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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 14 29
Rank change year-on-year -20 +15 +9
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,434 1,908 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.95% 11.75% 6.77%
As % of the General category 9.78% 16.34% 10.82%
Number of salaries quoted 485 412 714
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,159 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -9.86% -9.01%
75th Percentile £78,224 £71,563 £72,375
90th Percentile £81,983 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,310
% change year-on-year - -5.68% -10.29%

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 14,665 11,680 14,610
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.83% 71.90% 62.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9,041 6,362 8,449
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £39,000 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,655
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.97% -7.24%

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 16 September 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 33 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.91%) Confluence
4 10 (0.70%) CMS
5 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.49%) WordPress
6 5 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.28%) SAS
8 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.14%) Moodle
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 63 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.19%) Simulink
5 10 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
5 10 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.70%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.63%) Maple
7 8 (0.56%) InDesign
8 7 (0.49%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.28%) Mathcad
11 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.070%) Autodesk Inventor
12 1 (0.070%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.67%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.77%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.70%) Primavera
5 9 (0.63%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.21%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.21%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.070%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.070%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 260 (18.13%) AWS
2 226 (15.76%) Azure
3 200 (13.95%) GCP
4 155 (10.81%) SaaS
5 91 (6.35%) Power Platform
6 69 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.35%) Serverless
8 38 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
10 36 (2.51%) dbt
11 35 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
13 33 (2.30%) Figma
14 32 (2.23%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.81%) PowerApps
16 25 (1.74%) Entra ID
17 24 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
17 24 (1.67%) GitHub
17 24 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.46%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.93%) Network Security
2 26 (1.81%) Broadband
3 19 (1.32%) Ethernet
3 19 (1.32%) Firewall
4 17 (1.19%) VPN
5 12 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.63%) 5G
7 8 (0.56%) Intranet
7 8 (0.56%) Modbus
7 8 (0.56%) Profibus
7 8 (0.56%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.56%) WAN
8 7 (0.49%) DNS
9 6 (0.42%) DHCP
10 5 (0.35%) MPLS
10 5 (0.35%) VLAN
11 4 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.21%) SDH
12 3 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (5.58%) Power BI
2 45 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.37%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.02%) Metadata
5 27 (1.88%) Tableau
6 22 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.32%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.19%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.19%) MySQL
9 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.05%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
12 12 (0.84%) Big Data
13 11 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.56%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.56%) Looker
16 6 (0.42%) GIS
16 6 (0.42%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 69 (4.81%) TeamCity
2 65 (4.53%) Git
3 32 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 28 (1.95%) JIRA
5 22 (1.53%) Snyk
6 20 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.98%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.84%) GitLab
9 8 (0.56%) Balsamiq
9 8 (0.56%) JUnit
10 7 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.42%) Axure RP
12 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.21%) Android Studio
13 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.21%) CMake
13 3 (0.21%) Selenium
13 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.14%) Bower
General
1 549 (38.28%) Finance
2 546 (38.08%) Social Skills
3 331 (23.08%) Law
4 243 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
5 222 (15.48%) Public Sector
6 206 (14.37%) Retail
7 194 (13.53%) Banking
8 154 (10.74%) Marketing
9 121 (8.44%) Aerospace
9 121 (8.44%) Back Office
10 110 (7.67%) Financial Institution
11 78 (5.44%) Legal
12 74 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
13 70 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
14 52 (3.63%) Electronics
15 46 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
16 37 (2.58%) Telecoms
17 30 (2.09%) Local Government
17 30 (2.09%) Military
18 20 (1.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 333 (23.22%) Senior
2 188 (13.11%) Architect
3 168 (11.72%) Analyst
4 134 (9.34%) Lead
5 114 (7.95%) Software Engineer
6 79 (5.51%) Senior Analyst
7 75 (5.23%) Developer
8 63 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
9 51 (3.56%) Business Analyst
9 51 (3.56%) Consultant
10 41 (2.86%) Cloud Architect
11 38 (2.65%) Security Architect
12 36 (2.51%) Senior Architect
13 33 (2.30%) Sales Executive
13 33 (2.30%) Senior Manager
13 33 (2.30%) Senior Software Engineer
13 33 (2.30%) Technical Architect
14 32 (2.23%) Systems Engineer
15 30 (2.09%) Designer
16 29 (2.02%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (7.95%) Terraform
2 50 (3.49%) .NET
3 49 (3.42%) React
4 46 (3.21%) CSS
5 45 (3.14%) HTML
6 37 (2.58%) REST
7 36 (2.51%) Node.js
8 24 (1.67%) .NET Core
8 24 (1.67%) RESTful
9 22 (1.53%) XML
10 21 (1.46%) OpenAPI
11 20 (1.39%) EDI
12 19 (1.32%) ASP.NET
13 16 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
13 16 (1.12%) Swagger
14 15 (1.05%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.05%) Entity Framework
15 14 (0.98%) .NET Framework
15 14 (0.98%) Blazor
16 13 (0.91%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 170 (11.85%) Cloud Native
2 136 (9.48%) Product Ownership
3 88 (6.14%) Onboarding
4 82 (5.72%) Driving Licence
5 67 (4.67%) Management Information System
6 66 (4.60%) Data Centre
7 55 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
8 45 (3.14%) Cyberattack
9 41 (2.86%) Social Media
10 36 (2.51%) Blog
11 24 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.67%) Security Posture
12 21 (1.46%) FPGA
12 21 (1.46%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.39%) Podcast
14 18 (1.26%) Credit Risk
15 16 (1.12%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.05%) Algorithms
16 15 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (1.05%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.14%) Windows
2 24 (1.67%) Linux
3 19 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 18 (1.26%) Android
5 15 (1.05%) VMS
6 11 (0.77%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.49%) Unix
9 5 (0.35%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (26.15%) Agile
2 367 (25.59%) AI
3 247 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 236 (16.46%) Mentoring
4 236 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
5 211 (14.71%) CI/CD
6 208 (14.50%) Decision-Making
6 208 (14.50%) Technology Strategy
7 188 (13.11%) Software Engineering
8 171 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
9 160 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 157 (10.95%) Coaching
11 154 (10.74%) Roadmaps
12 149 (10.39%) Community of Practice
13 139 (9.69%) DevOps
14 133 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 129 (9.00%) Test Automation
16 124 (8.65%) Scrum
17 122 (8.51%) Analytics
18 108 (7.53%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 135 (9.41%) SQL
2 129 (9.00%) Python
3 119 (8.30%) Java
4 70 (4.88%) C#
5 58 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.09%) MATLAB
7 28 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.81%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.67%) Go
10 21 (1.46%) Bash
11 18 (1.26%) Bicep
12 16 (1.12%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.05%) C++
14 13 (0.91%) Ada
15 12 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.63%) C
16 9 (0.63%) SOQL
16 9 (0.63%) SOSL
17 8 (0.56%) Rust
18 7 (0.49%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 350 (24.41%) Degree
2 349 (24.34%) Security Cleared
3 329 (22.94%) SC Cleared
4 120 (8.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 115 (8.02%) DV Cleared
6 58 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.42%) DBS Check
7 49 (3.42%) HNC
8 33 (2.30%) CISSP
9 31 (2.16%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.09%) AWS Certification
11 29 (2.02%) CISM
12 27 (1.88%) PhD
13 24 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.46%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.46%) Chartered Engineer
15 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.77%) CISA
17 10 (0.70%) ACCA
17 10 (0.70%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (13.11%) Accessibility
2 74 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 65 (4.53%) NIST
4 46 (3.21%) GDPR
4 46 (3.21%) QA
5 45 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (3.00%) GRC
7 23 (1.60%) NCSC
7 23 (1.60%) SLA
8 18 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 15 (1.05%) WCAG
11 14 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.77%) SOC 2
13 10 (0.70%) COBIT
13 10 (0.70%) PMO
14 8 (0.56%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.35%) EMIR
15 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 42 (2.93%) Docker
2 38 (2.65%) Firmware
3 26 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.74%) Active Directory
5 18 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.84%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 99 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 74 (5.16%) Grafana
3 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.35%) Ansible
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.28%) Autotask
5 4 (0.28%) CASB
6 3 (0.21%) Puppet
7 2 (0.14%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.070%) SCCM
8 1 (0.070%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.070%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.070%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (14.99%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.39%) Adobe
3 43 (3.00%) Google
4 36 (2.51%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.37%) Apple
6 30 (2.09%) Cisco
7 28 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.88%) SAP
9 26 (1.81%) Palo Alto
10 25 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (1.53%) Tenable
11 22 (1.53%) VMware
12 21 (1.46%) Oracle
13 16 (1.12%) Workday
14 13 (0.91%) Dell
15 12 (0.84%) HP
15 12 (0.84%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.77%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.77%) Siemens
16 11 (0.77%) Splunk