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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 18 30
Rank change year-on-year -16 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,504 1,915 1,496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.06% 11.40% 6.84%
As % of the General category 9.89% 16.16% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 471 403 608
10th Percentile £32,000 £25,600 £38,675
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -7.06%
75th Percentile £78,224 £72,500 £73,299
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -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 15,213 11,852 13,724
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 70.56% 62.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,157 6,173 7,693
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £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 £84,000
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 8 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 37 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.86%) Confluence
4 10 (0.66%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.47%) WordPress
6 5 (0.33%) Apache
7 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.27%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.066%) nginx
10 1 (0.066%) Umbraco
Applications
1 72 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.13%) Simulink
5 13 (0.86%) Maple
6 10 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.66%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.53%) InDesign
8 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.47%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.40%) Notion
11 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
12 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
12 2 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (1.26%) Cloudability
2 16 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.73%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.66%) Primavera
5 9 (0.60%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.20%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.066%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.066%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 272 (18.09%) AWS
2 218 (14.49%) Azure
3 213 (14.16%) GCP
4 174 (11.57%) SaaS
5 94 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 81 (5.39%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.73%) Serverless
9 38 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (2.33%) Azure Key Vault
11 34 (2.26%) dbt
12 33 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (2.19%) Figma
13 28 (1.86%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.80%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.66%) GitHub
15 25 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
15 25 (1.66%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
17 19 (1.26%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.73%) Network Security
2 23 (1.53%) Ethernet
3 22 (1.46%) Firewall
3 22 (1.46%) VPN
4 19 (1.26%) Broadband
5 18 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.80%) Modbus
6 12 (0.80%) Profibus
6 12 (0.80%) VLAN
7 9 (0.60%) 5G
7 9 (0.60%) DNS
7 9 (0.60%) WAN
8 8 (0.53%) DHCP
8 8 (0.53%) Intranet
9 7 (0.47%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.33%) BGP
10 5 (0.33%) MPLS
11 4 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.27%) Internet
11 4 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (5.59%) Power BI
2 55 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (2.19%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.93%) Metadata
5 28 (1.86%) Tableau
6 24 (1.60%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.33%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.13%) MySQL
9 16 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.00%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
12 13 (0.86%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.80%) Big Data
13 12 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (0.66%) GIS
16 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
17 6 (0.40%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 84 (5.59%) TeamCity
2 69 (4.59%) Git
3 29 (1.93%) JIRA
4 28 (1.86%) Jenkins
5 20 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.00%) JUnit
6 15 (1.00%) Snyk
7 14 (0.93%) LabVIEW
8 8 (0.53%) Balsamiq
9 6 (0.40%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.33%) GitLab
11 4 (0.27%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.20%) CMake
12 3 (0.20%) Selenium
12 3 (0.20%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.13%) Bower
13 2 (0.13%) MLflow
General
1 599 (39.83%) Finance
2 571 (37.97%) Social Skills
3 350 (23.27%) Law
4 256 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
5 245 (16.29%) Retail
6 226 (15.03%) Banking
7 223 (14.83%) Public Sector
8 154 (10.24%) Marketing
9 139 (9.24%) Back Office
10 132 (8.78%) Aerospace
11 129 (8.58%) Financial Institution
12 81 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
13 77 (5.12%) Legal
14 69 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (3.59%) Electronics
16 53 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
17 40 (2.66%) Telecoms
18 33 (2.19%) Local Government
19 30 (1.99%) Military
20 21 (1.40%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 354 (23.54%) Senior
2 166 (11.04%) Analyst
3 165 (10.97%) Architect
4 148 (9.84%) Lead
5 123 (8.18%) Software Engineer
6 79 (5.25%) Developer
7 66 (4.39%) Senior Analyst
8 54 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
9 47 (3.13%) Consultant
10 45 (2.99%) Business Analyst
11 43 (2.86%) Senior Manager
12 38 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
13 34 (2.26%) Sales Executive
13 34 (2.26%) Senior Architect
13 34 (2.26%) Team Leader
14 33 (2.19%) Cloud Architect
15 32 (2.13%) Systems Engineer
16 31 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
16 31 (2.06%) Lead Software Engineer
17 30 (1.99%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (8.44%) Terraform
2 51 (3.39%) .NET
3 48 (3.19%) React
4 44 (2.93%) CSS
5 43 (2.86%) HTML
6 35 (2.33%) Node.js
7 33 (2.19%) RESTful
8 31 (2.06%) REST
9 28 (1.86%) XML
10 25 (1.66%) OpenAPI
11 24 (1.60%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.33%) Swagger
13 19 (1.26%) ASP.NET
13 19 (1.26%) EDI
14 15 (1.00%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.00%) Entity Framework
15 14 (0.93%) .NET Framework
15 14 (0.93%) Blazor
15 14 (0.93%) Next.js
16 11 (0.73%) Dagger
Miscellaneous
1 178 (11.84%) Cloud Native
2 129 (8.58%) Product Ownership
3 98 (6.52%) Driving Licence
4 71 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 61 (4.06%) Management Information System
6 60 (3.99%) Data Centre
7 56 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (3.32%) Social Media
9 44 (2.93%) Blog
10 32 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (1.99%) Cyberattack
12 26 (1.73%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.46%) FPGA
13 22 (1.46%) Public Cloud
14 19 (1.26%) SCADA
15 18 (1.20%) Credit Risk
16 16 (1.06%) Algorithms
17 15 (1.00%) AI Agents
17 15 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
18 14 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.26%) Windows
2 28 (1.86%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.73%) Linux
4 25 (1.66%) Android
5 15 (1.00%) VMS
5 15 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.73%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.33%) Unix
7 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (24.53%) AI
2 367 (24.40%) Agile
3 259 (17.22%) Mentoring
4 257 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 247 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
6 227 (15.09%) Decision-Making
7 209 (13.90%) CI/CD
8 192 (12.77%) Technology Strategy
9 191 (12.70%) Software Engineering
10 174 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
11 172 (11.44%) Coaching
12 165 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
13 141 (9.38%) Analytics
13 141 (9.38%) Roadmaps
14 135 (8.98%) Test Automation
15 134 (8.91%) Fintech
16 133 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 131 (8.71%) Community of Practice
18 129 (8.58%) DevOps
19 114 (7.58%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 140 (9.31%) Python
2 139 (9.24%) Java
3 137 (9.11%) SQL
4 73 (4.85%) C#
5 57 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 32 (2.13%) Go
7 31 (2.06%) Bash
8 30 (1.99%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.93%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.66%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.06%) C++
12 15 (1.00%) Bicep
13 13 (0.86%) Ada
13 13 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.66%) C
15 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.53%) Rust
17 7 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 369 (24.53%) Security Cleared
2 338 (22.47%) SC Cleared
3 333 (22.14%) Degree
4 123 (8.18%) DV Cleared
5 120 (7.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 63 (4.19%) HNC
7 59 (3.92%) DBS Check
8 52 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (2.13%) CISSP
10 31 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 29 (1.93%) PhD
12 27 (1.80%) CISM
13 25 (1.66%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.46%) Azure Certification
15 21 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
16 19 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
18 11 (0.73%) ACCA
18 11 (0.73%) CISA
18 11 (0.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (13.36%) Accessibility
2 82 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 55 (3.66%) GDPR
3 55 (3.66%) NIST
4 52 (3.46%) QA
5 51 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (2.46%) GRC
7 25 (1.66%) PCI DSS
8 24 (1.60%) NCSC
9 23 (1.53%) SLA
10 21 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (1.06%) SOC 2
12 15 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.93%) WCAG
14 10 (0.66%) COBIT
15 8 (0.53%) PMO
15 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 4 (0.27%) EMIR
System Software
1 44 (2.93%) Docker
2 39 (2.59%) Firmware
3 29 (1.93%) Active Directory
4 22 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.80%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 120 (7.98%) Kubernetes
2 88 (5.85%) Grafana
3 13 (0.86%) Prometheus
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.40%) Ansible
6 4 (0.27%) Autotask
6 4 (0.27%) CASB
7 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.20%) Puppet
8 1 (0.066%) Argo
8 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.066%) SCCM
8 1 (0.066%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.066%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.066%) WSUS
Vendors
1 233 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.92%) Adobe
3 47 (3.13%) Google
4 36 (2.39%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.19%) Cisco
6 31 (2.06%) SAP
7 29 (1.93%) Apple
8 28 (1.86%) Oracle
8 28 (1.86%) ServiceNow
9 24 (1.60%) VMware
10 21 (1.40%) Workday
11 19 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
12 18 (1.20%) Palo Alto
13 15 (1.00%) Dell
13 15 (1.00%) Tenable
14 13 (0.86%) HP
15 12 (0.80%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.73%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.73%) Siemens
17 8 (0.53%) IBM