulumi
12 23 (2.12%) Power Automate
13 21 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.66%) dbt
14 18 (1.66%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 16 (1.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 76 (7.00%) Broadband
2 20 (1.84%) VPN
3 19 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.66%) BGP
5 17 (1.57%) DNS
6 16 (1.47%) 4G
6 16 (1.47%) DHCP
7 13 (1.20%) Firewall
7 13 (1.20%) LAN
7 13 (1.20%) WAN
8 11 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (1.01%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.01%) IOS XR
8 11 (1.01%) MPLS
9 9 (0.83%) SMTP
9 9 (0.83%) VLAN
9 9 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.74%) Network Security
11 4 (0.37%) 5G
12 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.96%) Power BI
2 28 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (2.12%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.75%) Data Lake
4 19 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.75%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.75%) RDBMS
5 12 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (1.10%) Metadata
5 12 (1.10%) SQL Server
6 10 (0.92%) Looker
7 8 (0.74%) Redis
8 7 (0.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.46%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.46%) Tableau
10 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.28%) SAS EBI
11 2 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 56 (5.16%) TeamCity
2 35 (3.22%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.13%) GitLab
3 34 (3.13%) SonarQube
4 27 (2.49%) Git
5 23 (2.12%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.12%) Balsamiq
6 19 (1.75%) Jaeger
7 11 (1.01%) Snyk
8 10 (0.92%) JIRA
9 5 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.46%) JMeter
9 5 (0.46%) Locust
9 5 (0.46%) Selenium
10 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.28%) JUnit
10 3 (0.28%) Postman
10 3 (0.28%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.18%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 343 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 318 (29.28%) Finance
3 309 (28.45%) Law
4 210 (19.34%) Public Sector
5 209 (19.24%) Retail
6 194 (17.86%) Banking
7 148 (13.63%) Marketing
8 138 (12.71%) Back Office
9 132 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
10 121 (11.14%) Financial Institution
11 48 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (4.33%) Legal
13 38 (3.50%) Games
13 38 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (2.21%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.57%) Polish Language
17 15 (1.38%) German Language
18 13 (1.20%) Italian Language
19 12 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 177 (16.30%) Senior
2 118 (10.87%) Architect
3 100 (9.21%) Analyst
4 86 (7.92%) Lead
5 59 (5.43%) Developer
6 51 (4.70%) Software Engineer
7 45 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
8 42 (3.87%) Consultant
9 35 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
10 33 (3.04%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (2.95%) Business Analyst
12 31 (2.85%) Alliance Manager
13 30 (2.76%) Designer
14 28 (2.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (2.30%) Technical Architect
16 24 (2.21%) Senior Manager
17 22 (2.03%) Senior Architect
18 20 (1.84%) Senior Developer
19 19 (1.75%) Java Engineer
19 19 (1.75%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.00%) REST
2 50 (4.60%) Lightning Web Components
2 50 (4.60%) SOAP
2 50 (4.60%) Visualforce
3 30 (2.76%) .NET
3 30 (2.76%) HTML
4 27 (2.49%) CSS
5 26 (2.39%) React
6 21 (1.93%) EDI
7 19 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (1.75%) Middleware
7 19 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
8 18 (1.66%) RESTful
9 12 (1.10%) SAML
10 11 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
10 11 (1.01%) Jinja
10 11 (1.01%) NETCONF
10 11 (1.01%) Node.js
10 11 (1.01%) Sass
10 11 (1.01%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 145 (13.35%) Cloud Native
2 141 (12.98%) Blog
3 130 (11.97%) Onboarding
4 123 (11.33%) Product Ownership
5 50 (4.60%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.50%) Data Centre
6 38 (3.50%) Driving Licence
7 31 (2.85%) Cyberattack
7 31 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 30 (2.76%) Social Media
9 28 (2.58%) Public Cloud
10 22 (2.03%) Podcast
11 21 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.38%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.01%) Video Editing
14 10 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.92%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.05%) Linux
2 36 (3.31%) Windows
3 28 (2.58%) Unix
4 17 (1.57%) Android
5 15 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.92%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.092%) Debian
9 1 (0.092%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (26.24%) AI
2 279 (25.69%) Agile
3 190 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 188 (17.31%) CI/CD
5 166 (15.29%) Roadmaps
6 160 (14.73%) DevOps
7 154 (14.18%) Community of Practice
8 144 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
9 133 (12.25%) Technology Strategy
10 121 (11.14%) Mentoring
11 120 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
12 111 (10.22%) Customer Service
13 109 (10.04%) Software Engineering
14 104 (9.58%) Scrum
15 97 (8.93%) Business Development
16 92 (8.47%) Test Automation
17 88 (8.10%) Fintech
18 79 (7.27%) Project Management
19 78 (7.18%) Analytics
20 76 (7.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 144 (13.26%) Java
2 110 (10.13%) Python
3 85 (7.83%) JavaScript
4 62 (5.71%) SQL
5 50 (4.60%) Apex Code
6 37 (3.41%) C#
6 37 (3.41%) Go
7 34 (3.13%) SOQL
7 34 (3.13%) SOSL
8 20 (1.84%) Bash
9 19 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.01%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.55%) Bicep
12 5 (0.46%) C
13 4 (0.37%) C++
13 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.37%) R
14 2 (0.18%) RPG
15 1 (0.092%) ABAP
15 1 (0.092%) PHP
Qualifications
1 305 (28.08%) Degree
2 160 (14.73%) Security Cleared
3 155 (14.27%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.60%) AWS Certification
5 42 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (2.49%) CISSP
8 24 (2.21%) DBS Check
9 21 (1.93%) PMP
10 19 (1.75%) CISM
11 18 (1.66%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.38%) OSCP
13 14 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (1.29%) CREST Certified
14 12 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (1.01%) CISA
16 9 (0.83%) CRISC
16 9 (0.83%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
18 7 (0.64%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.17%) Accessibility
2 52 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (4.05%) NIST
4 37 (3.41%) QA
5 31 (2.85%) GRC
5 31 (2.85%) WCAG
6 29 (2.67%) PCI DSS
7 28 (2.58%) SOC 2
8 23 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 19 (1.75%) GDPR
10 15 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (1.10%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.01%) PMO
12 11 (1.01%) SLA
13 5 (0.46%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.37%) EU AI Act
15 3 (0.28%) EMIR
15 3 (0.28%) NCSC
15 3 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 43 (3.96%) Docker
2 19 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.092%) iptables
5 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 130 (11.97%) Terraform
2 102 (9.39%) Kubernetes
3 66 (6.08%) Grafana
4 24 (2.21%) Ansible
5 23 (2.12%) Argo
6 20 (1.84%) Prometheus
7 19 (1.75%) Kustomize
7 19 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.46%) Autotask
8 5 (0.46%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.37%) Puppet
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.28%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.092%) CASB
12 1 (0.092%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.092%) Nessus
Vendors
1 184 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 105 (9.67%) Adobe
3 73 (6.72%) Salesforce
4 60 (5.52%) Google
5 35 (3.22%) Apple
6 34 (3.13%) Splunk
7 29 (2.67%) Cisco
8 21 (1.93%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.66%) SAP
10 16 (1.47%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (1.10%) Instagram
12 12 (1.10%) Oracle
12 12 (1.10%) Palo Alto
13 11 (1.01%) Hootsuite
13 11 (1.01%) Tenable
13 11 (1.01%) Wrike
14 10 (0.92%) Databricks
15 9 (0.83%) CyberArk
15 9 (0.83%) Meraki