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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 16 32
Rank change year-on-year -22 +16 +12
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,167 1,928 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.38% 11.69% 6.25%
As % of the General category 9.04% 16.14% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 466 428 1,043
10th Percentile £35,125 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,927 £40,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,224 £71,622 £68,513
90th Percentile £81,957 £85,533 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -19.23%

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 12,910 11,945 17,594
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.56% 72.45% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,325 6,687 12,401
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,697
% change year-on-year - +4.37% -12.17%

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 23 July 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 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.03%) CMS
4 5 (0.43%) Apache
4 5 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.34%) Confluence
6 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.26%) SAS
6 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.086%) Drupal
7 1 (0.086%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.31%) Acrobat
3 18 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.77%) InDesign
5 8 (0.69%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.69%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.51%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.34%) Simulink
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.086%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 24 (2.06%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.34%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Shopify
5 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.086%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.086%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.086%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 229 (19.62%) AWS
2 211 (18.08%) Azure
3 176 (15.08%) GCP
4 156 (13.37%) SaaS
5 83 (7.11%) Power Platform
6 57 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
7 49 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (3.77%) dbt
9 42 (3.60%) Serverless
10 34 (2.91%) Power Automate
11 31 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.49%) Figma
13 27 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
15 23 (1.97%) PaaS
16 21 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
17 20 (1.71%) Entra ID
17 20 (1.71%) GitHub
17 20 (1.71%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.97%) Broadband
2 25 (2.14%) VPN
3 24 (2.06%) Network Security
4 17 (1.46%) Firewall
5 16 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.94%) DNS
6 11 (0.94%) WAN
7 10 (0.86%) DHCP
8 7 (0.60%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.60%) SMTP
8 7 (0.60%) VLAN
9 6 (0.51%) Intranet
9 6 (0.51%) LAN
9 6 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.26%) 4G
10 3 (0.26%) 5G
10 3 (0.26%) BGP
10 3 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.26%) SSL
11 2 (0.17%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.26%) Power BI
2 31 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.31%) Tableau
4 24 (2.06%) Metadata
5 22 (1.89%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.63%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.20%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
9 13 (1.11%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.11%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (0.94%) Looker
11 9 (0.77%) MySQL
12 8 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.69%) Redis
13 7 (0.60%) Big Data
13 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 54 (4.63%) Jenkins
2 53 (4.54%) TeamCity
3 39 (3.34%) GitLab
4 38 (3.26%) Git
5 34 (2.91%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.89%) Snyk
7 12 (1.03%) JIRA
8 9 (0.77%) LabVIEW
9 6 (0.51%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.51%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.43%) JMeter
10 5 (0.43%) JUnit
10 5 (0.43%) Locust
11 4 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.26%) Postman
12 3 (0.26%) Selenium
12 3 (0.26%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.17%) Bower
General
1 416 (35.65%) Social Skills
2 342 (29.31%) Finance
3 296 (25.36%) Law
4 189 (16.20%) Public Sector
5 181 (15.51%) Banking
6 179 (15.34%) Retail
7 170 (14.57%) Marketing
8 159 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
9 124 (10.63%) Back Office
10 100 (8.57%) Financial Institution
11 71 (6.08%) Legal
12 62 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
15 37 (3.17%) Games
16 21 (1.80%) Aerospace
17 20 (1.71%) German Language
18 19 (1.63%) Local Government
19 18 (1.54%) Polish Language
20 17 (1.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 266 (22.79%) Senior
2 204 (17.48%) Architect
3 135 (11.57%) Analyst
4 79 (6.77%) Lead
5 67 (5.74%) Senior Analyst
6 65 (5.57%) Software Engineer
7 63 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
8 58 (4.97%) Developer
9 44 (3.77%) Cloud Architect
10 43 (3.68%) Consultant
10 43 (3.68%) Technical Architect
11 39 (3.34%) Business Analyst
12 35 (3.00%) Security Architect
13 33 (2.83%) Salesforce Architect
14 32 (2.74%) Senior Architect
15 25 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
15 25 (2.14%) Designer
15 25 (2.14%) Senior Software Engineer
16 24 (2.06%) Data Manager
16 24 (2.06%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (6.68%) REST
2 46 (3.94%) Lightning Web Components
3 43 (3.68%) SOAP
4 41 (3.51%) Visualforce
5 37 (3.17%) React
6 35 (3.00%) CSS
6 35 (3.00%) HTML
7 31 (2.66%) Node.js
8 30 (2.57%) .NET
9 19 (1.63%) RESTful
10 15 (1.29%) EDI
11 14 (1.20%) OpenAPI
11 14 (1.20%) XML
12 11 (0.94%) Middleware
12 11 (0.94%) Swagger
13 10 (0.86%) ASP.NET
13 10 (0.86%) SAML
14 9 (0.77%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.69%) Next.js
15 8 (0.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 172 (14.74%) Cloud Native
2 141 (12.08%) Product Ownership
3 86 (7.37%) Onboarding
4 51 (4.37%) Management Information System
5 48 (4.11%) Driving Licence
6 46 (3.94%) Cyberattack
7 45 (3.86%) Data Centre
7 45 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
8 40 (3.43%) Social Media
9 32 (2.74%) Blog
10 27 (2.31%) Podcast
11 24 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.89%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.54%) Credit Risk
14 15 (1.29%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.94%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.86%) Data Structures
17 9 (0.77%) AI Agents
17 9 (0.77%) Culture of Ownership
17 9 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.03%) Windows
2 16 (1.37%) Android
2 16 (1.37%) Apple iOS
2 16 (1.37%) Linux
3 13 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.03%) VMS
5 9 (0.77%) Unix
6 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (29.99%) Agile
2 292 (25.02%) AI
3 234 (20.05%) CI/CD
4 205 (17.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 183 (15.68%) Roadmaps
5 183 (15.68%) Technology Strategy
6 178 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
7 165 (14.14%) Mentoring
8 162 (13.88%) Community of Practice
9 160 (13.71%) DevOps
10 147 (12.60%) Decision-Making
11 142 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
12 140 (12.00%) Scrum
13 127 (10.88%) Software Engineering
14 113 (9.68%) Test Automation
15 112 (9.60%) Analytics
16 111 (9.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 97 (8.31%) Coaching
18 95 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
19 90 (7.71%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 124 (10.63%) Python
2 120 (10.28%) SQL
3 102 (8.74%) Java
4 61 (5.23%) JavaScript
5 46 (3.94%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.91%) SOQL
6 34 (2.91%) SOSL
7 33 (2.83%) C#
8 28 (2.40%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.31%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.80%) Bicep
10 21 (1.80%) Go
11 17 (1.46%) Bash
12 12 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (1.03%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.51%) R
14 5 (0.43%) Rust
15 4 (0.34%) C
15 4 (0.34%) PHP
16 3 (0.26%) Ada
Qualifications
1 269 (23.05%) Degree
2 219 (18.77%) Security Cleared
3 212 (18.17%) SC Cleared
4 52 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.83%) CISSP
5 33 (2.83%) DBS Check
6 27 (2.31%) AWS Certification
6 27 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 27 (2.31%) CISM
7 26 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.80%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.29%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.20%) HNC
11 14 (1.20%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.11%) CISA
12 13 (1.11%) PhD
13 12 (1.03%) CRISC
14 8 (0.69%) CREST Certified
14 8 (0.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.54%) Accessibility
2 65 (5.57%) Data Quality
3 59 (5.06%) NIST
4 50 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (4.11%) GRC
6 40 (3.43%) GDPR
7 36 (3.08%) QA
8 24 (2.06%) PCI DSS
9 23 (1.97%) SLA
10 22 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (1.80%) SOC 2
12 17 (1.46%) WCAG
13 16 (1.37%) NCSC
14 14 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 13 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 10 (0.86%) COBIT
16 10 (0.86%) PMO
17 7 (0.60%) SOC 1
18 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 3 (0.26%) EMIR
System Software
1 41 (3.51%) Docker
2 30 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.03%) vSphere
7 9 (0.77%) Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 110 (9.43%) Terraform
2 79 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 62 (5.31%) Grafana
4 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.69%) Autotask
6 7 (0.60%) Ansible
7 6 (0.51%) Puppet
8 5 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.26%) CASB
9 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.086%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.086%) SCCM
11 1 (0.086%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.086%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 185 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.20%) Adobe
3 62 (5.31%) Salesforce
4 38 (3.26%) Google
5 34 (2.91%) Splunk
6 31 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.49%) Cisco
8 26 (2.23%) Apple
9 24 (2.06%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.89%) Tenable
11 19 (1.63%) VMware
12 14 (1.20%) Instagram
12 14 (1.20%) Oracle
13 13 (1.11%) SAP
14 12 (1.03%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.94%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.94%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.94%) Wrike
16 10 (0.86%) Dell