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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 16 38
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 +8
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,131 1,929 1,909
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.50% 12.25% 5.69%
As % of the General category 9.38% 16.62% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 423 431 1,131
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,930 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,513
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 12,057 11,609 20,487
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.67% 73.74% 61.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,923 6,450 14,957
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,229 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 28 June 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 46 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.06%) CMS
4 5 (0.44%) Apache
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Confluence
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
6 3 (0.27%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.088%) Drupal
8 1 (0.088%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (3.27%) Acrobat
2 35 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.80%) InDesign
5 8 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.71%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.53%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.12%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.27%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.088%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 227 (20.07%) AWS
2 197 (17.42%) Azure
3 172 (15.21%) GCP
4 156 (13.79%) SaaS
5 86 (7.60%) Power Platform
6 63 (5.57%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (3.54%) Serverless
9 36 (3.18%) Power Automate
10 32 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (2.48%) Figma
12 25 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
13 24 (2.12%) Azure Key Vault
13 24 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (2.03%) Entra ID
14 23 (2.03%) PaaS
15 21 (1.86%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.77%) dbt
17 19 (1.68%) PowerApps
18 17 (1.50%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 81 (7.16%) Broadband
2 27 (2.39%) VPN
3 22 (1.95%) Network Security
4 17 (1.50%) Firewall
5 14 (1.24%) BGP
5 14 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.24%) WAN
6 13 (1.15%) 4G
7 12 (1.06%) DHCP
7 12 (1.06%) DNS
8 10 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
8 10 (0.88%) IOS XR
8 10 (0.88%) MPLS
9 9 (0.80%) SMTP
9 9 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.71%) LAN
11 7 (0.62%) VLAN
12 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.72%) Power BI
2 34 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 26 (2.30%) Tableau
4 21 (1.86%) Metadata
4 21 (1.86%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.68%) BigQuery
6 17 (1.50%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.24%) Semantic Layer
9 12 (1.06%) Looker
9 12 (1.06%) RDBMS
10 10 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.88%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.71%) MySQL
12 8 (0.71%) Redis
13 7 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 57 (5.04%) TeamCity
2 51 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.54%) Git
4 39 (3.45%) GitLab
5 34 (3.01%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.95%) Snyk
7 12 (1.06%) Jaeger
7 12 (1.06%) JIRA
8 6 (0.53%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.53%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.44%) JMeter
9 5 (0.44%) LabVIEW
9 5 (0.44%) Locust
10 4 (0.35%) JUnit
11 3 (0.27%) Postman
11 3 (0.27%) Selenium
11 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.18%) Bower
13 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 373 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 334 (29.53%) Finance
3 306 (27.06%) Law
4 193 (17.06%) Banking
5 188 (16.62%) Retail
6 184 (16.27%) Public Sector
7 165 (14.59%) Marketing
8 148 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
9 131 (11.58%) Back Office
10 107 (9.46%) Financial Institution
11 75 (6.63%) Legal
12 57 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.27%) Games
15 34 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.86%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.77%) Polish Language
18 19 (1.68%) German Language
19 18 (1.59%) Local Government
20 15 (1.33%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 242 (21.40%) Senior
2 154 (13.62%) Architect
3 133 (11.76%) Analyst
4 75 (6.63%) Lead
5 64 (5.66%) Senior Analyst
6 62 (5.48%) Software Engineer
7 58 (5.13%) Developer
8 48 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 40 (3.54%) Consultant
10 36 (3.18%) Business Analyst
11 33 (2.92%) Salesforce Architect
11 33 (2.92%) Security Architect
12 30 (2.65%) Cloud Architect
13 28 (2.48%) Senior Architect
14 27 (2.39%) Designer
14 27 (2.39%) Technical Architect
15 25 (2.21%) Data Manager
16 24 (2.12%) Senior Software Engineer
17 23 (2.03%) Delivery Manager
18 22 (1.95%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (6.98%) REST
2 50 (4.42%) Lightning Web Components
3 47 (4.16%) SOAP
4 45 (3.98%) Visualforce
5 32 (2.83%) HTML
6 31 (2.74%) CSS
7 29 (2.56%) React
8 27 (2.39%) Node.js
9 26 (2.30%) .NET
10 17 (1.50%) RESTful
11 16 (1.41%) EDI
12 14 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (1.24%) Middleware
13 12 (1.06%) OpenAPI
13 12 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
13 12 (1.06%) SAML
14 10 (0.88%) Jinja
14 10 (0.88%) NETCONF
14 10 (0.88%) XML
14 10 (0.88%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 172 (15.21%) Cloud Native
2 135 (11.94%) Product Ownership
3 99 (8.75%) Onboarding
4 51 (4.51%) Social Media
5 49 (4.33%) Management Information System
6 47 (4.16%) Driving Licence
7 46 (4.07%) Cyberattack
8 45 (3.98%) Data Centre
9 42 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
10 40 (3.54%) Blog
11 28 (2.48%) Podcast
12 24 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.95%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.59%) Credit Risk
15 14 (1.24%) Public Cloud
16 11 (0.97%) Video Editing
17 10 (0.88%) Low-Code
18 9 (0.80%) Culture of Ownership
18 9 (0.80%) Data Structures
18 9 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.42%) Windows
2 33 (2.92%) Linux
3 21 (1.86%) Unix
4 16 (1.41%) Android
5 15 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 12 (1.06%) VMS
8 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (29.27%) Agile
2 260 (22.99%) AI
3 227 (20.07%) CI/CD
4 197 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 186 (16.45%) Roadmaps
6 177 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (15.03%) Technology Strategy
8 167 (14.77%) DevOps
9 156 (13.79%) Community of Practice
9 156 (13.79%) Mentoring
10 133 (11.76%) Decision-Making
11 132 (11.67%) Scrum
12 116 (10.26%) Software Engineering
13 114 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
14 109 (9.64%) Test Automation
15 106 (9.37%) Analytics
16 92 (8.13%) CRM
16 92 (8.13%) TOGAF
17 91 (8.05%) Fintech
18 90 (7.96%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 142 (12.56%) Python
2 125 (11.05%) Java
3 124 (10.96%) SQL
4 74 (6.54%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.42%) Apex Code
6 34 (3.01%) SOQL
6 34 (3.01%) SOSL
7 30 (2.65%) Go
8 29 (2.56%) Bash
8 29 (2.56%) C#
9 26 (2.30%) PowerShell
10 23 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.86%) Bicep
12 12 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.44%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.44%) R
14 4 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.27%) Ruby
15 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 250 (22.10%) Degree
2 165 (14.59%) Security Cleared
3 160 (14.15%) SC Cleared
4 45 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.54%) AWS Certification
6 39 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 32 (2.83%) CISSP
8 31 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.30%) CISM
10 25 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.41%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.24%) CISA
12 14 (1.24%) HNC
13 13 (1.15%) CRISC
14 11 (0.97%) HND
15 10 (0.88%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.80%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.80%) OSCP
17 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.62%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 63 (5.57%) Accessibility
3 56 (4.95%) NIST
4 52 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (4.33%) GRC
6 40 (3.54%) GDPR
7 37 (3.27%) QA
8 28 (2.48%) PCI DSS
9 25 (2.21%) SLA
9 25 (2.21%) SOC 2
10 24 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (1.33%) WCAG
12 14 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (1.15%) NCSC
14 11 (0.97%) COBIT
14 11 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 11 (0.97%) PMO
15 7 (0.62%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 45 (3.98%) Docker
2 31 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.06%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 128 (11.32%) Terraform
2 95 (8.40%) Kubernetes
3 66 (5.84%) Grafana
4 18 (1.59%) Ansible
5 13 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.06%) Argo
6 12 (1.06%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.80%) Autotask
8 6 (0.53%) Puppet
9 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.18%) CASB
12 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.088%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.088%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 184 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 94 (8.31%) Adobe
3 68 (6.01%) Salesforce
4 48 (4.24%) Google
5 39 (3.45%) Cisco
6 34 (3.01%) Splunk
7 33 (2.92%) ServiceNow
8 25 (2.21%) Apple
9 23 (2.03%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (1.95%) Tenable
11 17 (1.50%) VMware
12 15 (1.33%) SAP
13 14 (1.24%) Oracle
14 12 (1.06%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.97%) Dell
15 11 (0.97%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.97%) Instagram
15 11 (0.97%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.97%) Wrike