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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 0
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 924 1,364 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.15% 8.18% 6.85%
As % of the General category 10.07% 11.95% 10.86%
Number of salaries quoted 434 474 844
10th Percentile £20,000 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £27,040 £46,794 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £63,928
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -2.23% +2.28%
75th Percentile £62,875 £74,144 £80,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £89,204 £105,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.36% -6.92% +4.00%

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 9,175 11,415 13,205
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.07% 68.44% 63.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,808 6,483 10,263
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,216 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +3.31% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,500 £81,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 4 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 45 (4.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.65%) CMS
4 3 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.32%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Apache
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.11%) Confluence
6 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 55 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.57%) Adobe XD
3 30 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.54%) Maya
5 5 (0.54%) MotionBuilder
6 4 (0.43%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
8 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.11%) Revit
8 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 13 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.32%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) Academy Housing
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 137 (14.83%) Azure
2 119 (12.88%) AWS
3 76 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (7.58%) SaaS
5 62 (6.71%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.00%) GCP
7 36 (3.90%) Figma
8 31 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (3.14%) Power Automate
10 24 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
10 24 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.27%) Miro
12 20 (2.16%) Google Analytics
13 19 (2.06%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.06%) Serverless
14 16 (1.73%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 10 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.25%) Broadband
2 12 (1.30%) VPN
3 10 (1.08%) DNS
3 10 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.87%) DHCP
4 8 (0.87%) LAN
5 6 (0.65%) Firewall
5 6 (0.65%) WAN
6 5 (0.54%) Internet
7 4 (0.43%) BGP
7 4 (0.43%) VLAN
7 4 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.32%) 4G
8 3 (0.32%) Network Security
8 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.22%) MPLS
9 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.22%) VoIP
9 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.55%) Power BI
2 22 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (2.06%) Relational Database
4 16 (1.73%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.87%) Metadata
8 7 (0.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.76%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.54%) Tableau
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.43%) MySQL
10 4 (0.43%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.32%) Looker
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (2.81%) Axure RP
1 26 (2.81%) Balsamiq
2 20 (2.16%) Git
3 17 (1.84%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.84%) TeamCity
4 16 (1.73%) GitLab
5 15 (1.62%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.97%) JIRA
7 8 (0.87%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.87%) Selenium
7 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.76%) Jaeger
9 3 (0.32%) Storybook
10 2 (0.22%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.22%) JMeter
10 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.11%) jMock
11 1 (0.11%) JUnit
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 312 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 191 (20.67%) Finance
3 172 (18.61%) Public Sector
4 153 (16.56%) Law
5 140 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
6 114 (12.34%) Retail
7 88 (9.52%) Marketing
8 59 (6.39%) Banking
8 59 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
9 53 (5.74%) Financial Institution
10 50 (5.41%) Back Office
11 33 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.38%) Games
13 16 (1.73%) Legal
13 16 (1.73%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.08%) Local Government
16 9 (0.97%) Police
17 8 (0.87%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 157 (16.99%) Senior
2 82 (8.87%) Analyst
3 71 (7.68%) Architect
3 71 (7.68%) Lead
4 57 (6.17%) Microsoft Specialist
5 56 (6.06%) Developer
6 54 (5.84%) Senior Manager
7 44 (4.76%) Account Manager
8 39 (4.22%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (4.22%) Sales Manager
8 39 (4.22%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (4.22%) Senior Sales Manager
9 37 (4.00%) Alliance Manager
10 31 (3.35%) Consultant
11 25 (2.71%) Designer
12 22 (2.38%) Business Analyst
13 20 (2.16%) Product Manager
13 20 (2.16%) Senior Developer
14 19 (2.06%) Technical Architect
15 18 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.35%) REST
2 25 (2.71%) HTML
3 24 (2.60%) CSS
4 22 (2.38%) .NET
4 22 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
4 22 (2.38%) SOAP
4 22 (2.38%) Visualforce
5 21 (2.27%) React
6 18 (1.95%) EDI
7 16 (1.73%) Node.js
8 13 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
9 11 (1.19%) Playwright
10 10 (1.08%) XML
11 9 (0.97%) Django
11 9 (0.97%) RESTful
11 9 (0.97%) Web Services
12 8 (0.87%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.87%) Middleware
13 7 (0.76%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.76%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 111 (12.01%) Blog
2 87 (9.42%) Onboarding
3 76 (8.23%) Product Ownership
4 54 (5.84%) Cloud Native
5 39 (4.22%) Management Information System
6 38 (4.11%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.57%) Data Centre
8 28 (3.03%) Public Cloud
9 26 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.52%) Social Media
12 12 (1.30%) Microsoft Licensing
13 11 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.19%) Reinsurance
14 10 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 8 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.38%) Windows
2 17 (1.84%) Linux
3 11 (1.19%) Android
4 9 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.76%) Unix
6 6 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (38.20%) AI
2 202 (21.86%) Agile
3 161 (17.42%) Customer Service
4 147 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (11.69%) CRM
6 104 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
7 94 (10.17%) Community of Practice
8 91 (9.85%) DevOps
8 91 (9.85%) Mentoring
9 90 (9.74%) Roadmaps
10 89 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
11 79 (8.55%) Project Management
12 77 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
13 76 (8.23%) CI/CD
14 75 (8.12%) Business Development
15 74 (8.01%) Time Management
16 73 (7.90%) Analytics
17 66 (7.14%) Customer Experience
18 65 (7.03%) B2B
19 62 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 59 (6.39%) Python
2 57 (6.17%) Java
2 57 (6.17%) JavaScript
3 45 (4.87%) SQL
4 39 (4.22%) C#
5 22 (2.38%) Apex Code
6 15 (1.62%) SOQL
6 15 (1.62%) SOSL
7 13 (1.41%) Go
7 13 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.76%) Bash
9 6 (0.65%) RPG
10 5 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.43%) C
11 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.32%) C++
12 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.22%) PHP
13 2 (0.22%) Ruby
13 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 329 (35.61%) Degree
2 102 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 97 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (3.03%) AWS Certification
7 25 (2.71%) PMP
8 19 (2.06%) DBS Check
9 17 (1.84%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.84%) CISSP
10 13 (1.41%) CISM
11 12 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.76%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.76%) OSCP
14 6 (0.65%) CITP
15 5 (0.54%) ACCA
15 5 (0.54%) CIMA
15 5 (0.54%) CISA
15 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.49%) Accessibility
2 34 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (3.35%) QA
4 27 (2.92%) WCAG
5 26 (2.81%) GDPR
6 18 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.95%) NIST
7 15 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.52%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.30%) SOC 2
10 11 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.08%) PMO
12 9 (0.97%) SLA
13 7 (0.76%) GRC
14 6 (0.65%) EU AI Act
15 5 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.54%) NCSC
15 5 (0.54%) NEBOSH
16 3 (0.32%) PERC
17 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 14 (1.52%) Active Directory
1 14 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.11%) Firmware
2 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.11%) iptables
2 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (4.55%) Terraform
2 35 (3.79%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.95%) Grafana
4 16 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.19%) Argo
6 8 (0.87%) Ansible
7 7 (0.76%) Kustomize
7 7 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) Nmap
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 265 (28.68%) Microsoft
2 81 (8.77%) Adobe
3 46 (4.98%) Apple
4 43 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.46%) Google
6 21 (2.27%) Cisco
7 18 (1.95%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.62%) Splunk
9 13 (1.41%) Oracle
10 12 (1.30%) SAP
11 10 (1.08%) Databricks
12 7 (0.76%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.65%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.65%) Snow
14 5 (0.54%) Dell
14 5 (0.54%) Instagram
14 5 (0.54%) Openreach
15 4 (0.43%) Hootsuite
15 4 (0.43%) PagerDuty
15 4 (0.43%) YouTube