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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 27 46
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,069 1,261 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.50% 8.41% 5.68%
As % of the General category 11.05% 11.90% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 452 444 943
10th Percentile £20,000 £37,733 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £47,500 £43,610
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,238 £60,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +2.04% -9.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,144 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £94,633 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.87% +8.05% -15.38%

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 9,677 10,597 17,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.85% 70.66% 62.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,101 6,197 13,750
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,075 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%

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 27 February 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 63 (5.89%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.94%) CMS
4 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.28%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.094%) Apache
7 1 (0.094%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.094%) Drupal
7 1 (0.094%) WildFly
Applications
1 62 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.46%) Acrobat
3 30 (2.81%) Adobe XD
4 27 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.37%) Maya
6 4 (0.37%) MotionBuilder
7 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.094%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.094%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.37%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.37%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.37%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.094%) Magento
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.094%) Primavera
6 1 (0.094%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.094%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.094%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 199 (18.62%) AWS
2 148 (13.84%) Azure
3 127 (11.88%) SaaS
4 96 (8.98%) GCP
5 82 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (5.71%) Power Platform
7 59 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
8 41 (3.84%) Figma
9 27 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (2.25%) Pulumi
11 23 (2.15%) Google Analytics
12 22 (2.06%) Entra ID
12 22 (2.06%) PowerApps
13 21 (1.96%) Power Automate
14 20 (1.87%) Miro
15 17 (1.59%) Serverless
16 16 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
16 16 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 16 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (1.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (7.11%) Broadband
2 22 (2.06%) VPN
3 20 (1.87%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.68%) BGP
5 16 (1.50%) 4G
6 15 (1.40%) DNS
7 14 (1.31%) DHCP
7 14 (1.31%) LAN
7 14 (1.31%) WAN
8 11 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (1.03%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.03%) IOS XR
8 11 (1.03%) MPLS
8 11 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.84%) Firewall
9 9 (0.84%) SMTP
10 8 (0.75%) VLAN
11 4 (0.37%) 5G
11 4 (0.37%) Network Security
12 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (4.58%) Power BI
2 29 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (2.71%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.78%) NoSQL
3 19 (1.78%) RDBMS
4 18 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 17 (1.59%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (0.94%) Metadata
8 7 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.56%) Looker
9 6 (0.56%) Tableau
10 5 (0.47%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.47%) Redis
11 4 (0.37%) MySQL
12 3 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.28%) SAP BW
13 2 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 48 (4.49%) TeamCity
2 35 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.18%) GitLab
4 33 (3.09%) SonarQube
5 29 (2.71%) Git
6 23 (2.15%) Axure RP
6 23 (2.15%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.78%) Jaeger
8 8 (0.75%) JIRA
9 6 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.56%) Selenium
9 6 (0.56%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.28%) Storybook
11 2 (0.19%) JMeter
11 2 (0.19%) JUnit
11 2 (0.19%) Postman
11 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.094%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.094%) jMock
12 1 (0.094%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 326 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 262 (24.51%) Finance
3 241 (22.54%) Law
4 190 (17.77%) Retail
5 186 (17.40%) Public Sector
6 145 (13.56%) Banking
7 137 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
8 119 (11.13%) Marketing
9 106 (9.92%) Back Office
10 103 (9.64%) Financial Institution
11 55 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (3.55%) Games
13 31 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.71%) Legal
14 29 (2.71%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.40%) Polish Language
16 14 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.65%) Advertising
17 7 (0.65%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 177 (16.56%) Senior
2 93 (8.70%) Lead
3 76 (7.11%) Analyst
4 75 (7.02%) Architect
5 65 (6.08%) Developer
6 52 (4.86%) Senior Manager
7 45 (4.21%) Account Manager
8 43 (4.02%) Software Engineer
9 38 (3.55%) Sales Account Manager
9 38 (3.55%) Sales Manager
9 38 (3.55%) Senior Account Manager
9 38 (3.55%) Senior Sales Manager
10 36 (3.37%) Microsoft Specialist
11 35 (3.27%) Consultant
12 33 (3.09%) Alliance Manager
13 31 (2.90%) Salesforce Architect
14 28 (2.62%) Designer
15 27 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (2.53%) Technical Architect
16 24 (2.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (6.83%) REST
2 49 (4.58%) Lightning Web Components
2 49 (4.58%) SOAP
2 49 (4.58%) Visualforce
3 34 (3.18%) .NET
4 28 (2.62%) React
5 26 (2.43%) HTML
6 23 (2.15%) CSS
7 20 (1.87%) EDI
8 19 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.78%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (1.59%) Middleware
10 16 (1.50%) Node.js
10 16 (1.50%) RESTful
11 15 (1.40%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (1.22%) Web Services
13 12 (1.12%) Django
13 12 (1.12%) SAML
13 12 (1.12%) Sass
14 11 (1.03%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 136 (12.72%) Blog
2 133 (12.44%) Onboarding
3 113 (10.57%) Cloud Native
4 101 (9.45%) Product Ownership
5 46 (4.30%) Driving Licence
6 38 (3.55%) Social Media
7 35 (3.27%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.62%) Public Cloud
8 28 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.31%) Video Editing
11 13 (1.22%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.84%) Podcast
14 9 (0.84%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.74%) Linux
2 35 (3.27%) Windows
3 24 (2.25%) Unix
4 16 (1.50%) Android
5 14 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.94%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.094%) Debian
9 1 (0.094%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (27.41%) AI
2 248 (23.20%) Agile
3 198 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 151 (14.13%) Customer Service
5 146 (13.66%) CI/CD
6 137 (12.82%) DevOps
7 127 (11.88%) Community of Practice
7 127 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
8 121 (11.32%) Roadmaps
9 109 (10.20%) Mentoring
10 99 (9.26%) CRM
11 92 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
12 89 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
13 88 (8.23%) B2B
13 88 (8.23%) Project Management
14 87 (8.14%) Analytics
14 87 (8.14%) Business Development
15 83 (7.76%) Software Engineering
16 78 (7.30%) Test Automation
17 77 (7.20%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 130 (12.16%) Java
2 101 (9.45%) Python
3 86 (8.04%) JavaScript
4 49 (4.58%) Apex Code
5 48 (4.49%) SQL
6 42 (3.93%) C#
7 33 (3.09%) Go
7 33 (3.09%) SOQL
7 33 (3.09%) SOSL
8 22 (2.06%) TypeScript
9 20 (1.87%) Bash
10 5 (0.47%) C
11 4 (0.37%) C++
11 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.37%) RPG
12 3 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.28%) R
13 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.094%) Ruby
14 1 (0.094%) Scala
Qualifications
1 306 (28.62%) Degree
2 135 (12.63%) Security Cleared
3 133 (12.44%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.84%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.15%) PMP
8 21 (1.96%) CISSP
8 21 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 17 (1.59%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.22%) CISM
11 13 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.12%) CREST Certified
12 12 (1.12%) OSCP
13 9 (0.84%) CISA
14 8 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.75%) CRISC
15 6 (0.56%) ACCA
15 6 (0.56%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.08%) Accessibility
2 47 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (3.18%) QA
4 28 (2.62%) PCI DSS
4 28 (2.62%) SOC 2
5 27 (2.53%) WCAG
6 25 (2.34%) GDPR
7 23 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.78%) NIST
9 17 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (1.31%) GRC
11 12 (1.12%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.03%) SLA
13 9 (0.84%) PMO
14 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.37%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.28%) NCSC
16 3 (0.28%) PERC
16 3 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 33 (3.09%) Docker
2 22 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.094%) iptables
4 1 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 104 (9.73%) Terraform
2 86 (8.04%) Kubernetes
3 52 (4.86%) Grafana
4 23 (2.15%) Argo
5 21 (1.96%) Ansible
6 20 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (1.78%) Kustomize
7 19 (1.78%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.47%) Autotask
8 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.094%) CASB
11 1 (0.094%) Nessus
11 1 (0.094%) Puppet
Vendors
1 222 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 107 (10.01%) Adobe
3 75 (7.02%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.43%) Google
5 33 (3.09%) Splunk
6 30 (2.81%) Cisco
7 26 (2.43%) Apple
8 16 (1.50%) Instagram
8 16 (1.50%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.40%) Oracle
10 14 (1.31%) Hootsuite
11 13 (1.22%) SAP
12 11 (1.03%) Wrike
13 10 (0.94%) Databricks
13 10 (0.94%) ServiceNow
14 9 (0.84%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.75%) Meraki
16 6 (0.56%) Dell
16 6 (0.56%) PagerDuty
16 6 (0.56%) Planon